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2015 Oscars: The Imitation Game, Foxcatcher and Selma – How Controversy Becomes Campaigning

Erik Anderson December 31, 2014

It happens almost every year at this time. No, not post-Christmas malaise or New Year’s celebrations but emergence of controversies about Oscar films based on... Read More

2015 Oscars: Are You a Hat or a Shoe? The Race for the 5th Spot

Erik Anderson December 29, 2014

It seems like it happens almost every year; the main precursors announce their nominations in the acting categories and we can see the future of... Read More

REVIEW: ‘The Comeback’ Season 2 Finale

Erik Anderson December 29, 2014

If you didn’t keep up with The Comeback’s unlikely second season, you missed some of the most compelling television of the year. If The Comeback... Read More

REVIEW: ‘Into the Woods’

Erik Anderson December 27, 2014

Stephen Sondheim’s musical treatment of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales has been all but canonized by lovers of “highbrow” musical theatre. As such, the selection... Read More

Critics roundup, part 6: The Stragglers

Erik Anderson December 20, 2014

The year draws to an end, and so does our series on the lower rung critics organizations, with Florida, Las Vegas, and Nevada weighing in... Read More

2015 Oscars Poll: Which Five Foreign Language Film Finalists Will Be Oscar Nominated?

Erik Anderson December 19, 2014

The finalists for the Foreign Language Film Oscar are in and not without some surprising inclusions (the Golden Globe-nominated Tangerines from Estonia) and some shocking... Read More

2015 Oscars: 9 Finalists for Foreign Language Film Oscar – ‘Mommy’ and ‘Two Days, One Night’ Snubbed

Erik Anderson December 19, 2014

The voting committee for the Foreign Language Film Oscar have voted and nine films will compete for a nomination at the 87th Academy Awards. On... Read More

Critics roundup, part 5: Because Phoenix really needs two awards

Erik Anderson December 17, 2014

We’re nearing the end of this series, we think. How many critics organizations can be left, right? Well, they are starting to throw us curveballs... Read More

REVIEW: ‘Annie’ (2014)

Erik Anderson December 17, 2014

It’s been three decades since the last time we saw Annie on the big screen and with a winking poke at the traditionally (white) red-headed... Read More

Critics roundup, part 4: Beyond our borders

Erik Anderson December 16, 2014

For this installment of our roundup series, we look across US borders to some international critics organizations, more specifically those in Toronto and London, but... Read More

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