Academy Award

Opinion: Gold Derby nuggets: Sigourney Weaver praises James Cameron | Fighting words of snubbed 'Tyson' director | Will Sandra Bullock be blind-sided in awards game?

source: The Envelope

• Pete Hammond points out an interesting change in the rules for Oscar nominations: "Beginning this year, anyone who has ever been nominated at any time for an Oscar in a category outside of their own area will now be allowed to also nominate in that race too." As per Pete, "This means multi-h...

Published Fri, Nov 20

Because it has been far too long since Clive Owen graced ONTD

source: OH NO!!

Clive Owen has no sentimental need to be liked by an audience". So said Patrick Marber, the writer of Closer (for which Owen was Oscar-nominated). True?

Published Thu, Nov 19

Oscars derby update: 'Nine' finally debuts | best picture upset by 'Inglourious Basterds'? | Alec Baldwin may be a truly winning host

source: The Envelope

If "Nine" doesn't prove to be a strong best picture contender for Weinstein Co., then maybe "Inglourious Basterds" will emerge as a front-runner? Or maybe not. When Gold Derby heard how popular it is with Golden Globe voters and predicted it would win best picture at the Oscars, it triggere...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Nicolas Philibert and Marcel Lozinski at DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival

source: fest21.com

The festival programme will include a comprehensive retrospective of Lozinski's work. Academy Award nominated Marcel Lozinski has been a productive filmmaker since 1972. In his documentaries Lozinski potrays people living under socialism and questioned the prevailing social cond...

Published Thu, Nov 19

Inside track on the Oscars' supporting actor race

source: The Envelope

At this point on the derby track, with many films like "Invictus" and "The Lovely Bones" still unseen, it appears that there are three Oscar front-runners for best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds"), Christopher Plummer ("The Last Station") and Alec Baldwin...

Published Wed, Nov 18

Why Roger Corman Doesn't Deserve an Oscar

source: Cinematical

In a post yesterday about the honorary Academy Awards given out over the weekend, I said this about one of the recipients, Roger Corman: "Corman, who has directed more than 50 films and produced nearly 400 (!), has never been nominated for an Oscar, probably because all of his movies are te...

Published Wed, Nov 18

KaBOOM!

source: sbiff.org

No doubt in my mind, THE HURT LOCKER will get nominated for Best Picture come February 2.  And Kathryn Bigelow will be nominated for best Director.  She will be only the FOURTH woman nominated for best director in Oscar history (Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola), and she migh...

Published Tue, Nov 17

Israel Film Festival ready to open

source: fest21.com

Besides honoring Elliott Gould, Paul Schrader and Don Krim of Kino (who, as you know has released a slew of award-winning Israeli films), this year's edition is a great showcase for the Israeli Academy Awards, with 6 out of 10 features either winning or being nominated for "Ophirs". Plus t...

Published Tue, Nov 17