Warning: This piece is all about dissecting Flight in and out, so if you haven’t seen the film, go and do that before reading. You’ll thank me later (or not, since it’s a rather divisive film). If you follow this … Continue reading
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- 1. Oslo, August 31st [Review]
- 2. The Grey [Review]
- 3. The Master [Review]
- 4. Lincoln [Review]
- 5. Amour [Review]
- 6. The Turin Horse [Review]
- 7. Elena [Review]
- 8. Zero Dark Thirty [Review]
- 9. Tabu [Review]
- 10. Beasts of the Southern Wild [Review]
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- 11. The Snowtown Murders
- 12. Flight [Review]
- 13. Magic Mike [Review]
- 14. Holy Motors
- 15. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia [Review]
- 16. Rust and Bone [Review]
- 17. The Color Wheel
- 18. Looper [Review]
- 19. On the Road [Review]
- 20. The Loneliest Planet [Review]
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My Favorite Oscar Nomination of 2013: John Gatins
Posted on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 1:35 am by Danny King in the Awards Editorials Uncategorized categoryOscar Predictions: Taking Stock of What We’ve Seen
Posted on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 4:36 pm by Danny King in the Awards categoryWith August approaching, and the summer movie season beginning to wind down a bit, it’s the time of year when speculation about the upcoming awards season begins to mount an increasing momentum — a momentum that’s no doubt been put … Continue reading
Michael Haneke’s Revered ‘Amour’ Wins Palme d’Or
Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 4:04 pm by Danny King in the Awards categoryThe lovely Bérénice Bejo, along with a handful of presenters that included Alec Baldwin, Adrien Brody, Gong Li, and Audrey Tautou, dished out the award-winners today for the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival. As widely expected, the festival’s utmost critical … Continue reading
Looking Ahead: Forecasting the 2012-2013 Oscar Contenders
Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 6:14 pm by Danny King in the Awards categoryYou may or may not recall the out-of-the-gate Oscar forecasting I did right around this time last year. It was mostly a lot of blindfolded speculation, as information regarding most of the contenders in question was limited-to-nonexistent. The case is … Continue reading
What Should Win Tonight
Posted on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 2:49 pm by Danny King in the Awards categoryI posted my final predictions for the Academy Awards yesterday, and I thought it appropriate to further anticipate tonight’s festivities by sharing my “should win” picks in each category. (Though, having not seen all of the nominees, I have abstained … Continue reading
Oscar Predictions: Wrapping it Up
Posted on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2:30 pm by Danny King in the Awards categorySunday will bring us the 84th Academy Awards, and with it, the end of an awards season that began with an intriguing open-endedness — “surely that black-and-white silent thing from France won’t hang on forever,” seemed to be the status … Continue reading
Hazanavicius Wins DGA, ‘The Help’ Dominates SAG Awards
Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 4:19 pm by Danny King in the Awards categoryOver the past few days, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have both voiced their opinion on the year in film, yet each organization has added so little to the conversation that they hardly … Continue reading
Oscar Nominations Announced: ‘Hugo’ Tops the Field with 11 Nods, ‘The Artist’ Places Second with 10
Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 9:47 am by Danny King in the Awards categoryThe complete list of nominees for the 84th Academy Awards, which were announced via the Oscar site’s live stream about an hour ago, can be found after the jump. I’ll update this post later today — probably sometime in the … Continue reading
Oscar Predictions: One Last Refinement Before Tuesday’s Announcement
Posted on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 3:32 pm by Danny King in the Awards categoryHeading into tomorrow’s unveiling of this year’s Oscar nominations, the question remains, as it has all season, as to how the Academy’s freshly revised Best Picture regulations will affect the number of nominees in the category. It’s a fitting place … Continue reading