Tag Archives: Hell and Back Again

‘Simon Killer,’ ‘The Surrogate’ Among Promising Titles Announced for 2012 Sundance Film Festival

If the NYFCC‘s recently-announced list of year-end winners denotes the certified start to this year’s awards season — they were the first major body of critics to publicly announce their best-of-the-year picks — then the Sundance Film Festival’s reveal of … Continue reading

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Academy Shortlist for Best Documentary Snubs ‘The Interrupters,’ ‘Into the Abyss,’ ‘Senna’

The Academy has shortlisted 15 documentaries — narrowed down from a field of 124 eligible contenders — for Oscar consideration, and among those snubbed are Steve James’ The Interrupters, Werner Herzog’s shattering Into the Abyss: A Tale of Life, a … Continue reading

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