Tag Archives: Terrence Malick
Oscar Predictions: Taking Stock of What We’ve Seen
With 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
Oscar Predictions: One Last Refinement Before Tuesday’s Announcement
Heading 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
Top Ten Most Anticipated Movies of 2012
With the end of the semester in sight, I’ve been swamped with school work during the past few days — final-exam preparation, putting together final essays, etc. That’s why I haven’t posted anything since Thursday. But things will be back … Continue reading
Love for ‘The Artist’ Continues with Indiana Film Journalists Association
Another day, another precursor group, another show of love for The Artist. The film earned Michel Hazanavicius Best Director honors in addition to being named the year’s Best Film by the Indiana Film Journalists Association. (Though props to them for … Continue reading
San Francisco Critics Also Announce Winners, Admirably Reward Malick’s ‘Tree of Life’
Any group that names Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life the best film of 2011 has an automatic supporter in yours truly, but the San Francisco Film Critics Circle also managed to devise a list of winners that was, from … Continue reading
Precursor Roundup: Boston, Los Angeles, and New York Online Critics Chime In
As far as precursor awards goes, today has been an absolute whirlwind, with three major critics groups chiming in with their year-end winners: Boston Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and New York Film Critics Online. There’s … Continue reading
Three Decades of Brad Pitt
I was glancing through some of the early TIFF reactions to Bennett Miller’s Moneyball — most of which were positive, by the way — and it really got me thinking about how interesting Brad Pitt’s choices as an actor tend … Continue reading
Oscar Predictions: Diving in Before the Festivals
Back in early March, I put together a preliminary set of Oscar predictions for the impending 2011-2012 awards season. Most of the films that made their way into my charts have still yet to be released theatrically, but trailers have … Continue reading
