Saturday, March 21

Tough best picture decision lies ahead for Academy

November is the month when serious award hopefuls begin making themselves known. Variety magazine, for instance, released on Saturday a list of 30 films it considered to be the top contenders for the major categories at the Academy Awards. Read more...

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“Moonrise Kingdom,” directed by Wes Anderson and starring Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward, tells the story of two penpals who fall in love and plot their runaway together. The movie was listed by Variety magazine as one of the top contenders at the upcoming Academy Awards.


Oscars shift away from flashy dramas toward smaller films

As I wrote this column before the election, the polls were still open, and in between constant checking of CNN my mind was still reeling from a movie I saw the night before at the American Film Institute festival "“ the French film "Rust and Bone" starring Marion Cotillard. Read more...

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The British independent film “The King’s Speech” took home four Oscars in 2011, including Best Motion Picture of the Year.








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