It's true. As I look forward to an upcoming year of academic job hunting, I've been doing some e-cleaning and e-housekeeping. First item on the list was finding a more professional-looking home f...
MONDAYS WITH MANUEL is a new ongoing series here at the blog wherein I am watching all the films referenced in Manuel Puig's The Buenos Aires Affair (1974). If the name sounds familiar, i...
As I continue trying to keep up with blogging while trying to write a dissertation, I decided to make a blogging project that could double up as dissertation work. One of my chapters is on Argen...
This is in response to Nat's The Master Blu-Ray/DVD giveaway contest . Some would say I'm pandering, but this is literally the first thing that came up when I decided to submit something. The r...
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And so it comes to an end. See all the rest of the nominated films reviewed here or by following the tag . I am excitedly baking, preparing for my annual Oscar-themed cupcake party, s...
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Presented without commentary because, well, other than a couple of hunches and/or hopeful hunches (Zero Dark Thirty in Original Screenplay, Frankenweenie in Animated Feature) these mostly are the...
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Life of Pi Directed by: Ang Lee Written by: David Magee Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan & Rafe Spall. Oscar Nominations: 10 Best Original Song ("Pi's Lullaby"), Best Original Score (M...
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Les Miserables Directed by: Tom Hooper Written by: Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham-Carter & Samantha Barks. Oscar Nomin...
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Silver Linings Playbook Written & Directed by: David O. Russell Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Robert DeNiro & Jacki Weaver. Oscar Nominations: The Big 8! Best...
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Argo Directed by: Ben Affleck Written by: Chris Terrio Starring: Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston & Kyle Chandler. Oscar Nominations: 7 Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound ...
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Motifs in Cinema is a discourse across 22 film blogs, assessing the way in which various thematic elements have been used in the 2012 cinematic landscape. How does a common theme vary in use...
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Amour Written and Directed by: Michael Haneke Starring: Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant & Isabelle Huppert. Oscar Nominations: 5 Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Screenpl...
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Have you checked this Oscar Travesties bracket happening over at Grantland? It bills itself as "A tournament to determine the worst Academy Award moment in modern history" which is a pretty nifty...
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Zero Dark Thirty Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Written by: Mark Boal Starring: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Joel Edgerton & Chriss Pratt. Oscar Nominations: 5...
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Did you see the official 85 Years of Oscar poster by Olly Moss ? The poster offers 85 takes on the most famous Naked Golden Man of all inspired by all former Best Picture winners. He gets to...
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Two new posters for Almodóvar's new film I'm So Excited have been released (via ) but this colorful one is my favorite, if only because it screams Almodóvar. It makes me want to have a ga...
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Django Unchained Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson & Kerry Washington. Oscar nomination: 5 Best Original S...
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Beasts of the Southern Wild Directed by: Benh Zeitlin Written by: Benh Zeitlin & Lucy Alibar Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis & Dwight Henry. Oscar Nominations: 4 Best Adapted Screenplay (...
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The Master Written & Directed by: P. T. Anderson Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams & Laura Dern. Oscar Nominations: 3 Best Supporting Actor (Philip Seymour Hoff...
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Shut up everyone, shut up Lutz! My favorite sitcom of all time ends tonight and I wanted to take a second and thank its creator: Thank you Tina Fey... For giving me two Black Swans, F...
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Flight Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Written by: John Gatins Starring: Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Don Cheadle & Melissa Leo. Oscar Nominations: 2 Best Original Scree...
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Moonrise Kingdom Directed by Wes Anderson Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola Starring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Edward N...
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The Sessions Written & Directed: Ben Lewin Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, Moon Bloodgood & William H. Macy. Oscar Nominations: 1 Best Supporting Actress (Helen Hunt) Of all the one-...
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I'm starting off the Oscar Challenge 2013 with the film that nabbed Naomi Watts her second Oscar nomination. The Impossible Director: Juan Antonio Bayona Writer: Sergio G. Sánchez Starrin...
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So Oscar nominations came and went and now we have a longer than usual six-weeks to go until the big night. How to entertain ourselves until then? Well, we could try and play pundit and tr...
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