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Record Number of Countries Compete for Foreign Oscar

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

I will dig up trailers for as many of these films as I can find shortly. Here’s the not very shortlist: Afghanistan, “The Patience Stone,” Atiq Rahimi, director; Albania, “Pharmakon,” Joni Shanaj, director; Algeria, “Zabana!” Said Ould Khelifa, director; Argentina, … Continue reading →

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A Moment with Middle of Nowhere

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

If you’ve had opportunity to work as a script reader at an agency or production company, then you have almost certainly tortured through the task of reading script after script that made you want to light yourself on fire. Seriously, … Continue reading →

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House of Cards Comes to Netflix February 1st

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Oh, the irony of the name. Except that it isn’t web-based television content but the old-fashioned boob tube television that has all but fallen under the weight of its own house of cards. If you’ve caught Hulu’s Battlegound, then you … Continue reading →

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Mess, Stink, Love, and Humidity: The Paperboy

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Pauline Kael famously said, “Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.” If you haven’t heard it yet in reference to The Paperboy, I assure … Continue reading →

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OSCAR FORECAST: Best Original Song 2013

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Best Original Song Predictions (10/05/12): Strange Love, Karen O (Frankenweenie) Midnight Run, Willie Nelson (Lawless) Celebrate, Jennifer Hudson/Whitney Houston (Sparkle) Skyfall, Adele (Skyfall) Learn Me Right, Birdy/Mumford and Sons (Brave) Best Original Song: Even with the new rules put in … Continue reading →

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Adele’s Skyfall (official this time)

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

The song has now officially hit the web. A long, dark, and looming progression lends the song a sweeping scope that’s grand yet foreboding. Adele’s voice crackles with spirit as it emerges from under the epic instrumentals of a 77-piece orchestra. … Continue reading →

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OSCAR FORECAST: Best Editing 2013

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Best Editing Predictions (as of 10/04/12): Argo, William Goldenberg Life of Pi, Tim Squyres Lincoln, Michael Kahn Django Unchained, Fred Raskin Zero Dark Thirty, Dylan Tichenor Best Editing: I love this category. I’m not sure why, but this one may be the … Continue reading →

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UPDATED: Oscars 2013 Predictions

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Some changes/updates here and there. The news that Hitchcock will bow in 2012 shakes up the race a bit, but I don’t really expect it to make too huge a splash in the Best Picture category (call me stupid). Anthony … Continue reading →

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Rare Kindness: The Intouchables

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Like so many contemporary Europeans movies, especially those coming out of France, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s The Intouchables – France’s 2013 Oscar submission – borrows a typically Hollywood aesthetic. Somehow, even when existing along predictable plot points, fit with … Continue reading →

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Benh Zeitlin’s Short Glory at Sea

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

If you’ve seen Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, you know that it announces a rare visionary talent on the independent American film scene. Anchored by two dynamic performances, one being the very best child acting you will see … Continue reading →

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