Years that deserved 10 best pic noms
Village Voice and GreenCine Daily critic Aaron Hillis confronts the conventional wisdom that 1939 was the last year deserving of 10 best picture nominees.
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As a staple at Manhattan's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater for just over a decade, comedian and writer Chris Gethard ("Weird New York") has taken auds to some far-out places -- sometimes literally.
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As lyrically shot and poignant as it may be, "Steam of Life" inarguably makes for an unusual choice to rep Finland in the Oscar race for foreign-language feature, though for different reasons depending...
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American arthouses screening the latest studio-backed indies ("Black Swan," "The King's Speech") can piggyback their marketing efforts on distributors' deep-pocketed campaigns, but with limited ad...
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Though an increasing number of indie arthouses are navigating into nonprofit territory, it still takes innovation and savvy to make sure the lights stay on.
View ArticleGilman & Hayward: Duo pops in Anderson’s ‘Kingdom’
New Jersey-born Jared Gilman and Massachusetts native Kara Hayward were only 12 when they were plucked from open-audition obscurity to play the young romantic leads in Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom."
View ArticleTye Sheridan: ‘Tree’ star impresses in ‘Mud’
Apart from a few school plays, 15-year-old Tye Sheridan had almost no acting experience when he was cast as Brad Pitt's youngest son in Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life."
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