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Seven Films That the Oscars Forgot

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Seven Films That the Oscars Forgot

Now would be a great time to catch up with what the Oscars missed. And they missed a lot. Good news: Most of those titles are now easily accessible for you to enjoy at home.

Not Gonna Bow: Notes on the Oscars

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Not Gonna Bow: Notes on the Oscars

It appears that a lot of people have completely misunderstood what cinema is for, concluding that it's all some big cockamamie competition.

Wait... how did I end up in The New Yorker?

Wait... how did I end up in The New Yorker?

I've just been informed that Sam Sweet at The New Yorker has published a piece about "The Christian Oscars." I play a supporting role — not in the "Christian Oscars" (thank goodness) but in the article. I'm as surprised about this development as

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Hey, Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman, and Ang Lee: What's Your Verdict?

What film prize means more to filmmakers around the world than an Oscar? Somebody won it today. And most American moviegoers — munching popcorn and slurping corn syrup as they watch disposable, factory-made films — won't even notice that it happened.

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A (Temporary) Farewell to Film Review Work

Writing, I find, is a joy and an adventure. But it's not much of a job. In fact, you need another job in able to afford to do it.

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The Best Films of 2012? Here's the Indiewire 2012 Critics Poll

So… was The Master a good movie, or not? What about Lincoln or The Avengers? What about This is 40 or Zero Dark Thirty? 204 film critics voted in this year’s Indiewire critics’ poll. Their choices do not resemble the Box Office Top 10 or the movies likely to be honored by the Golden Globes. Why is t

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

[July 2012 Update: In the buzz of recent Hollywood news, we've learned that Jennifer Connelly will reunite with Russell Crowe for Darren Aronofsky's epic retelling (reinvention?) of the story of Noah, the Ark, and the Deluge. That inspires me to look back at Crowe and Connelly&

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Oscar Night on Sunday

On Friday night, in Calgary, AB, I'll be speaking about the Oscars, the movies Oscar overlooked, and taking the road less traveled to a life of rewarding, life-changing, "dangerous" moviegoing. On Saturday night I'll be flying home to Seattle. On Sunday night... ... I plan

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Oscar predictions.

Based on my experience of watching and reading about the Academy Awards in past years, here are my Oscar predictions... BEST PICTURE Of the nine nominees, the Academy will give the Best Picture award to the movie that, at one particular (but fleeting) moment, wins the most approval based on

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Thursday is Oscar Day at Seattle Pacific University

This Thursday at Seattle Pacific University, in the Library's "Thursday Food for Thought" program, I'll be sharing some thoughts on the nine films nominated for Best Picture in this year's Oscar race. Why were they nominated? What do these films have to

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What the Oscars Overlooked

Let's revisit the ten films that earned Best Picture nominations. What did they really have to offer? In this article for Response, I went looking for the questions at the heart of Inception, The Social Network, Winter's Bone, Black Swan... all ten of the 2010 films

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A Live Seattle event: Discuss Oscar's 10 Best Picture Nominees with Dick Staub, Me, and Others.

Mark your calendars, Seattlites... On Monday, February 21, The Kindlings Muse will feature a live panel-discussion of Oscar's ten Best Picture nominees. Onstage: Dick Staub, Jennie Spohr, Dr. Chris Chaney from SPU, and myself.

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10 Films. One Oscar. But Are Any of Them Actually Profound?

Did you miss The Kindlings Muse last month? It was a lively conversation covering all ten of the Best Picture nominees. I discussed the ups and downs of the nominees with Dick Staub, Greg Wright, and... Jennifer Spohr, in front of an audience of moviegoers. You can listen to the

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The World That the Oscars Forgot, Part One

It's hard to believe. But America is not the only country in the world that makes movies. Here's part one of my article about the movies that the Oscars forgot.

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Robbed

Best Performance by an Actress, 2009.