With "The Tree of Life" the first Cannes Palme d'Or winner in nine years to receive a Best Picture nomination, and "The Artist" set to join the short list of top Oscar champs that debuted on the Croisette, was the French festival last year's most important Oscar hunting ground?
Posted on Monday, Feb 20, 2012
Also: The costumes of 'W.E.,' and making excuses for 'Cars 2'
Posted on Monday, Feb 20, 2012
Guy Lodge concludes his coverage of this year's Berlin Film Festival by reviewing his three favorites of the fest.
Posted on Monday, Feb 20, 2012
Woody Allen took his fifth Best Original Screenplay award from the WGA for "Midnight in Paris," but with "The Artist" ineligible here, can he beat the Best Picture frontrunner at the Oscars? Meanwhile, "The Descendants" continues to lead the adapted screenplay race.
Posted on Sunday, Feb 19, 2012
The Berlin Film Festival jury, headed by Mike Leigh, surprised critics by handing their top prize to "Caesar Must Die" -- a semi-documentary about a prison production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" -- from veteran Italian auteurs Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
Posted on Saturday, Feb 18, 2012
This year's Best Costume Design category features the two nomination-leading Best Picture nominees, and three films nominated in no other category -- including two well-dressed critical bombs. We consider what will win, and what should.
Posted on Friday, Feb 17, 2012
Also: Missing 2D 'Titanic,' and why isn't Williams the Best Actress frontrunner?
Posted on Friday, Feb 17, 2012
Guy Lodge's latest dispatch from the Berlinale festival reviews Billy Bob Thornton's first directorial effort in 11 years, and a remarkable acting showcase for recent Oscar winner Melissa Leo.
Posted on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012
Also: Brett Ratner's act of apology, and Streep's 2013 Oscar bid
Posted on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012
Also: Mourning 'Contagion,' and the decade-later Oscar vote
Posted on Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012
