Unsurprisingly, considering the minimal theatrical exposure documentary shorts receive even relative to their live-action and animated counterparts, Best Documentary Short annually seems to be the award about which mo...
Notable participants: James Cameron, Ed Harris
What happened: Even today, the quickest way to piss off Ed Harris is to ask him about the production of "The Abyss." And why is he still so hot about it? Jam...
It was a David-versus-Goliath battle for the Best Animated Short Oscar, and the heftier opponent won out as Disney’s black-and-white romance “Paperman” took the award.
Mainstream appeal also w...
(The Oscar Guide will be your chaperone through the Academy's 24 categories awarding excellence in film. New installments will hit every weekday in the run-up to the Oscars on February 26, with the Best Picture finale...
"I was still horizontal in bed, but I was probably the happiest person on the planet. ...I'm just so happy for everyone [on the movie] and everyone just deserves it. It's incredible." (You can read Lawrence'...
There’s no official release date yet, but Lady Gaga has dropped plenty of hints about the project, aside from its all-caps pretentious name (“When POP sucks the tits of ART,” she declares on Twitter)...
Can we already be at this point? It may be in one of the least-heralded categories, but the Oscar shortlisting process has officially begun: this morning, the Academy announced a shortlist of eight semi-finalists for ...
Pro: First off, "Argo" will be adored by SAG and the Academy's acting branch because of the huge cast of character actors who get a chance to shine. The movie finds Affleck playing Tony Mendez, a real-...
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Keira Knightley, Aaron Johnson, Jude Law, Kelly Macdonald, Olivia Williams
Screening at: Toronto
Why: Knightley and Wright reunite for the third time after the critically acclaimed co...
Richard Linklater spins Jack Black's manic energy into pure gold in this lighthearted comedy, which tells the story of a cash-strapped heavy metal guitarist who poses as an elementary school substitute in order to pay...
