LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steven Spielberg talked movies with Harvey Weinstein. John Travolta chatted with Bradley Cooper. Dustin Hoffman and Jack Black shared cellphone photos.
Those stars, along with Kerry Washing...
Sorry I've been slow in getting to this -- the deadline for foreign-language Oscar submissions was two days ago, though stray films often sneak in a little late, so perhaps it's worth waiting a bit. Still, it looks li...
The biggest surprise about the nine-film shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is, well, how unsurprising it is. Seven of the titles I predicted yesterday are on it; the two films I didn't, Morocco's &quo...
Master German expressionist F.W. Murnau had already sealed his place in film history in his native industry with his seminal interpretations of "Nosferatu" and "Faust" when Hollywood came calling. ...
Welcome back to Cinejabber, your weekly open space to kick around whatever film-related thoughts you have on your mind. Who knows, some of them may even concern films that have nothing to do with Joss Whedon.
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Hey, remember “Nowhere in Africa?” Sure you do. The Caroline Link movie about Jewish WWII refugees in Kenya? Not ringing any bells? Oh. Well, what about “The Counterfeiters?” The Nazi banknote ...
Amid Kris's regular weekly predictions update, you might notice something new amid the Contenders pages: our first ranking for the season of the Best Foreign Language Film submissions. Needless to say, in a category t...
Tomorrow brings the first major cull in what is almost annually the most exasperating of Oscar races, Best Foreign Language Film. As has become the new custom, a shortlist of nine titles will be announced in the morni...
It took them long enough, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally released the names of sixty-five contenders for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar this week.
As many of the countries...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the latest field for the best foreign language Oscar. The following nine contenders will be screened by specially invited committees in New York and Los ...
