While screenwriter Zak Penn may have received a "story by" credit on "The Avengers", based on a recent GQ article (thanks to the Playlist for bringing it to my attention) it appears he didn't ...
Long known as one of the more progressive branches of the Academy, the writer's always have a difficult task in selecting 10 screenplays for two Oscar statues. Unlike other years, however, there are very few loc...
Pro: No branch of the Academy is friendlier towards foreign-language fare than the writers, and as with “A Separation” last year, Haneke's Palme d'Or winner is the kind of intimate, articulate, character-d...
It's hardly a new complaint that the humble original screenplay is practically an endangered species in the current cinematic landscape. Multiple column inches have been spent bemoaning the dominance of sequels, remak...
Last week, I began this year's round of First-Half FYC columns, wherein we aim to respectfully draw attention to worthy Oscar alternatives from the first six months of the U.S. release calendar -- a response to the an...
(The Oscar Guide will be your chaperone through the Academy's 24 categories awarding excellence in film. A new installment will hit every weekday in the run-up to the Oscars on February 26, with the Best Picture final...
(Welcome to the Oscar Guide, your chaperone through the Academy’s 24 categories awarding excellence in film. A new installment will hit every weekday in the run-up to the Oscars on February 24, with the Best Pic...
Continuing our survey of this season's major-category contenders, we arrive at the screenplay races -- and in a super-sized gallery, we've combined both the original and adapted categories, with hopefuls ranging from ...
In a long awards season, the weeks from early to December to the end of February feel more like a decade than the few months the constitute. So, it's no surprise that the Best Picture frontrunner at that critica...
You've heard it time and time again this season like a constant drumbeat banging in your ear: "It's the year of Michael Fassbender." Or, "It's the year of Jessica Chastain." Or, even "It...
