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Oscars Doc shortlist: same as it ever was.
Thu, Nov 19 2009 8:35 AM

Bemoaning the failures of the Oscars in the Best Documentary department has become an annual ritual, like spazzing about filing your income taxes or dusting off stale jokes about March Madness obsessions. So the news that this year's doc shortlist of 15 potential nominees is full of omissions and small obscurities is not a surprise. Many folks would've... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Awards, documentaries, The Cove, Oscars 2010, Burma VJ, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, The Beaches of Agnes

De-gaying movies: Why bother?
Tue, Nov 10 2009 5:00 AM

Due on December 11th, Tom Ford's "A Single Man" is one of the more hotly-tipped Oscar frontrunners. It's got just the right combination of gears in motion: a prestigious literary source (Christopher Isherwood), period production design (the early '60s), and the Weinstein brothers handling the Oscar push. But after paying a reported $2 million... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Nine, Weinstein Company, Marketing, A Single Man, Oscars 2010, degaying, Tom Ford, Julianne Moore, Colin Firth

The death of the original screenplay...?
Wed, Nov 4 2009 8:07 AM

This week's favorite Oscar topic, besides last night's announcement that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be co-hosting the awards, is where all the original screenplays have gone. The Hollywood Reporter's Steven Zeitchik points out the a dearth of obvious candidates for the "Best Original Screenplay" category. If "Up," "Inglourious... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Up, The Hurt Locker, Awards, Where the Wild Things Are, Inglourious Basterds, (500) Days Of Summer, Star Trek, The Hangover, Away We Go, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Oscars 2010