Awards

Why Josh Olson is an Asshole

A few years ago, I fell in love with the format of screenplay writing. The craft is understandably intoxicating for… Read More

Watch: Shane Acker’s Original Animated Short ‘9’

The highly anticipated (if not completely warmly received) 9 hits theaters today on this numerically significant day, and while you… Read More

A Handy User’s Guide to the Academy’s New Best Picture Voting Rules

As you probably already know, it was announced earlier in the day by Steven Pond over at the fantastic Awards… Read More

How Having 10 Best Picture Nominees Will Affect You

It won’t.I’d love to leave the article at that, but Neil said that I wasn’t allowed to eat lunch until… Read More

Tribeca Review: Departures

This year's Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film is an eloquent, richly shot piece of work, opening in… Read More

Culture Warrior: Mickey, Sean, and Paul Haggis Progressivism

First of all I need to preface this post by saying that I don’t believe the Oscars matter in the… Read More

14 Things We Learned From The 2009 Oscars

Besides the mandatory Defensive Driving Class I had to take, The Oscars was the most educational experience of my year… Read More

2009 Oscar Winners – Slumdog Millionaire Dominates

Once again, we use an exclamation point, so you know it's important. Below you will find the complete list of… Read More

Anne Hathaway Likely On Board for Stephen Chow’s Next Film

The Rachel Getting Married star is reportedly headed for vastly different territory: the wild world of expert parodist Stephen Chow. Read More