Nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture, Sideny Lumet’s outrageous satire on American TV was prophetic; it looks less like a fantasy as the years pass. As written by Paddy Chayefsky, the tale chronicles fourth-place network that will air anything for a rating, including a patently insane, profanity-shouting “mad prophet” of the TV airwaves.
Red Riding Hood: Directed by Catherine (Twilight) Hardwicke
March 4, 2011 by
Most of us grew up with a sanitized version of Red Riding Hood, but the original fairy tale has darker elements that make it much more intriguing. The idea of a girl going into the woods by herself and having a wolf stalking her and then speaking to her…
Oscar: What’s So Special About It?
February 21, 2011 by
I have been collecting statements and quotes about the Oscar Award and the Oscar show ever since I wrote what I believe to be the first serious book about the Academy Awards, first published in 1986 as And the Winner Is: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards and now in it its 11th edition as All About Oscar.
Here is what Martin Scorsese, who finally won Best Director Oscar at his sixth nomination, said……
Oscar 2010: Inception Wins Top Award from American Society of Cinematographers
February 14, 2011 by
The dreamscape of “Inception” won out over “Black Swan,” “The King’s Speech,” “True Grit,” and “The Social Network” as lenser Wally Pfister took the top competitive prize at the 25th annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards.
Oscar 2010: King’s Speech Sweeps BAFTA Awards
February 13, 2011 by
“The King’s Speech” won 7 awards at BAFTA’s Orange British Academy Film Awards, which have just ended in London. Will Oscar voters follow the trend in two weeks?
