Pablo Giorgelli directed Las Acacias, a simple low-key yet effective Argentinian drama that won the Caméra d’Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Fest.
Movie Stars: Brent, George–Background, Career, Awards
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George Brent: Second Banana Movie Star, Supporting Davis, Stanwyck, Garbo
Film Theory: Style–Editing
February 23, 2026 by
“The foundation of film art is editing” The syntax of cinema; its grammatic language Shots arejoined into scenes; editing eliminates unnecessary time and place (V.I. Pudovkin) “Films are a series of details–details within details.” (Jerry Greenberg, Scarface, 1983). “Everything on the shooy is just raw material. A motion picture is basically made in the editing […]
Broadway Melody (1928): First Awarded Musical–One of Worst Winners
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In Preparation for New 15th Edition of My Pioneering Oscar Book
Harold and Maude: Bud Cort, Star of Ashby’s Cult Classic (with Ruth Gordon), Dies at 77
February 11, 2026 by
Bud Cort, who played the titular role in Hal Ashby;s 1971 classic, Harold and Maude, died Wednesday in Connecticut after a long illness. He was 77.






