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"Come to bed, Laura Brown"
Programming note: Actressexuals unite! We'll be celebrating The Hours 10th anniversary Friday, January 18th through the 22nd. We'll look back on its Globe winning night, it's Holy Trinity of Actresses...
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Things to Ponder Before Making Finally Final Oscar Nom Predix
I'm trying to decide how much to alter some of my current predictions when I post my final predictions (Tuesday night). Here are some things I'm pondering. Ponder with me in the comments. It's a...
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National Society of Film Critics Loves Amour
National Society of Film Critics is the last of the three big critics' groups to announce their annual winners and they have followed LAFCA's footsteps in giving their top prize to Michael Haneke's...
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Loretta Young, Ruffled
Happy Centennial to Loretta Young! (January 6th, 1912 - August 12th, 2000) She was my mom's favorite actress as a little girl which is how I know her name. So many ruffles! How can Loretta breathe in...
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With Six You Get Link Roll
Imgur Les Miz synopsis with emoticons. Salon "welcome to the new civil war" On Lincoln, Django Unchained and modern political dividesMNPP 10 little reviews. It's the only way to keep up this time of...
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Drowning in Oscary Waters All Over the World
It's less than 4 days until we're drowning in it! I was called to task a bit for the tsunami image from The Impossible that greeted my first "days until" Oscar nominations post a week ago. I understand...
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"The Grandmaster"'s First Screening / Press Conference
It seems like we've been hearing about Wong Kar Wai's The Grandmaster for about a decade now. But it finally exists as a "completed" project. No more tinkering. The movie will premiere at Berlinale...
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Year in Review: Movies You Should Have Invested In
Some alarmists might consider the seemingly mandatory media coverage of weekend box office to be the true death of vital film culture, more money meaning nothing other than, well, more money. (See:...
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Favorite Trios! Three Days...
...until Oscar nominations arrive. So let's celebrate with our three favorite threesomes trios this year. 3. The Crown Princes in Brave I love Hamish, Hubert & Harris primarily because I share...
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A Proposal For Kathryn Bigelow's Next Picture
I snapped this pic in my last hotel room and forgot to share it. I lol'ed like a crazy person at the time alone in a hotel bathroom because my brain immediately went here: Breaking: KATHRYN BIGELOW to...
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You Link Me. You Really Link Me!
The Wrap Sally Field (Lincoln) is the talk of the Palm Springs festival with her lively speech.The Playlist has a clip of the new Pixar short The Blue Umbrella but be forewarned. It's really not much...
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Screenplays of '12. Pg 12. "Lincoln"
I didn't forget about my page 12 sharing in honor of 2012 but the year slipped away from me. Let's resume, at least in brief, for a moment from LINCOLN as scripted by Tony Kushner based in part on two...
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Best of 2012: Nathaniel's Honorable Mentions
We're reached the End of Watch. No, not the movie of that title though we'll soon get to it. But the invisible line I have to draw on my movie calendar between Now and Then. I've squeezed more...
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Curio: Alexa's Favorite Film Moments of 2012
Alexa here with my own contribution to the year in review. Everyone seems to agree that 2012 was a great year in film, and many are dissing 2011 in the process. Was 2011 really that bad? I would argue...
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Nom Nom Nom: The DGA's.
Hey, lovelies. Beau here, with the announcement of the DGA Nominees for 2013 whilst Nathaniel lunches with one of them. Ben Affleck, Argo Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty Tom Hooper, Les Miserables...
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"Holy Motors" Tops The Inaugural Team Experience Awards
Amir here, welcoming you to the first ever Team Experience Awards. Before going any further, let me assure you that the Film Bitch Awards that we all know and love so much aren’t going anywhere....
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Cinderella Unenchanted
JA from MNPP here - back at the start of December we took a look at the news that Never Let Me Go and One Hour Photo director Mark Romanek had supposedly set his sights on reimagining Cinderella...
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Final Nomination Predix: Big Day Ahead for Lincoln, Life, Les Miz
And here we are again. I was amused to find myself named one of the 'Nate Silvers of the Oscar Race' today on Salon but Thursday morning will undoubtedly make the comparison less apt even if though...
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Woody Comes Home: Blue Jasmine Tea Leaves
Hey folks. Michael C. here. There are few constants in my pop culture life. Woody Allen is one of them. The last time a year passed without a Woody Allen movie was 1981 when I was one year old. Like...
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BAFTA ♥ Lincoln (But Not Spielberg)
So much happening and I was seized by offsite emergencies. Apologies. In the wee hours of the morning here in the States... we'll call it "last night", BAFTA announced their nominations and went wild...
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