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Best Supporting Actor: Oscar's Ballot & Mine.
I haven't been shy about my disappointment with this year's Best Supporting Actor Oscar Ballot, a lineup lacking in narrative oomph (which shouldn't be a factor in judging "best" but still makes Oscar...
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Hit Me With Your Best Shot ~ Season 4
Oscar season comes to an abrupt end at the end of February which frees up our time. One of The Film Experience's most popular series, a communal viewing party of sorts, returns for another season. BYOE...
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Podcast: Side Effects & Oscar Symptoms
Have you ever sleepwalked? Joe, Katey, and I (Nathaniel) discuss this creepy phenom and a wide variety of other things that Steven Sodebergh's Side Effects brings to mind in this spoilery discussion...
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10 Days 'til Oscar: Score, Song, & Sound
We're in the final crunch now. Oscar voters have to make their final decisions by Tuesday February 19th (with the winners announced Sunday February 24th) so I'm throwing up my own nominees (which I...
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Days Until...*
9 Days Until... The 85th Annual Academy Awards14 Days Until... Reader Appreciation Month kicks off: contests, reader spotlights and more. (read: a shameless begging to convince you to stick around...
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Posterized: Bruce Willis, Perennial
I raced excitedly to a A Good Day To Die Hard screening earlier this week though I couldn't quite put my finger on why. As a rule of thumb, I love Bruce Willis but I don't exactly seek his movies out...
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I forgot to wish you a 'Happy Valentines'
I wasn't feeling it yesterday. Were you? Did you see a movie with that special someone?
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Links, Inc.
i09 Monster University has a recruiting adi09 and character designs - Helen Mirren being dragon-like as the Dean in this Pixar sequelInteriors picks a great topic this month: the apartment in Amour....
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Mystery Swag
One of my favorite things to receive during Oscar season is mystery swag - unlabelled promotional items just to keep you thinking about a film. My favorite ever was two years ago when a black envelope...
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8 Days 'til Oscar: The Visual Wonders
I'm saving my beloved category Costume Design for its own post. For now let's talk Cinematography, Production Design, Editing and Visual Effects. At the Oscars Life of Pi is up for all of these...
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Berlin Announces Its Winners.
Jose here. The Berlin Film Festival came to its end a few hours ago and the big winners came from Romania and Bosnia. Călin Peter Netzer's Child's Pose won the prestigious Golden Bear, while Danis...
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7 Days 'til Oscar: Costume Design
Each year at the Oscar ceremony I hope against hope that they'll ditch one of the numerous superfluous montages celebrating something or other throughout history and just do a runway show of the year's...
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A Beautiful Day To Box Office
I should've gone to a movie today because it's the most instantaneous cure I know for the blues. But I'm too backed up with work. Maybe tomorrow if I'm a good boy for President's Day? Bruce Willis...
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20 Musicals From Warner Bros
It would be incorrect to say that musicals were made to lift one's spirits since plenty of great musicals are as grim as any ruthless drama. But the genre lifts mine even through tears. So I was...
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Interview: Alexandre Desplat on Composing for "Argo" & "Zero Dark Thirty"
Matt here! Knowing my music background, Nathaniel asked me to speak with Alexandre Desplat for his fifth Oscar nomination. Desplat has composed scores for over 100 films including Fantastic Mr. Fox,...
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Link City: Blogs To Click For
Coming Soon first look at Josh Brolin in Sin City: A Dame To Kill ForLow Resolution Joe Reid returns to his very neglected blog to make a movie trailer for his own awardsThe Hollywood Reporter spends...
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The Film Experience. Where To Now?
Running a niche blog is tough business. It doesn't pay the bills. Traffic peaked in 2011 (I was unemployed and had more time to write) and though we held steady in 2012, more or less, no growth...
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My Loyal Subjects...
Editor's Note: [trumpets! ♫♩] Please welcome back to The Film Experience our favorite very special guest. Tis I, The Bening! I thought I'd share a picture of my recent audience with loyal subjects like...
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Interview: Rich Moore on His Long Journey With "Wreck-It Ralph"
The Animated Feature Oscar race has been unusually competitive this year. In the final week of voting (ballots are due tomorrow) FYC ads and toys were still showing up in the mail. Which to play with...
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