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Beauty Break: Julie Christie in Doctor Zhivago
The weather is turning colder (much colder if you live in the midwest) and Nathaniel just got back from Iceland, so this beauty break is inspired by the freezing weather and heated love affairs in...
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Say What? Meryl & Julia
Amuse us by adding a caption or dialogue to this photo from the premiere of August: Osage County
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Late Night Link
The Wrap the new triangular Oscar logoFrench Films About Trains "Category is: 2013 Realness" i09 Paul Rudd to play Hank Pym aka Ant Man in the future Marvel movie for Edgar WrightDigital Spy... and...
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Oscar's Documentaries: Tales from the Shortlist (Part 2)
Glenn continues his 3 part look at the 15 finalists for Best Documentary. (Here is part one if you missed it). Watch along with us! Blackfish Synopsis: How do you solve a problem like SeaWorld? Animal...
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20:13 for 2013 screen capping fun!
Six long years ago I ran a popular series called 20:07 where I shared freeze frames for various films at the 20th minute and 7th second of the film. T'was super fun and popular and every once in a...
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The Man In Black Vs The Big Blue Boy Scout
JA from MNPP here, taking a look and a listen at the whispers coming from Warner Brothers that no less than Joaquin Phoenix is being "sought" to play the bad guy in the next Superman (slash Batman...
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Interview: Asghar Farhadi on Globe Nominee "The Past"
Amir and Asghar Farhadi @ TIFFAmir here, to share with you my fantastic experience of interviewing the director of The Past, A Separation and About Elly. About a decade ago, when Asghar Farhadi made...
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Animated Feature Contender: Rio 2096
Tim Brayton will be looking at several of the contenders for Oscar's Animated Feature race. He previously reviewedThe Wind Rises, Ernest & Celestine, Frozen, and Letter to Momo. This week: Rio...
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Linkies
Empire Bryan Singer and his writing team working on X-Men: Apocalypse already. My only objection to this article is the conditional phrase for X2 "one of the best of the franchise" I'm sorry... one...
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Foreign Film Frenzy... The Finalist List
Though I love the constant excitement of December as much as anyone if there is one single element of awards season I could seize control of, it would be the annual Best Foreign Language Film race....
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Scarlett Johansson in 'Her', 'Don Jon' and The Nicole Kidman Art of the Comeback
Glenn here to discuss two of The Film Experience’s favorite women. If you’re like me and have been watching with glee the re-ascension of Scarlett Johansson to critical favour then you also may have...
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Prediction Updates: Picture, Director, Costumes & Visuals
Time for major chart fixes now that all the major precursors have announced their nominations. We've started with Best Picture, Best Director, Animation & Documentary, and the Visual Categories......
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Film on Film: 5 Classics That Deserve a Film of Their Own
[Editor's Note: Here's abstew with 5 Hollywood on Hollywood pitches. Co-sign!] It's no secret that one of Film's favorite subject matters is, well, itself. The past two Best Picture winners (The Artist...
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Randomness: The Hunt, Film Scores, Burlesque Memories
I'm experiencing something a bit like ADHD today. I've started several articles none of which got past a few lines and worked on a few oscar chart updates or revisions none of which ever felt like I'd...
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Updated Charts - All Categories
The Oscar Charts are fully revised. Enjoy! I've currently predicted 12 Years a Slave, Gravity, Captain Phillips and American Hustle to lead the nominations hogging 37 nominations between them and The...
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Do You Find "Inspirational" Films Comforting or Pandering?
Something a little off the traditional awards path hit a few days ago which I've failed to discuss: The Heartland Moving Picture Award. The list comes from a non-profit group that aims to promote what...
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Podcast: American Hustle & Her
Nick, Katey and Joe join Nathaniel to wish you all a very happy holiday week. We begin by talking about David O. Russell's American Hustle. Katey wishes the movie had applied itself more, Joe doesn't...
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The Anchorman Continues...
Amir's Weekly Box Office Report chart repurposed from boxoffice.com Ron Burgundy and his news team were the story of the weekend with Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, though their numbers are...
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Two Movie Advertisements of (Dubious) Note
Cheers to Carefee Black Girl who is Italy and had the smarts to snap this incredibly unfortunate 12 Years a Slave poster. Yes, Brad sells tickets but at what price to a film's soul? Fox Searchlight...
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