Complete the JGL Sentences...
JGL announcing his directorial debut earlier this monthHappy Birthday to Joseph Gordon-Levitt who turns 31 today, which is a great age to turn. He's been busy busy busy as noted last week. So complete...
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I've been offline today. Apologies. What's on *your* cinematic mind. Help me jump back into movie madness with your comments.
View ArticleYes, No, Maybe So: Damsels in Distress
Whit Stillman hasn't made a movie in 14 years. I remember loving his first, Metropolitan (1990), when it arrived. So did most critics. It's not so frequently discussed today but it was a big enough...
View ArticleJust Enjoy The Show
Cope and Dalton have made another spoof video of the Oscars. This one is just as offensive, though less consistently funny, than last year's (the presence of Inception in 2010 helped for the alternate...
View ArticleInterview: Oscar Nominee Arianne Phillips
It's long been my goal to up the visibility of the craft of costume design here at The Film Experience. So when the W.E. team was making the press rounds, I jumped at the chance to talk with Arianne...
View ArticleLeigh, Farhadi, Jake & Jury Name Berlinale Winners
Remember a couple of days ago when we shared the video of Jake Gyllenhaal handing Meryl Streep her Honoary Golden Bear in Berlin for a stellar career? Apparently he's making a habit of handing over...
View ArticleThe Razzies Are Coming, The Razzies Are Coming
Hey everybody. Michael C here. Can you feel the suspense? Not the Oscars, that’s going to be The Artist. No, I mean that we are only one week away from The Razzie nominations, where we can get a little...
View ArticleYet More Hardware For... The Help, The Descendants, The Artist
ACE and IMAGE statues. Why are trophies always nude men? Is Emmy the only girl among trophies?It's the last exhausting stretch of awards season and the mantles of everyone involved with The Help, The...
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I Need My Fix Michael Fassbender to appear tonight... any moment now I guess given the time difference...on Top Gear (in the UK)Movie|Line details all the messy pre-release problems surrounding John...
View ArticleOscar's Best Live Action Short Nominees. Predictions!
Amir here. We had a look at the Oscar nominated animated shorts the other day. In the same vein, let’s go over the best live action shorts. As with the previous category, I don’t think this group lives...
View ArticleOscar Isaac... with Cat
If Jonesy starts hissing, Oscar, run! He's spotted an acid-blooded alien or at least a Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2. Actually Oscar is just hauling around a new co-star (role size to be determined) on...
View ArticleA "Yes, No, Maybe So" Quadruple Feature!
Hollywood is insisting that we move on to the current calendar year (What is this thing called "2012"?) before we're wrapped with the 2011 Oscar Contenders. Boo! Don't they know we prefer things all...
View Article6 Days Till Oscar. Remember When...?
Remember when costume designer extraordinary Sandy Powell won her third Oscar for Young Victoria and she was so over it, dedicating it to costume designers on contemporary films who never get...
View ArticleMonologue: "My name is Charlene. What are you wearing?"
Time for our Monday Monologue... Missi, Uggie and Jean DujardinOne of the unexpected joys of this year's edition of Endless Awards Season has been the presence of the very funny, very talented Missi...
View ArticleNo Goyas for Pedro.
Jose here to report on Sunday night's Goya Awards. The Goyas are always an unusually dull awards ceremony: imagine the Oscars without any commercial breaks or attempts at cheesy humor. Last night...
View ArticleCurio: Oscar Unsheets, a Final Roundup
Alexa here. Even though my excitement over the Oscar nominees this year is a bit thin, the films are enlivened for me when I see them through the eyes of other artists. (Another reason the Academy...
View Article5 Days Until The Supercalifragilistic Big Night
Has this film year overstayed its welcome? Let's take a flashback then, way back to April 1965 when Sidney Poitier read out Julie Andrews as the winner of Best Actress. Julie was her typically gracious...
View ArticleBurning Questions: Is Nic Cage Gone For Good?
Michael C. here just back from an encounter with the Spirit of Vengeance. There is something about movies not screening for critics that makes me want to see titles I would otherwise self-deport to...
View ArticleCounsel Me This
. JA from MNPP here. Have you been following the rumor-mill over Ridley Scott's next movie? Until recently just the name "Ridley Scott" had become too encumbered by bad movies for me to get excited...
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