In the absence of actual awards news, Variety’s Adam Dawtrey looks into his navel and finds similarities and differences between the film nominees of the U.S. and British film academies. In order to do so, he’s forced to use the world “Blighty” three times. I’ll translate some of it sans Varietese.
Besides hometown favorite Atonement (14 BAFTA nominations vs. 7 AMPAS [...]
Filed under: Awards | 72 Comments »
Jay C. at The Documentary Blog had this YouTube clip, a deleted excerpt from Errol Morris’ new Abu Ghraib documentary Standard Operating Procedure. The clip features portions of an interview with Col. Janis Karpinski (formerly a Brigadier General) who was commander of the prison at the time of the controversy and later in charge of Saddam [...]
Filed under: Miscellaneous | No Comments »
The lineup for the 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival was announced yesterday. As had previously been reported, Berlinale will open with Shine a Light, Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert film/documentary. The festival will continue through February 17th.
21 films will compete for the Golden Bear award including Errol Morris’ Abu Ghraib documentary Standard Operation Procedure; [...]
Filed under: Film Festivals, News | 56 Comments »
David Carr reported last night that the music branch of the Academy has let the Best Song nomination for Falling Slowly stand and that the song would appear on ballots that shipped to voters this morning.
Questions about the eligibility of the key song in the indie hit Once had arisen because it had appeared on two different recordings before film [...]
Filed under: News | 2 Comments »
