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OSCARS SHARE THE WEALTH
- By Leonard Maltin
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- February 25, 2013 2:57 AM
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When there are so many excellent films in contention for the Oscars, the only sensible thing to do is spread the love around, and that’s what Academy voters did Sunday night.
OSCARS IN THE HERE AND NOW
- By Leonard Maltin
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- February 22, 2013 7:09 PM
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I’ve been fortunate to have an opportunity to write about this year’s Oscar race in a series of essays for the news agency Thomson Reuters.
NO
- By Leonard Maltin
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- February 15, 2013 1:02 AM
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An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film this year, Pablo Larrain’s No is a persuasive docudrama that chronicles the efforts to unseat Chile’s dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1988.
HIGH SPIRITS AT OSCAR NOMINEE LUNCHEON
- By Leonard Maltin
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- February 5, 2013 3:56 AM
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There’s no suspense or sense of competition, just an air of cheerful camaraderie at the annual Oscar nominees’ luncheon, which was held Monday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The increasingly crowded awards season, with galas, q&a sessions and presentations galore, takes a toll on high-profile participants—
THE GATEKEEPERS
- By Leonard Maltin
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- February 1, 2013 1:08 AM
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When Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh saw Errol Morris’ riveting documentary "The Fog of War," in which he interviews former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, he was inspired to make a film that would give viewers access to someone from his country’s inner circle.
Precious Moments At Oscar Ball
- By Leonard Maltin
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- December 5, 2012 1:00 AM
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Presenting honorary Oscars at a separate event, held in November, has proven to be a win-win for the Academy and the worthy recipients. It also gathers a formidable array of Hollywood A-listers in one room. Wanting to soak it all in, I didn’t shoot as many photos as I should have, I suppose, but I did capture a few special moments...
Footnote—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 9, 2012 12:30 AM
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Another of this year’s Best Foreign Language Film nominees, Footnote may not be as intense or soul-searching as A Separation or In Darkness, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t superior satisfying entertainment. Israeli writer-director Joseph Cedar mines the richest vein in the world for his material: the quirks and foibles of human nature.
Undefeated—movie review
- By Leonard Maltin
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- March 1, 2012 6:25 PM
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This year’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature seems almost too good to be true…but that’s what makes it so effective. Directed, photographed and edited by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin, it profiles a most unusual fellow: a volunteer football coach for a Memphis high school that most people have given up on. The fact that he is white and his players are black is barely...
Stop Complaining, Already!
- By Leonard Maltin
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- February 27, 2012 3:20 PM
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As tired as I am of the long award season that leads up to the Oscars, I am even wearier of the professional complainers whose job, it seems, is to find fault with the Academy Awards show every year, as well as the honors they bestow. I don’t agree with all of the Academy’s choices, and I’m not blind to the faults of the telecast, but it’s become a perpetual punching bag for pundits who are determined not to like what they see. Enough already.
Oscars—On The Radio
- By Leonard Maltin
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- February 27, 2012 8:18 AM
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By now you might think that every aspect of the Academy Awards has been explored, examined, and dissected—but you’d be wrong. A radio veteran named Jim Hilliker has done an impressive job of research into Oscar’s history in that often-overlooked medium, and provides links to both excerpts and complete broadcasts from the 1930s and 40s. (Did you realize that there was still a separate play-by-play radio broadcast as late as 1968? Neither did I.) As an old-time radio buff I learned a lot from this essay, and while I had heard a few 1940s shows, I never realized that the Academy has posted audio highlights from several years’ programs on its website.
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