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 "The best video essay source on the web." (Roger Ebert) This is a web site built around original video essays and critical, personal writing about movies, TV, music, comics and whatever else interests its contributors. Co-founded by Matt Zoller Seitz, TV critic for New York Magazine, and Ken Cancelosi, it is published by Seitz and Cancelosi and overseen by editor-in-chief Kevin B. Lee and managing editor Max Winter.

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OSCARS DEATH RACE: Surveying the race for Best Picture

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NYMag's David Edelstein posits that "The Artist" is a lock for the gold on Sunday, and I don't disagree, with the conclusion or the reasoning. It's a weird year for the Best Pic slate, with a lot of seriously-flawed-at-best material; it might come down to the least of nine evils.
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  • By Sarah D. Bunting
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  • February 26, 2012 6:00 AM
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VIDEO ESSAY And the Oscar for Outstanding Collaborative Performance goes to...

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Why hasn't Andy Serkis won an Oscar yet? Will his achievements as an actor ever be recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? Should they be recognized? Is Serkis an actor, or is his physical performance in a CGI-assisted role just a rough guide for a movie's digital effects?
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  • By Matt Zoller Seitz & Steven Santos
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  • February 21, 2012 7:39 AM
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More: Matthew Zoller Seitz, Best Collaborative Performance, Yoda, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Frank Oz, Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Fly, Adventures of Tintin, video essay, Steven Santos

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