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Week of March 14, 2010
SXSW: Rising Duplasses Help The Freebie, Lovers of Hate, Mars (03/19/10)
Weekend Fest Duel: Classic Films vs. Fest Of Books (03/19/10)
Girl with Dragon Tattoo: Who Should Play Salander? (03/18/10)
#SXSW: Rodriguez, Brody, Natal Talk Predators, Spy Kids 4 (03/17/10)
MPAA Launches New Film Ratings Site (03/17/10)
Conan O’Brien and Fox Talk Real Deal (03/17/10)
#SXSW: Matthew Vaughn Holds Off on Kick-Ass Sequel (03/17/10)
#SXSW: True Crime Meets Cold Weather (03/16/10)
#SXSW: MacGruber Panel, Trailer (03/16/10)
#SXSW: Tiny Furniture, Brotherhood Win Dramatic Jury and Audience Awards (03/16/10)
Trailer Watch: Scorsese’s Boardwalk Empire Trailer (03/16/10)
#SXSW: Gore-Epic Centurion Makes World Debut (03/16/10)
Avatar DVD Hits Stores April 22, Earth Day (03/16/10)
Oscar Winner Bigelow in L.A. Superior Court (03/16/10)
#SXSW : Gondry Goes Animated with Daniel Clowes’ Megalomania (03/15/10)
Sony Worldwide Acquisitions Group Closes Welcome to the Rileys Deal with Apparition (03/15/10)
SXSW: CMG Buys Foreign Rights to Brotherhood (03/14/10)
#SXSW: First Hit is Cold Weather (03/14/10)
Weekend Box Office: Alice in Wonderland Trounces Weak Remember Me and Green Zone (03/14/10)
Week of March 7, 2010
#SXSW Perfect Venue for Kick-Ass (03/13/10)
Star vs. Star: Remember Me’s Pattinson vs. Mother’s Won Bin (03/13/10)
Green Zone: New Clip (03/13/10)
Time Cover Boy Hanks’ The Pacific Launches Sunday on HBO (03/13/10)
Gibson and DiCaprio Do Vikings (03/13/10)
SXSW Preview: Rodriguez, Kick-Ass, Predators (03/12/10)
SXSW: Texas Film Hall of Fame: Tarantino Acceptance Speech (03/12/10)
Lipsky Returns to Distrib Roots (03/11/10)
Weekend Preview: Pattinson vs. Damon in Melodramatic Remember Me and Political Green Zone (03/11/10)
Oscar Night Red Carpet Montage: Clooney, Bullock, Mo’Nique (03/10/10)
NY Film Fest To Add McCarthy to Selection Committee (03/10/10)
Nolan Talks Superman Reboot, Batman Sequel (03/10/10)
Oscar Mystery Answered: Sean Penn’s Actress Was Robin Wright (03/9/10)
Oscar Red Carpet Fashion: Firth, Parker, Cruz, Banks (03/9/10)
Oscar-Winning Art Directors Talk Avatar, Pandora (03/9/10)
Oscar Talk Episode 25: The Final Wrap-up (03/8/10)
Oscar Video Round-Up: Opener, Chartier, Hurt Locker Victory Laps, Parties, Fashion (03/8/10)
Oscar Searches Could Be Poison (03/8/10)
Oscar Red Carpet Video: Psyihoyas Talks The Cove (03/8/10)
Oscar Red Carpet Video: Weinstein, Villaraigosa, Gaiman, Banderas (03/8/10)
Variety Cuts Its Life’s Blood: Critics McCarthy and Rooney (03/8/10)
Oscar Box Office Bump? Nope. Except for Crazy Heart and An Education (03/8/10)
Oscar-Winning Animated Short: Logorama (03/8/10)
Oscar Backstage: Bigelow, Boal Talk The Hurt Locker’s Six Wins (03/8/10)
Oscar Backstage: Bullock Talks The Blind Side Win (03/8/10)
Week of March 7, 2010
Oscar Backstage: Bridges Talks Crazy Heart Win (03/7/10)
Oscar Backstage: Avatar’s VFX Master Letteri Inspired by Real World (03/7/10)
Oscar Watch: Giacchino Talks Up (03/7/10)
Week of March 7, 2010
Oscar Backstage: Avatar Winner Stromberg Talks Survival (03/7/10)
Oscar Backstage: Two Awards go to Precious, Adapted Screenplay, Mo’Nique Talks (03/7/10)
Oscar Backstage: Short Subjects (03/7/10)
Oscar Reaction: Boal Starts Hurt Locker Wins, Waltz, Docter, Burnett/Bingham Expected Wins (03/7/10)
Oscar Red Carpet: Clooney, Tarantino, Cameron as Showtime Nears (03/7/10)
Oscar Red Carpet: Winding Down (03/7/10)
Oscar Red Carpet: Media Moguls (03/7/10)
Oscar Red Carpet: Early “Avatar” Bits (03/7/10)
Oscar Red Carpet: The Docs Are In (03/7/10)
Oscar Red Carpet: Wolfgang, Price Waterhouse, and the Rain! (03/7/10)
Oscar Party Circuit: HBO and Weinstein Co. (03/7/10)
Weekend Box Office: Alice in Wonderland Beats Spider-Man and Iron Man Openings (03/7/10)
Week of February 28, 2010
Jodie Foster Talks Indie Spirits (03/6/10)
Indie Spirits: Precious Sweeps, Izzard and LA Live Fizzle (03/6/10)
Final Oscar Picks: The Hurt Locker vs. Avatar (03/5/10)
Oscar Talk Episode 24: Final Oscar Picks (03/5/10)
Oscar Coverage Round-Up (03/5/10)
Oscar Party Circuit: from Sunset Strip to Gabourey Sidibe (03/5/10)
Avatar Novel and Sequel: Fran Drescher’s Audition (03/4/10)
Oscar Scandal: Career Boost for Hurt Locker’s Chartier? (03/4/10)
Indie Spirits Leave Beach for Friday Night Kudocast (03/3/10)
Tribeca Film Hot Topic (03/3/10)
Oscar Week: Parties, Panels, Indie Spirits, Best Oscar Stories, Hurt Locker Lawsuit, Cohen (03/3/10)
Woody Allen Sells Stranger to Sony Pictures Classics, Shoots Next in Paris (03/3/10)
#SXSW: Austin Regular Rodriquez First-Looks Predators (03/3/10)
Twilight Stars Hit Media with Remember Me, Yellow Handkerchief, Runaways, Oscars (03/2/10)
Academy Penalizes Hurt Locker Producer Chartier (03/2/10)
Ebert Tries New Computer Voice First on Wife Chaz, Then Oprah (03/2/10)
The Coens’ A Serious Man: The 36 Righteous Men Theory (03/1/10)
Oscar Watch: Costumes, Cinematographers, Sound and Visual Effects Awards (03/1/10)
Week of February 21, 2010
Oscar Watch: Costume Designer Powell Talks Young Victoria, Shutter Island and The Tempest (02/27/10)
Avatar vs. Pocahontas: Trailer Mash (02/26/10)
Oscar Talk Episode 23: Last Phase Tricky Campaign and Voting Issues (02/26/10)
Oscar Update: Gurus ‘O Gold Final Vote, Last-Ditch Campaign Craziness (02/26/10)
Movie Research Guru Goetz Goes Indie (02/26/10)
Jolie Passes on Wanted Sequel, Universal Bails (02/25/10)
Sherlock Holmes Music Video: Discombobulate Features Zimmer, Downey (02/25/10)
Alice in Wonderland: Early Reviews (02/25/10)
Superman Reboot is Goyer’s Man of Steel (02/25/10)
Avatar to Lose 3-D and IMAX Screens, Still Breaks Records (02/24/10)
Berlinale 60 Day Ten: Bibliotheque Pascal, Awards Ceremony, The Lights of Asakusa (02/24/10)
Dennis Lehane Talks Shutter Island (02/24/10)
Berlinale 60 Day Nine: En Familie, The Killer Inside Me, Rock Hudson, Making the Boys (02/23/10)
Oscar Duel: Renner vs. Bridges, Bullock vs. Streep (02/22/10)
Retailer Wal-Mart Buys Digital Distributor Vudu (02/22/10)
Post-Sundance Indie Landscape, New Faces (02/22/10)
Weekend Wrap: Hurt Locker Gains Ground at WGA, BAFTAs (02/21/10)
Berlinale 60 Day Eight: Na Putu, Jud Suss—Rise and Fall, Covered, Kings of Pastry, Alice Waters (02/21/10)
60th Berlinale – Day Seven: L’arbre et le foret, Monga, Shahada, The Kids Are All Right (02/21/10)
Week of February 14, 2010
Twitter Friday: Finke vs. Breznican, CHUD vs. Playlist, Power Couple at the Savoy (02/19/10)
SXSW Adds Closer Four Lions, Jonze Short, Doors and Star Wars Docs (02/19/10)
Oscar Talk 22: Dueling Oscar Producers, Weinstein’s Inglourious Basterds Push, Bullock Talks (02/19/10)
Paramount Acquires Middle Men (02/19/10)
Penn Charged in Paparazzi Battery Crime, Could Face Jail (02/19/10)
Oscar Watch: Nick Hornby’s Hollywood Education (02/19/10)
Review: Oscar Animated and Live-Action Shorts (02/19/10)
Olympic Men’s Figure Skater Evan Lysacek Wins Gold (02/19/10)
Berlinale 60 Day Six: Welcome to the Rileys, Besouro, Bal, Please Give (02/18/10)
Eastwood, Freeman Attend LACMA Promo for 35 Films 35 Years DVD Set (02/18/10)
What the Flick?! Online Video Talk Show Goes Live February 19 (02/17/10)
Gawker Media’s Denton Replaces Gawker Editor Snyder with CityFile’s Stern (02/17/10)
Screen International Retreats Behind Pay Wall on February 25 (02/17/10)
Esquire Profiles Roger Ebert (02/17/10)
Berlinale 60 Day Five: Greenberg, Le Cinema en Partage, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Michel Ciment (02/17/10)
Liman and Fletcher Team for Attica (02/16/10)
Oscar Watch: T Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham Talk Crazy Heart (02/16/10)
Berlinale 60 Day Four: La Bocca del Lupo, Once a Gangster, I Am Love, In the Food for Love (02/16/10)
Things I Learned at the Oscar Nominee Mixer (02/15/10)
Daily Read: Shutter Island Reaction, Tarantino Goes West, Smith Fights Southwest (02/15/10)
Berlinale 60 Day Three: Spur der Baren (Trace of the Bears), New York Memories, Waste Land, Howl (02/15/10)
Editors Guild Awards Up, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Cove (02/15/10)
Art Directors Go with Avatar, Hurt Locker, Sherlock Holmes, Beatty (02/14/10)
Shahrukh Khan Hits America, Berlin, Meets Leo DiCaprio (02/14/10)
Screenwriters Talk Up, The Hurt Locker, Precious, Up in the Air, Star Trek (02/14/10)
Berlinale 60: Day Two, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, Beautiful Darling, My Name is Khan (02/14/10)
Week of February 7, 2010
Photographer Brigitte Lacombe on Charlie Rose (02/13/10)
Berlinale 60 Day One: Apart Together, Backless Zellweger (02/13/10)
Oscar Talk Episode 21: On the Campaign Trail (02/12/10)
Twilight’s Pattinson Tests Marquee Value with Remember Me (02/11/10)
Berlin Film Fest: Universal Reclaims International Production for UPI (02/11/10)
Trailer Watch: Toy Story 3 Intros Barbie and Ken (02/11/10)
SXSW Lures Panel Speakers Michel Gondry, Quentin Tarantino, David Gordon Green (02/10/10)
Depp Talks Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland Featurette (02/10/10)
Rick Baker is Star of Disappointing The Wolfman (02/10/10)
Hollywood Mogul Robert Evans Inspires Broadway Show (02/10/10)
Oscar Phase Two: Bullock vs. Streep, Renner vs. Bridges, Cameron vs. Bigelow (02/9/10)
Google Buzz Video (02/9/10)
Santa Barbara Film Fest Panels, Up in the Air Wins Scripter Award (02/8/10)
Films of the 2000s (02/8/10)
Oscar Duel: Has Quentin Tarantino Produced a Legacy of Greatness? (02/8/10)
Oscar Watch: Tomm Moore Talks The Secret of Kells (02/8/10)
Super Bowl Movie Ads: Pick Movies You Want to See (02/7/10)
#Super Bowl Ads: The Harry Potter Universal Orlando Ride (02/7/10)
#Super Bowl Ads: Google Spot (02/7/10)
#Super Bowl Ads: Lost/Bud Light Spot (02/7/10)
#Super Bowl Ads: Betty White Snickers Ad (02/7/10)
#Super Bowl Ads: Leno, Oprah and Letterman Promote The Late Show (02/7/10)
Saturday Night Live Does Oscar Nominations (02/7/10)
Week of January 31, 2010
JP Morgan Raises Financing for Digital Theaters (02/5/10)
Bloggers R Us: Condon Developing Hollywood Blogger Show (02/5/10)
Oscar Watch: Academy Rules on Best Picture Producers (02/4/10)
Santa Barbara Film Fest: Opener, Bullock, Cameron, Panels (02/4/10)
Sundance Watch: Relativity/Rogue Grabs Catfish (02/4/10)
SXSW Unveils Line-Up (02/4/10)
Super Bowl Movie Ads: Shutter Island, Prince of Persia, Alice in Wonderland, Last Airbender (02/3/10)
Vanity Fair’s Leibovitz Shoots Directors and Stars (02/3/10)
Media Watch: A Rocky Year for Hollywood Trades (02/3/10)
Film Department, Overture, Apparition, Weinsteins Sell Sizzle In Tough Economy (02/3/10)
Charlie Rose Oscar Panel: Scott, Insdorf, Zacharek, Stevens (02/3/10)
Oscar Momentum: Bright Star vs. Young Victoria (02/2/10)
Oscar Wrap-Ups, Reactions (02/2/10)
Oscar Talk Episode 20: Parsing the Noms, Blind Side and Surprises (02/2/10)
Oscar Watch: Animated Surprise is 2-D The Secret of Kells (02/2/10)
Michel Gondry’s Mia Doi Todd - Open Your Heart (Video) (02/2/10)
Oscar Watch: Nominations Analysis (02/2/10)
Oscar Watch: Final Nominations Predictions (02/1/10)
Vanity Fair’s Latest Young Actresses Cover: Stewart, Cornish, Mulligan (02/1/10)
Spielberg Heating Up Gershwin and Quinto (01/31/10)
Weekend B.O.: In Seventh Week, Avatar Beats Edge of Darkness (01/31/10)
Oscar Watch: Bigelow First Woman to Win DGA Award (01/31/10)
Week of January 24, 2010
#Sundance: Grand Jury Winners Are Winter’s Bone, Restrepo (01/30/10)
#Sundance: Roadside Buys Winter’s Bone (01/30/10)
#Sundance: IFC Acquires Killer Inside Me (01/30/10)
#Sundance: Abel’s Diego Luna is Director Discovery of Fest (01/30/10)
#Sundance: Mark Lewis Gets Down with 3-D Cane Toads (01/30/10)
#Sundance: Aamir Khan Talks 3 Idiots, May Release Peepli Live Himself (01/29/10)
Could Catcher in the Rye Movie Happen? (01/29/10)
MGM Gains Another Lender Extension (01/29/10)
Oscar Talk Episode 19: Heading Toward Noms, Bullock vs. Streep, Avatar vs. Hurt Locker (01/29/10)
#Sundance: Weinsteins Buy Blue Valentine, Chase The Tillman Story (01/29/10)
#Sundance: Cholodenko Talks The Kids Are All Right (01/28/10)
#Sundance: Gosling, Cianfrance Talk Blue Valentine (01/27/10)
#Sundance: Winterbottom Defends The Killer Inside Me (01/27/10)
#Sundance: Mark and Jay Duplass Talk Cyrus (01/26/10)
Bill Gates Does Jon Stewart (01/26/10)
#Sundance: Jett, Currie, Stewart, Fanning Talk Runaways (01/26/10)
#Sundance: Hetherington and Junger Talk Restrepo (01/25/10)
#Sundance: Hesher’s Gordon-Levitt is on a Roll (01/25/10)
#Sundance: Lionsgate Buys Buried, Starring Reynolds (01/24/10)
#Sundance: Affleck, Jones, Wells Talk Company Men (01/24/10)
#Sundance: Stewart’s Welcome to the Rileys, Keener’s Cyrus, Hoffman’s Jack Goes Boating (01/24/10)
Week of January 17, 2010
#Sundance: Davis Guggenheim Talks Waiting for Superman (01/23/10)
Sundance News Wrap: Hesher, Please Give, Overture (01/23/10)
Sundance Watch: Redford vs. Gilmore, Howl, Restrepo (01/22/10)
Oscar Watch: Tarantino vs. Cameron vs. Bigelow vs. Reitman vs. Daniels (01/21/10)
Paramount Acquires Guggenheim Doc Waiting for Superman (01/21/10)
Make Yourself a Na’vi Avatar (01/21/10)
BAFTA Nominations Favor An Education, Avatar, Hurt Locker (01/21/10)
Sundance: Distrib Doctors are in Session (01/21/10)
Ex-AFI Fest Artistic Director Kuo Goes to Santa Fe Fest (01/20/10)
Alice in Wonderland: Depp Talks Mad Hatter (01/20/10)
Sundance Exclusive: Calderon Talks Digital Indie Challenges (01/20/10)
Writer Updates: Cameron, Kalogridis, Tarantino, Boal (01/20/10)
Trailer Watch: HBO’s Temple Grandin Stars Claire Danes (01/20/10)
Oscar Watch: Sony Pictures Classics Lands Three on Foreign Short List (01/20/10)
Sundance Exclusive Video: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (01/20/10)
Globes Weekend Party Circuit: Film Independent, BAFTA Brunches (01/20/10)
Biz Bids Farewell to Gentleman Journalist Archerd (01/19/10)
Sony and Marvel Pick Webb for Spider-Man (01/19/10)
Zucker Tries to Save Face on Charlie Rose (01/19/10)
Avatar Tests Academy Live Action Bias: Exclusive Video (01/19/10)
Sundance Fest Panels and Roundtables: Deavere Smith, Banks, Gosling, Junger (01/18/10)
Awards Circuit Gleanings: Bullock and Bay (01/18/10)
Golden Globe Winner Bridges Heads for Oscar Win (01/17/10)
Golden Globes: Sci-Fi Avatar Wins Director and Drama (01/17/10)
Globes Upsets: The Hangover Takes Comedy, Bullock Takes Dramatic Actress, Downey Comedy Actor (01/17/10)
Upsets At the Globes: Reitman, Cameron Beat Tarantino, Bigelow (01/17/10)
Globe Winner Streep Says Hollywood Is Improving for Women (01/17/10)
Golden Globes: McCartney Loses to The Weary Kind (01/17/10)
Golden Globe Win: Up Will Also Nab Oscar (01/17/10)
Mo’Nique’s Globes Win is No Surprise (01/17/10)
Backstage at the Golden Globes (01/17/10)
Golden Globes Predictions (01/17/10)
Emily Blunt Talks Young Victoria, Golden Globes (01/17/10)
Week of January 10, 2010
Composer Zimmer Talks Sherlock Holmes, Inception, Dark Knight, It’s Complicated (01/16/10)
Iwashina and Dinerstein Launch Parlay Media (01/15/10)
Late Night Wars: What Price Will NBC, Leno and Zucker Pay? (01/15/10)
Hollywood Mobilizes to Help Haiti (01/15/10)
Oscar Talk Episode 18: More Guild Votes, Sandra Bullock, Michael Bay and Golden Globes (01/15/10)
NBC Settling Conan Departure, Late Night Goes Wild (01/15/10)
Tron Legacy Producer Sean Bailey Lands Disney Production Gig (01/14/10)
Haiti Needs Hollywood’s Support (01/14/10)
Oscar Watch: Kenner Talks Food Inc. (01/14/10)
Magnolia Buys Jordan’s Ondine, Starring Farrell (01/14/10)
Polanski’s Ghost Writer Trailer (01/14/10)
Leaked! NBC CEO Zucker’s Phone Messages to O’Brien (01/13/10)
Fantastic Mr. Fox Acceptance Speech (01/13/10)
Avatar Heads Toward Titanic Record (01/13/10)
Entertainment Sites Crowding Online Space (01/13/10)
Conan O’Brien Takes a Stand (01/12/10)
Disney’s Aviv Exits as Ross Relies on DreamWorks (01/12/10)
Conan Goes Nasty on NBC (01/12/10)
Sony Reboots Spider-Man 4, Parts Ways with Raimi and Maguire (01/11/10)
French New Wave Director Eric Rohmer Dies (01/11/10)
Writers Guild Noms Bring Surprises (01/11/10)
Sundance Juries Include Banks, Posey, Spurlock, Vachon, Schwarzbaum (01/11/10)
Finke Poaches Variety Scoop-King Fleming (01/10/10)
SpeedCine 2.0 Expands Global Reach (01/10/10)
Palm Springs: Directors Talk Ajami, Samson & Delilah, I Killed My Mother, The Misfortunates (01/10/10)
Palm Springs Weekend: Dogtooth, City of Life and Death (01/10/10)
Week of January 3, 2010
Oscar Watch: Winnowing Down the Art Directors Guild Nominees (01/9/10)
What’s Next for Avatar Sequels? (01/8/10)
Oscar Talk Episode Seventeen: PGA, DGA, Scripters and Top Ten (01/8/10)
Ferguson Riffs on Late Night Shifts (01/8/10)
Oscar Duel: Do Sci-Fi Films Like Star Trek Belong in Race? (01/8/10)
Reitman’s Up in the Air Press Tour Simulator (01/7/10)
Oscar Watch: DGA Noms Analysis (01/7/10)
Oscar Watch: BAFTA Voters Prune Long List (01/7/10)
Polanski Asks To Be Sentenced in Absentia (01/6/10)
Oscar Watch: WGA Eligibility Issues Dog An Education, Weinstein Films (01/6/10)
Oscar Watch: Visual Effects List of Seven Led by Avatar (01/6/10)
Chinese Pull Two Films from Palm Springs Fest (01/6/10)
Avatar’s Script: Derivative? (01/6/10)
SXSW Picks Kick-Ass As Opener (01/6/10)
USC Scripter Award Nominees: An Education, Crazy Heart, District 9, Precious, Up in the Air (01/5/10)
Bond 23 Update: Sam Mendes in Talks to Direct (01/5/10)
Leipzig Out at National Geographic; Battsek in Talks (01/5/10)
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Expands (01/5/10)
Producers Go Sci-Fi: Avatar, District 9 and Star Trek Make Top Ten (01/5/10)
Holiday Winners and Losers: Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, Streep, Bullock and Nine (01/5/10)
Apple Multimedia Player, Avatar Rubik’s Cube, Wizard of Oz Redux, Banned Words, Online Media News (01/4/10)
Bond Producers Put Number 23 On Hold (01/4/10)
Flixster Acquires Rotten Tomatoes, Creating Movie Site Combine (01/4/10)
Beatty Bio Unauthorized? (01/3/10)
Avatar Breaks $1 Billion Worldwide Mark After 17 Days (01/3/10)
Week of December 27, 2009
Awards Votes Ahead (01/2/10)
Gaiman’s Statuesque Stars Nighy (01/2/10)
Best Reviewed Movies of Decade: Pan’s Labyrinth, Man on Wire (01/2/10)
Time Warner Cable and Fox Strike New Deal (01/1/10)
Oscar Talk Episode Sixteen: Top Ten, Nine, Avatar, Up, Picks for 2010 (01/1/10)
Week of December 27, 2009
Last Post of 2009: Avatar Passes 800 Million, Year and Decade Wraps, Gilliam’s First Short (12/31/09)
Trailer Watch: How to Train Your Dragon (12/31/09)
Holiday Biopics: Young Victoria, Creation, Me and Orson Welles (12/30/09)
Holiday Movie Watching: Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots Hits Big (12/30/09)
Sherlock Holmes vs. Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (12/29/09)
Oscar Watch: Voting for Ten Instead of Five (12/29/09)
Polanski Posts Holiday Greetings (12/28/09)
Spike Lee Directs Michael Jackson Homage (12/28/09)
Previews 2010: Inception, Iron Man 2, Toy Story 3 (12/28/09)
AFI Moments of Significance for 2009 (12/28/09)
Academy Mails 5777 Oscar Ballots, Due January 23 (12/28/09)
Kennedy and the Naked Babes: A Playboy Shoot! (12/28/09)
If Critics Ruled the Oscars (They Don’t): Avatar Heads for Nine Noms (12/28/09)
Week of December 27, 2009
John Waters’ Ten Best List of 2009 (12/27/09)
Holiday Movie Wrap: Avatar Beats Sherlock Holmes, Nine Flops (12/27/09)
Week of December 20, 2009
Patton Oswalt: Christmas Shoes (12/26/09)
The Muppets Ring Christmas Bells (12/26/09)
Happy Domino Holidays (12/26/09)
Conan O’Brien’s Nativity Scene Goes to the Dogs (12/26/09)
LA Weekly Hires NY’s Karina Longworth as Film Critic (12/24/09)
Avatar’s VFX Master: Weta Digital’s Joe Letteri (12/23/09)
Trailer Watch: Sex and the City Meets Road to Morocco (12/23/09)
Fassbender Talks Fish Tank, Inglourious Basterds, Jane Eyre, Centurion, Jonah Hex (12/22/09)
DreamWorks vs. Paramount Lives On (12/22/09)
Sundance Adds iPhone App (12/22/09)
Trailer Watch: District 13: Ultimatum Goes Parkour (12/22/09)
Bob Dylan Sings Christmas in the Heart (12/22/09)
The Long Road to Invictus (12/21/09)
Cameron Alter Ego Feeds Twitter (12/21/09)
Clip Watch: (500) Days of Summer (12/21/09)
Oscar Duel: Yes, They’re Fun, But Do Golden Globes Influence Oscar? (12/21/09)
Sundance Adds Three Last-Minute Titles (12/21/09)
Things I Learned on the Weekend Party Circuit (12/21/09)
Fourteen Questions for It’s Complicated’s Nancy Meyers (12/20/09)
Brittany Murphy Dies of Heart Attack at 32 (12/20/09)
Week of December 13, 2009
Oscar Talk Episode Fifteen: Avatar, Nine, It’s Complicated, Crazy Heart, Top Ten (12/18/09)
Year-End Tribute to 2009 (12/18/09)
Film Quiz: Six Drawings, No Stars (12/17/09)
Oscar Watch: No Costume Nom Possible for Fantastic Mr. Fox (12/17/09)
Trailer Watch: Sundance-Bound The Runaways Stars Stewart and Fanning (12/17/09)
Things I Learned at the Avatar Premiere (12/17/09)
Five Things I Learned from the SAG Nominations (12/17/09)
Picking the Best Original Songs (12/16/09)
Avatar’s Cameron: Feminist (12/16/09)
Dreamworks Acquires WW I novel War Horse to Produce with Kennedy/Marshall (12/16/09)
Avatar Advance Ticket Sales Skyrocket (12/16/09)
Trailer Watch: Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Stars Depp as the Mad Hatter (12/16/09)
Sherlock Holmes: Early Reviews (12/15/09)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Millenium Trilogy Movie Rights Go to Sony, Rudin (12/15/09)
Tarantino Starts His Ten Best List (12/15/09)
Golden Globe Nominations Announced, Bullock, Streep, Damon Get Two (12/15/09)
Leonard Maltin Joins IndieWIRE (12/14/09)
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh Talk The Lovely Bones (12/14/09)
Jezebel Interviews NYT’s Dargis in a No-Fucks-Barred Q & A on Women in Hollywood (12/14/09)
Stewart, Jett Hit Sundance with Apparition’s The Runaways (12/14/09)
New York Film Critics Circle Vote Hurt Locker, Bigelow, Streep, Clooney, Mo’Nique and Waltz (12/14/09)
Broadcast Film Critics Give Ten Nominations to Inglourious Basterds and Nine (12/14/09)
Gibson To Direct DiCaprio in Viking Adventure (12/13/09)
Oscar Watch: The Hurt Locker’s Bigelow Heads for Best Director (12/13/09)
AFI Top Ten List (12/13/09)
LA Film Critics Part II: The Hurt Locker Wins Best Picture. Director (12/13/09)
New York Film Critics Online Winners Led by Avatar (12/13/09)
BNAT Wrap: Kick-Ass Beat Avatar as Best-Received Film (12/13/09)
LA Film Critics Anoint Mo’Nique, Waltz, Up in the Air Screenplay in First Round of Voting (12/13/09)
Boston Critics Go for The Hurt Locker, Renner, Streep (12/13/09)
The White Ribbon Wins Three European Film Awards (12/13/09)
Week of December 6, 2009
Oscar Watch: Fifteen Films Up for VFX Oscar (12/11/09)
Up in the Air: Opening Sequence (12/11/09)
Oscar Talk Episode Fourteen: James Cameron’s Avatar (12/11/09)
Avatar: Cameron Delivers Joyous Cinema (12/11/09)
Avatar Early Reviews: Geni is Out of the Bottle (12/10/09)
Year End Wraps: Ten Best of 2009 and Decade (12/10/09)
Oscar Duel: Yes, It’s Good, but is Precious An Oscar Movie? (12/10/09)
Oscar Watch: Will Academy Voters Take Sci-Fi Seriously? (12/10/09)
Jeremy Renner Talks The Hurt Locker (12/10/09)
Ten Questions for Bright Star’s Jane Campion: “I’ve Never Made a Crap Film” (12/10/09)
Big Changes at Trades; Nielsen Sells Hollywood Reporter, Variety Erects Pay Wall (12/10/09)
Critics Watch: Paying for Opinions (12/9/09)
Variety Adds Editor, Installs Pay Wall (12/8/09)
Washington D.C. Film Critics Go For Up in the Air, Clooney, and Mulligan (12/8/09)
Huffington Tweets Andy and Lana Wachowski (12/8/09)
Precious Has a Long Way to Go (12/8/09)
Tarantino Hawks Japanese Dog Speakers (12/8/09)
Overture Acquires Stone, Starring De Niro, Norton (12/7/09)
Crazy Schedule (12/7/09)
British Independent Film Awards: Moon Wins Best Film (12/6/09)
Week of November 29, 2009
20 Questions for District 9’s Sharlto Copley (12/5/09)
Oscar Talk Episode Thirteen: Avatar, Lovely Bones, Crazy Heart, Parties (12/5/09)
Friday Night Cocktails and Docs (12/5/09)
Things I Heard on the Oscar Party Circuit (12/4/09)
Must -Sees: The Last Station, Up in the Air, Bright Star (12/3/09)
Sundance: 18 Titles to Watch (12/3/09)
National Board of Review Picks Up in the Air as Best Film of 2009 (12/3/09)
Comcast Makes NBC Universal Deal (12/3/09)
Golden Globe Nominations To Be Announced December 15 (12/3/09)
LAT Gives Claudia Eller Player-Coach Status (12/2/09)
Sundance Changes with the Times (12/2/09)
Polanski Gets Out of Jail Friday on $4.5 Million Bail (12/2/09)
Indie Spirit Nominee Krieger Talks The Vicious Kind (12/1/09)
Oscar Watch: Coraline, Up Lead Annie Noms (12/1/09)
Precious, Last Station Score Five Indie Spirit Noms (12/1/09)
Oscar Watch: New Carpetbagger Hits Award Circuit (12/1/09)
Media Watch: In Entertainment, At Least, the LAT is Hiring (12/1/09)
Oscar Watch: Contenders Like Gotham Winner Hurt Locker Mix Edge with Style (11/30/09)
Area 51 Lands Stateside Distributor (11/30/09)
20 Questions for Up in the Air’s Jason Reitman (11/29/09)
Week of November 22, 2009
Oscar Talk Episode Twelve: Nine, Invictus, The Lovely Bones (11/28/09)
Must-Sees: Red Cliff, Bad Lieutenant, The Blind Side (11/27/09)
Oscar Watch: Precious, Up in the Air Lead Pre-Holiday Guru Vote (11/25/09)
Superman Franchise on Hold (11/25/09)
Gotham Independent Film Awards Stream Live (11/25/09)
Avatar Marketing Goes Interactive (11/25/09)
Trailer Watch: The Last Station Stars Mirren, Plummer, McAvoy (11/25/09)
Polanski Update: Swiss Accept 4.5 Million Bail (11/25/09)
John Woo Talks Red Cliff (11/25/09)
Reel Geezers Join IndieWIRE (11/24/09)
Paramount Unveils The Lovely Bones (11/24/09)
Avatar May Debut at Knowles Butt-Numb-A-Thon (11/24/09)
Oscar Watch: The Big Four Are Screening (11/23/09)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Makes ‘Em Laugh on SNL (11/23/09)
Twilight Saga: New Moon is a Franchise, People (11/23/09)
Oscar News: Marc Shaiman Named Music Director (11/23/09)
Oscar Watch: Fest Awards Push Contenders (11/23/09)
Brothers vs. Brothers (11/23/09)
Watching 2012 in China (11/22/09)
Week of November 15, 2009
Oscar Talk Episode Eleven: Governors Awards, Tarantino, Holbrook, Docs (11/20/09)
Twilight Saga: New Moon Breaks Harry Potter Midnight Ticket Sales Record (11/20/09)
Sixteen Questions for A Single Man’s Tom Ford (11/20/09)
Bendinger Launches Screenwriting Contest (11/19/09)
Avatar Featurette Hypes Hardware (11/19/09)
Hillcoat Talks The Road (11/19/09)
Kevin Smith vs. Bruce Willis: “A Lion in Winter” (11/19/09)
Oscar Watch: Documentary Branch Snubs Capitalism: A Love Story (11/18/09)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Disappoints (11/18/09)
Oscar Watch: Where Are The Hurt Locker Screeners? (11/17/09)
Bonnie Fuller’s HollywoodLife Debuts (11/17/09)
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Premiere (11/17/09)
AMC Select Seeks Filmmakers (11/16/09)
Oscar Watch: Tarantino and Almodovar to Present at Oscars (11/16/09)
Gibney Talks Casino Jack and Three More Docs for 2010 (11/15/09)
Ten Things I Learned at the Governors Awards (11/15/09)
Week of November 8, 2009
South Park Skewers The Cove and Avatar (11/14/09)
MGM Catches Reprieve from Lenders, Part Deux (11/13/09)
Oscar Talk Episode Ten: Avatar, Tyson, Animation (11/13/09)
Must Sees: Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Messenger (11/13/09)
Must-See: M. Hulot’s Holiday (11/13/09)
A Serious Man’s Michael Stuhlbarg Talks Coens (11/13/09)
Paranormal Activity Passes $100 Million Mark (11/12/09)
Up in the Air TV Spot (11/12/09)
Oscar Watch: Tyson Throws Oscar Nod at LAX (11/11/09)
Ross Restructures Disney Studio with Eye on Digital Future (11/11/09)
Trailer Watch: Kick-Ass Hits Web (11/11/09)
New Moon Selling Out Faster than Twilight (11/11/09)
Scott Foundas Joins Film Society as Associate Programmer (11/11/09)
Oscar Watch: Waiting for The Big Four, Invictus, Lovely Bones, Avatar, Nine (11/11/09)
Academy Screenings: Missed Opportunity (11/10/09)
Exec News: Martin Marquet Joins Apparition (11/10/09)
The Pacific: Hanks, Spielberg talk WW II HBO Action (11/10/09)
Avatar Budget, Up in the Air Tweet Chart, Pattinson vs. Kidman, Finke Attacks, Indie Bloodbath Redux (11/10/09)
Oscar Watch: Brothers, Vogue on Nine, Leibovitz Video (11/10/09)
Title Quotes Compilation (11/10/09)
David Ansen Named Artistic Director of Los Angeles Film Festival (11/9/09)
Sheffield Docs: How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin, Disco and Atomic War (11/9/09)
Twilight Saga New Moon: Saturday Night Live Spoof Firelight, Pattinson’s Next Moves (11/8/09)
Week of November 1, 2009
Sheffield Rock Docs: The Beat is the Law, Taqwacore (11/7/09)
Oscar Talk Episode Nine: Oscar Hosts, Jeff Bridges, Animation (11/7/09)
Festival Report: Cinema Eye Rolls With Docs (11/7/09)
A Prophet Leads European Film Award Nominations (11/7/09)
Nine Things I Learned at BAFTA’s Brittania Awards (11/6/09)
Oscar Watch: Up in the Air, Clooney, Streep Lead Gurus ‘O Gold (11/6/09)
Studios vs. Theaters: Clash Over FCC Waiver (11/5/09)
99 Classics Mash-Up Video (11/5/09)
Entertainment Weekly Slashes Staff (11/4/09)
Herzog Times Two: My Son, My Son Opens December 11 (11/4/09)
Oscar Watch: Crazy Heart’s Bridges Joins Actors Fray (11/4/09)
Oscar Watch: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Are Co-Hosting—and Co-Promoting (11/3/09)
Apocalypse Hits 2012, D-BOX, Collapse (11/3/09)
Twilight’s Pattinson Covers Vanity Fair (11/3/09)
Film Festivals: London vs. AFI (11/2/09)
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Mother and Child, Seeks World Domination (11/2/09)
France Oscar Entry A Prophet Wins London Prize, Audiard Talks (11/2/09)
Oscar Talk, Episode 8: This is It, Hosts, Best Actor, Precious, Prophet (11/1/09)
Week of October 25, 2009
Director Taylor Wood to Marry Nowhere Boy Star Johnson (10/31/09)
Epix Launches October 30 (10/30/09)
Battsek Exits Miramax (10/30/09)
Jackman Passes as Oscar Host: New Poll (10/30/09)
Rudolph vs. Schickel Over Altman (10/29/09)
Halloween Watch: Scorsese’s Top 11 Scariest Movies (10/29/09)
New Avatar Trailer is Up (10/29/09)
LFF#: Kristin Scott Thomas Times Two (10/29/09)
Woody Allen’s Opening Sequence for Manhattan (10/29/09)
Halloween Watch: The Skeleton Dance (10/29/09)
LFF#: London Fest Closer Nowhere Boy (10/29/09)
Avatar Behind-the-Scenes Featurette (10/29/09)
Paranormal Activity is User Generated Content! (10/28/09)
AFM: Big Titles For Sale from Redford, Soderbergh, Sheridan (10/28/09)
#LFF: Schamus Delivers Lessons in Redacted Storytelling (10/28/09)
Trailer Watch: Damon Stars in Invictus and Green Zone (10/28/09)
Oscar Watch: Precious Star Mo’Nique Plays Hard to Get (10/27/09)
Bad Lieutenant Deserves Serious Release (10/26/09)
Avatar’s Cameron, Shutter Island’s Lehane and Transformers’ Murphy Talk, Mirren Wins Rome (10/26/09)
Downsizing: Hollywood Goes on a Permanent Diet (10/26/09)
Gervais to Host Golden Globes (10/26/09)
#LFF: London Calling (10/25/09)
Bloggers Disclosure Rules Redux (10/25/09)
Week of October 18, 2009
#LFF: Precious Scores in London, Chicago (10/24/09)
Oscar Talk, Episode 7: Amelia, Precious, Awards Circuit (10/24/09)
Amelia: When Biopics Go Bad (10/23/09)
London Film Fest: Coming Up (10/22/09)
Journalism in 3-D: Is Content Dead? (10/21/09)
Things I Learned at Digital Hollywood (10/21/09)
Oscar Watch: Academy Hires Producers, NYT Recasts Carpetbagger (10/20/09)
Twilight Saga: New Moon Clip: Lautner Turns into Wolf (10/20/09)
Industry Gives Hollywood Film Festival Free Pass (10/19/09)
Paramount Wants Chris Pine for Jack Ryan (10/19/09)
McCormick Leaves WB to Produce as Studios Keep Trimming (10/19/09)
Film of Anne Frank (10/19/09)
Awards Season Kicks Off with Gotham Noms: Hurt Locker Gets Boost (10/19/09)
Interviews with Hitchcock, Cassavetes; Trailers for Japanese Sideways, Cardboard Animation (10/19/09)
Weekend Read: The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Editor of the Year, Glickman Leaving MPAA, Geek Chic Daily (10/19/09)
Weekend Winners: Where the Wild Things Are, Law Abiding Citizen, Paranormal Activity (10/19/09)
Indie Spirits Move Their Awards Show (10/19/09)
Week of October 11, 2009
Oscar Watch: Academy’s Davis Talks Producers and Hosts (10/17/09)
The Messenger: Oscar Contender? (10/17/09)
Trailer Watch: Will Amelia Biopic Play? (10/17/09)
Where the Wild Things Are: Weekend Must-See (10/16/09)
Chaos Reigns: Antichrist vs. Fantastic Mr. Fox (10/16/09)
Oscar Talk Episode 6 (10/16/09)
With Paranormal Activity, Paramount Sets New Marketing Model (10/15/09)
Mel Gibson Stars in Edge of Darkness (10/15/09)
Oscar Picks of 65 Films Submitted for Foreign Film Contention (10/15/09)
Tree of Life Will Not Open in 2009 (10/15/09)
AFI Shapes Up: A Single Man Is Fest Closer (10/14/09)
Michael Jackson’s This is It Leads Ticket Pre-Sales; Watch for Twilight Saga: New Moon (10/14/09)
Where the Wild Things Are: Early Reviews (10/14/09)
Trillin’s Ode to Polanski (10/14/09)
Is Twitter a Marketing Tool? (10/14/09)
Oscar Sees Double (10/13/09)
Changes at Comcast/NBC/Universal, LAT and LA Weekly, John Woo, Serious Man Ending (10/13/09)
USC Professor Anne Friedberg Loved Windows (10/12/09)
The Flixster Effect: 2 Billion Movie Ratings (10/12/09)
Weekend Read: 2012 Clips, FIND Conference, FTC Blog Rules, Polanski Culture Clash (10/12/09)
Where the Wild Things Are: Too Costly to Succeed? (10/11/09)
Girl with Dragon Tattoo Gets U.S. Release (10/11/09)
Week of October 4, 2009
First Award Screeners: Anvil, Trucker (10/9/09)
Weekend Must-Sees: The Damned United and An Education (10/9/09)
Oscar Talk, Episode 5: An Education, Hosts, Best Actress (10/9/09)
Four Ways to Build a New Open Infrastructure (10/9/09)
India Picks Surprise Oscar Submission: Harishchandrachi Factory (10/8/09)
Talking European Award and Oscar Docs (10/8/09)
Three Tools to Unlock Bright Star’s Online Potential (10/8/09)
Monaghan Drives Trucker (10/7/09)
Full Disclosure: Bloggers Break Rules (10/7/09)
Coraline’s Selick Leaves Laika (10/7/09)
Movie Site: Jinni (10/6/09)
Avatar Watch: Action Figures, Concept Art, Novel (10/6/09)
Another Shoe Drops: Disney Replaces Cook with Ross (10/5/09)
Trailer Watch: Shutter Island, Two (10/5/09)
Universal Shoe Drops: Marketing Chief Fogelson New Chairman [UPDATED] (10/5/09)
Birthday Suit: Funny or Die Spoofs Mumblecore (10/5/09)
An Education Clips (10/5/09)
Jews on Film: A Serious Man and An Education; Polanski, Sellers (10/5/09)
Buzz Boosts Zombieland, Moore, Paranormal Activity; Whip It Limps (10/4/09)
New Yorker Goes Friendly on Finke (10/4/09)

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