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• “A Serious Man,” a glossary. [Focus Features]
• Peter Knegt writes up 10 things the fall fests could tell us about the awards season. [indieWIRE]
• Julian Fellowes talks Robert Altman eight years after “Gosford Park,” bringing back memories (old school Oscar Central readers know). [The Wrap]
• Dave Karger points out an embarrassing mistake on Variety’s screening schedule site. [Oscar Watch]
• “Hello, my name is Steve Pond, and I’m an Oscar blogger.” [The Wrap]
• Regarding the Academy’s new Best Picture voting rules, Lane Browns asks, “Qui bono?” [Vulture]
• Why tinkering with “Iron Man 2″ to make it 3D would be a bad idea. [/Film]
• Nathaniel Rogers updates his predictions. [The Film Experience]
4 responses so far
1 9-02-2009 at 10:56 am
Sawyer said...
Thanks for the link to the Fellows article. I remember your interview on Oscar Central back in the day. That was a very well-deserved Oscar win for Fellows, and even though I was squarely in the David Lynch camp at the time, Altman deserved the Oscar for Gosford Park. Looking back, I’d say it’s this decade’s best period film.
2 9-02-2009 at 11:29 am
tim r said...
It’s “cui bono”. Dative. (Sorry, lapsed classicist.)
Loving the site, guys!
3 9-02-2009 at 11:34 am
Robert Hamer said...
I wish I could agree with you Sawyer, but I am completely baffled at how beloved Gosford Park was. Here was a director who had such a fascinating perspective on the military, the gospel music scene and Hollywood, and one of his most acclaimed films is this totally unoriginal and BORING movie that examines the pre-War British class system (wow, that’s never been done before).
P.S. Julian Fellowes stole the Best Original Screenplay Oscar from Christopher and Jonathan Nolan.
4 9-07-2009 at 12:10 pm
Marvin said...
Gosford Park is only the 2nd best film thus far into the decade if you ask me.