Quvenzhané Wallis: One of Oscar's better stories waiting to happen

Posted by · 12:29 am · June 16th, 2012

Every Oscar season needs a pulse of emotion that feels less put-on, that doesn’t have that whiff of campaign or construct. Something that organically pops from the fabric of the form can be galvanizing, and though nothing can exist so pure for too long, the recognition of a tempest in the calm before it strikes means something. Quvenzhané Wallis is that tempest for 2012.

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Review: 'No' and 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'

Posted by · 6:38 pm · May 18th, 2012

Chilean auteur Pablo Larrain delivers the film of the fest so far, while a Sundance sensation hits the Croisette.

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