Oscars Postponed Pleasures (?)
[Here is guest columnist Matthew Eng to remind us of four films we may have forgotten. But they'll be back - Nathaniel R] Postponements happen every year to a few among the many films on Oscar’s...
View Article20:13 for 2013 Screencap Fun: Ghosts, Zombies, Flappers
icymi here's part one. Screencapping fun! We've frozen early 2013 releases* at the 20th minute and 13th second of their running times. Here's what we found. How many of these have you seen and do you...
View ArticleThe Triumphant Return of Jared Leto (Don't Expect a Quick Encore)
Jared Leto's first claim on our hearts was, if you trust the fictional Angela Chase, the way he leaned. I've long maintained that Jordan Catalano would not be an easy part to play - it's all suggestion...
View ArticleThe Secret Year of Spike Jonze
[Editor's Note: Tonight's guest column comes from Andy Hoglund, previously featured in reader spotlight. Here's his choice for "Entertainer of the Year"] Spike on the set of "Her" As we sign off on the...
View ArticleThe Thing I Ended Up Writing While Trying to Write The Review of "August:...
They do right by the first scene at least trimming the interminable opening of the Pulitzer and Tony wi. Beginning with the opening, Nathaniel, really? Do you groan audibly when someone says "That...
View ArticleTeam Experience Top Tens. The Stories They Tell...
I, Nathaniel, am still in the process of cramming screeners into my bloodshot eyeballs (I know that's not the best way to do it but that's what happens each year at this exact time). Next weekend, at...
View ArticleHappy 2014...Choose Three Cinematic Spirit Guides!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I've found in years past that it doesn't do much good to fuss over resolutions or plans for a new year... especially a long list of them. Which is not to say that self-improvement...
View ArticleYear in Review: Best Dance Moments
[Michael surveyed the year in dance in cinema for 2012. For 2013, Dancin' Dan takes over the listing of key dance moments in the cinematic year. - Editor] I started dancing as a kid because of Gene...
View ArticleA Year with Kate: A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
In which two ingénues are introduced... A girlish debutante in a white gown floats down the stairs and into her waiting beau's arms. Gracefully, they glide around the dance floor sharing quips and...
View ArticleInterview: Sally Hawkins on Cate Blanchett, Woody Allen, and Godzilla
One of the most delightful surprises of the season was the Golden Globe Supporting Actress nomination for Sally Hawkins in Woody Allen's latest hit Blue Jasmine. While Cate Blanchett rages through the...
View ArticleSay What? Moses
Amuse us by adding a line of dialogue or a caption to this image of Christian Bale as Moses in Ridley Scott's Exodus coming soon in 11 months! AND THE WINNER IS...
View ArticlePGA (Barely) Adds Mystery to Best Picture Race
Just when you thought the Best Picture race was solidifying around eight or nine contenders, the Producer's Guild today went and threw a couple of curveballs. Don't get me wrong, their nominees are...
View ArticleLinks (AKA Ways To Kill Even More Time on the Internet)
Vulture Battle of the Long Island Blondes in Wolf of Wall Street, Don Jon and American Hustle. My favorite among them is definitely ScarJoThe Playlist shares the new Electro teaser from The Amazing...
View ArticleGoodbye Juanita & Martha
It feels like Oscar's upcoming "In Memorium" segment this year is going to be extra exhaustingly sad. One of the tiny reasons among many larger ones that I wish they hadn't moved the Honorary Oscar to...
View ArticleSay What? Winners
Since we're very serious about cinema here at The Film Experience, we earn our silly. I've been remiss in choosing winners for the last few Say What goofs so let's do that after the jump...
View ArticleBurning Questions: Katniss in Context
The Year in Review continues with Michael Cusumano on Jennifer Lawrence's box office coronation, a more impressive achievement than you think. At the sound of the closing bell, Iron Man 3 clings to the...
View ArticleNebraska, Finely Aged and Potentially Oscar Record-Breaking
I'm sure you've seen the melancholy yet uplifting new spot for Nebraska that points out the ages of its principal cast and how long they've been acting. It's inspiring, for sure, as longevity often is....
View ArticleWGA Prefers 'Buyers Club' To Llewyn Davis Inside Greenwich Clubs
The Writers Guild of America has spoken, choosing their favorite scripts of the year in film and television. They repeat an interesting move from yesterday's Producers Guild Awards in that they've...
View ArticleOn This Day in History...
Have you seen 12 Years a Slave yet? Head count! poll by twiigs.com I've seen it twice and people always seem surprised when I say that as if it's a film you can only watch once. I loved it even...
View ArticleCartoons for a cold winter's night
Tim here. With a huge portion of the United States either under a heavy cover of snow, or about to become that way, it’s been hard to think about anything else but the deepest, coldest kind of winter....
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