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Predictions in Actressing: Few Locks, Many New Variables
It's entirely redundant to tell you that Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress are The Film Experience's favorite Oscar categories. This year's field continues to feel slippery, amorphous,...
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007 Things That Excite / Concern Me About "Skyfall"
Hi, all. I'm Deborah Lipp, half of the Lipp Sisters team at the Mad Men site Basket of Kisses and author of six books, including The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book.* Between today, which happens to be...
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Secret Messages: 'we got three victims...'
secret messages from the movies Can you guess the movie? Bonus points if you can tell me that third name.
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Two Faces of January. Three Faces of Beauty
Two Faces of January, a thriller based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, has released its first official still which includes Two Faces of Obsession (Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst... Oscar Isaac,...
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"Malavita" Before Cameras... All Kinds
Malavita, the new Pfeiffer film we've mentioned a couple of times, is starting its PR trek. The plot concept: Malavita is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to...
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Best Actor Bait. The Key Word Being Bait.
The Oscar Prediction Chart Updates continue with the leading and supporting men. Best Actor seems especially confusing this year what with so many major stars or past Oscar nominees arriving with...
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First & Last: It might be a fantasy
the first and last images from a movie (barring the credits sequences) bonus clue: the last line ...a world full of love, like yours and mine. Like home. Can you guess the movie?
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Oscar Horrors: Best Transformation Scene... Ever
[In the returning daily October series "Oscar Horrors" we look at those rare beasts. Film contributions in the horror genre that went on to Oscar nominations. Here's new contributor Peter Swanson...]...
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Liam Neeson Delivers Another Box Office Beatdown
Jean Grey, mysteriously having lost all of her mutant powers, relies on Liam Neeson for rescueLiam Neeson's surprising late career popularity continues. People love to see him putting the vicious beat...
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Don't You (Forget About Link)
Glory of the 80s (and 90s)Stale Popcorn on the recent trend of movies referencing the heyday of teen cinema like Pitch Perfect's obsession with The Breakfast ClubScott C details his process in creating...
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First & Last: "Where is he? I shan't ask you politely next time"
first and last puzzles. The first image (pre-title sequence) and the last lines of dialogue from a motion picture. first line of dialogue Where is he? I shan't ask you politely next time." last line of...
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Oscar Horrors: "THEM!"
Oscar Horrors celebrates those rare Oscar nominated achievements in genre films. Here's Matt for today's creepy crawly entry... HERE LIES... THEM!, flushed and crushed Under The Sea in the competition...
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NYFF: "Room 237" Cult of the Overlook Hotel
Michael C. here with a look at one of the under-the-radar festival hits appearing the NYFF. One of the subjects of Rodney Ascher’s Room 237 is convinced that Kubrick’s The Shining is the director’s...
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Review: "The Paperboy"
This article was previously published in my column at Towleroad Now the very exciting correspondence is in the bottom box. In case you're interested."-Charlotte Bless I can't recall how THE PAPERBOY...
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NYFF: Lincoln's Unfinished Noisy Debut
Is DDL marching toward a third Oscar?I wasn't able to attend last night's "secret" -- we're stretching the definition-- Lincoln debut at the NYFF due to prior commitments but as I lined up for Sally...
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12 Word Reviews: Pitch Perfect, Gayby, Frankenweenie...
The screenings are everywhere. It's harder and harder to keep up. Herewith some twelve word reviews of things I've seen recently in order to catch up. Naturally, I cheat (sort of) a couple of times....
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Curio: Articulated Dolls by Pucherito
Alexa here. If you've taken a figure drawing class you're likely familiar with articulated wood mannequins (Manny to some). I was lucky enough to spend most of my art school figure drawing classes...
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Oscar Horrors: Setting The Table for The Pale Man
Oscar Horrors continues with Michael on everyone's favorite Guillermo del Toro film HERE LIES... Pan’s Labyrinth, winner of the 2006 Oscar for Best Art Direction. I could go through Guillermo del...
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First & Last: Good Morning
The first and last images and lines from a motion picture. first line Good morning, Constable." last line No, no, thank you [Character Name]" Can you guess the movie?
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Oscar Horrors: Innocence and "Monsters, Inc"
HERE LIES... the Best Animated Feature nomination for Monsters, Inc. (2001) sent to an early grave by a big green ogre. Hi, Deborah from Basket of Kisses here. The Great Oscar Animation War of...
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