Thai film “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” won the coveted Palme d’Or for best picture at the Cannes film festival Sunday.
The mystical exploration of themes related to reincarnation as a well-to-do farmer confronts his imminent death was directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
The director, who has won other prizes in Cannes before, said during [...]

It was a scene reminiscent of “The Breakfast Club.” On stage at the Oscars was a brain, and a basket case, and a princess, and a criminal. Oh, and Macaulay Culkin, Matthew Broderick, and Jon Cryer were there, too.
At last night’s ceremony, awards were given and speeches were made, but one of the most memorable moments came during the [...]

Anyone who watched the entire Oscar broadcast last night couldn’t help but say “What was that?” when one man’s speech was crashed by a lady in a purple jacket. It was all too reminiscent of another abrupt takeover of an award-acceptance speech, which is why the mystery woman was immediately dubbed “Lady Kanye” in Internet [...]

‘The Hurt Locker’ was the winner of the Best Picture award at the 2010 Oscars. The Iraq-set war drama about bomb disposal experts also netted director Kathryn Bigelow the Best Director award, making her the first woman to win the award in film history.
“The Hurt Locker” follows a United States Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) [...]

History will likely be made when the envelope revealing the best director Oscar winner is opened at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.
Most insiders know that Kathryn Bigelow (”The Hurt Locker”) would become the first woman to take home that prize. And Lee Daniels (”Precious”) would be the first black winner.
But even if the Academy opts [...]

Oscar nominations 2010 finally came out in the early morning. The Oscar nominations 2010 were largely predictable, at least in the acting categories. Most of the expected actors got in, as did the expected directors, but the most suspense was for Best Picture. In this year of 10 Best Picture nominees instead of five, there [...]

With Oscars looming — Academy members must turn in their ballots Saturday ahead of the February 2 nominations announcement — “Avatar’s” prospects are looking formidable in the wake of its key Golden Globe wins Sunday.
The Globes provided part of the momentum that propelled Cameron’s last dramatic feature, the sweeping, romantic drama “Titanic,” to Oscar glory [...]

Screenwriter John August is best know for writing the screenplays of ‘Go’, ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and ‘Big Fish’. But he also runs a blog with his own namesake where he breaks down the movie industry from a screenwriting perspective. In his latest blog post, he breaks down how Oscar nominations work.
This is my first year as [...]