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Monthly Archives: February 2009
3 Days to Oscar
Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup Music (Score), Music (Song) Animated Feature, Foreign Language Film Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor Cinematography, Film Editing Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay ACTRESS Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Academy Awards, Best Actor, Best Actor Oscar, Best Actress, Best Actress Oscar, Brad Pitt, Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon, Frozen River, Kate Winslet, Melissa Leo, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Oscars, Richard Jenkins, Sean Penn, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader, The Visitor, The Wrestler
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4 Days to Oscar
Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup Music (Score), Music (Song) Animated Feature, Foreign Language Film Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor Cinematography, Film Editing Documentary Feature, Documentary Short ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Frozen River Happy-Go-Lucky In Bruges Milk Wall-E … Continue reading
Slumdog Millionaire 3: Don’t call it a slum
After watching Slumdog Millionaire, I was curious about the slums of Mumbai. What are such places like? How do they fit in the urban geography? I remember some of the scenes where the two brothers are in high rise apartment … Continue reading
Posted in Cities, International Affairs, Movies
Tagged bombay, danny boyle, david denby, dharavai, mumbai, slum, Sumdog Millionaire
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5 Days to Oscar
Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup Music (Score), Music (Song) Animated Feature, Foreign Language Film Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor Cinematography, Film Editing DOCUMENTARY FEATURE The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Encounters at the End of the World The … Continue reading
(Pretty Much) Exactly My Point
Seems like the Sirota/Silver dialogue may be winding down, which is all well and good. When you get to the point of calling each other babies and commies, probably all that needed to be said has been said. But just … Continue reading
Will the Real Progressives Please Stand Up?
There’s been a lot of chatter this week about the progressive agenda–what it is, what works, what’s realistic and, otherwise, who’s a moron or not. Having grown up in the progressive movement, and also in some of the various substrata … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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6 Days to Oscar
Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing Art Direction, Costume Design, Makeup Music (Score), Music (Song) Animated Feature, Foreign Language Film Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor CINEMATOGRAPHY Changeling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight The Reader Slumdog Millionaire One … Continue reading
Slumdog Millionaire 2: Religious violence
Slumdog Millionaire does not directly take on social issues in India, but there are some scenes that include contexts that are politically explosive. One scene that stands out is when a Hindu mob burns the section of the slum where … Continue reading

