There’s an engimatic quality to the role of Nolan in the current filmmaking landscape.
Burton puts more of a premium on sound and image to suggest character depths than the more prosaic Christopher Nolan does.
Aside from the ethics of 3D, it’s undeniable that Catching Fire will be at an economic disadvantage without it, losing as much as $4 per ticket in some cases.
Around these parts, we’re pretty partial to Matt Zoller Seitz.
Yesterday’s Oscar nominations came with major snubs, but it certainly wasn’t the first time the Academy stuck it to likely contenders.
This is a rogues gallery that runs the gamut from clingy patient to schizo serviceman.
We discuss filmmaking as a job, The Dark Night, appreciating bad blockbusters that feel, and more.
Conventional wisdom says this film would surely have the sound categories in the bag.
No, it’s not just you.
At the center of all three of films is a deep tension regarding heroism and its tangible impact on the mass corruption infecting much of society’s institutions.
Critics get a bad wrap for being “out of touch” with the masses, but Tomatometer listings indicate that critics have been surprisingly forgiving of superhero fare.
For all the similarities between these two posters, it’s important to note that their central logos are fundamentally opposite.
It’s not like critics weren’t given plenty of ammo.
Oscar loves a saint, but in the supporting categories at least, they love losers even more.
As Nolan’s career has progressed, he’s lost sight of how to make those moments feel organic.
Robin Hood seems to have been designed with the express purpose of removing from the myth everything that makes it enjoyable.
Canons form based on availability.
This is a complete list of our predicted winners at the 2009 Academy Awards.
As the presence of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (which was snubbed in the other sound category) would attest, Sound Mixing is the category that far more obviously favors best picture players.
When trying to figure out what will win the sound awards this year, it’s probably best to ignore or at least downplay the two p’s.