What to do when something moving and nuanced is counterweighted with heavy-handedness and caricature?
Camera One (Oscar Predictions – Best Director)
Seriously? The Oscars are this weekend?? I could swear it was just yesterday that the nominations were being announced. Where the hell does the time go? Well time’s a-wastin’ so take a look after the jump as I offer up my thoughts on the race for Best Director.It’s almost criminally unfair that Lee Daniels’ nomination…
"5 " (DGA Nominations Announced)
The Oscar race is quickly coming into focus with today’s announcement of the Director’s Guild of America award nominees. The shortlist for the DGA prize is as follows… Quentin Tarantino: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDSJames Cameron: AVATARKathryn Bigelow: THE HURT LOCKERJason Reitman: UP IN THE AIRLee Daniels: PRECIOUS What does this mean? Well since before Christmas, it has…
PRECIOUS
If it takes a village to raise a child, what happens when the village is full of apathy and abuse?