Academy Award-Winning actress Geena Davis recently launched a foundation to raise awareness about the disproportionate level of male and female speaking roles in television and film. As the website reports, “Research by Dr. Stacy Smith at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication shows that fewer than 1 out of 3 speaking characters in the […]
One of the more frustrating elements of each Oscar season is not being able to see the nominated short films in the animated, documentary, and live action categories. Although it’s after the actual ceremony, here are the nominated and winning short films in animation. Enjoy!
Logorama– The Winner!
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Wallace And Gromit - […]
A lovely lady who reminded movie goers what elegance looked like…
Her obituary, courtesy of USA Today:
By Bob Thomas, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Cyd Charisse, the long-legged Texas beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died Tuesday. She was 86.
Charisse was […]
Somewhere in Egypt I read that Sydney Pollack had died. Pollack was a favorite of mine– both as an actor (for which he never got enough credit) and as a director (Out of Africa is one of my all-time favorites). I will miss his creative work. His work on behalf of future artists will insure […]
Oscar winner Minghella dies at 54
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 15 minutes ago
Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, who turned such literary works as “The English Patient,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Cold Mountain” into acclaimed movies, died Tuesday of a hemorrhage following surgery. He was 54.
Minghella’s publicist, Jonathan Rutter, said the filmmaker died […]
Last night, as a precursor to the Academy Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards were given out. If you go to Film Independent’s website, you’ll find a really helpful discussion about what makes an “independent film” truly independent.
http://filmindependent.org/spiritawards/faqs.php
Calling all documentary filmmakers! The following contests may be something you like to enter. Be prepared, the deadlines are quickly approaching.
True/False Film Festival Gimmie Truth
The deadline has been extended to February 15th. For more information follow the link.
http://www.truefalse.org/participate/gimmetruth.htm
Documentary Challenge
Maybe you’d like to enter a national competition. Then Documentary Challenge may be for […]
Well, as is the case every year, Hollywood awoke early to hear this year’s nominations. I was surprised by quite a few, and surprised by who didn’t get nominated. The most glaring missed nomination (of those I assumed would be)? Helena Bonham-Carter for Sweeney Todd.
Other than that most obvious misses, there are […]
In December, 25 more films were added to the United States’ National Film Registry. For more information about the registry and to vote for the 2008 selections, access the following link.
http://www.loc.gov/film/
The 5th True/False Film Festival will occur in next few months– February 28-March 2, 2008. That is during Columbia College’s Spring Break. If you’re around Columbia at the time, be sure to attend or better yet, volunteer.
Go to http://www.truefalse.org for more information.