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Oscars

The Invisible War (review)

Fri, Feb 22, 2013
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An enraging film, as it is meant to be, and not just because it is a military microcosm of rape culture at large.

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Battleship meets Battleship Potemkin! (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Feb 22, 2013
4 comments

Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

| 4 Comments

my should win/will win Oscar picks for Sunday’s Academy Awards…

Thu, Feb 21, 2013
1 comment

They’ve just gone out by email to FlickFilosopher.com subscribers…

| 1 Comment

How to Survive a Plague (review)

Thu, Feb 21, 2013
2 comments

A glorious ode to the supposition that a small group of committed people can change the world, and a reminder that the work is not yet done…

| 2 Comments

5 Broken Cameras documentary review

Thu, Feb 21, 2013
3 comments

A horrific portrait of everyday life on the West Bank, yet one also powerfully warm, funny, and human…

| 3 Comments

QOTD: Are the Academy Awards making a good move by rebranding as “the Oscars”?

Thu, Feb 21, 2013
5 comments

There may be some things about the Academy Awards that need fixing, but this didn’t seem to be it.

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all your suspicions about how Academy members cast their Oscar votes are accurate (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Feb 20, 2013
3 comments

Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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QOTD: Is a filmmaker’s primary responsibility to the truth or to a good story?

Wed, Feb 20, 2013
25 comments

Three Oscar nominees for Best Picture — Argo, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty — have come under criticism that they’re not entirely as factual as they might be…

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Jessica Chastain compelled to explain that she is a professional adult, not a bratty child (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Feb 13, 2013
3 comments

Stuff my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

| 3 Comments

the 85th Academy Award nominees

Tue, Feb 12, 2013
4 comments

With links to my reviews. I’ll be adding reviews of the last few films I haven’t yet covered between now and the Oscars.

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