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All posts by Colin Biggs
BFI’s Nick James Laments More Critic Layoffs
This year has been a bad one for film critics between the mass layoffs at MSN and the number of trimmed staffs that have taken place at countless publications. Last Sunday saw a good deal of critics let go when The Independent removed all its arts critics alon...
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BFI’s Nick James Laments More Film Critic Layoffs
This year has been a bad one for film critics between the mass layoffs at MSN and the number of trimmed staffs that have taken place at countless publications. Last Sunday saw a good deal of critics let go when The Independent removed all its arts critics alon...
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Quentin Tarantino Picks The Best of 2013
Quentin Tarantino isn't really a critic, but there are few people in Hollywood that possess an encyclopedic knowledge of film like the director of Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds does, so a list of his top ten films of 2013 (thus far) is a must-read for ...
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An Inquisition for our Readers: Does Rewatchability Equal Excellence?
There are few things cinephiles like to argue over more than what movie should have won Best Picture in a given year. Hindsight is always 20/20 in these cases, but some years provoke the argument more so than others, years like 2005 (when Crash beat Brokeback ...
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Grantland’s Mark Harris Addresses Category Fraud
Grantland's Mark Harris is one of the preeminent film writers of this generation and no one, I mean no one, deconstructs the "importance" of Oscar season like him. His piece this past Friday about the inherent awards-worthiness of films like Nicole Holofcener'...
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‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Could Move to 2014
While all of the hubbub has been focused on which of the fall and winter's feature films could make a run at Best Picture, one high-profile flick may find itself pushed out of the race.
Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street is currently slated for a Nov...
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Existimatum Wants to Grade Your Reviews
Hear that? The sound of nails being slowly dragged along a chalkboard? It's your reviews being reviewed by a new website, Existimatum.
The site, founded by Peter Kern, "was to make a site that combined the satire of the The Onion with the usefulness of Rott...
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Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan Says Pack It In, The 2013 Oscar Race is Over
Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave won the top audience prize at the Toronto International Film Festival yesterday to the surprise of very few. The true story of Solomon Northup has garnered widespread acclaim from critics and audiences at the Toronto and Tellur...
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Washington Post’s Film Critic Stephanie Merry Has A Confession To Make
Washington Post critic Stephanie Merry made an admission this week when she said something that most critics don't have the gall to: the horror genre makes her uncomfortable. Not uncomfortable as in cringing when a masked fiend slashes two good looking teens, ...
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Timothy Gray of Variety Believes 20 is the New 10 for the Upcoming Oscars
In a recent piece called “Should There Be (Gasp!) 20 Best Picture Nominees This Year?”, Timothy Gray of Variety has suggested that the 2013 Best Picture race should include nearly double the amount of nominees from last year.
Now this year does have a full ...
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