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Reichardt ‘Cutoff’ From Cannes? Kazan Expects Oregon Trail Period Film in 2011
Will one of our most anticipated films for 2010 calender year, end up being pushed back to 2011? If you go by what Zoe Kazan is saying (she's on the junket tour for Bradley Rust Gray's The Exploding Girl), it would appear so.
2011 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture
Here it is folks. My predictions for the ten Best Picture nominees. Let me know what you think ... what would you take out and what would you replace it by. Worth noting: I'm aware that the category was enlarged to include animation, but I think 2011 will be an "off-year".
How Far is Too Far?: The Game of Death Predictably Stirring Debate
A documentary film project that I've been keeping tabs on since I first heard about it last February, is not surprisingly, causing quite the stir. Rezo Films' The Game of Death, a docu experiment that filmed knowing, and unknowing participants in a mock game show that mimicked Stanley Milgram's famed experiment -- but this time in the context of reality television.
Do-It-Yourself for Exit Through the Gift Shop? Hits Theaters in April
If I'm the film distributor who picked up Exit Through the Gift Shop for the U.S theatrical play, I'd probably go underground as well. As an artist who purposely "guns down" all forms of branding, it would be odd for a distributor to come in and swoop up the rights to the docu film.
2011 Oscar Predictions: Best Director
Okay, so far we've got (and thanks to those who've been keeping tabs, reading and leaving comments on the previous prediction pieces) The Tree of Life winning for Best Original Screenplay (read here) and Emmanuel Lubezki for Best Cinematography (read here). Best Adapted Screenplay is going to the Coens for True Grit (read here). The acting awards are going to be split up among Hilary Swank (read here) and Johnny Depp (read here) win in the leading categories while Elle Fanning (read here) and Christian Bale (read here) for Supporting.
