BIG LIST
Sasha Stone at Awards Daily passes along this link that is fantastic to anyone that is obsessive about this Film awards stuff. It's incredibly comprehensive. Thanks to David Hanks at davidhanks.com for the hard work. Take a look, you'll be amazed:
http://www.davidhanks.com/film/2011biglist.html
ROPE OF SILICON PREDICTIONS
The latest Oscar predictions from Brad Brevet at Rope of Silicon reflecting some of the moves that he thinks have an effect or act as a precursor:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-massive-update-including-potter-bridesmaids-mccarthy-chastain-nolte/
SHAME NEWS
Several articles and/or posts regarding Steve McQueen's "Shame" as Fox Searchlight seeks to maximize its Oscar possibilities.
From Fox Searchlight:
http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/5066
http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/5059
http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/5056
Awards Daily:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/2011/12/shame-featurette/
FirstShowing.net:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/watch-fantastic-new-story-featurette-for-steve-mcqueens-shame/
OregonLive:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/madaboutmovies/2011/12/steve_mcqueens_shame_the_engli.html
FOREIGN FILMS AT TFF #38
As is always the case, a number of the foreign films that played at this year's fest are making news in the foreign language Oscar race. Here are some updates concerning those films and the FLF Oscar race in general...
An Overview from Scott Feinberg at The Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-best-foreign-language-separation-274871
A Separation (from Movie City News):
http://moviecitynews.com/2011/12/dp30-a-separation-writerdirector-asghar-farhadi/
In Darkness from Thompson on Hollywood:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar-q-a-agnieszka-hollands-oscar-submission-in-darkness-returns-to-holocaust-its-the-borderline-human-experience
Le Havre from The Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aki-kaurismaki-s-le-havre-274660
TIDBITS
The Descendants From Fox Searchlight:
http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/5057
A Dangerous Method from The Chicago Sun Times:
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/9122439-421/viggo-starring-in-different-sort-of-psychological-thriller.html#
and The New York Times:
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/viggo-mortensen-and-dangerous-methods-fate/
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