Brief Extra to MTFB/FAC

The Film Awards Clearinghouse will be up on Monday morning with a complete final rundown of Oscar nominee probabilities 24 hours before their announcement on Tuesday morning (Jan. 24).

Here are three quick hits to Telluride #38 related Oscar potentials:

A SEPARATION

Anne Thompson interviews writer/director Asghar Farhadi:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/farhadi-talks-iranian-oscar-entry-a-separation-divorce-drama-questions-irans-future#

SHAME

NPR talks to Michael Fassbender:
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/18/145390854/michael-fassbender-portraying-an-addicts-shame

INTO THE ABYSS

The Playlist talks to Werner Herzog:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/werner-herzogs-doc-into-the-abyss-spawns-discovery-series-on-death-row

I'll brief posts also on Saturday and Sunday leading up to Monday's regular bi-weekly post and Oscar nomination predictions.

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