Oscar Worthy?
February 19, 2009
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“A Roundup of Slate’s Oscar Coverage”
“Great Book, Bad Movie: How Hollywood ruins novels,” by Willing Davidson. Posted Feb. 17, 2009.
“Don’t Give an Oscar to The Reader: We don’t need another ‘redemptive’ Holocaust movie,” by Ron Rosenbaum. Posted Feb. 9, 2009.
“The Batman Goes Bananas: Does being a jerk prevent you from winning an Oscar?” by Dana Stevens. Posted Feb. 6, 2009.
“It Girl(s): The three sides of Anne Hathaway,” by Dana Stevens. Posted Jan. 30, 2009.
“What, Exactly, Is Slumdog Millionaire?: Is it a) a portrait of the real India, b) a Bollywood-style melodrama, c) a fairy tale, or d) a stylishly shot collection of clichés?”
by Dennis Lim. Posted Jan. 26, 2009.
“Let’s Talk Oscars: Revolutionary Road Got Shafted. The Reader Is Still Ridiculous. Ledger Will Win,” by Troy Patterson and Dana Stevens. Posted Jan. 22, 2009.
“Why Is Philip Seymour Hoffman a ‘Supporting Actor’?: Your Oscar questions, answered.” Posted Jan. 22, 2009.
“Depressed Suburban Nazi Backward-Agers: Valkyrie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Revolutionary Road reviewed,” by Dana Stevens. Posted Dec. 23, 2008.
“Must Love Nazis: Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet find doomed romance in The Reader,” by Dana Stevens. Posted Dec. 11, 2008.
“Battle of the Foreheads: Frost/Nixon reviewed,” by Dana Stevens. Posted Dec. 4, 2008.
“Fresh Milk: Gus Van Sant’s biopic of the gay activist is vibrantly alive,” by Dana Stevens. Posted Nov. 26, 2008.
“ ‘Harvey Would Have Opened It in October’: Could Milk have changed the Prop 8 vote?” by Dennis Lim. Posted Nov. 26, 2008.
“Slumdog Millionaire: Danny Boyle’s irresistible hokum,” by Dana Stevens. Posted Nov. 13, 2008.
from Slate
DB notes: Last night I walked out on “Slumdog Millionaire.’ Not into watching children get tortured. I thought the movie was about a game show. And: Why did so many people I know love it? Plus: I hated “No Country for Old Man.” And any movie where I spend the whole time with my hands covering my eyes.
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