incontention.com - 10/16/2009
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When the Academy Awards roll around in March, it will have been precisely two decades since the unlikely figure of Kim Basinger blasted Academy voters’ conservatism on air at the 1989 ceremony, with specific regard to their sidelining of “Do the Right Thing,” Spike Lee’s groundbreaking study of ...
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... In Contention Guy Lodge looks at Oscar's racial, gender and sexual orientation divides. How have things changed over the years? ...
WEEKLY WRAP: Foxes, festivals and foreign contenders
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... • This week’s edition of The Long Shot considered the extensive possibilities for black, gay and female filmmakers in this year’s awards race. ...
THE LONG SHOT: What is an ‘Oscar movie’ these days?
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... quite what they were looking for. “It’s not you,” the Academy was telling the glitzy prestige contenders. “It’s me.”
So what of this year’s bunch? If the mostly withering early reviews are to be believed, we already have the season’s old-model sacrificial lamb in the shape of “Amelia,” while the field of serious contenders is littered with films that, like “Up in the Air,” look from some angles like Oscar-bait, and from others emphatically not.
I discussed last week the progressive implications that an urban-targeted Best Picture winner ...
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