CB: If you were around for the glut of congratulatory announcements yesterday morning, you may have noticed that awards season has kicked off full force. Following Monday's Gotham Independent Film Awards-- where Tree of Life and Beginners tied for the top prize-- the New York Film Critics Circle announced their winners for the year, and the Independent Spirit Awards announced their nominees as well. All three groups represent tastes that are a little less mainstream, and sometimes decidedly more oddball, than what the Oscars will go for, but their picks are at least some kind of guideline as we navigate through the rest of the awards season. But what, exactly, do they even mean?
Contrary to an assertion prominent in its mammoth publicity machine, The Artist is not a silent film.
From Cinelinx:
Judson & Collin are here to contradict everything they said about the Oscars last week as they examine the legacy of The Artist and discuss Charlie Chaplin's City Lights and how it gave the silent film industry a small boom before the talkies took complete control of Hollywood. They also briefly discuss HBO's Girls and give a shoutout to the gentlemen of the Atlantic Screen Connection.
WOW247: "It’s a sad day for cinema lovers, as Uggie the dog from Oscar-winning movie The Artist has died aged 13."
Maybe a nomination, but I doubt a win.