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Private Screening: How Hollywood Watches Its Work

Susan Stamberg — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Before they made it to the Oscars, the nominated films — not to mention all the films that didn't make the cut — were viewed by some 6,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

'Chico And Rita' And All That Jazz

Bob Mondello — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:30:00 +0000

In the 11 years since the Oscars introduced an award for Best Animated Feature, the category has been dominated by children's movies, often with computer-animated pandas, penguins and ogres at their center. This year's a little different. Two of the animated films are subtitled, and one is definitely aimed at adults: the Spanish film Chico and Rita, an animated love story steeped in jazz.

Think Havana, 1946, rendered in pen and ink, vintage cars roaring down tropical streets that are all horizontals and a riot of color.

And the Oscar SHOULD go to...

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:44:14 +0000

Film critic Garen Daly rounds up the surprise picks and aggregious snubs from this year's Oscar noms.