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Best Actress 2013: Does Jennifer Lawrence Actually Stand a Chance?
The Academy can be a bit condescending towards lighter fair. Always the bridesmaid and never the bride, films like As Good As It Gets, Lost In Translation, Broadcast News, The Descendents, Sideways,...
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Silver Linings Playbook Clips
I once heard David O. Russell’s style described as “accessible free jazz.” I can’t think of a better way to explain the director’s rhythms; always close enough to touch but also wild enough to spin...
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REVIEW: Silver Linings Playbook
Unfairly and even detrimentally identified as a rebellious artist and one of the pioneers of New Hollywood, David O. Russell carries the unearned burdened of being a director to connect cinephilia to...
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Those Oscar Missed: Best Original Screenplay
CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Original Screenplay refers to a screenplay in which the material is not based on another medium. Even if the screenplay is about someone or something that was real,...
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David O. Russell Praises Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
Say what you will about David O. Russell, but his passion for filmmaking is virtually unparalleled. And, unlike filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, little of his enthusiasm seems to come from...
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Silver Linings Playbook Cast Featurette
Sometimes when it comes to film criticism, the worst thing that can happen to a movie is that it opens to immediate acclaim. This year, I went into Silver Linings Playbook expecting an entirely fresh...
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Oscar Predictions: Best Writing
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees: Argo, Chris Terrio Lincoln, Tony Kushner Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell Life of Pi, David McGee Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin/Lucy Alibar Two of...
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American Hustle Trailer
David O. Russell’s resurgence as Oscar darling has been something of a marvel and, to a degree, the most frustrating thing to happen to what was shaping up as a uniquely niche canon. His newest, the...
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