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The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has nominated the helmers of five high-profile titles for its documentary award: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky for “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,” Steve James for “The Interrupters,” James Marsh for “Project Nim,” Richard Press for “Bill Cunningham New York” and Martin Scorsese for “George Harrison: Living in the Material World.”
I am a voting member of both the BFCA and HFPA, as well as of the LA Film Critics, National Society of Film Critics, and N.Y. Film Critics. With multiple memberships, I do not necessarily vote for the same films or individuals in all the groups I belong it. Let’s spread the gold, I keep telling myself each year.
If the great Viola Davis is nominated for the lead Oscar for her work in “The Help,” she would become only the eighth black woman in the Best Actress category.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is set to announce new rules this week for Oscar’s documentary category that will have far-reaching implications for the next year’s race. The biggest change is that in order for any film to qualify for the 2012-13 awards season, it must have been reviewed by either the Los Angeles Times or the New York Times, which reported the story on Sunday.
The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday, January 7th, 2012, chose MELANCHOLIA as Best Picture of the Year 2011.
