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Oscar Movies: Come and Get It (1936)

January 4, 2010 by EmanuelLevy

Walter Brennan received the very first Supporting Actor Oscar for playing faultlessly an honest, devoted Swede, Sawn Bostrom. It Brennan's first of three Oscars in that category, the others being "Kentucky" in 1938 and "The Westerner" in 1940. Brennan received a fourth supporting nomination for "Sergeant York," in 1941.

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Oscar 2009: Hurt Locker Sweeps National Society of Film Critics Awards

January 3, 2010 by EmanuelLevy

The Hurt Locker won three major awards from the National Society of Film Critics (of which I am a member): Best Picture, Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, and Best Actor for Jeremy Renner.

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Oscar: Nights of Cabiria, Second Foreign Language Winner

January 2, 2010 by EmanuelLevy

Starring Giulietta Masina in one of greatest performances, Fellini's masterpiece relates in a realistic yet serio-comic way the adventures of a Roman prostitute, who manages to remain upbeat and even optimistic despite an endless series of disasters and mishaps.

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Cinema 2000-2009: Best Picutre–Runners-Up of the Decade

January 1, 2010 by EmanuelLevy

Too many good films to choose from. Here is my list of ten runners-up, arranged in alphabetical order. It represents half a dozen national cinemas, including Romania, a country that continues to produce some of the best films around.

1. Adaptation (2003), Spike Jonze

2. City of God (2002), Brazil, Fernando Mereilles

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