Good Will Hunting (1997): Matt Damon’s Career Debt to Sylvester Stallone and Rocky

Matt Damon, this year’s Best Actor winner of the National Board of Review (NBR) for his role in Ridley Scott’s The Martian, revealed an interesting anecdote about the time he was shopping around 1997’s Good Will Hunting, which eventually won him the Best Original Screenplay (with co-writer Ben Affleck).

MUSTANG: Director Deniz Gamze Erguven

The Turkish media have been very critical of Mustang, and the film was passed over when the country decided its Oscar entry.

Oscar Artists: Wexler, Haskell, Two-Time Winning Cinematographer Dies at 93

Haskell Wexler, acclaimed Oscar-winning cinematographer (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Bound for Gory), dies at 93.

Oscar Directors: Spielberg–New Career Phase, Amblin Partners

Announcing a new phase in his already glorious career, Spielberg is going back to Universal, the studio that made him the most famous director in history.

Movie Stars: Sinatra, Frank–Centennial Celebration

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the birthday of the multi-talented Frank (“The Voice”) Sinatra, born December 12, 1915.