- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 18, 2013
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Can the torture scenes in Zero Dark Thirty be defended?
About Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-nominated film
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 23, 2012
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This week's food and drink events
A "meaty" film premiere, a cookbook signing, a wild game dinner, and more
- Movies, Movie Sidebar, Feb 9, 2012
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Oscar drops his shorts
This year's nominees for best animated and live-action short films
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 11, 2012
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In honor of the approaching 84th Academy Awards
Patton Oswalt's bit about Death Bed: The Bed That Eats, accompanied by scenes from the movie
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 21, 2011
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Oscarus interruptus
Steve James's acclaimed documentary The Interrupters is passed over for Oscar consideration.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 24, 2011
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This Week's Food and Drink Events
An Oscar viewing party, a celebration of chicken wings, a whiskey dinner, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 8, 2010
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This Is Not an Oscar Fashion Post
Why Oscar fashion recaps are boring.
- Movies, Movie Sidebar, Mar 4, 2010
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Chicago Oscar Parties
Where to watch the Acadamy award on March 7
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 2, 2010
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Was That the One With the Nazis?
Reader reviews of the films nominated for this year's Academy Awards.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 19, 2010
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How Sex-Segregated Oscars Have Been Good For Film
A film critic suggests that the Academy Awards make the acting categories gender-neutral, because male and female actors are evenly matched in Hollywood films. Could the gender-specific categories have been responsible for that?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 25, 2009
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Oscar widens the playing field
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it's doubling the number of Best Picture nominees at the 82nd Oscar awards ceremony.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2009
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Slumdog Millionaire wins the Oscar for best picture
Liveblogging the Oscars.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 18, 2009
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A Red Orchid Oscar bash salutes Michael Shannon
A Red Orchid Theatre celebrates an Oscar nomination for ensemble member Michael Shannon.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 12, 2009
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Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon past and present.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 22, 2008
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Ripped from the headlines
Three documentaries about the news make the news.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2008
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Pooper at the party
Wherein our Reader critics decide to celebrate the Oscars--so who invited this guy?
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2008
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Chicago Reader virtual Oscar party
Reader critics give Oscar a little advice.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 27, 2007
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Three idle questions about the Oscars
Was George W. Bush the elephant in room? Is world cinema a series of soap operas? And is The Departed Martin Scorsese's best movie?
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 27, 2007
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Ennio Morricone, now and then
Morricone takes home an Oscar, but Celine doesn't do him justice.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 18, 2006
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Four Reasons Not to Trust Ten-Best Lists
Do we really love lists, or are critics' polls an industry tool to resell and presell goods?
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