The 76th annual Academy Awards will be shown at 7 p.m. Feb. 29, Sunday.
Even though this year I’ve seen very few of the nominated films, I’ll still be watching and, probably, groaning, shouting and throwing things when the undeserved go up to claim their prizes. (I have to be on my best behaviour this year, [...]

Men who obsessively collect rare albums are strange and, undeniably, loveless. At least in the world of cinema.
In Ghost World, Steve Buscemi’s Seymor is a middle-aged geek who avidly collects rare 78s. He’s unlucky in love until he answers a desperately seeking ad that turns out to be a practical joke. In the documentary Cinemania, [...]

Scholars often divide cinematic works into two categories: realist and formalist.
In the former category, the director leaves out anything that will detract from the story, especially experimental camera angles and movement. In the latter, the director tells a story but with stylistic flamboyance. This person employs any device that will underscore the script’s psychological or [...]

In the March issue of Discover magazine, readers will find an article by Alan Burdick called Gross Anatomy: Technology Makes Cadavers an Art Form and Dissection Uncomfortably Real. As you flip through the pages, you see color photo after photo of “plasticized exhibits, made from human remains;” bodies opened so that viewers could see the [...]

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Because Brigit Saint Brigit is presenting The Weir, which is set in Sligo, Ireland, I thought it might be fitting to do a piece on the writer-director Neil Jordan, who also hails from this very northern Irish city.
Born Feb. 25, 1950, Jordan is known primarily for his skills as a director, however, he got [...]

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