This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2010

ACE (editors) award to The Social Network

A.O. Scott on good actors in lousy films.

Mr. Cage may have been driven to some of this by well-publicized financial difficulty, and some of his admirers have surely been puzzled by his choices. But it can never be said that he phones in a performance.

pfft someone didnt see Season of the Witch

neeson's kind of a drag in Unknown too, im sad to say

top Cesar award to Of Gods and Men (which opened in NY today):

http://www.awardsdaily.com/2011/02/cesars-award-the-social-network-the-ghost-writer/

Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule gives his year end lists and a round-up of other ones.

Black Swan cleans up at the Spirit Awards.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2011-02-26-indie-spirit-awards_N.htm

so, just as bad as the Oscars.

no way. Oscars will definitely award Best Picture to The King's Speech. Spirit Awards will look much better in comparison.

hey Dale Dickey won Spirit best supp actress for Winter's Bone, so all is forgiven

mildly lol opening bit to those awards where Joel McHale had his hand stuck under a rock in his dressing room and she came in with a chainsaw.

Muriel Awards happening shortly

Hey has anyone seen The Arbor? I saw the director on a panel at the LIFF and they showed a clip that looked kind of bad. But it won a prize and has been getting some press...

― Death Cabron For Cutie (admrl), Sunday, December 19, 2010 7:51 PM

. . .

Well, I just saw a 3-4 minute clip which featured (IIRC) what sounded like offscreen recorded interview synced to actors on set mouthing the words of the interviewees. Is the whole film like that? It's the type of distancing effect that bothers me when it isn't used well, it seems to do disservice to the person originally speaking, but honestly, I saw it totally out of context, so I have no way of knowing how this really functions in the film itself. Clio Barnard (sic?) was a very likeable and generous panelist, but sometimes nice, clever people can make not so great films. I do want to see it, though. I'll watch most (most) British films, tbh.

― Death Cabron For Cutie (admrl), Sunday, December 19, 2010 8:49 PM

The Arbor opened in NY this week, and I had very mixed feelings about it -- to the point where Mubi has me as the voice of dissent.

http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/3197

oh I guess I shoulda posted that here:

why are 'british' films shit?

I'm not going to preempt Eric and start the new detrius thread, but the NYFCC will be voting this year on... Nov 28.

http://www.indiewire.com/article/2011/10/19/new_york_film_critics_move_up_their_awards_date