Oscar Rule Will Cull Nonfiction Contenders
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
A new rule would require a movie review from The New York Times or The Los Angeles Times to qualify a documentary feature for the Academy Awards, according to a draft of the rule.
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Among the nominees for best director announced on Monday by the Directors Guild was "The Artist," with Jean Dujardin.
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Michael Moore explains how the voting process will work under revised rules for the best documentary feature Oscar.
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The Directors Guild of America announced its feature nominees and the inclusion of David Fincher, for “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” was a surprise.
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Filmmakers Take Dual Roles in Quest for Truth
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The filmmaker Joe Berlinger, who, with a directing partner, Bruce Sinofsky, has chronicled the saga of the West Memphis Three, did so as advocate and journalist.
Gleeful Sounds From Memories of Childhood
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'The Devil Inside' Has a Low Budget but a Big Take
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In Hollywood’s Clubby Culture, a Disney Marketer’s Rapid Downfall
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M T Carney, an outsider hired to direct marketing for Walt Disney Studios, has never overcome her industry inexperience, and the company is now said to be seeking her replacement.
Tributes That Leave Hollywood Speechless
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The current spate of silent-film tributes recall some comedies that demonstrate that Hollywood’s nostalgia for its early days is nothing new.
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Sundance Offers a Web Afterlife for Its Alumni
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The Sundance Institute and the distributor New Video are making films available for streaming at Amazon, Hulu, Netflix, iTunes, YouTube and SundanceNOW.
From the Cage to the Screen, With Fists Flying
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A Short Career in Lurid Hollywood
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Film About the Hunt for Bin Laden Leads to a Pentagon Investigation
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
A film has stirred up a dispute in Washington about the information that the filmmakers received from the Central Intelligence Agency and about the timing of the movie’s release.
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Zhang Yimou, China’s most prominent director, is eager to stay in the authorities’ good graces yet somehow preserve his international plaudits.
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One Search for a Body, Another for Meaning
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Anger and Hate Devour a Man and His Country
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