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‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ Review: Thai Oscar Entry
It takes only a few strategic bars of tinkly piano score to suggest that the protagonist of How to Make…
Read More »Christmas Cheer and Domestic Discord in Finland’s Oscar Submission
With its stationary long-shots of domestic life, “Family Time” is like the “Paranormal Activity” of dysfunctional-holiday-gathering movies: There’s a sense…
Read More »Palestine’s Oscar Entry Documents Gaza War
A filmmaker burns his clapperboard for warmth. A schoolteacher scavenges to feed his students. A stand-up comedian arrives at a…
Read More »Kim Sung-su’s War Thriller Is Korea’s Oscar Submission
One of the darkest chapters in South Korean history is chronicled in “12.12: The Day,” a riveting account of the…
Read More »‘The Antique’ Review: Georgia’s Stately Oscar Submission
In Rusudan Glurjidze‘s weathered, wintry sophomore feature “The Antique,” the title could refer to any number of withering relics: the…
Read More »Songwriter Diane Warren Hopes 16th Time’s the Charm for Best Song Oscar Win
Play video content TMZ.com Diane Warren‘s still all smiles, keeping the faith that one day that Oscar will make its…
Read More »Carlos Saldanha Boards Oscar Hopeful Animated Short ‘La Perra’ as EP
Brazilian writer, director and animator Carlos Saldanha has boarded Carla Melo Gampert’s Oscar-qualified Colombian animated short “La Perra” to accompany…
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