Author: Tripp Burton
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Eyeing the Truth: Dec. 2015
The Diplomat (HBOGo) The Diplomat is about the filmmaker’s father, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. Immediately, it brings to mind numerous other personal essay documentaries about a filmmaker trying to come to terms with their own father, and Holbrooke has many of the flaws inherent to the genre: absenteeism, a job more important than family, and a…
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Eyeing the Truth: Nov. 2015
Prophet’s Prey (Showtime Anytime) Sam Brower’s 2011 book Prophet’s Prey, which this new, like-named documentary by Amy Berg is credited as adapting, narrowly focuses on one investigator’s journey through the depths of a polygamist branch of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Brower takes the reader step-by-step into uncovering what cult leader Warren Jeffs has…
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Eyeing the Truth: Oct. 2015
One of the great benefits of the at-home entertainment market boom of the last five years has been how readily available documentaries have become: the past Oscar seasons alone, Best Documentary Feature has been one of the few categories where anyone can see most or all of the nominees without leaving home. In Eyeing the…
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Eyeing the Truth: Sep. 2015
One of the great benefits of the at-home entertainment market boom of the last five years has been how readily available documentaries have become: the past Oscar seasons alone, Best Documentary Feature has been one of the few categories where anyone can see most or all of the nominees without leaving home. In Eyeing the…
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Oscar Two Weeks in Review: June 24 – July 7, 2012
Oscar News The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences released a list of new rules for the next Academy Awards. Among them are the inclusion of hairdressing to the Best Makeup category, an expansion to the number of songwriters who can share a nomination for Best Song and a change in the shortlisting of…
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Oscar Two Weeks in Review: June 10 – 23, 2012
Oscar News The Artist, last year’s Best Picture winner, will finally get a home video release this Tuesday. Review Round-Up Brave premiered this week with a 68 score on Metacritic, a positive assessment but low on the scale for a Pixar film. Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love opened to luke-warm reviews, picking up a…
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Oscar Two Weeks in Review: May 27 – June 9, 2012
Oscar News Amour won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, giving director Michael Haneke his second Palme d’Or. Review Round-Up Wes Andersen is getting some of his best reviews in years for Moonrise Kingdom, with an 84 on Metacritic. The Cannes opening night film is being compared to Andersen’s Rushmore and The Royal Tennenbaums, the…
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Oscar Two Weeks in Review: May 6 – 19, 2012
Oscar News The Cannes Film Festival opened on Wednesday with Wes Andersen’s Moonrise Kingdom, and will continue to show lots of awards hopefuls over the next two weeks. The Directors Guild of America relented last week to allow screeners to get sent to its membership in voting for its annual awards. They had previously resisted…
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Oscar Two Weeks in Review: March 25 – April 7, 2012
Oscar News The Artist has managed to pick up one last award this year: Festival Film of the Year. It will be presented the award at the International Film Festival Summit in Paris. Review Round-Up No possible Oscar contenders were released in the last two weeks. Oscar Box Office The Hunger Games had the third biggest opening…
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Oscar Two Weeks in Review: March 11 – 24, 2012
Oscar News The date has been set for the 85th Annual Academy Awards: Sunday February 24, 2013. The nominations will be announced on January 15. Monsieur Lahzar, one of this year’s Best Foreign Language Film nominees, was the top winner at the Canadian Genie Awards, winning Best Picture and Best Director. Academy Award nominee Viggo…
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Oscar Two Weeks in Review: February 26 – March 10, 2012
Oscar News The Artist was the big winner at the 84th Academy Awards, taking the top prizes of Best Picture and Best Director. It tied with Hugo for most awards won with 5 apiece. The acting awards went to Jean Dujardin, Meryl Streep, Christopher Plummer and Ocatavia Spencer. Ratings for the Oscar telecast were up 4% from…
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Oscar Week in Review: February 19-25, 2012
Oscar News The 84th Annual Academy Awards will be presented Sunday night at 8:30 Eastern/7:30 Central on ABC. Wesley, Peter and Tripp’s final predictions can be found here. Due to its recent bankruptcy, Kodak has pulled its sponsorship of the Kodak Theater. This year’s awards will be presented at the now-named Hollywood & Highlands Center.…
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Oscar Week in Review: February 12-18, 2012
Oscar News The Artist was the big winner at another award’s show last weekend, picking up 7 awards from the British Academy of Film and Television, including Best Picture and Best Director. The acting awards went to Jean Dujardin, Meryl Streep, Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer. Emmanuel Lubezki won the prize for Best Cinematography from the American…
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Oscar Week in Review: February 5-11, 2012
Oscar News Monday the Academy held their annual nominee luncheon, where nominees could socialize, get lectured on the rules of the awards ceremony and pose for photos, including the Oscar Nominee Photo. Among the guilds and minor awards this past week, Rango took Best Film at the Annies, Rise of the Planet of the Apes won the…
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Oscar Week in Review: January 29 – February 4, 2012
Oscar News Michel Hazanavicius, the director of The Artist, took the top prize from the Directors Guild of America, the award most scene as the surest precursor to Oscar success. Project Nim was the documentary winner. The Help was the big winner at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, taking the prize for Best Cast, Best Actress (Viola…
