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  • Oscar Snubs? Extortion Plot? Do Tell!

    11/20/09 Are members from the documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences being paid to short list some films over others?  |  Cinematical.com
  • Moore Snubbed!

    11/19/09 You must have really pissed someone(s) off at the Academy, Michael Moore.  |  Perez Hilton
  • 15 docus on Oscar shortlist

    11/18/09 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the 15 docus shortlisted for the documentary feature Oscar.  |  Variety
  • Oscar's Documentary Shortlist: No 'Anvil,' No 'Capitalism'

    11/18/09 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences documentary committee has watched the 89 eligible docs that were submitted and whittled the field down to 15 finalists , from which the five Oscar nominees will be chosen.  |  Cinematical.com
  • 15 docs make Oscar cut

    11/18/09 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has shortlisted 15 films that will advance in the race for the documentary feature category, culled down from 89 films that originally qualified.  |  The Hollywood Reporter
  • Box Office 2.0: Assessing 2009’s Dox Office From “Capitalism” to “The Cove”

    11/17/09 While the box office monster that is "Precious" and the first weekend of studio backed limited release "Fantastic Mr. Fox" sat high atop this week's box office chart , and got primary focus in the last weekend estimates report , there were nevertheless interesting numbers happening just below them.  |  indieWIRE
  • Nonfiction filmmakers wrestle with Academy

    11/15/09 Thanks to Oscar's intricate, ever- changing system of qualifying rules, the documentary category is among the most contentious for its participating filmmakers.  |  Variety
  • B.O. of the ‘00s: The Top Grossing Documentaries

    11/13/09 It's really been a stunning decade for documentaries.  |  indieWIRE
  • 'Anvil' among IDA doc nominees

    11/12/09 "Anvil! The Story of Anvil," the account of an obscure Canadian heavy metal band, will square off against four more seriously themed documentaries at the 2009 IDA Awards.  |  The Hollywood Reporter
  • Defining Success & Failure

    11/08/09 I was writing a response to a comment in another thread and I realized that the issue was bigger than one person's idea of what is an accurate analysis of box office success and failure.  |  The Hot Blog - Movie City News