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  • Place plays a power role

    11/18/09 International locations have played a role in the stories of countless Oscar-winning pics.  |  Variety
  • Film funding fickle

    11/18/09 In the already tortuous world of specialty film financing, some U.S. filmmakers trying to fund projects with Oscar-worthy potential in various categories are contorting themselves even further -- by turning more frequently to foreign sources for finance.  |  Variety
  • Oscar hopefuls humanize serious issues

    10/30/09 Even the horror crowd has joined the fray: In "Drag Me to Hell," the central character is a banker who declines a mortgage extension -- and is cursed with eternity behind Satan's teller window.  |  Variety
  • 'Locker' star Renner sees career explode

    10/29/09 In "The Hurt Locker," he spent much of his time covered head-to-toe in a protective suit, with a small window for his eyes.  |  Variety
  • Will downturn dim indies' award hopes?

    10/28/09 Without the powerhouse divisions pushing their prestige projects with a barrage of ads, this year's playing field is more open than ever.  |  Variety
  • Hurt Locker, Precious & Invictus Lead First Serious Oscar Picks List

    10/28/09 The Hurt Locker , Precious and Clint Eastwood 's new movie Invictus have emerged as Oscar Best Film favourites in the first serious Internet critics list of the awards season.  |  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  • The Hurt Locker Makes First Oscars Noise

    10/19/09 Kathryn Bigelow 's hard-hitting war drama The Hurt Locker has emerged as an early Oscars favourite after picking up a string of nominations for the upcoming Gotham Independent Film Awards, one of the season's first big prizegivings.  |  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  • The Gotham Awards 2009 Noms Include 'Big Fan,' 'Serious Man,' 'Hurt Locker'

    10/19/09 IFP's Gotham Independent Film Awards kicks off the awards season in November each year with an impressive list of nominees, and this year's list is no different.  |  Cinematical.com
  • Back and Forth: Breaking Down the Gotham Award Nods

    10/19/09 I'd assume that most films from most bigger companies were submitted, because these distributors are looking for any awards season leg up they can get.  |  indieWIRE
  • Directors With Heat

    10/19/09 I was invited a while back to take part in Sasha Stone 's Awards Daily " Virtual Oscar Roundtable ," but with London and moving to a new place and my usual crazy-hair ADD I wasn't able to muster the focus to participate.  |  Hollywood Elsewhere