Donald Clarke

• Oscars
• December 12, 2011, 21:35

Probably not. When Michel Hazanavicius’s hitherto unbuzzed about film was inserted as a late entry into the Cannes competition nobody paid much attention. To that point, the director was best known for a series of spy movie parodies that had …

• Oscars
• November 10, 2011, 22:39

Apologies for the silence of a late. The Corona Cork Film Festival intervened and I found it difficult to get to this corner of the computer. If you are anywhere near that great city, be aware that this venerable event …

• Oscars Uncategorized
• August 4, 2011, 21:22

In recent years, the Oscar mob have done a decent job when it came to handing out honorary gongs. Two years ago, Lauren Bacall, Gordon Willis and Roger Corman were the lucky recipients. Now that’s some line-up. This year’s announcement …

• Oscars
• June 17, 2011, 14:20

Look away now if you find the whole Oscar business unimaginably tedious. Two years after the Academy stunned analysts by increasing the number of best picture nominations from five to 10, that body has made another, even odder change to …

• Box Office Figures Oscars
• March 3, 2011, 16:58

It’s a hard one to answer. Last year, we would have replied with a definitive “no”. Sure, Avatar was the biggest film of all time, but nobody would seriously argue that the success of Cameron’s epic was down to its …

• Oscars
• February 28, 2011, 15:08

I’m sure few of you bothered to stay up to watch the Oscars last night. That was a wise choice. Move along. Move along. There’s nothing to see here. I’ll be mouthing off in the paper tomorrow about the awards’ …

• Oscars
• January 25, 2011, 18:19

I would not be human if I did not crow a little. Yesterday, this “blog” offered predictions for Oscar nominations in the best picture, best director, best actor and best actress races. How did we do? 25 out of 25. …

• Oscars Uncategorized
• January 24, 2011, 00:18

The Oscars nominations are due on Tuesday afternoon and the bickering over what’s in and what’s out is intense. Actually, it isn’t. Unlike last year, Oscar speculation has been sparse in this place during the current season. There are two …