Academy Awards

Understated Drama "Monsieur Lazhar" Follows the Wave of Grief Break Across a School

Sweet Rolls-Royce Limo From Arthur Will Be Up for Sale in Fort Lauderdale

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

The Oscar Office Pool: How to Succeed Without Really Trying

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

What You Can Learn From Two Men Brutalizing Each Other in Tights

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

Salo, or 21 Days of FLIFF

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

Art Imitates Horror

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

Cinema Caliente

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

Life Happens According to Plan in "One Day," Starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

Oscar-Nominated "Incendies" Chronicles Trials of an Arab Woman Living in Canada

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

International Encore

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

Dreams Are the Theme

​Full disclosure: I've never seen Arthur, the 1981 Steve Gordon film starring Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. In fact, Moore's 2002 death occurred only days after I was born. But Wikipedia says the thing won a few Academy Awards, so I'll assume someone out there probably really likes the movie.Anyw ... More >>

Ultimate Oscars Food - Caramel Popcorn with Variations

Caramel corn​Settling in tonight to watch the Oscars with buds? Gotta have something harmless to throw at the screen when a lame movie - the one you didn't place a bet on - takes the statues.Here's the recipe for caramel popcorn - but feel free to toss in just about anything that shines your statu ... More >>

Q&A With Sebastian Junger, Creator of Oscar-Nominated Documentary Restrepo

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011 Provides Showcase for Oscar-Anointed Filmmakers

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

Wife Flees Abusive Husband in "When We Leave," but Breaking Ties That Bind Is Not That Simple

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

"Eat Pray Love" Review: You May Cry, But It May Not Be Worth It

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

How I Learned to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

Ciao, 1963

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

The Swell Season, Oscar Winners for "Once," Play the Fillmore Miami Beach

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

"The Secret in Their Eyes" More Laughable Than Mysterious

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

Weirdly Wright

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

Woody, With Reed

​Restrepo is war in the raw. Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington crafted an Oscar-nominated film that ignores domestic politics and views the war in Afghanistan from one of the most dangerous and deadly areas, the Korengal Valley. It's graphic, it's anxiety-ridden, and it's shocking, but most st ... More >>

Life-and-Death Situation

It's hard to stay mad at surprise Oscar winner Departures.

Departing Is Such Sweet Sorrow

It's hard to stay mad at surprise Oscar winner Departures.

From Brothel to Bank Heist

It's hard to stay mad at surprise Oscar winner Departures.

Drag Them Out

It's hard to stay mad at surprise Oscar winner Departures.

Get in Touch with Your Feminine Side

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Make Me Laugh, Funny Man

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Make Newman's Your Own

Catch some great flicks — tissues optional.

First You Get the Money, Then You Get the Power,

Then you get ze Jews!

This Ain’t Gilliam’s Brazil

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Boys, Boys, Boys!

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The Snake Eater Sings?

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Best of All: No Joan Rivers

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Award Tour

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Our top DVD picks for the week of January 30:

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Whoopi Goldberg

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This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

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Stagebeat

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

Hot, Bothered

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle

One from the Heart Soundtrack (Sony/Legacy)

Foodstuff

One from the Heart Soundtrack (Sony/Legacy)

Heavy, Man

The heart wants what the brain has to fight for in 21 Grams

Feel His Pain

Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

Spike Strikes Again

Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation

Best Film Festival

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival

Road Warriors

Amores Perros sears its characters (dogs included) to a crisp as it leads them to a kind of redemption

Up the Academy

The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

Dark Journey

I Dreamed of Africa

Night & Day

March 19-25, 1998