LIVE BLOGGING OSCAR TONIGHT.

If you've come here and you're not a regular. we've moved to a beautiful new site.
OSCAR CRAZINESS ALL WEEK and live blog / tweets tonight.

Another Suitcase...

Where am I going to....?



To the new site silly. It's totally oscar season.
Don't miss anything! Final Predictions, Film Bitch Awards and all of that.

Float on Over... We're Off on a New Adventure

We were so attached to this ol' blog that we refused to leave it.

So we uprooted it for a new adventure.

So float over yourselves. There's room for everyone in the spacious new blog (now with Oscar charts, top ten lists, screening log, galleries and NEW FILM BITCH AWARDS all in the same spot. It's the whole works!

Hey Stragglers! BEST OF THE YEAR IS HERE

We've moved over to a new site that's a combo of this blog you love and the old site, freshly renovated. Things are really picking up so check it out. We've started the Best of the Year countdown!

Honorable Mentions (#24-14)
Runners Up and Top Ten Pt. 1 (#13-08)

All that plus awards news, Christian Bale's body, Michelle Pfeiffer's new project, Guild Awards, Natalie Portman discussion and much more. So move over with us. Can't wait to see you there.

Psssst. the Film Bitch Awards start any minute (okay, late tonight)

We've Moved.

Where do you want these boxes?

Come see the freshly renovated blog & site. Everything* in one place. Happy 2011!

*still working on importing the archives and the contents of this blog but daily posting and Oscar charts and everything are over there.

Alexandre Desplat "A Fast Moving Train"

Previous Desplat Goodies: "Breakfast with... Desplat", "How to Watch Movies" and Random Quotables

As promised here's the profile and interview I did for Tribeca Film...

If you're a regular moviegoer, you're familiar with his work. Even if you only get to the movies on special occasions for an Oscar hopeful like The King's Speech or an event film like the latest Harry Potter, you’ve heard it. Alexandre Desplat, the gifted 49-year-old French film composer is in demand. He scored five movies this year alone, with just as many on the way in 2011.

I had first scheduled an interview with Alexandre Desplat a full year ago, when he received his third nearly consecutive Oscar nomination for the whimsical score for the animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox. One year later, his voice finally materializes on the other line...

Read the rest at Tribeca Film

Wherein Desplat talks about his crazy workload, collaborating with Roman Polanski and composing around brilliant performances like Nicole Kidman (Birth) and Colin Firth (The King's Speech).