By Arty Chick, on June 21st, 2010
El Secreto de Sus Ojos was the very deserving winner of the 2010 Academy Award for best Foreign Film. (I have to admit it is the only one of those nominated that I have seen so far, so stay tuned.) It is both an absorbing crime thriller and a heartbreaking love story. …
By Arty Chick, on March 20th, 2010
This first feature won Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck the Oscar in 2007 for Best Foreign Film and I can see why. What a wonderful film! It takes place in East Germany in 1980s and concerns a successful playwright (Sebastian Koch) and his gorgeous actress girlfriend (Martina Gedeck) who are put under surveillance by Stasi, …
By Arty Chick, on March 7th, 2010
It is all over for this year and there were no big surprises. A woman finally won the Best Director Oscar for a film that no one saw in the theaters. And the biggest grossing movie of all time (so far) was only recognized in the categories it truly deserved — technical excellence. …
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