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I'm curious about his selection of 'PARK ROW (Olive)' in his blu list- is he conflating an MoC dvd with an Olive blu?

Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote:Sadly, the absence of any titles from the excellent U.K. label Masters of Cinema can probably be explained by the fact that this label stopped sending me any of its releases about nine months ago, after sending me all of its releases prior to that — a decision that I continue to find baffling.

If it's any consolation, JR, they only send me the titles I pay for too. Same goes for every other distributor. Appalling, ain't it?

I thought I remembered there being some tweets between MoC and JR earlier this year about how he wasn't getting free review copies and they said that they would fix that. Or maybe I'm thinking of someone else...

Jeff wrote:

Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote:Sadly, the absence of any titles from the excellent U.K. label Masters of Cinema can probably be explained by the fact that this label stopped sending me any of its releases about nine months ago, after sending me all of its releases prior to that — a decision that I continue to find baffling.

If it's any consolation, JR, they only send me the titles I pay for too. Same goes for every other distributor. Appalling, ain't it?

Love the fact he implies that only by sending him a disc can a label's releases be deemed worthy of his attention.

Argo won the producers guild.

Screen Actors' Guild Winners

THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Abraham Lincoln – “LINCOLN”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
JENNIFER LAWRENCE / Tiffany – “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
TOMMY LEE JONES / Thaddeus Stevens – “LINCOLN”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
ANNE HATHAWAY / Fantine – “LES MISÉRABLES”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
ARGO

PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
KEVIN COSTNER / “Devil Anse” Hatfield – “HATFIELDS & McCOYS”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
JULIANNE MOORE / Sarah Palin – “GAME CHANGE”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White – “BREAKING BAD”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
CLAIRE DANES / Carrie Mathison – “HOMELAND”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy – “30 ROCK”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon – “30 ROCK”

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
DOWNTON ABBEY

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
MODERN FAMILY

SAG AWARDS HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
SKYFALL

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
GAME OF THRONES

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Screen Actors Guild 49th Annual Life Achievement Award
DICK VAN DYKE

No surprises, but Jesus, Argo would be a spineless Best Picture winner...

You've gotta be kidding me with Argo. Ben Affleck must know where the bodies are buried.

Ben Affleck wins Directors Guild Award for Argo.
Not to mention Alejandro González Iñárritu for best commercial, Rian Johnson for an episode of Breaking Bad and...Lena Dunham for Girls.

Jesus, I think Lena Dunham's work is actually my "favorite" of that bunch...

AACTA Awards, awarded in Sydney on 30 January. Pretty much a clean sweep for The Sapphires. Film-related awards follow:

BYRON KENNEDY AWARD
Sarah Watt

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Saskia Rosendahl. Lore.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FILM
The Sapphires. Rosemary Blight, Kylie du Fresne.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
The Sapphires. Wayne Blair.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wish You Were Here. Kieran Darcy-Smith, Felicity Price.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Sapphires. Keith Thompson, Tony Briggs.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR
Chris O’Dowd. The Sapphires.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Deborah Mailman. The Sapphires.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Antony Starr. Wish You Were Here.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Mauboy. The Sapphires.

I'll be somewhat shocked if Argo doesn't win the Best Picture Oscar at this point. It also makes the Director's Oscar more up in the air than it already was. Ang Lee for the upset win, perhaps?

The recognition for Jay Roach is really ridiculous. His tv work is only slightly less pedestrian than his film work.

Roach's work on Recount was enough to steer me away from any future docudramas he might make. Maybe that film improved as it continued, but when I shut it off during the hour mark, it was due to a growing frustration that the director (and screenwriter) seemed more interested in using the film as a highlight reel for pop culture moments surround the election (scenes like Spacey stopping the action of the film to watch a Jimmy Fallon skit on SNL, comment on how it was funny, and then return to the droll action of the film). The design of the film seemed to reward viewers more for their ability to recognize key events in the 2000 election rather than delve into the material with real political savvy. In rewatching Zodiac this weekend, I'm more and more amazed by David Fincher and James Vanderbilt's ability to pile on such an overwhelming amount of information and cultural minutia, trusting that the audience probably won't follow most of it but giving them enough credit that they'll understand a reasonable amount to get through the picture.

The BAFTAs...

BEST FILM: Argo
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM: Skyfall
LEADING ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
LEADING ACTRESS: Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
DIRECTOR: Argo - Ben Affleck
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Silver Linings Playbook - David O Russell
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER: Bart Layton (director) and Dmitri Doganis (producer) - The Imposter
ANIMATED FILM: Brave
DOCUMENTARY: Searching for Sugarman
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Amour
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Life of Pi
COSTUME DESIGN: Anna Karenina
EDITING: Argo
MAKE UP AND HAIR: Les Miserables
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Skyfall
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Les Miserables
SOUND: Les Miserables
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS: Life of Pi
SHORT ANIMATION: The Making of Longbird
SHORT FILM: Swimmer
RISING STAR (public vote): Juno Temple

It might also be of interest to note that the short film that won, Swimmer, was directed by Lynne Ramsay.

Best bit of the BAFTAs was David O'Russell's reaction to Emmanuelle Riva winning Best Actress.

Don't know how long this video will stay up for, but you can see that very reaction at 2 minutes 44.

I can't tell whether he's disgusted by the choice, or whether he has no idea who Riva is. Or ...

Spoiler

He wants to smother her with a pillow.

Oscar poster by Olly Moss pays tribute to all the Best Picture winners.

Matt wrote:Oscar poster by Olly Moss pays tribute to all the Best Picture winners.

I still regret not grabbing his There Will Be Blood poster when it was first released.

Not sure what to make of the Crash one, but some of those are pretty clever. The one for The English Patient made me chuckle.

I think the Crash one is the wooden doll that Ryan Phillippe pulls out of his pocket at some point because racism

P.S. I'd almost forgotten how many terrible movies have won best picture.

I'm always surprised at how few truly terrible films have won. It's usually meh films that win than actively bad ones.