http://dir.salon.com/topics/oscar_week_2008/?source=rss&aim=oscar_week_2008 en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST By Cintra Wilson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/25/oscar_wrap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/25/oscar_wrap/index.html?source=rss The academy shows American-style self-loathing by handing its biggest trophies to foreigners and drowning itself in montages. Save us, George Clooney! By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/26/bo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/26/bo/index.html?source=rss "Ten Canoes" wins best picture! And other true & false news from the biz's buzziest weekend. By James Hannaham Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/22/oscar_fixes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/22/oscar_fixes/index.html?source=rss Oscar's getting old and saggy. Can he remake himself with a few simple tucks, some carefully placed electrodes and a roll of duct tape? Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2008/02/22/btm_cinematographyoscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2008/02/22/btm_cinematographyoscars/index.html?source=rss Stephanie Zacharek and Matt Singer on the academy's love of landscape. By Caitlin Shamberg Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/oscars/2008/02/21/oscars_peterandthewolf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/oscars/2008/02/21/oscars_peterandthewolf/index.html?source=rss An Oscar-nominated short brings back Prokofiev's classic music -- but a host of videos show it's been with us all along. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/25/oscar_notes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/25/oscar_notes/index.html?source=rss Lame jokes, the Coens' hidden dynamic, a few big surprises -- and an insult delivered to an entire continent. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/23/oscar_docs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/23/oscar_docs/index.html?source=rss Oscar-nominated documentaries as a hotbed of anti-Bush, antiwar ideology? Heaven forfend! Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/02/22/video_cinematography/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/02/22/video_cinematography/index.html?source=rss Stephanie Zacharek and Matt Singer talk about the best-looking movies of 2007. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/21/oscar_foreign/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/21/oscar_foreign/index.html?source=rss After a great '07 for the foreign-language Oscars, here's a hearty welcome-back to the same old academy cluelessness. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/21/shorts_anim/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/21/shorts_anim/index.html?source=rss From a nightmarish train voyage to a heartbreaking Russian romance, the Academy offers a strong and eccentric collection. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/21/oscar_shorts_live/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/21/oscar_shorts_live/index.html?source=rss From a devastating, Bergmanesque drama to a dreamlike train voyage and a tender Russian romance. By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/20/daniel_day_lewis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/20/daniel_day_lewis/index.html?source=rss Does Daniel Day-Lewis' overwrought, Oscar-nominated turn in "There Will Be Blood" prove he's too taken with himself to surrender to a role? Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/19/oscar_week/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/19/oscar_week/index.html?source=rss Salon writers and special guests weigh in on their favorite performances and movies of the year -- and the ones they couldn't stand. By Andrew O'Hehir Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/18/oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/02/18/oscars/index.html?source=rss The Academy has turned its back on the multiplex moneymakers and wrapped smaller indie films in its warm, glittery embrace. But Hollywood isn't crying (yet).