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Polishing the Oscar: The 'Should Win' vs. 'Will Win' Dialogue, Part 1

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2008-02-18 07:22:00 by Glenn Kenny in In The Company Of Glenn
...Arion Berger. Arion's a one-time film critic for the L.A. Weekly and Washington City Paper and currently the Arts Editor at the Washington Post Express . She writes frequently about the moving pictures (she's one of the contributors to my book A Galaxy Not So Far Away: Writers and Artists on 25 Years of 'Star Wars' ) and she's won an...
 
Tags: win, players versus swinton, swinton, tilda swinton win, oscar, win oscars, oscars, should-win, pal arion berger
 
 
 
 
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Polishing the Oscar, Part 4: Directors

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2008-02-21 00:11:00 by Glenn Kenny in In The Company Of Glenn
Arion Berger has THE WILL Glenn has kindly allowed the lady to precede him, gentleman that he is, no doubt so he can trash my prediction in the follow-up. Bring it on, smartie Jason Reitman is actually up for an Academy Award for directing. Put your pencils down and ponder that. You know, it's not a negative to be a Reitman in that town; Ivan...
 
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Polishing the Oscar, Part 5: Best Picture

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2008-02-22 00:02:00 by Glenn Kenny in In The Company Of Glenn
...Arion Berger, Arts Editor of the W ashington Post Express , to fearlessly prognosticate on who will win the Best Picture Oscar, to be followed by my weepy aesthete's musing on who ought to win. I've been seeing in comments a buncha folks agitated not over our predix/desires but over who DIDN'T get nominated. I agree it's criminal that the...
 
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Polishing the Oscar, Part 2: Screenplays

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2008-02-19 01:23:11 by Glenn Kenny in In The Company Of Glenn
...Arion Berger, to dialogue Oscar. G.K. does "shoulds," A.B. does "wills." Today's categories: Screenplays, adapted and original Glenn Kenny kicks off with his "shoulds From my position of picking whos most deserving, these are the two most problematic categories. Im gonna start with adapted, as the biggest elephant in the room is in the...
 
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THE 2007 OSCAR WRAP-UP: NO LOCAL PARTY, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD-SCHOOL OSCAR BAIT

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2008-02-19 22:03:00 by Dennis Cozzalio in Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule
...Arion Berger to hash over some Oscar talk. Heres Part One and hers Part Two . And do stay tuned: I get the feeling Glenn and Arion arent done yet For those looking for more reliable Oscar analysis than what I just regurgitated, Carrie Rickey of the Philadephia Inquirer has some thoughts, and she also links to Justin Changs analysis in...
 
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Polishing the Oscar, Part 3: Acting!

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2008-02-20 00:01:00 by Glenn Kenny in In The Company Of Glenn
...Arion? Dont be funny? I think that just about every time I remember that Cate Blanchett got a Best Actress nomination Elizabeth: The Golden Age? I mean, I dont even know that shes good or bad in it; none of the performances in this half-assed pastiche of 30s Warner Brothers historical dramas pumped up on steroids AND hallucinogenics even...
 
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The 80th Annual Academy Awards: Hour the second

2008-02-24 21:51:24 by Glenn Kenny in In The Company Of Glenn
 
...Arion Berger...Tilda!! I love her!!! And her speech was funny too. Okay. I'm pleased Many have cited Harvey Weinstein's claim that he would "take a bullet" if Blanchett didn't win. I just want to come out right here and say to Harvey, buddy, I'm not holding you to it My mother-in-law calls to say that she doesn't know what the heck Tilda is...
 
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