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Want to know which title sequences are being referenced in Google’s great Saul Bass Doodle? Here’s a list
On Wednesday, Google celebrated the occasion of what would have been graphic designer Saul Bass’ 93rd birthday with an outstanding animated, interactive graphic referencing some of the designer’s best-known opening credits. Bass, who was best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock, also designed title credits and posters for West Side Story and Spartacus, among other films, but where do those titles (and others) fit into the Google animation?
Summer movie preview: From After Earth to World War Z, It’s the end of the world as we know it at cinemas this season: natpo.st/10jB1VY
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert dead at 70
Roger Ebert, the most famous and most popular film reviewer of his time who become the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation’s most influential thumb, died Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. He was 70.
Ebert had been a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967. He had announced on his blog Wednesday that he was undergoing radiation treatment after a recurrence of cancer.
He had no grand theories or special agendas, but millions recognized the chatty, heavy-set man with wavy hair and horn-rimmed glasses. Above all, they followed the thumb — pointing up or down. It was the main logo of the televised shows Ebert co-hosted, first with the late Gene Siskel of the rival Chicago Tribune and — after Siskel’s death in 1999 — with his Sun-Times colleague, Richard Roeper. Although criticized as gimmicky and simplistic, a “two thumbs up” accolade was sure to find its way into the advertising for the movie in question. (Illustration: Kagan McLeod/National Post)
Ben Affleck and producer Grant Heslov along with members of the cast and crew accept the Best Picture award for Argo. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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Oscars 2013: The great host debate
Our film critic and arts & life editor go head-to-head to discuss whether or not there ought to be an Academy Awards master of ceremonies. Arts editor Barry Hertz says the position should be nixed; critic Chris Knight disagrees. What do you think?
Here are five Star Wars spinoffs we hope aren’t part of Disney’s now-confirmed series of upcoming films focusing on single characters in the franchise. Yes, Jar-Jar Binks is one of them: natpo.st/XkaUOf
Movie based on Newtown shooting aftermath met with criticism, rage from residents
An independent film production based on events following the Newtown school shooting has been criticized by Conneticut residents and politicians – which may have shut down the production: natpo.st/Uu0ZsP
The Oscars may be handed out in Hollywood, but the statuettes themselves are based in Ontario
Every year at the Academy Awards, the big question is: Who does the Oscar go to?
This year, there’s a new one to trip up trivia buffs: Where does the Oscar come from?
For the first time in its venerable history, Hollywood’s most prestigious accolade is being manufactured under the watch of a Canadian company. Find out more here: natpo.st/14sIYg4
Oscar nominations 2013: Silver Linings Playbook, Beasts of the Southern Wild earn top nods
The 2013 Academy Awards nominees were announced Thursday morning, with favourites Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Silver Linings Playbook earning top nominations, while Ben Affleck’s Argo, widely touted as one of this year’s best films, failed to place in most major categories.
BEST PICTURE
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Amour
Django Unchained
Argo
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Argo
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Life of Pi
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Field
Anne Hathaway
Jackie Weaver
Helen Hunt
Amy Adams
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph WaltzPhilip Seymour Hoffman
Robert DeNiro
Alan Arkin
Tommy Lee Jones
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Frankenweenie
The Pirates
Wreck-It Ralph
Paranorman
Brave
BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
Amour
No
Rebelle (War Witch)
A Royal Affair
Contiki
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Flight
Zero Dark Thirty
Django Amour
Moonrise Kingdom
BEST DIRECTOR
David O. Russell
Ang Lee
Steven Spielberg
Michael Haneke
Benh Zeitlin
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day Lewis
Denzel Washington
Hugh Jackman
Bradley Cooper
Joaquin Phoenix
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Naomi Watts
Jessica Chastain
Jennifer Lawrence
Emmanuelle Riva
Quvenzhané Wallis
The best little horror house in Texas: A graphic history of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Click here for Andrew Barr’s carnage-count of the TCM franchise thusfar, on the eve of the release of Texas Chainsaw 3D: natpo.st/WqYNgd
