Oscar-nominated roles but limits remain for Black actors

Still Too Good, Too Bad or Invisible
by Nelson George, The New York Times, February 15, 2013

This luminous dance film won a 1984 Oscar!

Click to watch now: Flamenco at 5:15 (1983; 29 min.)

short documentary film directed by Cynthia Scott

Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject, 1984

featuring dancer Susana Robledo, composer Antonio Robledo, and students of the Canada's National Ballet School

Christopher Plummer: Beginner Oscar winner?

Christopher Plummer Gets Oscar Buzz
by Melena Ryzik, The New York Times, December 21, 2011

The entertainment industry: three powerful reads

The Day the Movies Died
by Mark Harris, GQ, February 2011

No, Hollywood films aren't going to get better anytime soon. Mark Harris on the (potential) death of the great American art form

Oscars' Red Carpet (Parallel Universe)
by Manohla Dargis, The New York Times, March 1, 2011

Was it good for you — the Academy Awards that is, which last Sunday continued its long tradition of getting it wrong? It was for me, even if the Academy’s habit of rewarding mediocrity, especially if it comes with a British accent, remains intact. -- Manohla Dargis

Insulting Chuck Lorre, Not Abuse, Gets Sheen Sidelined
by David Carr, The New York Times, February 27, 2011 

In addition to wreaking all manner of havoc on himself with drugs and alcohol that has put him in the hospital and the show on hiatus, Mr. Sheen has done a lot of damage to the people around him, women in particular. -- David Carr

Robert F. Boyle, Hitchcock film designer, 100

Robert F. Boyle, Film Designer for Hitchcock, Dies

by William Grimes, The New York Times, August 3, 2010

Ennis Smith takes on Oscar

"Who's rational?" asks arts blogger Ennis Smith.

Well, your InfiniteBody blogger is. For one of the few times in my life--and despite rooting with all my heart and soul for Mo'Nique and Kathryn Bigelow--I decided to sleep through the Academy Awards, a show I've loved irrationally and obsessively since I was a tiny movie fan. But my friend Ennis was awake and alert, and here's his assessment:

Golden Boy

by Ennis Smith, Smokin' Room, March 8, 2010