Author Archives: AaronOOF

I don’t have much time today, but I wanted to just post a few thoughts on each of the awards that I previewed just before they occurred over the weekend. If I have time later today, I’ll come back to the Sideways-dominated Spirit Awards, and the Razzies which, in my book, deserve a Razzie themselves.Continue reading “WHEW! THANK GOD THAT’S OVER — OSCAR ROUNDUP 2005”

Yesterday I previewed the Razzies and the Independent Spirit Awards, detailing how I voted for each. The Sideways sweep at the Spirits wasn’t exactly a surprise, although it does go to the very problem I mentioned at the top of that post, namely that there now always seems to be a big indie film —Continue reading “LET THE COUNTDOWN TO THE LETDOWN BEGIN: HELLO OSCAR”

As I mentioned yesterday, the cinetrix has been doing a bang-up job previewing the IFP Spirit Awards over at Bravo’s web site. But she’s being all impartial, and I feel no compulsion to do the same. As I also mentioned yesterday, this year I actually managed to see every film that received a Spirit AwardContinue reading “I’VE GOT SPIRIT, HOW ‘BOUT YOU?”

Last month when the Razzie nominations were announced, I listed my worst six films of 2004. Since that time, I’ve had the … uhm … the … something, not sure what, to watch several more films, mostly Razzie nominees which qualify for this list. But as I always find to be the case with theContinue reading “IT’S THAT SOUND YOU MAKE WHEN YOU STICK YOUR TONGUE BETWEEN YOUR LIPS AND BLOW”

Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of Out of Focus. Somehow over the past 12 months, I have actually managed to consistently write and post something to this space, and believe me, nobody is more surprised than I. I started. It all started with this post on Feb. 26 last year, and then kickedContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: HAPPY BLOG-BIRTHDAY EDITION”

As I said, if you’ve read this site, you knew what was coming next. There was no way we would be doing a week of Gothamist Interviews about New York film programmers without talking to Film Forum. Actually, we’re only dealing with half of Film Forum, a unique and remarkable theater because on one screenContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: FEB. OSCAR WEEK DAY 5 – BRUCE GOLDSTEIN (FILM FORUM)”

This has been a ridiculous week for me so far, and I’m just trying to make it through tomorrow. A new job, still not done with the old job, plus these Gothamist interviews … sadly it has precluded me from writing some of the other pre-Razzie, pre-Spirit Award, pre-Oscar things I intended. Hopefully tonight. MaybeContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: FEB. OSCAR WEEK DAY 4 – FLORENCE ALMOZINI (BAMCINÉMATEK)”

This has been a ridiculous week for me so far, and I’m just trying to make it through tomorrow. A new job, still not done with the old job, plus these Gothamist interviews … sadly it has precluded me from writing some of the other pre-Razzie, pre-Spirit Award, pre-Oscar things I intended. Hopefully tonight. MaybeContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: FEB. OSCAR WEEK DAY 4 – FLORENCE ALMOZINI (BAMCINÉMATEK)”

For day three of film programmer week at the Gothamist Interview we head across the East River to Astoria, Queens where those brave enough to leave the isle of Manhattan have the ability to visit the Museum of the Moving Image, formerly known as the American Museum of the Moving Image. Apparently, the original MuseumContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: FEB. OSCAR WEEK DAY 3 – DANIEL SCHWARTZ (MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE)”

For day three of film programmer week at the Gothamist Interview we head across the East River to Astoria, Queens where those brave enough to leave the isle of Manhattan have the ability to visit the Museum of the Moving Image, formerly known as the American Museum of the Moving Image. Apparently, the original MuseumContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: FEB. OSCAR WEEK DAY 3 – DAVID SCHWARTZ (MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE)”