A little pre-Academy Awards reading, based on our (near complete) coverage of the Best Picture nominees:
The Tree of Life
Sean Penn’s dazed look fits this long view of 1950s America — Ryan Gilbey’s verdict
The Descendants
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Just coasting along — Ryan Gilbey’s verdict
Midnight in Paris
Most Inexplicably Praised Film of the Year — The Cultural Capital annual film awards
Hugo
Sentiment and surrealism in turn — Ryan Gilbey’s verdict
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
We’ll fake Manhattan — Ryan Gilbey’s verdict
War Horse
The man with the child in his eyes — Sophie Elmhirst interviews War Horse author, Michael Morpurgo
The whinny takes it all — on the red carpet… to see a horse.
Also nominated….
The Help
The Artist
Moneyball
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