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The Total Poser's Guide to the 2010 Oscars Best-Picture Nominees

Uh-oh. The Oscars are tomorrow and you haven't seen a single one of the best-picture nominees...  read more

Buy the Vintage Dodge From the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man

Your average movie lover might not be able to bring home a shiny, gold Academy Award statuette, but the vintage set of wheels from the Oscar-nominated Coen Brothers film A Serious Man is now within reach. Starting this Monday, Feb. 22, and running through March 4, eBay will host an auction for the 1966 Dodge Coronet used in the movie. Proceeds from the sale will go to support Variety – The Children’s Charity of Southern California, a nonprofit organization reaching out to kids since 1941....  read more

Film Friday: Favorites of 2009

When Chris Anderson used the phrase “long tail” in Wired, he was referring to the way information is gradually detaching from the physical world. Music no longer needs shelf space in stores, and books and movies will surely follow. For businesses who sell physical objects, it’s been helpful to have consumers who cluster around a few big titles. That way they know how many disks to make, how many books to print. But a world where shelf space doesn’t matter looks pretty different. There may still be big hits, but the demand for more obscure items from deep in the...  read more

The 25 Best Movies of 2009

Our favorite movies of 2009 belie a diverse appreciation ranging from a quiet rumination on death to gruesome horror; from a mostly ad-libbed, low-budget character study to the most expensive movie of all time.  read more

Robert Davis on Film: Polanski, Plus Five Good Movies Out Today

New in theaters this weekend: five good movies. I can't remember the last time that phrase was applicable...  read more

Toronto 2009: A New Film from the Coen Brothers

The Toronto International Film Festival, which vies annually with Sundance for the title of Most Important Film Exhibition in North America, wrapped this past weekend, and Paste was there to sample the latest wares from the world's filmmakers. Red carpets were unfurled and appropriately soiled, movies were projected onto silver screens, and viewers were duly exhausted by both pretty pictures and, I'm told, nights on the town. In just nine days, TIFF screened over 250 feature films of all types, from major Hollywood business gambits to small experimental pieces, from the personal work of emerging filmmakers to the latest movies...  read more

25 Indie Films to Catch This Fall

Sure, we can't wait for Where the Wild Things Are and The Road. But not all of the movies worth watching this fall will be hitting the megaplex. Here's our guide to 25 indie films to catch before Christmas....  read more

Watch the Trailer for the New Coen Brothers Movie, A Serious Man

Here come the Coen Brothers. Their new movie, A Serious Man, follows a middle-class Jewish academic in turmoil, and it’s already famous because it presents a vaguely autobiographical portrait of their childhood (it was filmed in the brothers’ native Minnesota). ...  read more

The 29 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009

The new year is upon us and moviegoers are finally getting around to seeing some of 2008's big-name films (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road, Gran Torino, Defiance, The Wrestler). But what about the rest of the year? Austin listed his five to watch a while back, but I will see his five and raise him 24. Here are the 29 movies due in 2009 that have caught my eye. What's missing? Let me know in the comments section....  read more

New Coen brothers film begins shooting in Twin Cities

With Burn After Reading set to open nationwide on Friday and after three Oscars this year alone, Joel and Ethan Coen have certainly completed a year’s work. But don't tell them that....  read more