Feb 02 ‘Boyhood’ director Richard Linklater on growing up in the Super 8 generation By artsdesk Richard Linklater reflects on growing up in front of the camera and how changing technology will effect today's kids who are documented constantly. Continue reading
Jan 15 Watch 7:08 How the Oscars’ lack of diversity reflects who runs Hollywood By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 15 POLL: And the Oscar goes to … (your choice here) By Victoria Fleischer, Laura Santhanam With this morning's announcement of the nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards, we want to hear which films, directors and actors you think should take home a gold statuette. Before the big night, we here at Art Beat will… Continue reading
Jan 15 The 2015 Oscar nominations are in By Joshua Barajas, Victoria Fleischer "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Birdman" led the pack of Oscar nominations, nabbing nine each, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Thursday morning. Check out the full list of nominations. Continue reading
Feb 27 Oscar-nominated ‘Dirty Wars’ aims to make a covert war more ‘real’ By Victoria Fleischer “Dirty Wars” director Richard Rowley talks to chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about the dangers of investigating covert American wars in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia. Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill are both war reporters who have been… Continue reading
Feb 26 Six 2014 Oscar-nominated films you’ve never heard of By Victoria Fleischer, Chelsea Coatney Every year when the Academy Awards roll around, most nominated films and performers have already captivated the public's attention. But often there's a handful of films that viewers don't know quite as well. Here are six you might want to… Continue reading
Feb 24 Filmmakers record a revolution in Oscar nominated ‘The Square’ By Morgan Till From the earliest days of Egypt's uprising in 2011, director Jehane Noujaim, producer Karim Amer and their team shouldered cameras on the streets of Cairo as a revolution unfolded. The famous "18 days" -- centered on central Cairo's Tahrir Square… Continue reading
Feb 20 In Oscar-nominated ‘The Act of Killing,’ mass murderers boastfully reenact their war crimes By Victoria Fleischer The Oscar nominated documentary "The Act of Killing" challenges Anwar Congo, a death squad leader during the mass killings in 1965 Indonesia, to re-enact the horrors of his past. Director Joshua Oppenheimer spoke to the NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown about why… Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch ‘The Act of Killing’ looks into the mind of war criminals By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Former Indonesian death squad leaders discuss informing the public of the truth in ‘The Act of Killing’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching