If the nominations that are unveiled next week include these contenders, it would be the best kind of surprise from an academy often known for missteps.
For more than 50 years, British filmmaker Mike Leigh has been making modestly scaled but profoundly affecting movies about everyday people, their imperfect lots in life, and their need to thrive and ...
Making movies is a risky business. Movies which cost less than $40 million to make, are fully funded up-front, get global exposure and win Oscars sound like the stuff of fantasy.