Heath Ledger died from an accidental overdose of sleeping pills on January 22 of this year, a few hours after the Academy Award nominations were announced. It’s not just empty sentiment to predict that when the nominations are announced in…

This year at the Oscars was the first time I was able to hang out on the red carpet beforehand. Nothing newsworthy happened there–unless you count Gary Busey trying to give Jennifer Garner a hickey–but I did get to steal…

We critics tend to pounce on patterns, so maybe it means something that somber films divvied up the major nominations for this year’s Academy Awards.

Two grim 20th century Westerns, the Coen brothers’ “No Country for Own Men” and P.T.…

On a day when I thought I’d be blogging about the Oscar nominations, what I really want to say is this: Heath Ledger was a hell of an actor, and it pisses me off that he’s dead. The cops report…