Category: Oscar Countdown 2013

Oscar Countdown 2013 – Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

This is the third of ten Oscar Countdown posts from Zuzana Urbanek, where she reviews the Best Picture nominees, and gives her own predictions on who will win. Beasts of the Southern Wild: Let Sleeping Beasts Lie Runtime: 93 minutes Director: Benh Zeitlin Hmm, maybe I missed something. (But maybe not, since the film has…


Oscar Countdown 2013 – Argo (2012)

This is the second of ten Oscar Countdown posts from Zuzana Urbanek, where she reviews the Best Picture nominees, and gives her own predictions on who will win. Argo: A Tense, Heroic Film … the Way They Used to Make ’em Runtime: 120 minutes Director: Ben Affleck [This review was previously published in Z’s Blog on…


Oscar Countdown 2013 – Amour (2012)

Cinefessions is proud to present its second guest writer of the year: Zuzana Urbanek. Zuzana is a professional author and film connoisseur. She has been a regular reader of Cinefessions over the years, and we are excited to be able to showcase her thoughtful and intelligent film criticism on Cinefessions. I urge you to check…