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A Brief History of Self-Financed Oscar Campaigns: Five Award Aspirants That Paid Their Own Way

Whether to earn acclaim or just the ability to work more, these filmmakers have put the money where their mouth is when it comes to building awards buzz for their latest film.

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Orlando von Einseidel and Hassan Akkad on Rising to the Global Challenge of “Convergence”

Editor Pax Wassermann on Diving Into the Details of “Becoming Cousteau”

Rachel Boynton on Raising a Key Question of Our Times in “Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)”

Newport Beach Film Fest 2021 Review: Mye Hoang’s “Cat Daddies” Looks to the Softer Side of Man

Newport Beach Film Fest 2021 Review: “Never Catch Pigeons: And Eleven More Hard Lessons from Mr. Paul Van Doren” Does the Legwork for an Engaging History of Vans

Beyond Fest 2021 Review: “The Black Phone” Answers the Call

Matt Damon: A Career in Cameos

Five Movie Marketing Miscues That Blew Up in All the Wrong Ways

Justin Lin on “Tokyo Drift” and the Four Hours That Saved the
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How Joan Micklin Silver’s “Hester Street” Transcended the Idea of Hollywood Being a One-Horse Town

“Every Day Was Like, ‘How Do We Pull This Off?'” Martin Brest on “Midnight Run”

How to Be a Los Angeles Cinephile in 2020 – Even If You’re From Outside of Town

Rachel Boynton on Raising a Key Question of Our Times in “Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are)”

Jessica Earnshaw on Exploring the Roots of Generational Trauma in “Jacinta”

Newport Beach Film Fest 2021 Review: Mye Hoang’s “Cat Daddies” Looks to the Softer Side of Man

Rachel Fleit on Getting Underneath the Surface with “Introducing Selma Blair”

Woodstock Film Fest 2021 Review: “Porcupine” Offers a Sharp Look At the Family You Create for Yourself

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A Brief History of Self-Financed Oscar Campaigns: Five Award Aspirants That Paid Their Own Way

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