Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network. By Hap ErsteinThere is no dominant front-runner for this year’s Best Picture Oscar, but you would never know that from the polls of the Florida Film Critics Circle and the Southeastern Film Critics Association (the two groups I belong to as a voting member).Both tapped The Social Network, David Fincher’s account of the founding … [Read more...]
Film feature: Critics’ group cheers ‘Up in the Air,’ ‘Hurt Locker’
Director Kathryn Bigelow on the set of The Hurt Locker.By Hap ErsteinSee, I told you Up in the Air was the best picture of 2009, and now I have two critics’ groups -- the two that Palm Beach ArtsPaper just happens to be a voting member of -- to back me up.Both the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA), representing reviewers in nine states in this region, and the … [Read more...]
Film feature: Hap’s top 10 films of 2009
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious.By Hap ErsteinAs a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association as well as the Florida Film Critics Circle, I have spent the last few weeks watching new movies about to be released that the studios made available either at special screenings or -- even better -- on “For Your Consideration” DVDs that arrived at my home almost daily by FedEx or … [Read more...]