For the past few years, one of the annual pleasures of the Oscar season (and God knows this particular Oscar season needs pleasures) has been Nathaniel R’s Oscar Symposium, a collection of some very smart people from around the internet to discuss the year’s nominees, and how the relate to everything better that also came out.
This year, I say with the greatest of blushes, that Nathaniel invited me to join him. Along with several other great writers: Ed Gonzalez of Slant, Karina Longworth of Spout, Erik Lundegaard, and Kris Tapley of In Contention. Our retrospective of the sorry state of award-baiting cinema in 2008 kicks off tonight at The Film Experience. Swing on by!