The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, the statewide group of professional film critics, has announced its sixth annual list of awards for achievement in cinema, giving top honors to the “The Artist,” a black-and-white, silent film that speaks volumes about movies and the people who make and watch them. It also earned two additional... »
Today, I would like to speak directly and briefly to the all the young people in this city and around this great state who face bullying or harassment because you're gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender—or, really to any young person out there confronted with teasing or taunts because people think you're different... »
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle has honored filmmaker Sterlin Harjo with the 2011 Tilghman Award celebrating achievement in cinema in the state. »
For much too long now, I've listened to my friends, to my neighbors, to my classmates— to the people who call Oklahoma City their home— and I've heard their laments, their frustrations, and their cynicism regarding the state of the city and the politics that govern it. »
10:40 holy rusted metal, batman! this oscars feels like a really dumbed down version of the regular oscars (which is saying quite a bit considering the hugh jackman dance numbers last year...). so, it looks like the oscars couldn't help themselves but do what they always do: go old school. »
The idea for a film blog came: I’d plunder the depths of whatever it is that constitutes a “queer cinema,” from the days of Edison in the early moments of the new medium’s late nineteenth century inception to “Milk.” »
And, this Friday, Jan. 7 at 8pm, u-out, deadCENTER, and the OKCMOA cordially invite you and a guest to see the movie The New York Times calls "an exemplary work of literary criticism on film." »
In the final days of the 21st century's first decade, the New Queer Cinema has arrived. »
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle has announced its fifth annual list of awards for achievement in film in 15 categories, giving top honors to The Social Network as the best motion picture of 2010. »
I'm sorry, Mr. President, but the easiest way to make myself clear is to tell you a story. »
Smart, funny, and sophisticated, "The Kids Are All Right" may very well be one of the best films I’ve seen this year. Refreshingly honest, it is certainly among the most convincing ones at least—and that can only help its case. »
"Well, I wouldn't have been unusual at all if I would have found at least one kid with a wacky haircut, you know," laughs Nirvana's Kurt Cobain in the 2006 documentary "About a Son." »
The alarm clock struck 6:30 a.m. on Friday and, by 7 a.m., I was en route from my Oklahoma City apartment to Washington, D.C. for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “March to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.” After nearly 21 hours of continuous driving across seven states, I made it to the National Mall in... »
Days before October arrived in the Sooner State, Oklahoma found itself atop yet another national "worst" list. »
My mother dropped out of school in the seventh grade. By 1958, she found herself fourteen and pregnant. Barely two years later, my mother married and began raising a family in the same small town where she grew up, the very thought of a college education the furthest thing from her mind. »
