John Beifuss

• Playing 'The Grace Card' no stretch for activist Louis Gossett Jr. Published 10/23/2009 at midnight

  Gossett Jr. is working here on a faith-based feature that could establish Memphis as a base for Christian-themed filmmaking.

• Haven't seen Oscar movies? You could still Beat Beifuss Published 02/02/2012 at 4:42 p.m.

  The first ceremony for the Academy Awards of Merit (the now- trademarked nickname "Oscar" had yet to be coined) took place on May 16, 1929, at a private dinner at the then-spanking-new Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The ceremony lasted only 15 ...

• Film Review: Bosnia drama 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' a well-meaning but inadequate debut for Jolie Published 01/26/2012 at 4:50 p.m.

  Angelina Jolie is an actress of "physical perfection" (according to Vogue magazine) as well as a celebrated humanitarian (she's a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). She combines her profession and her passion to make her ...

• Film Review: 'Dangerous' brings insight to Freud, Jung Published 01/26/2012 at 4:45 p.m.

  Once lauded as the master of "gynecological horror," David Cronenberg applies his directorial speculum to the human cranium in "A Dangerous Method," a confident and fascinating film about the relationship between big brains Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and their ...

• Movie Capsules: Now showing Published 01/26/2012 at 3:55 p.m.

  Already famous and perhaps overhyped as the first wide-release black-and-white silent film of the modern era, writer-director Michel Hazanavicius' salute to the romance of the movies is novel, funny and refreshing -- it's terrific entertainment.

• Film Review: Close is Oscar nominee in 'Nobbs' Published 01/26/2012 at 3:39 p.m.

  Albert Nobbs is a strange "little man" in an unshowy little movie titled "Albert Nobbs," and I took a shine to them both.

• Germantown High grad Missi Pyle's comic flair speaks for itself in Oscar-nominated 'The Artist' Updated 01/27/2012 at 5:27 p.m.

  Missi Pyle is almost single-handedly responsible for the PG-13 rating attached to "The Artist." According to the classification and rating administration of the Motion Picture Association of America, "The Artist" -- considered the front-runner for this year's Best Picture Oscar ...

• True Memphis stories nominated for Oscars Published 01/25/2012 at midnight

  "Undefeated," the intimate and inspirational made-in-Memphis documentary that chronicles the relationship between underprivileged inner-city football players at Manassas High School and their well-off volunteer coaches, was nominated Tuesday for the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award.

• 'Undefeated,' 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory' draw Academy Award nominations Updated 01/24/2012 at 2:49 p.m.

  'Undefeated' co-director Dan Lindsay said, "The credit really goes to the people in North Memphis who trusted us to tell their story."

• Movie buff's book tells of devotion to Oscars Published 01/22/2012 at midnight

  At 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Memphis time, the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards will be announced.

• Film Review: Silent 'Artist' is clever crowd pleaser Published 01/19/2012 at 4:45 p.m. 1 Comment

  "The Artist" is terrific entertainment. Already famous and perhaps overhyped as the first black-and-white silent film of the modern era, this salute to the romance of the movies is novel, funny and refreshing. It's a celebration of joyful uninhibited performance, ...

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