1.0 link 89770 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-holloway/no-country-for-old-ladies_b_89770.html Unless you like montage reels, the Oscars aren't good for much. But occupying a sort of DMZ between art and commerce, they do serve as a decent tool for gauging the part of American mainstream filmmaking that isn’'t completely retarded. Case in point: the best-actress category at last week’s ceremony. The award went to a French woman (Marion Cotillard) in a French movie (“La Vie en Rose”) that few Americans saw. Her co-nominees were an Australian (Cate Blanchett), an Indian-born...

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