Film Independent announced its nominees for the 2013 Spirit Awards, and indie favorites "Silver Linings Playbook," "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "...

-- From mental illness and adultery to football obsession and competitive dance, "Silver Linings Playbook" follows a wily and winding path that consi...

Jennifer Lawrence is many things: An Oscar-nominated actress, a box-office superstar, a magazine-cover fixture and the best quote-giver in all of Holl...

The only formulaic slop more tired than sports movies are romantic comedies, but by some miracle David O. Russell seamlessly pulls off both at the same time without it feeling tired or formulaic.

The Twilight Saga ended as it began, kicking James Bond's ass to the curb with a massive opening weekend.

The winner of audience awards in Toronto, the Hamptons, and other film festivals, David O. Russell's new movie, Silver Linings Playbook is not only a crowd pleaser, it has the gravitas to make it to the top awards.

"Silver Linings Playbook" was set to open in over 2,000 theaters on Nov. 21, but that national rollout won't happen as planned. As first reported by T...

Robert De Niro gives one of his best performances in years in "Silver Linings Playbook," but don't tell that to A.O. Scott. The venerable New York Tim...

Adapted from a novel by Matthew Quick, Silver Linings Playbook finds the laughs but also the pathos in this story of one man's attempt to regain control of his life.

Jennifer Lawrence is one of the more beloved young actresses in Hollywood for a couple of reasons: (a) She's extremely talented, as evidenced not only...

Which pony is really ahead in the Oscar Best Picture race? Silver Linings Playbook took the lead in early September at the Toronto Film Festival, but now Argo is out front, according to the Oscarologists polled by Gold Derby.

Five weeks ago, most Oscar experts polled by Gold Derby believed Silver Linings Playbook was out front to win Best Picture, followed by Lincoln in second place. Since then, the forecasts have changed radically.

Both Chastain and Lawrence now appear in films with strong Best Picture potential and thus they could benefit from the coattail effect that swept Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) and Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) to past victories.

Miserable no more! Les Miserables just pulled ahead of Silver Linings Playbook in the Best Picture race based upon the predictions of top experts polled by Gold Derby.

A lot of other leading 2012 Best Picture contenders have similar problems -- they don't fit classic Oscar theories -- and that's confounding a lot of us experts. Our crystal balls are suddenly cloudy.

While The Sessions has a lot of comedic elements, it focuses on a very dramatic subject: a paralyzed polio survivor who hires a sexual surrogate to help him lose his virginity. Macy portrays a local parish priest who counsels Hawkes en route.

"Silver Linings Playbook" is looming over Oscar season as a major contender, and the new trailer for the film does nothing to diminish its status as a...

Welcome to The Chase, HuffPost Entertainment's weekly breakdown of all things Oscar. Between now and Feb. 25, 2012, executive arts and entertainment editor Michael Hogan and entertainment editor Christopher Rosen will chat about awards season and which films will make the most noise at the 85th annual Academy Awards.

David O. Russell's forthcoming Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence-led dramedy, "Silver Linings Playbook" has won the Toronto International Film Festiva...

While this year's best-picture winner may in fact have played at TIFF 2012, there was no huge critical groundswell around a realistic contender, the way there was last year.

Another day, another Best Picture favorite. David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Satur...

What do "No Country For Old Men," "Slumdog Millionaire," "The Hurt Locker," "The King's Speech" and "The Artist" all have in common? Well, besides bei...

If the end of summer has you down, there's some good news on the horizon: With fall comes the release of many, many new films -- from the highly antic...