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  • The Action-Packed Nuance of Cartel Land
    The case for Cartel Land to make the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary Feature.
    Tom Roston 4 min read November 18, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Oscar Predictions 2015: And the Winner Will Be…
    Tom Roston considers this year's Best Documentary Oscar contenders with his tried-and-true method for predicting which film will win.
    Tom Roston 3 min read February 19, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • With 'Life Itself,' Steve James Has Earned the Right to Oscar
    He's already been robbed of one. After decades of making documentaries, Steve James has earned the right to be recognized with an Oscar.
    Tom Roston 5 min read December 16, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Do You Care What Happens at the Oscars?
    Let’s be totally reductive for a moment, and say that there are two kinds of documentary-lovers: those who enjoy watching the Oscars and those who don’t. I am very much the former, and often when I bring up my interest in the Academy Awards, I am slapped around for my interest in such commercial puffery. […]
    Tom Roston 5 min read February 22, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: More Fearless Oscar Predictions – Looking at the Shorts with an Academy Voter
    The Best Documentary Short award is probably the least watched, least understood and least appreciated category at the Academy Awards. Okay, maybe it’s tied with Best Sound Editing. Still, that’s too bad. Fortunately, some of the winners have made the most of this underdog status in their speeches, such as when Jessica Yu joked in […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read March 4, 2010 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Oscar Short List
    It’s head-scratching season again, which is to say: it’s Oscar time. Last week, the shortlist of 15 documentaries being considered for the five Academy Award nominations was announced. And, sure enough, there were some head-scratchers out there. The most confounding was the exclusion of Michael Moore‘s Capitalism. Sure, this further confirms what I said a […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read November 23, 2009 Doc Soup Comments
  • Handicapping the 2009 Best Doc Oscar Winner
    Academy Award forecasting is such fun. I wish I could put together a chart with the various factors that I see determining the film with the best odds of winning the doc Oscar this year. Without a graphics department on my side, I’ll just mention the main variables: quality of film (yes, that matters!), popularity […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read February 20, 2009 Doc Soup Comments