Pierced to the Heart

Hi there!

Here’s the latest talk on film at https://piercedtotheheart.org. Just in time for the Oscars, we’ve got some thoughts about the Best Picture nominations.

But first, let me explain why you received this email. Some time ago, you created a login for Pierced to the Heart’s website. At the time, we did not have an "email updates" capability — but now we do. So, we took the liberty of adding your email to the list. If that was too presumptive, please accept our sincere apologies and use one of the links below to unsubscribe.

Now, on to the fun stuff! Every year before the Oscars, we take a look at the Best Picture nominations from a Pierced to the Heart perspective: that is, how well do these films do at exploring important life questions and do they do so with excellence in filmcraft. In other words, we’re not trying to predict the Oscars, but rather say how the films would fallout if we were Oscar. Here’s the bottom line  — or you can read the full PttH Oscar 2012 Roundup.

The top tier: (click an image to read the film’s Quick Talk)
The Tree of Life		Hugo		The Descendants
The extremely good second tier:
The Artist		Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close		Midnight in Paris		Moneyball
The bottom rung: (they’re good, but we’d have had others in their place)
The Help		War Horse

Hope you have fun exploring the films you liked — or maybe catching on DVD some good ones that you missed! You can also go here for links to all of the 2012 Roundup Quick Talks.

Other good links at Pierced to the Heart:

• All of the film talks listed A-Z.
• The list of deep film talks, where "after viewing" talks explore films in detail.
• The general updates list, where there are some recorded live talks about the power and range of art.

Happy filmgoing to you! We wish you the best in 2012!

Randy Heffner

Pierced to the Heart

 

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 February 21, 2012, 11:55 UTC (updated July 25, 2014, 21:05 UTC)
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