Film critic David Thomson is already saying that awards for short films, documentary and all, should be removed from the main night to make the event crisper.

Here are the recent events in the world of cinema, as opposed to the world of DVDs, home-theaters, digital projection, on-demand services, etc.

We will pursue conversation started by our friend and colleague,K. Hariharan of L. V. Prasad Film and TV Academy in Chennai.

This is an explanation from Gitesh Pandya (Box Office Guru) on how marketing strategy for Slumdog Millionaire:

Quite likely, Slumdog Millionaire will sweep the Golden Globes (nominated in four categories) tomorrow and even more likely, it will take a good share of accolades at the Academy Awards next month.

David Thomson profiles Danny Boyle in The Guardian this week. Like  Frank Rich in The New York Times (and many others to echo elsewhere), Thomson calls it the film for the times of recession, a story of rags to riches.

Fatih Akin’s The Edge of Heaven has to be one of the best films of 2008. A complex, interweaving narrative of six characters in Germany and Turkey, it has a deft structure and some of the most memorable performances.