Oscar nominations put ex-Soviet film on the map
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Oscar nominations for a Russian and Kazakh film have put the ex-Soviet countries' film industry back on the map, directors and actors said.
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Big-name Western bands head to Eastern Europe.
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The films and actors shortlisted for the 80th Academy Awards will be named in Los Angeles later.
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Viewers may think some of the nominees for best picture at next week's Academy Awards are dark, but they pale in comparison with the movies competing for the coveted Oscar for best documentary.
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Hollywood is in a bleak mood this year, and the Oscar nominees announced Tuesday reflected that state of mind.
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Arts & entertainment: Moscow's film executives are plotting a big-budget revolution to outflank Hollywood. Phil Hoad goes on the set of Russia's biggest blockbuster ever.
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Films from 49 countries are submitted for consideration for the foreign language Oscar.
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A Kazakh-financed film has been nominated for best foreign film at this year's Oscars, a welcome creative boost to this central Asian country that was so heavily lampooned by the hit "Borat" movie.
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In Alexander Sokurov&#39;s elegiac  new film, an old woman visits her grandson serving in Russia&#39;s  breakaway republic of Chechnya, and she quickly becomes a  magnet for soldiers and locals worn down by years of conflict.
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Hollywood had a wide-open race on  Tuesday as Oscar nominations pitted two powerful dramas by  veterans Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood against the charm  of films about wine tasting, Peter Pan and Ray Charles.
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Here's a look at the Oscar favourites.
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The national award winner Marathi film Shwaas and India's entry to the Oscars for the best foreign language film is striving its way to reach to the Oscar bandwagon.
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The nominees for best foreign-language film are politically charged and artistically successful.
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PARK CITY, Utah  - Although the  shrinking gap between a movie's release in theaters and on home  video is a hot-button issue with theater owners, when it comes  to Oscar nominations, a multinominated film can earn a pass.
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Seven films with  sequences ranging from the spy-on-spy battles in "Casino  Royale" to the superhero standoff in "X-Men: The Last Stand"  are on the shortlist for Oscar nominations for best visual  effects.
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The movies There Will Be Blood, Atonement, No Country For Old Men, Juno and Michael Clayton - four dark, racy and offbeat movies - were nominated for the best picture in the Oscar list unveiled.
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No Country For Old Men heads the Academy Awards list with eight nods, along with drama There Will Be Blood.