January 2012
New Academy Rule: Only Docs With LAT or NYT... →
And just like that, it’s gotten much harder for a documentary to to even be considered for an Oscar nomination.
The New York Times broke the story today that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is preparing to institute a new rule for documentary features: To qualify, a film must have a review from the New York Times or the Los Angeles Times.
Per the NYT:
A draft of the proposed...
