Great Little Movies
Every year when the Academy Award nominees are announced patron requests for the movies skyrocket. The waiting list for a single title can be as high as 200 names. If your name is on a waiting list or you simply don't want to wait, there's an alternative way to be entertained with good films -- Sundance film shorts.
The Sundance Film Festival takes place each year in Park City, Utah and is popular for its quality independent films. This year there were 4,000 film submissions but the venue only hosted 71 films -- 44 of which can be watched free online (not sure how long this is gonna last). Three well-received titles were:
Cubs, a story about teen gangs in London
Death to the Tinman, an adaption based on the Tinman from the Wizard of Oz
Der Ostwind, about a German WW1 flying ace.
And if that's not enough to keep you busy, here's a link to previous Oscar winning films and books on the subject:
Academy Award winners
Oscar books
Oscar night : 75 years of Hollywood parties from the editors of Vanity Fair
The Complete Book of Oscar Fashion: variety's: 75 years of glamour on the red carpet