Oscar special: That sound and awe that is The Artist

Films like The Artist come along once in a while. How often does a film capture your imagination, have you transfixed, entertain you every moment it unspools, and leave you feeling elated in the end? This is movie-making at its best. It’s poetic justice then that the film itself is an ode to cinema, a recreation of the time when motion pictures had just entered our lives, and when going to the movies was a joy that was unparalleled. It also reflects a time when cinema was on the cusp of a

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