[Voting Spirit] Winners Announced

As I predicted, The Artist was the big winner at last night Spirit Awards ceremony, taking home 4 out of 5 honors. It's only loss came in the Best Screenplay ...

[Voting Spirit] Who Will Win & Who Should

This is it! The final week of Voting Spirit 2012. Last week I completed my journey to see all 38 nominated features, and then I--along with scores of other IF...

[Voting Spirit] Talking ‘My Week With Marilyn,’ ‘We Were Here,’ ‘Terri,’ ‘In the Family,’ ‘Hello Lonesome,’ ‘The Dynamiter’ and ‘A Better Life’

Each week within this column Spirit Award voter & film critic  Kristy Puchko  will offer a keen insight on a new selection of nominees for the 2012 Spir...

[Voting Spirit] Talking ‘The Interrupters,’ ‘Footnote,’ ‘Think of Me,’ ‘Drive,’ ‘An African Election,’ ‘A Separation,’ and ‘Circumstance’

Each week within this column Spirit Award voter & film critic  Kristy Puchko  will offer a keen insight on a new selection of nominees for the 2012 Spir...

[Voting Spirit] Talking ‘The Kid With a Bike,’ ‘Melancholia,’ ‘The Off Hours,’ ‘Natural Selection,’ ‘Midnight in Paris’ and ‘Bellflower’

Each week within this column Spirit Award voter & film critic Kristy Puchko  will offer a keen insight on a new selection of nominees for the 2012 Spirit Aw...

[Voting Spirit] Talking ‘Beginners,’ ‘Albert Nobbs,’ ‘Another Earth,’ ‘Tyrannosaur,’ ‘Cedar Rapids,’ ‘Rampart,’ & ‘The Redemption of General Butt Naked’

Each week within this column Spirit Award voter & film critic Kristy Puchko  will offer a keen insight on a new selection of nominees for the 2012 Spiri...

[Voting Spirit] Talking ‘Margin Call,’ ‘Gun Hill Road,’ ‘Bill Cunningham New York,’ ‘Shame,’ ‘Pariah’ & ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’

Each week within this column Spirit Award voter & film critic Kristy Puchko  will offer a keen insight on a new selection of nominees for the 2012 Spirit Aw...

[Voting Spirit] Talking ‘Take Shelter’, ‘The Artist’, ‘The Descendants,’ ‘Win Win,’ & ’50/50′

Each week within this column Spirit Award voter & film critic Kristy Puchko  will offer a keen insight on a new selection of nominees for the 2012 Spirit...

[Voting Spirit] Your Guide to the Indie Spirit Awards

Each year the world gawks at the Academy Awards, filled with glitzy celebrities and massive amounts of cash for big budget productions and glossy, global pr...

[Voting Spirit] Who Will Win, and Who Should

Last week I completed my quest to see all 35 of the independent films nominated for this year's Spirit Awards. This meant weeks upon weeks of trekking to Tr...