By Matt Singer and Alison Willmore
Four out of the five Best Picture nominees in this year's Oscars are, technically, indie films. While it remains to be seen if anyone will watch, it's certainly the strongest batch of nominees we've seen at the Academy Awards in a long time. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look over the Indiewood Oscars, pointing out surprises and snubs in select categories. And don't forget to catch Matt Singer double-dating on the Oscar topic over at NPR's Talk of the Nation, here.
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[Photo: Snubbed? "Into the Wild," Paramount Vantage, 2007]
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