The San Francisco Silent Film Festival, opening Thursday at the Castro Theatre, is sitting pretty in 2012.Winning a combined 10 Oscars, “The Artist” and “Hugo” brought silent film back into public consciousness. In March, the festival made its own headlines, screening Abel Gance’s rarely seen 1927 epic “Napoleon” and receiving accolades in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker and more.
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It's Oscar time, time to reward the most celebrated, if not the best, movies of 2011, a year yielding little agreement among critics and no clear masterpieces. "The Help" was too lowbrow, "The Tree of Life" too highbrow, "Moneyball" too fictional, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" too confusing and "The Artist" too ... quiet. Here are our predictions and preferences in the major categories.Best PictureWill win: "The Artist"Should win: "The Tree of Life"
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