Another year, another lackluster awards-season showing for Hollywood studios. And while their art-house affiliates more than picked up the slack, could 2009 be the year the majors finally reclaim the Oscars for themselves?
Chatter has surfaced in recent years - specifically, since festival pickup Crash overtook Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture in 2005 - that the studios no longer wield the alacrity to bump off leaner,