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The American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) has awarded "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" top honors for cinematography. Emmanuel Lubezki also won the award last year, making him the first back-to-back recipient to date. This is his fourth Asc award after "Children of Men," "The Tree of Life" and "Gravity," all of them in the last eight years. At the upcoming 87th annual Academy Awards, Lubezki may well join a still exclusive club of individuals who have won the Best Cinematography Oscar in two consecutive years. Howard Greene, Leon Shamroy, Winton Hoch and John Toll did it previously. Check out the full list of Asc winners below, nominees here and the rest of the season's offerings at The Circuit. Theatrical Release "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" (Emmanuel Lubezki) Episode of a Regular Series "Boardwalk Empire" - "Golden Days for Boys and Girls" (Jonathan Freeman) Television Movie, Miniseries...

Jason Bailey for Flavorwire put together a three-minute supercut featuring a look at the early film and television roles for this year's Oscar nominees. This includes a look at Leonardo DiCaprio on "Roseanne", Jennifer Lawrence on "Monk", Julia Roberts on "Miami Vice" and Amy Adams in Psycho Beach Party. It's a fun look back set to The Beatles, but if I have one complaint, each clip goes by so damned fast I don't have time to take note of the scene, the actor and the movie or television show before it's on to the next one. What the video doesn't includec Matthew McConaughey's appearance on "Unsolved Mysteries", which "True Detective" director Cary Fukunaga mentioned as a performance that impressed him before casting him on the show. yt id="6_pJ8oiFeGs" width="500"...

The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “Hulk’s Favorite Movies: Speed Racer” — Film Crit Hulk is to be commended for defending the bizarrely disliked candy-colored gem from The Wachowskis. An excellent piece. You might need this. “Read an exclusive excerpt from ‘Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino’s Masterpiece” — Jules undergoes a spiritual change in this chapter from Jason Bailey’s new book. “Why TV Hasn’t Killed Movies, With Alfonso Cuaron” — I can’t wait for Esquire’s “Why Sculpture Hasn’t Killed Painting,” but joke’s aside, this is a keen conversation with the Gravity director. “Grace-Infused: Notes on Director Wes Anderson’s Working Relationship With Actor Jason Schwartzman” — Chuck Bowen at Roger Ebert pings off a moment in the pair’s new short film to encapsulate a long-standing collaboration. “How Friends Decided to Pair Off Monica and Chandler” — Josef...

Four women. New York City. Complicated dating lives. Strong friendships. Open discussion of taboo subjects. It didn't surprise anyone when HBO's new series, "Girls," garnered comparisons to HBO's other quartet-of-women-driven sitcom, "Sex and the City."

The two shows have distinct differences, of course. The women of "Girls" are in their 20s, they're poor, they don't yet have careers, they live in Brooklyn and they have quite a bit of decidedly unsexy sex. "Sex and the City" depicts a group of women in their far-more-polished 30s -- they're unapologetically wealthy, they have covetable jobs, they exist almost-solely in Manhattan and the sex they have somehow always looks good -- even when it's awful. "Satc" is more like a cool aunt than a sister to "Girls," but the show's creator and star, Lena Dunham, doesn't deny the relationship: "This show couldn't exist without 'Sex and the City', both for what...