The Artist’s
seemingly inexorable march toward numerous Oscar gongs continued last night
when Michel Hazanavicius was named as “Director of the Year” by the Director’s
Guild of America, a reliable indicator of Oscar success. This goes with its victory
at the Producer’s Guild Awards last week, all of which seem to indicate that
the French, black-and-white silent film is going to do extremely well when the
Academy hands out its awards in just under a month.