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Viva Italia, is all I have to say. In the past 48 hours, I’ve been lucky enough to see the two films that have widely been heralded as marking a renaissance for the Italian film industry, a world cinema titan that had been lying dormant for a couple of years. No more. One of them […]
Entries from September 2008
Garrone on ‘Gomorrah’: “It’s not real, but it’s true.”
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:23 pm · September 30th, 2008
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George Clooney as ‘The Lone Ranger’ alongside Johnny Depp’s Tonto?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:52 pm · September 30th, 2008
Okay, it’s The Sun. I know. But a fun rumor nonetheless. Here’s the juicy aside, via Lumenick On Film: George is very keen — he’s been trying to do a movie with Johnny for a long time. He thinks they’ll make the perfect on-screen partnership. Well, personally, I would find it difficult not to laugh […]
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THE LISTS: Top 10 Paul Newman performances
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:15 am · September 30th, 2008
Expected or not, this week’s news that screen legend Paul Newman has broken through to the other side is deeply depressing. But as I noted over the weekend, it’s best to take moments such as this as an opportunity to celebrate the man and his work. So it is that this week’s list reflects the […]
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9/30 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:40 am · September 30th, 2008
• Mark Olsen reports on the first U.S. screening of German foreign film Oscar entry “The Baader-Meinhof Complex.” [The Big Picture] • Jeffrey Wells passes along a note from an exhibitor acquaintance who thinks “Milk” is a home run, but “Frost/Nixon” is a bit stale. [Hollywood Elsewhere] • Then he picks the five likely Best […]
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“It’s okay son. Everyone screws up a country now and then.”
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:47 pm · September 29th, 2008
And plenty more new “W.” photos right here. I’m really getting excited for this film all of a sudden…
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‘Seven Pounds’ trailer removed, BUT…
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:22 pm · September 29th, 2008
…Brad Brevet has his own embedding do-hickey over at Rope of Silicon, so you can still see it there. Hopefully he won’t get a cease and desist for my linking to him, but there we are. Sony apparently jerked the YouTube embed down due to “copyright infringement.” I finally watched it, by the way (been […]
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Foreign film watch: ‘Correction,’ ‘Ploning’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:24 pm · September 29th, 2008
Two days to go until the deadline for Best Foreign Language Film submissions, and the latest nation to enter the fray is Greece. Seeking their first nomination since 1977 — that’s right, no Theo Angelopoulos film ever made the cut — the Greeks have selected Thanos Anastopoulos’ “Correction,” a racially charged drama about the country’s […]
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POLL: Heading into October, what is the frontrunner for Oscar?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:53 pm · September 29th, 2008
Bringing things back to the movies at hand, a new poll this week. Various prognosticators are finally taking their first stabs at picking the awards season’s frontrunners, and there is a surprising consensus developing. Of course, it’s a consensus based on films that have not been seen for the most part, 90% of most lists […]
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OFF THE CARPET: When the movies play second fiddle
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:19 pm · September 29th, 2008
Short column this time around because there are just a few specific things on my mind. It’s been a relatively slow couple of weeks in the wake of the Toronto International Film Festival. At least on the surface.’ Behind the scenes, studios are circling their wagons, securing Oscar ad buys, prepping their fall product and […]
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Prescient
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:57 pm · September 29th, 2008
Might as well — the Dow is going to shit as we speak:
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‘Revolutionary’ trailer in beautiful HD
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:38 pm · September 29th, 2008
Now we can all get a clean look at Roger Deakins’s work. Check it out at Yahoo! Movies.
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‘Frozen River’ first out of the gate with Oscar screeners
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:29 pm · September 29th, 2008
Sony Pictures Classics is the first studio to send out Academy screeners this season. “Frozen River,” which garnered considerable praise for lead actress Melissa Leo when it was released in August, landed on doorsteps over the weekend, giving the studio a head start on the race. With plenty of indie film performances in the mix […]
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New ‘Australia’ trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:38 am · September 29th, 2008
I decided to wait on posting this until it landed on YouTube or some other embeddable format. I’ve been hearing some good things about Hugh Jackman’s performance all along, but for some reason, he’s never cracked my Best Actor chart. It’s a crowded field, but anyway, this is a great trailer. I’m a Baz supporter […]
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Stop the presses: random, anonymous people say it’s ‘Button’ vs. ‘Nixon’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:37 am · September 29th, 2008
In this otherwise solid piece from the New York Times’s Michael Cieply, I was taken aback by the following aside, taken anonymously from a publicist (or publicists) that obviously has a stake in this year’s Oscar race: Some publicists who specialize in Oscar campaigns are privately predicting a year-end shootout between “Button” and “Frost/Nixon,” a […]
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Bragging about breaking the Newman news?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:01 am · September 29th, 2008
What the fuck?
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‘Seven Pounds’ trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:51 am · September 29th, 2008
Finally something from the upcoming Will Smith/Gabriele Muccino film:
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9/29 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:39 am · September 29th, 2008
• A happy ending of sorts for Matilda Rose in the wake of Heath Ledger’s death. [Agence France-Presse] • Kenneth Branagh is in talks to direct “Thor.” Weird, but badass. [Variety] • Tom O’Neil traces Paul Newman’s frustrating quest for Oscars. [Gold Derby] • James Rocchi talks to “Miracle at St. Anna” director Spike Lee. […]
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Kate Winslet: the greatest actress of her generation?
Posted by John Foote · 3:54 pm · September 28th, 2008
At nearly 33 years old (eight days and counting) and with five Academy Award nominations under her belt, Kate Winslet may just be the greatest actress of her generation. Her work has not yet revealed any limitations. Like Meryl Streep, she offers an authenticity in her work, even the lesser films. She seems incapable of […]
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