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Entries from October 2008
Caught it again last night
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:47 am · October 30th, 2008
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Ebert hearts Hawkins
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:38 am · October 30th, 2008
I happened upon this a week late, so apologies for that, but I still think it bears mentioning. It’s no secret that Roger Ebert is probably one of the few critics who means anything to Academy voters. Whether it’s true or not that his backing of such underdog contenders as “Crash” played into their victories, […]
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Small screen query
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:34 am · October 30th, 2008
Off topic, of course, but I wonder if everyone else is as disappointed with some of the fall’s mid-season series as I am. My DVR is generally packed with “Friday Night Lights,” “The Office,” “Heroes,” “The Shield” and yeah, “The Big Bang Theory” (I love it — it’s harmless). But at least three of those […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:23 am · October 30th, 2008
I never got around to linking to Devin Faraci’s well-reasoned piece on the politics of “Milk,” but I want to take a minute to draw your attention to it this morning. I think it’s a very sound assessment of what the film really does, which is challenge the viewer to be foolish enough to think […]
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10/29 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:56 am · October 30th, 2008
• Steven Zeitchik thinks “Frost/Nixon” will get a pass for journalist worship. [Rizky Biz Blog] • Bill Horberg captures the San Francisco debut of “Milk” in pics. [William Horberg] • Eugene Hernandez, meanwhile, reports from the scene. [indieWIRE] • Ditto Brad Brevet, with some nice video interviews tossed in for good measure. [Rope of Silicon] […]
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LONDON: A note on ‘Che’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:44 pm · October 29th, 2008
Since its contentious debut at Cannes in May, Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” has attained a reputation in certain quarters as some kind of intimidating four-hour monolith, even a grand folly. The 252-minute running time is invariably the first detail given about the film, a figure that seems to awe and repel people in equal measure. So […]
Nolan talks Ledger and Oscar
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:47 pm · October 29th, 2008
I’ve held off on linking to Geoff Boucher’s three-part interview with “The Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan at Hero Complex for two reasons. First of all, it just seemed wiser to wait until it had run its course in full. But mainly, I was waiting on the inevitable Oscar query. Obviously, as Anne Thompson noted […]
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‘Milk’ing it further
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:17 am · October 29th, 2008
Not to spend too much time today on “Milk” stuff, but I absolutely adored WNYC writer Nathan Lee’s closing graph of a piece written largely in response to yesterday’s unfounded media flurry over the studio strategy of publicizing the film: Of course no one is feeling very chill at the moment, and “Milk” is no […]
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Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean people aren’t trying to kill the movie
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:01 am · October 29th, 2008
For the most part, I really enjoyed Sasha Stone’s recent “State of the Race” column at Awards Daily. Stone’s been kicking around this beat for longer than she’d probably care to remember and she has a gift for thinking deeply about the insanity of an Oscar race. But I think she takes the issue of […]
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Heh
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:53 am · October 29th, 2008
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I love it
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:05 am · October 29th, 2008
(Courtesy: /Film)
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SHORT TAKE: “The Baader Meinhof Complex” (***)
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:54 am · October 29th, 2008
Germany has hit something of a sweet spot with the Academy of late, having won Best Foreign Language Film twice in seven years, and scoring two additional nominations — all with somber, rock-solid takes on aspects of the country’s fascinating 20th-century history. (Last year’s winner, “The Counterfeiters,” may have been from Germany’s neighbor Austria, but […]
10/29 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:10 am · October 29th, 2008
• Jeffrey Wells responds to yesterday’s “Frost/Nixon”/”Milk” double feature. [Hollywood Elsewhere] • David Poland gives high marks to the former… [The Hot Blog] • …well, and the latter as well. [The Hot Blog] • Mark Olsen previews the AFI Fest. [The Envelope] • Patrick Goldstein pokes and prods Bill Maher about a “Religulous” hater. [The […]
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My back, my aching back…thoughts on ‘Milk’ and ‘Frost’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:07 pm · October 28th, 2008
This is why I don’t do the festival thing. Multiple screenings back-to-back always plagues the faculties. Anyway, David Poland was eager to iPhone in his “First!” response on “Milk,” and while I agree with his assessment of Sean Penn’s phenomenal portrayal, I can’t share his overall enthusiasm for the film itself. On the whole, it’s […]
‘Hunger,’ ‘Bruges’ lead British Independent nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:44 pm · October 28th, 2008
The British Independent Film Awards are an odd, under-the-radar institution that frequently like to avoid the obvious and champion the underdog. Last year, for example, they bypassed the starrier likes of “Eastern Promises” and “Notes on a Scandal” to award their top prize to Anton Corbijn’s magnificent, under-rewarded “Control.” The previous year, they were even […]
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THE LISTS: In Contention’s top 20 horror films of all time
Posted by In Contention Staff · 1:11 pm · October 28th, 2008
Yes, how trite. Another list of the “best” horror films of all time. But this really is the most subjective of genres, is it not? What is scary to us all has slipped out of the realm of the universal and become much more of a personal thing. Certain films are inarguable, as our list […]
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Amen
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:00 am · October 28th, 2008
Robert Pattinson, star of “Twilight,” which is set to be released on Nov. 21, was just as clueless in his acceptance speech for the new Hollywood award. “I’m shocked and astonished that I’ve been given an award before my film’s come out. It’s all hype,” he candidly admitted before thanking festival founder Carlos de Abreu. […]
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Sneak peek?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:51 am · October 28th, 2008
A few weeks ago I mentioned that the first poster for “Revolutionary Road” was a teaser and that there would be another one-sheet on down the line. Well today I was looking at that cover of Variety, the first FYC cover of the year, and I wonder if we’re not looking at a sneak peek […]
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