• Patrick Goldstein waxes on about why he thinks “WALL-E,” “The Reader” and “The Wrestler” will be Oscar losers (for Best Pic). [The Big Picture]
• Peter Bart observes Oscar campaign “combat fatigue” at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. [Peter Bart]
• Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard talk to KCRW’s Jason Bentley. [KCRW]
• David Carr does some pre-DGA speculating. [The Carpetbagger]
• Tom O’Neil takes a stab at predicting tonight’s Critics’ Choice Awards. [Gold Derby]
• While a few online mag staffers take a stab at the Globes. [Premiere]
• In praise of Clint Eastwood’s…face. [Slate]
• Xan Brooks wonders what the point of the People’s Choice Awards is. [The Guardian]
• Rebecca Hall gets some much-deserved ink across the pond for popping up on the BAFTA Best Newcomer shortlist. [Daily Telegraph]
• Howard Feinstein talks to “Man on Wire” director James Marsh. [indieWIRE]
• John Horn on the perils of high-brow cinema in the marketplace. [Los Angeles Times]
• Esther Walker says “Revolutionary Road” will change the obscurity of Richard Yates. [The Independent]
• Kevin Maher talks to Liev Schreiber about the action hero redefining of his career as of late. [The Times]
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1 1-08-2009 at 12:17 pm
Jamieson said...
Rebecca Hall is the most underrated new talent to emerge in the last decade. I actively look forward to every single thing she does now.