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• Arguing that “Public Enemies” looks “cheap” due to HD nearly three months after release. [The Huffington Post] • Dave Karger wonders if a bona fide left-field Best Picture nominee is in the cards in a 10-nominee paradigm. [Oscar Watch] • Getting the 70s bush right for “A Serious Man” (Amy Landecker officially rocks). [Vulture]
Entries from September 2009
9/29 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:50 am · September 29th, 2009
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Wearing the ‘Wild Things’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:12 am · September 29th, 2009
The roll-call of hipster names affiliated with Spike Jonze’s take on “Where the Wild Things Are” is beginning to border on the obnoxious. (I say that with nothing but love and anticipation.) But if Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O was going to be involved, it only makes sense that she should bring her stylist […]
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’28 Days Later’ in one minute
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:36 pm · September 28th, 2009
(Courtesy: SciFi Wire)
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‘Antichrist’ poster from Fantastic Fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:29 pm · September 28th, 2009
(Courtesy: /Film)
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Anton Corbijn’s next: ‘The American’ with George Clooney
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:07 am · September 28th, 2009
I was a huge fan of “Control” so this sounds like music to my ears. The press release, in part: Academy Award winner George Clooney stars in the title role of The American for director Anton Corbijn (Control). Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the suspense thriller, which begins production this week on location in […]
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OFF THE CARPET: Underdog season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:50 am · September 28th, 2009
It suddenly occurred to me when I got a screening invite last week to “That Evening Sun,” a potential awards prospect for lead actor Hal Holbrook, that the film actually had a distributor: Freestyle Releasing. Freestyle is a boutique company that doesn’t have a lot on deck, but it reminded me of how spread out […]
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9/28 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:49 am · September 28th, 2009
• Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski arrested in Zurich for 1977 rape charge. [CNN] • Steven Zeitchik reports that Summit was set to be the first out of the gate with awards screeners this year with “The Hurt Locker.” Would it have made a difference? [Risky Biz Blog] • Nathaniel Rogers considers Julianne Moore’s Oscar chances […]
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Revamping ‘Elm Street’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:40 pm · September 27th, 2009
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SUNDAY CENTS: Great ‘Balls’ on fire
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 10:57 am · September 27th, 2009
America lined up for seconds as “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” topped the box office for the second weekend in a row, dropping only 19% to $24.6 million. That’s a fantastic hold for the only family film out in the market and makes $100 million a very real possibility, if not a formality. It […]
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Day of rest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:52 am · September 27th, 2009
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“Solipsism” and Moore on Maher
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:26 pm · September 26th, 2009
Last night, on Maher, [Michael Moore] talked about wanting to make a movie that was so outrageously honest that no studio would ever fund another one of his movies. Epic Fail, Mike. There is not a single thing exposed in the body of Capitalism: A Love Story that Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, David Letterman, and […]
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‘Ajami,’ not ‘Lebanon,’ chosen to represent Israel in foreign language race
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:19 pm · September 26th, 2009
Thanks to Anne Thompson for the Twitter heads up here, but Yair Raveh is reporting that the Israeli entry in this year’s Best Foreign Language Film race isn’t the Venice fest’s Golden Lion winner “Lebanon,” but the Ophir-winning crime drama “Ajami.” The foreign submissions page has been updated. Discuss.
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Listen to portions of Cave and Ellis’s ‘Road’ score
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:26 am · September 26th, 2009
The second selection is the overriding theme of the piece that I remember playing throughout the film. Beautiful stuff, aka, the kind of the the Academy’s music branch wouldn’t know how to appreciate. Also worth mentioning is “White Lunar,” a collection of some of the duo’s film music compositions. (Courtesy: The Playlist)
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“I don’t want to do a line reading.”
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:11 am · September 26th, 2009
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Weekend SPC food for thought
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:40 pm · September 25th, 2009
First, Barker and Bernard are unfortunately forced to go on the record and defend themselves against rather naive and myopic attacks from the blog-o-sphere. Second, one of David Poland’s inside baseball “State of the Union” DP/30s is dedicated to the duo. Well worth your time if you’re interested in the business of show.
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WEEKLY WRAP: Festival pick-ups, the season’s fetes and the PGA’s 10
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:12 pm · September 25th, 2009
• We wrapped up Toronto as Lee Daniels’s “Precious” took the festival’s audience award, putting it on a solid track for Oscar. • We got a look at the first trailer for “Harry Brown,” which may or may not be an awards film for actor Michael Caine. John, you’ll recall, isn’t feeling it. • We […]
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More foreign language film submissions
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:00 pm · September 25th, 2009
Following up on yesterday’s item, I’ve added Albania, Argentina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Iceland, and Macedonia to the list and dedicated a page to collecting these. Up to 46 countries now.
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Sony Classics holding ‘Get Low’ until 2010
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:52 am · September 25th, 2009
Those of you anticipating Aaron Schneider’s “Get Low” and a potential second lead actor Oscar for Robert Duvall will have to wait a little longer. Sony Pictures Classics will not be releasing the film this year and is priming it for a mid-2010 release. No Oscar qualifying run is planned for 2009 either. Sony Classics, […]
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