• Steve Pond chimes in on the rarity of tandem Oscarcast producing teams. [The Odds]
• Peter Knegt reports from a women-in-film panel at London fest. [indieWIRE]
• David Poland sits down with Paul Schneider to talk “Bright Star.” [Movie City News]
• Tom O’Neil offers up his list of frontrunning Best Picture contenders. [Gold Derby]
• Jacko collaborators respond to “This Is It.” [CNN]
• Anthony Breznican, meanwhile, gets some face time with the film’s director, Kenny Ortega. [USA Today]
• Five great “making of” movies. [Daily Telegraph]
• John Horn previews AFI Fest. [The Envelope]
• Dave Itzkoff chats up “Antichrist” star Willem Dafoe. [New York Times]
• Across the pond, Steven Soderbergh talks the thematic parallels between his two 2009 films. [The Times]
6 responses so far
1 10-26-2009 at 8:23 am
The Other James D. said...
The Envelope/Gold Derby simply refuse to load in my browsers anymore. Could someone copy and paste just the list (if he wrote one, otherwise…) for me?
I wonder if it’s only me with this problem….
2 10-26-2009 at 10:49 am
Kristopher Tapley said...
Here you go:
FRONT-RUNNERS
“Avatar”
“An Education”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Invictus”
“The Lovely Bones”
“Nine”
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
“The Road”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”
POSSIBILITIES
“Brothers”
“District 9”
“The Hangover”
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“The Last Station”
“A Single Man”
“Star Trek”
LONG SHOTS
“Bright Star”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The White Ribbon”
3 10-26-2009 at 11:01 am
The Other James D. said...
Well, thank you, Kris!
Hm, looks pretty good overall, except for “The Road” being in the frontrunner column, which I don’t get. I’d call it a longshot myself, but the middle would do just fine.
I also would add “(500) Days of Summer” to the long shot possibilities–only because of the Fox Searchlight track record as of late.
4 10-26-2009 at 3:17 pm
Stephen P said...
Kris, Why has precious got the name of the book and author in it’s title?
Also, good piece on James Cameron in last week’s newyorker.
5 10-26-2009 at 5:29 pm
Bryan said...
Just listened to Paul Schneider’s interview. He is so articulate and honest. I really hope he goes far.
6 10-26-2009 at 5:49 pm
Kristopher Tapley said...
Stephen: I have no idea, to be honest.
Loved that Cameron profile, just never found the time to link it.