Ben Affleck’s “Argo,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master”and David O.Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook.” With Venice, Telluride and Toronto in the rear view, those are the three films with the early stranglehold on the 2012-2013 Oscar season.
Off the Carpet: Three to start the season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:05 am · September 17th, 2012
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 87 — Fall fests, 'The Master,' 'Silver Linings,' 'Argo' kick off the season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:46 am · September 15th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the movies that have launched the season at the beginning of the fall festival circuit as a new season of Oscar Talk kicks off.
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Steven Spielberg and Joseph Gordon-Levitt talk 'Lincoln' following trailer premiere
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:27 pm · September 13th, 2012
With much fanfare leading up to the reveal, Disney finally launched the trailer for Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” this evening. The event was part of a Google Play cross-promotion with Spielberg and star Joseph Gordon-Levitt on hand in a Google+ Hangout to take questions from selected fans for 30 minutes after the trailer debuted.
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Making the case for 'Argo' and the zeitgeist
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:14 am · September 13th, 2012
Sometimes, like with Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage crisis film “Argo,” a film’s reflections of the here and now are much more defined.
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On Kristen Stewart and stripping away the tabloid persona
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:29 am · September 11th, 2012
People put their best face on in this game so you’re always going to be charmed, seduced, wooed by the “please like me” thing of it all. But Stewart is a very normal girl in the throes of very abnormal circumstances. And her “best face” is difficult to manage.
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Watch 44 seconds of Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:07 pm · September 10th, 2012
The 44 seconds features what I imagine is a touch of John Williams’s original score and is carried through by dialogue from Union soldier to Daniel Day-Lewis’s 16th Commander-in-Chief.
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The Denzel Washington Best Actor push takes 'Flight'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:49 pm · September 9th, 2012
There’s a foundation being laid. We’ve had Denzel Washington tapped for potential Best Actor consideration every since we first launched the Contenders section for the 2012-2013 Oscar season, but you can finally see the gears turning on the upcoming campaign.
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Focus Features picks up Derek Cianfrance's 'The Place Beyond the Pines'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:12 pm · September 9th, 2012
The film has found a nice home for not-so-easily-defined indie dramas.
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Logan Lerman stands out in 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:18 pm · September 7th, 2012
Stephen Chbosky’s “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is set to play the Toronto Film Festival tomorrow. Press screenings are happening today. It’s a nice, public space to debut the film, which opens on September 21, but it’s also sure to be a big coming-out for star Logan Lerman, who gives a shattering performance of tenderness, emotion and, its its own way, charisma.
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Calling all Best Original Song contenders
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:32 pm · September 6th, 2012
As the season hums to life at the start of the fall festival circuit, it’s time to take a look at the Best Original Song race and figure out what we’re working with.
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New 'Cloud Atlas' trailer drops in advance of Toronto bow
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:49 am · September 6th, 2012
Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer are all set to blow Toronto audiences’ minds with the premiere of “Cloud Atlas” in a few short days. Everything I’ve heard about the ambitious ensemble project ends up pointing to “it’s not for everyone,” but each new nugget certainly makes me think it’ll be for me.
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Honorary Oscars go to Katzenberg, Needham, Pennebaker and Stevens
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:13 pm · September 5th, 2012
Doris Day and Angela Lansbury, among others, passed over once again.
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Academy to celebrate 30th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's 'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:17 pm · September 5th, 2012
Palo Alto screening will take place on September 28.
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Interview: Stephen Chbosky on Pittsburgh toughness and 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:19 am · September 5th, 2012
When you’ve written a hit novel that has taken on a life of its own and become a beloved modern classic, translating it to film might render a bit of nervousness — particularly if you’re taking on the task yourself.
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Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' trailer coming September 13
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:21 pm · September 4th, 2012
Google+ event to be broadcast in Times Square.
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Off the Carpet: Telluride wraps, Toronto approaches
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:43 am · September 3rd, 2012
The season is here. “Argo” has sounded the starting gun in the mountains of Telluride while “The Master” has made a strong case on the Lido of Venice. Where will we go from here?
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Wrapping up the 39th annual Telluride Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:23 am · September 3rd, 2012
Things are pretty much wrapping up at the 39th annual. Monday is generally a great time for catch-up, as the schedule is filled in with repeat showings. Unfortunately, I tend to leave on Monday afternoon each year, so I don’t get to use the day productively. But nine-and-a-half movies over the three-day spread is good enough for me. (I won’t knock the movie I walked out of. I’ll come back to it at some point, as it’s generated interesting split reactions.)
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A Telluride time-out with Ron Fricke's 'Baraka'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:11 pm · September 2nd, 2012
I’ve recognized over the last few years that sometime Sunday afternoon at the Telluride fest, I find myself yearning for a break, something different, something I don’t feel compelled to write about. Of course, I’ll often find myself wanting to write about it anyway, but the lack of obligation going in is the real gift. Last year is was the presentation of a restored version of Georges Méliès’s “A Trip to the Moon.” This year it was a 70mm presentation of Ron Fricke’s “Baraka.”
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