This year’s New York Film Festival just keeps expanding. Yesterday it was revealed that anniversary screenings of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Lawrence of Arabia” and “The Princess Bride” would be on the docket for the 50th annual, and today, it’s been revealed that, like Telluride and AFI Fest, NYFF has added a tribute element to its proceedings.
NYFF adds tributes to the program for the first time
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:41 am · August 21st, 2012
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With 'The Impossible' and 'Perks,' Summit has a one-two awards season punch
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:15 am · August 21st, 2012
Bayona and Chbosky bring exciting visions to two completely different stories.
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Tony Scott remembered by friends and colleagues
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:21 pm · August 20th, 2012
The late director made a real impact on artists in his industry.
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'Side by Side' reflects a watershed moment in the history of film
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:18 am · August 18th, 2012
I’m not really sure what’s left to be said in the great film vs. digital debate, but if nothing else, Christopher Kenneally’s “Side by Side” brings things to a head nicely as it represents the layman’s way into the discussion. These things always reach broader consideration last and no film, to date, has been as thorough and definitive as this.
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Sidney Lumet's 'Network' robbed by critics' Sight & Sound poll
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:54 pm · August 17th, 2012
846 top 10 lists from correspondents in 73 countries citing 2,045 different films, and not one of them — not a single one — thought 1976’s “Network” deserved a mention.
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John Hawkes steals the heart in 'The Sessions'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:53 am · August 17th, 2012
Plus: Watch the Oscar-winning 1996 short doc ‘Breathing Lessons’ and check out the new poster.
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'Amour,' 'Hyde Park on Hudson' and more set for 2012 NY fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:22 pm · August 16th, 2012
Okay, so, I said it yesterday, but to reiterate: a busy week for NYFF. Robert Zemeckis’s “Flight,” Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” and David Chase’s “Not Fade Away” have been tapped for big world premieres, and today, the full line-up has been unveiled by Film Society of Lincoln Center.
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Film Society taps David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' for centerpiece NYFF premiere
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:43 pm · August 15th, 2012
It’s been a busy week for Film Society of Lincoln Center, lining up the program for the 50th annual New York Film Festival. Announcements of “Life of Pi” and “Flight” as bookends to the fest already stood out as a major step forward where nabbing exclusive bows was concerned, and today, it’s been revealed that “Not Fade Away” will see its world premiere as a centerpiece presentation.
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Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes dig into 'Great Expectations' in international trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:07 pm · August 14th, 2012
Jeremy Irvine and Holliday Grainger also star in the upcoming TIFF player.
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'Searching for Sugar Man' finally brings an unsung crooner to light back home
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:52 pm · August 13th, 2012
Saturday night I shelled out cash to see Sundance hit “Searching for Sugar Man.” Malik Bendjelloul’s documentary tells the incredible story of musician Sixto Rodriguez, who crashed and burned with record sales in the States in his time (the early 1970s) but became an inspiration for South Africans fighting Apartheid throughout the decade and into the 1980s.
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NYFF bookends with Lee and Zemeckis for a big 50th annual
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:21 pm · August 13th, 2012
In spit-balling the upcoming fall festival circuit in a recent column, I noted that, in my estimation, the New York Film Festival — at least as a launching pad for year-end awards hopefuls — had been underutilized in its time. But things have changed the last few years.
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Jimmy Fallon: 'I won't be hosting the Oscars.'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:03 am · August 8th, 2012
Jimmy Fallon revealed this morning on “The Today Show” that he will not, in fact, be hosting the Oscars this year.
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'Trouble with the Curve' trailer adds Clint Eastwood to the Best Actor race
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:43 pm · August 7th, 2012
So it turns out Clint Eastwood was just kidding when he indicated that “Gran Torino” would be his final on-screen work. A solid Best Actor push from Warner Bros. that year didn’t yield pay dirt, but it got the conversation chugging that the studio is sure to use again this year: He may have four Oscars, but he’s never won for acting.
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Clint Eastwood's 'Unforgiven' anniversary marks 20 years of the modern western
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:11 pm · August 6th, 2012
Somewhat quietly, it would appear, Clint Eastwood’s western masterwork “Unforgiven” is celebrating its 20th anniversary today.
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First public screening of 'The Master' happening right now in Santa Monica (UPDATED)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:58 pm · August 3rd, 2012
Anyone who happened to be on hand at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica this evening for the American Cinematheque unveiling of a new DCP of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” was treated to quite the exciting surprise: the first public screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master.”
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Hawk Koch elected Academy president
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:41 pm · July 31st, 2012
Producer Hawk Koch was elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tonight (July 31) by the organization’s Board of Governors. This will be his first term in the office.
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Tom Sherak bids the Academy farewell
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:09 pm · July 30th, 2012
Tomorrow night the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will vote through a new president as Tom Sherak takes his leave after three years on the perch. The presumed favorite for the spot is producer Howard “Hawk” Koch, but we’ll see what happens. In the meantime, here is Sherak’s farewell to the membership.
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Fall fests set to fire the Oscar starting gun
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:14 am · July 30th, 2012
Now that the first wave of festival announcements has hit, let’s take a look at things.
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