Martin Scorsese pens an LA Times op-ed in support of Blackie, the not-so-lovable Doberman star of “Hugo.”
As Oscar season goes to the dogs, Martin Scorsese stumps for Blackie
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:33 am · January 30th, 2012
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Short Film (Animated)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:41 am · January 30th, 2012
US audiences will get a chance to see the Oscar-nominated shorts again this year as Shorts International (via ShortsHD) and Magnolia Pictures will be launching its popular program for the seventh-straight year. The nominees for animation, live action and documentaries will hit theaters for a limited time on February 16. But this year’s crop of contenders in the animated field is a bit thin compared to years past, I feel.
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Round-up: Sundance tames the 'Beasts'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:20 am · January 30th, 2012
Also: Jean Dujardin sings, and the ‘post-macho world’ of ‘The Descendants’
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'The Help' wins big at the SAG Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:01 pm · January 29th, 2012
The 18th annual Screen Actors Guild went down tonight and added, well, nothing to the conversation.
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Christopher Plummer takes a trip down memory lane as Santa Barbara's Modern Master
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:59 pm · January 28th, 2012
Tonight brought the second tribute of this year’s Santa Barbara film fest, a spotlight for “Beginners” star Christopher Plummer and the festival’s highest honor: the Modern Master Award.
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Michel Hazanavicius takes DGA award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:43 pm · January 28th, 2012
“The Artist” and director Michel Hazanavicius further solidified their Oscar chances by winning the Directors’ Guild of America Award — a prize that has gone to the eventual Best Picture winner for the last 10 years running.
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On Woody and Terrence, Oscar's inevitable no-shows
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:29 pm · January 28th, 2012
The DGA Awards will be going down tonight, and the smart money remains on Michel Hazanavicius. And speaking of directors, I hadn’t quite taken note yet of the fact that two of the Academy’s nominees in the field are inevitable no-shows for the event.
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Watch Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and Uggie foul up in a blooper reel from 'The Artist'
Posted by Roth Cornet · 12:43 pm · January 28th, 2012
A behind the scenes look at ‘The Artist’ serves as a reminder of the film’s charms, as well as the perplexing critical response.
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Viola Davis talks Steven Soderbergh, Tyler Perry, Meryl Streep and humanizing her characters
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:46 am · January 28th, 2012
The tributes at this year’s Santa Barbara Film Festival kicked off with a bang tonight as Viola Davis took the stage at the Arlington Theatre to be fluffed up for her Outstanding Performer of the Year Award. And in my four or five years of attending the festival, it was one of the better productions I’ve seen.
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Exclusive: Root for the underdog in the trailer for Weinstein's Oscar-nominated doc 'Undefeated'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 am · January 27th, 2012
One of the documentary features nominated by the Academy Tuesday was Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Matin’s “Undefeated.” No, not the Sarah Palin thing. This is a chronicle of an inner-city North Memphis, Tennessee high school football team’s journey through, with all the petty and profound drama that comes with it, and it’s an outstanding portrait.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Supporting Actress
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:00 am · January 27th, 2012
Four first-timers, Bérénice Bejo, Jessica Chastain, Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer, join previous nominee Janet McTeer in the Best Supporting Actress Oscar race. We weigh up their chances, and decide who deserves to win.
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Round-up: Playing off the Academy's music branch
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 am · January 27th, 2012
Also: Ebert on Farhadi, and the geography of Oscar
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'The Artist' isn't top dog in César Award noms
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:25 am · January 27th, 2012
It may be the first French frontrunner in the history of the Academy Awards, but on home turf, “The Artist” had to settle for third place in the César Award nominations. Another Cannes prizewinner, law-enforcement drama “Polisse,” leads with 13 nods.
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SBIFF raises the curtain on the 27th annual
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:44 pm · January 26th, 2012
The 27th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival kicked off tonight with the world premiere of Lawrence Kasdan’s “Darling Companion,” starring Diane Keaton and Kevin Kline. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it down in time to catch it, but I’m here now and ready for a few days of awards season awareness.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Cinematography
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:53 pm · January 26th, 2012
The cinematographers’ branch didn’t search far and wide for contenders in this category, settling on four Best Picture nominees, as well as four previously nominated DPs — in keeping with this year’s unofficial theme of sticking with the familiar.
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Tech Support Interview: Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan on a decade of designing 'Harry Potter'
Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:48 am · January 26th, 2012
On Tuesday, Stuart Craig and Stephanie McMillan respectively earned the ninth and fifth Oscar nominations of their careers for serving as the production designer and set decorator of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.”
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Would ‘The Grey’ have been in the Oscar hunt if it had a qualifying run?
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:24 am · January 26th, 2012
Would “The Grey” have been an awards contender had it launched in Toronto as planned?
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Round-up: Cracking the code of 'Tinker, Tailor'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:00 am · January 26th, 2012
Also: Mary J. Blige’s Oscar sulk, and a gold watch for Uggie
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