After leading with four nominations from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, Michel Hazanavicius’s “The Artist” has won Best Picture and Best Screenplay from the group. Meanwhile, David Cronenberg’s “A Dangerous Method” got some love in Canadian spotlight categories.
'The Artist,' Malick come out on top with Vancouver film critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:55 am · January 10th, 2012
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists go with 'The Artist,' Hazanavicius
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:37 am · January 10th, 2012
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has revealed its list of winners in 30 (!) categories after announcing a slate of nominees recently. The big winner in the traditional categories was “The Artist,” which won Best PIcture and Best Director.
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Round-up: Lonergan speaks… in the presence of his lawyer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:00 am · January 10th, 2012
Also: Jennifer Lawrence to announce Oscar noms, and dissecting the DGA picks
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Interview: Writer/director Tom McCarthy on Wall Street, cinematic economy and ‘Win Win’
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:59 pm · January 9th, 2012
Tom McCarthy discusses the subtle links between “wall street” and “main street” in his skillfully rendered character study “Win Win.”
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'The Artist' and the 'Vertigo' score: separating theft from tribute
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:57 pm · January 9th, 2012
The trumped-up non-controversy is a ritual that many Best Picture frontrunners go through at some point: cue Kim Novak accusing “The Artist” of “raping” the memory of “Vertigo” by sampling Bernard Herrmann’s famous score. But where she sees sees artistic theft, the filmmakers see artistic tribute.
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Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:24 pm · January 9th, 2012
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'War Horse,' Scorsese win with North Texas critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:33 pm · January 9th, 2012
The North Texas Film Critics Association (yep) has gotten together to announce this year’s list of winners. And it was “War Horse” that came out of top, with Martin Scorsese winning directing honors. No were to be found “The Artist.”
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DPs indulge in some mutual appreciation
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:00 pm · January 9th, 2012
The American Society of Cinematographers announce their nominees tomorrow. Emmanuel Lubezki has swept the precursors for “The Tree of Life,” but it’s no sure thing that the Academy will follow suit — though a recent Variety feature makes it clear a lot of his peers are in his corner.
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'Artist,' 'Harry Potter' and 'Hugo' among Academy's makeup finalists
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:13 pm · January 9th, 2012
The Academy has announced seven advancing finalists in the race for Best Makeup, and among the chosen are the Meryl Streep-starrer “The Iron Lady,” which transformed the beloved actress into former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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Sean Penn to receive Joel Siegel Award at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Posted by Roth Cornet · 11:18 am · January 9th, 2012
Sean Penn will be honored for his relief work following the earthquake in Haiti.
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Off the Carpet: Wrench in the works
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:32 am · January 9th, 2012
As the 2011-2012 film awards season forges ahead, general assumptions and standby wisdom are beginning to fly out the window. What was beginning to seem somewhat settled is anything but. The bed looked like it was made, now the covers are thrown to the far reaches of the room. That’s a good thing.
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David Fincher, Woody Allen make the cut for DGA
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:07 am · January 9th, 2012
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced this year’s slate of nominees for excellence in directing, and chalk another guild citation up for David Fincher, who somehow got in for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Also nominated was Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris,” while Steven Spielberg and Tate Taylor were snubbed for Best Picture contenders “War Horse” and “The Help,” respectively.
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Michael Mann talks finding a place for camaraderie with his fellow directors
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:29 am · January 9th, 2012
As we await the DGA’s announcement, an interview with Michael Mann at the Guild’s website makes for particularly nutritious reading this morning.
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Round-up: Oscar's doc rule change favors theatrical visibility
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:50 am · January 9th, 2012
Also: ‘The Iron Lady”s composer switch and the craftsmen of ‘War Horse’
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'Tintin,' 'Harry Potter' and 'Transformers' out front with Visual Effects Society nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:37 am · January 9th, 2012
The Visual Effects Society has announced its list of nominees for the organization’s 10th annual ceremony, and leading the way wasn’t one of the live action blockbusters on the whittled-down slate of 10 advancing Oscar contenders. It was Steven Spielberg’s animated offering “The Adventures of Tintin,” which landed six nominations across the feature film categories.
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George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Michelle Williams and more turn out for Palm Springs awards gala
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:05 am · January 8th, 2012
I’ve never attended the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala. It’s a key stop along the Oscar trail his time of year, very competitive with the Santa Barbara Film Festival. The two duke it out for honorees, one reticent to honor talent that the other has chalked up for an award. Which is obviously silly. But it seemed time to give it a go.
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'Melancholia,' Dunst and Pitt among National Society of Film Critics winners
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:30 pm · January 7th, 2012
The National Society of Film Critics can usually be relied upon to go their own way on the precursor trail, and they did so in emphatic fashion today, naming Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” the year’s best, and star Kirsten Dunst their Best Actress.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 76 — Guild announcements, previewing the DGA and the success of 'Bridesmaids'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · January 6th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the PGA and WGA announcements, preview the DGA nominations and chew on the success of “Bridesmaids” so far this year.
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