In today’s round-up, TCM schedules Kubrick’s debut for tonight, Zimmer talks “Sherlock” and Batman and Jason Reitman and Patton Oswalt have a message for you about texting.
Oscarweb Round-up: Stanley Kubrick's 'Fear and Desire' to air on TCM tonight
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:03 am · December 14th, 2011
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Toronto critics tap 'Tree of Life,' Terrence Malick
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:22 pm · December 13th, 2011
One more before you shut out the lights. The Toronto Film Critics Association has named “The Tree of Life” the best film of the year. The film’s director, Terrence Malick, was also awarded.
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'The Descendants' takes Best Picture from Houston critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:00 pm · December 13th, 2011
“The Descendants” has been crowned Best Picture with the Houston Film Critics Society. Nicholas Winding Refn received his second Best Director prize of the day and Michael Fassbender was recognized for “Shame.” Check out the full list of winners below.
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Angelina Jolie's directorial debut inspires praise and controversy
Posted by Roth Cornet · 7:27 pm · December 13th, 2011
Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut “In the Land of Blood and Honey” is already stirring the initial rumblings critical praise as well as a bit of controversy. The mix feels oddly fitting given the trajectory of the filmmakers own relationship with the public.
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Share your SAG and Globe nominee predictions
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:44 pm · December 13th, 2011
An open space for readers to offer their own best guesses on the upcoming SAG and Golden Globe nominee lists — with our own SAG predictions to get the ball rolling.
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'Young Adult' to receive Vanguard Award at Palm Springs fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:59 pm · December 13th, 2011
The Palm Springs festival tends to stick very closely to the presumed template of surefire Oscar contenders when picking their honorees, so they’ve gone slightly out on a limb by handing their Vanguard Award to “Young Adult.”
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Seth Rogen will be both host and nominee at the Film Independent Spirit Awards
Posted by Roth Cornet · 3:19 pm · December 13th, 2011
In an interesting turn of events Seth Rogen (who just last month indicated that he would have no interest in following his friend James Franco’s lead to one day host the Oscars) is set to host the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
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Las Vegas critics spring for 'The Artist,' Melissa McCarthy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:37 pm · December 13th, 2011
The Las Vegas Film Critics Society dished out their kudos today, and they fell right in line. “We’ll take ‘The Artist,’ please.”
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Contest: Win the source novels of 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' and 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:14 am · December 13th, 2011
Make your case for a child actor this season and win.
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Off the Carpet: Against the grain of dystopic claims
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:33 am · December 13th, 2011
There is a film I can talk about, a film I can’t talk about and a bunch of precursor awards that have faded into an indistinguishable blur. Let’s try to make some sense out of the week’s shenanigans.
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Interview: Keira Knightley on pushing herself (and pulling it back) in 'A Dangerous Method'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:04 am · December 13th, 2011
While many female stars her age dabble in rom-coms and skimpy action roles, Keira Knightley has actively sought out a thornier path for herself, taking a series of challenging dramatic roles — most recently in David Cronenberg’s “A Dangerous Method.” We talk to her about her recent choices.
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Oscarweb Round-up: The year's best performances
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:13 am · December 13th, 2011
In today’s round-up, consideration of the year’s best performances, Christopher Nolan opens up a bit on “The Dark Knight Rises” and in honor of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” the top five badass female roles.
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'The Artist' and 'Hugo' lead the BFCA's Critics' Choice nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:00 am · December 13th, 2011
The Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced its nominees for the 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, and there are literally zero surprises, across the board. It’s the roll call of Oscar contenders the list has turned into, more and more.
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Orson Welles's Oscar on your mantle
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:51 pm · December 12th, 2011
Here’s one for wealthy and eccentric cinephiles: The Wrap reports that Orson Welles’ solitary Oscar is up for auction.
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Contest: Screenplay giveaway
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:54 pm · December 12th, 2011
Win copies of ‘The Descendants,’ ‘Win Win,’ ‘The Help’ and more.
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'The Artist' (what else?) leads with 8 San Diego film critics nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:26 pm · December 12th, 2011
No surprise that nominal Oscar favorite “The Artist” came out tops with another critics# group, but the an Diego crowd found room for some individual picks too.
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'The Tree of Life,' Woody Harrelson honored by African American Film Critics Association
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:41 am · December 12th, 2011
The African American Film Critics Association has joined the massive role-call of year-end superlative-dishing. They went their own way in a number of areas and tapped “The Tree of Life” as the year’s best film.
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Corey Stoll on Ernest Hemingway's complicity in his own myth
Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:58 am · December 12th, 2011
This weekend “Midnight in Paris” star Corey Stoll participated in a unique event at the JFK Library in Boston where he read from Ernest Hemingway’s letters, which have been collected into a 16-volume series by editor Sandra Spanier.
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