The synopsis for the reclusive director’s latest suggests it may be drawn from his romantic past.
'To the Wonder' to continue Malick's autobiographical focus?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:05 am · August 20th, 2012
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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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Cinejabber: Best Picture, critic style
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:50 am · August 18th, 2012
What happens when you fuse Oscar’s Best Picture list with the S&S poll?
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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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Morocco strikes first in the foreign language Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:09 pm · August 17th, 2012
Morocco is the first country to submit a film in this year’s Oscar race, while Denmark has a tough choice to make.
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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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Lionsgate and Roadside adopt 'Mud' for 2013
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:48 am · August 16th, 2012
After a strong Cannes debut, the long wait for a distributor is over.
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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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Could Toronto closer 'Song for Marion' be one to watch?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:53 am · August 14th, 2012
Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp headline the feelgood British drama.
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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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Venice honors Michael Cimino as 'Heaven's Gate' gets another close-up
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:49 pm · August 13th, 2012
The festival will premiere a restoration of the director’s ill-fated 1980 film.
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Spike Lee joins the listing game
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:40 am · August 10th, 2012
As his latest joint hits theaters, he reveals his Top 15 films on iTunes.
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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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The Lists: My top 10 films of all time
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:18 am · August 8th, 2012
Guy Lodge reveals how he voted in Sight & Sound’s decennial critics’ poll.
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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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