ACADEMY AWARDS

One of the films we certainly have our eye on in the upcoming film awards season is Joe Wright’s adaptation of “Anna Karenina” with Keira Knightley in the titular role. If nothing else, we can assume the crafts on display will be lush and exceptional (given the talent involved), and indeed, the first trailer for the film indicates just that.

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Warner Bros. sets October release for 'Cloud Atlas' while Searchlight renames 'The Sessions'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:15 am · June 20th, 2012

October 26 is a pretty sweet spot to be opening a film you might want to pitch for awards, and Warner Bros. has just settled on that date for “Cloud Atlas,” Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski and Andy Wachowski’s 165 minute adaptation of David Mitchell’s kaleidoscopic novel, which follows six separate but connected narratives through an array of genres.

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Best Picture winner 'The Artist' finally makes its way to DVD/Blu-ray

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:47 pm · June 19th, 2012

Last year’s Best Picture winner “The Artist” is set for release Tuesday, June 26, a full seven months since it opened in limited release in November of last year and obviously over a year since it world-premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

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The Lists: Top 10 Pixar films so far

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:01 am · June 19th, 2012

With the studio’s 13th feature on the way we take stock of the studio’s best.

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Tech Support: Lindy Hemming on dressing Bond… and Bane

Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:53 am · June 19th, 2012

The Oscar-winning costume designer is curating a London exhibition of 007 designs.

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'Alps' wins big in Sydney, but 'Lore' is the one making waves

Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:28 am · June 18th, 2012

The latest from the director ‘Dogtooth’ beat a heavyweight field at the Sydney Film Festival, but Cate Shortland’s ‘Lore’ looks to be a global arthouse presence.

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Quvenzhané Wallis: One of Oscar's better stories waiting to happen

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:29 am · June 16th, 2012

Every Oscar season needs a pulse of emotion that feels less put-on, that doesn’t have that whiff of campaign or construct. Something that organically pops from the fabric of the form can be galvanizing, and though nothing can exist so pure for too long, the recognition of a tempest in the calm before it strikes means something. Quvenzhané Wallis is that tempest for 2012.

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'Moneyball,' '21 Jump Street' star Jonah Hill joins the cast of Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:09 am · June 15th, 2012

Today comes news of further casting on Quentin Tarantino’s western romp, as Jonah Hill has joined the ensemble. Apparently Hill was in the mix for a larger role in the film at one point in time, but couldn’t commit due to scheduling. It seems they’ve found room for him after all.

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