In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Sony Pictures Classics have re-entered the Best Foreign Language Film race — one they’ve won four years running — by picking up Hungary’s “The Notebook.” Meanwhile, why was 2013 a lean year for female filmmakers?
Roundup: Sony Classics back in the foreign Oscar race with 'The Notebook'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:05 am · January 3rd, 2014
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Roundup: What foreign Oscar contenders gain, even when they lose
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · December 30th, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, a look into the ins and out of campaigning for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Also: The best movie costumes of 2013, and ranking Scorsese’s filmography from best to worst.
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Asghar Farhadi on why 'The Past' is a brother to 'A Separation'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:55 pm · December 19th, 2013
Asghar Farhadi’s Golden Globe nominee “The Past” is Iran’s submission for the foreign-language Oscar, though it’s the director’s first European production. He tells us about the experience of working outside home, and why the film is the “male” counterpart to “A Separation.”
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Calin Peter Netzer on maternal inspiration in foreign Oscar hopeful 'Child's Pose'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:00 am · December 13th, 2013
Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale, and Romania’s submission for the foreign-language Oscar, searing family drama “Child’s Pose” is among the year’s finest films in any language. Director Calin Peter Netzer tells us how the film was inspired by his own relationship with his mother.
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'Philomena' shut out as UK Oscar entry 'Metro Manila' surprises at BIFA Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 am · December 9th, 2013
It was a night of surprises at the British Independent Film Awards, as local hit ‘Philomena’ and critics’ pet ‘The Selfish Giant’ were sidelined, while the UK’s Filipino-language Oscar submission ‘Metro Manila’ took the gold.
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Oscar hopefuls 'The Grandmaster' and 'Ilo Ilo' rule Asia's Golden Horse Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:22 am · November 25th, 2013
Ang Lee presided of the jury of this year’s Golden Horse Awards, the Oscars of the Chinese-speaking film industry. And while Wong Kar-wai’s blockbuster “The Grandmaster” took a leading six awards, it was Singapore’s intimate Oscar entry “Ilo Ilo” that beat it to the top prize.
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Brit favorite 'The Selfish Giant,' foreign Oscar hopefuls take gold at AFI Fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:09 pm · November 14th, 2013
It may be the big, Oscar-bait premieres that dominate the headlines at AFI Fest, but its international and art house selections shine when it comes to the festival awards. UK critics’ favorite “The Selfish Giant” took two win, while there was good news for Australia’s and Georgia’s foreign Oscar submissions.
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'Blue is the Warmest Color' competes for foreign Globe… as does Keanu Reeves
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:16 pm · November 11th, 2013
France’s “Blue is the Warmest Color,” Japan’s “Like Father, Like Son” and India’s “The Lunchbox” are among the films that were controversially ineligible for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. But at least they’ll get to compete for the Golden Globe — along with Keanu Reeves’ “Man of Tai Chi” — as the HFPA’s longlist of 48 films is revealed.
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The Long Shot: No country for gold men
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:27 pm · October 30th, 2013
How long can Oscar pretend the foreign-language race is a cinematic Olympics?
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France's Oscar entry snubbed by Louis Delluc jury, as Cannes hits make the grade
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:38 pm · October 30th, 2013
‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ the frontrunner for France’s most prestigious award.
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Review: Singapore's Oscar hopeful 'Ilo Ilo' a hushed, melancholy family portrait
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:10 pm · October 17th, 2013
Winner of the Camera d’Or at Cannes is suitably promising.
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Review: Australia's Oscar hopeful 'The Rocket' is a sticky but sweet survival tale
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:54 am · October 14th, 2013
Child’s-eye story offers lyricism with a dash of James Brown and fireworks.
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Firsts and disqualifications as a record 76 countries enter foreign Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:45 am · October 7th, 2013
Chad enters, but Agnieszka Holland won’t compete for the Czech Republic.
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Adrien Brody and Tim Robbins prop up China’s Oscar hopes in ‘Back to 1942’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:40 am · October 7th, 2013
Will the Hollywood connection pay off this time?
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Iran surprises by picking 'The Past' as foreign language submission
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:50 am · September 30th, 2013
Which take on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will come out on top?
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Denmark's 'The Hunt, Italy's 'The Great Beauty' join foreign Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:31 am · September 26th, 2013
Two high-profile Cannes hits join the field as the deadline nears.
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Foreign Oscar update: 'The Grandmaster,' 'Broken Circle Breakdown,' 'Neighboring Sounds' join race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:04 pm · September 24th, 2013
India surprises, while Agnieszka Holland represents for the Czech Republic.
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Roundup: Fixing the foreign-language Oscar
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:02 am · September 24th, 2013
Also: Fantastic Fest winners, and has Michael Douglas been taken for granted?
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