Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix and Denzel Washington square off.
Oscar Guide 2013: Best Actor
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:29 am · February 21st, 2013
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Roundup: Inside the minds of three Oscar voters
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 am · February 8th, 2013
Also: The politics of the In Memoriam montage, and ‘Lincoln’ vs. Connecticut
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The Long Shot: Lifting the cloud on 'Silver Linings'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:10 pm · January 30th, 2013
In praise of the ‘lighter’ option in this year’s Best Picture race.
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Oscar brings surprises aplenty as frontrunners miss and fairytales come true
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:27 am · January 10th, 2013
The 85th annual nominations packed an intriguing punch this morning.
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The winners and losers from today's BAFTA nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:43 am · January 9th, 2013
Affleck is celebrating, Hooper and Spielberg not so much
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Off the Carpet: Academy members have numerous tight races to mull over this season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · December 24th, 2012
As members of the Academy hurry through the last screeners they need to see before committing an opinion on the year’s best (for those who bother trying to get as deep into the stack as possible, that is), a number of races hang in the balance as extremely tight categories are sure to leave a few contenders feeling the sting of “also-ran” on Thursday, January 10.
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'Silver Linings Playbook' rules the Satellite Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:39 am · December 17th, 2012
Five awards for the comedy, including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress
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Predicting the Screen Actors' Guild film nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:15 pm · December 11th, 2012
Who do you expect to see nominated tomorrow?
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The Long Shot: It's an award, not a precursor
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:27 pm · December 5th, 2012
Critics’ choices remind us their awards are more than a means to an Oscar.
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Roundup: Thelma Schoonmaker on the perils of digitization
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:01 am · November 23rd, 2012
Also: Older women in the Oscar race, and a ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ remake?
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Roundup: 'Playbook,' 'Lore' and 'Karenina' stars feted at Hamptons fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:50 am · October 8th, 2012
Also: Top supporting actors, and Hollywood goes back to board games
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 89 — 'Life of Pi' opens NYFF but is it a player?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:00 pm · September 28th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the NYFF opener “Life of Pi,” have some choice words in dispute on “Silver Linings Playbook” and take a deeper look at the Best Actor field.
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Off the Carpet: Three to start the season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:05 am · September 17th, 2012
Ben Affleck’s “Argo,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master”and David O.Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook.” With Venice, Telluride and Toronto in the rear view, those are the three films with the early stranglehold on the 2012-2013 Oscar season.
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Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence shine in the trailer for 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:09 am · June 28th, 2012
David O. Russell’s ‘The Fighter’ follow-up will be part of Harvey Weinstein’s awards arsenal.
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Weinstein maintains a muscular presence at Cannes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:21 am · May 21st, 2012
It’s fair to say The Weinstein Company is pretty high on the value of Cannes this year. And tonight will be all about their upcoming films as they pull the old “let’s show some footage, stir the interest pot and steal a little bit of thunder” trick.
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Round-up: Uggie finally gets a bone
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 am · February 15th, 2012
Also: Mourning ‘Contagion,’ and the decade-later Oscar vote
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Oscarweb Round-up: Clooney cheers on the competition
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:20 am · November 16th, 2011
Ask most awards analysts who the current frontrunners for the Best Actor Oscar are, and you’ll probably get some combination of the names George Clooney, Jean Dujardin and Brad Pitt. Clooney probably knows that, which is why it’s both magnanimous and, who knows, perhaps slyly strategic for him to name Dujardin and Pitt’s performances, in […]
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