SAG Awards 2014 Contenders and Pretenders: Who's really a player?

Posted by · 11:05 pm · November 28th, 2013

A rundown of some key contenders and pretenders for this year’s competitive Screen Actors Guild Awards including “American Hustle,” “Prisoners,” “Saving Mr. Banks,” “Lone Survivor,” Will Forte, Sarah Paulson and more.

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Exclusive: 'Jesse James' director remembers embattled production as revival screening looms

Posted by · 9:33 am · November 7th, 2013

With a New York revival screening of “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” around the corner, director Andrew Dominik talks exclusively to HitFix about how the experience shaped him as an artist and what it means to him that the film has another life on the big screen.

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Exclusive: Revival screening of Andrew Dominik's 'Jesse James' planned for December

Posted by · 7:30 am · October 18th, 2013

The Museum of the Moving Image will present a special revival screening of Andrew Dominik’s “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” on Dec. 7. The event, called “No Eulogies,” is an attempt to kick-start a repertory afterlife for the 2007 western.

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'Nebraska,' 'Furnace' and 'Walter Mitty' set to screen as AFI Fest centerpieces

Posted by · 11:31 am · September 30th, 2013

Scott Cooper’s “Out of the Furnace” has mostly dodged the 2013 fall festival circuit, but with first a Rome fest announcement and now placement as an AFI Fest centerpiece, it’s looking to make some noise just before it opens theatrically. Meanwhile, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Nebraska” will also play the fest as centerpiece screenings.

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John Lithgow joins the cast of Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar'

Posted by · 11:46 am · July 16th, 2013

The cast of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming “Insterstellar” is, well, stellar. There are a handful of amazing ensembles out there these days, from “12 Years a Slave” to “Out of the Furnace,” but this one is just jam-packed with prestige, movie stardom and just about anything you’d want out of a cast. And now we can add John Lithgow to the ever-expanding list.

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Soot-filled teaser poster for 'Out of the Furnace' plays up heavy-hitting cast

Posted by · 12:51 pm · June 19th, 2013

A teaser poster for Scott Cooper’s “Out of the Furnace” has dropped, playing up the film’s star-studded cast and the murky atmosphere of a revenge thriller.

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Christian Bale drama 'Out of the Furnace' moves to a November release slot

Posted by · 7:00 am · June 19th, 2013

Brotherly-love drama is director Scott Cooper’s follow-up to ‘Crazy Heart.’

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Must-see reunions: Directors and actors who need to work together again

Posted by · 5:44 pm · March 5th, 2013

What filmmaker/actor collaborations have worked so well in the past that we’d like to see them team up again? Sometimes sparks really fly on such a combination and it can leave you yearning for more. While anything from conflicting schedules to outright estrangement can sometimes get in the way, it doesn’t mean filmgoers aren’t eager to see lightning strike again.

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