Dear Academy members: Don't forget these contenders

Posted by · 12:00 am · January 6th, 2014

Scarlett Johansson, Spike Jonze, Sally Hawkins, Oscar Isaac, James Franco and Amy Adams are just a few of the potential nominees that Academy members should give serious consideration to before submitting their nomination ballots this Wednesday.

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George Clooney fills in for Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep at AFI gala

Posted by · 1:25 pm · November 9th, 2013

George Clooney fills in for Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep at the AFI gala for “August: Osage County” as we stop to reconsider the film’s Oscar prospects.

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How Steven Soderbergh helped edit Spike Jonze's 'Her'

Posted by · 9:50 am · October 7th, 2013

…and how Chris Cooper got the chop.

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Off the Carpet: Shapeshift

Posted by · 10:35 am · September 30th, 2013

What a difference a week makes…

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Exclusive: Shia LaBeouf, Nick Nolte and more in new images from 'The Company You Keep'

Posted by · 12:00 pm · March 7th, 2013

Robert Redford’s latest film, “The Company You Keep,” saw its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last September before heading on to Toronto and then bottling up for an April 5, 2013 release date. Based on the novel by Neil Gordon, the thriller centers on a former Weather Underground activist on the run after a journalist discovers his identity.

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Sony Classics picks up Redford's 'The Company You Keep'

Posted by · 8:43 am · August 24th, 2012

Sony Pictures Classics has quite a few irons in the fire this season, as usual. There is the Cannes trio of Michael Haneke’s “Amour,” Jacques Audiard’s “Rust and Bone” and Pablo LarraĆ­n. There is the recently acquired “At Any Price” from Ramin Bahrani. There are Sundance hits “Smashed,” from James Ponsoldt, and “West of Memphis,” from Amy Berg. And now, there is Robert Redford.

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Has Franzen's 'The Corrections' dodged a big-screen bullet?

Posted by · 5:30 pm · November 8th, 2011

Since its publication in 2001, “The Corrections” has been a hot prestige film in the making, attracting names like Stephen Daldry and Robert Zemeckis — so why is it better news that it’s headed for television?

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