Oscar nominee 'War Witch' leads Canadian Screen Award nods

Posted by · 10:20 am · January 15th, 2013

Plus, the only nominations you’ll see this season for ‘Resident Evil: Retribution.’

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The Long Shot: A salute to the non-contenders

Posted by · 7:50 pm · January 9th, 2013

Featuring my ideal-world Oscar ballot.

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'Lincoln' leads Vancouver film critics nominations

Posted by · 4:54 pm · December 27th, 2012

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has announced nominees this year, and Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” led the way with five nominations, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay. “Cosmopolis,” “Rebelle” and “Stories We Tell” were chalked up in the Best Canadian Film category. Winners will be announced January 7.

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'The Master' leads Online Film Critics' Society nominations

Posted by · 7:21 am · December 24th, 2012

The Online Film Critics Society decided to make us a Christmas present of their nominations — or perhaps that should be a gift for “The Master,” which underlined its status as a critical darling with a field-leading eight nominations. “Argo” and “Zero Dark Thirty” were a distant second with five each.

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Roundup: Almodóvar to receive an Academy tribute in London

Posted by · 4:00 am · December 5th, 2012

Also: The best-ever lone Oscar nods, and is ‘Cloud Atlas’ really 2012’s worst?

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Cahiers du Cinéma names 'Holy Motors' the best film of 2012

Posted by · 12:37 pm · November 21st, 2012

The venerable French magazine’s Top 10 ranges from ‘Twixt’ to ‘Tabu.’

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The Lists: Top 10 performances in David Cronenberg films

Posted by · 11:52 am · August 21st, 2012

As ‘Cosmopolis’ goes wide on Friday, we round up Cronenberg’s best thesps

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Review: Robert Pattinson has a devil's haircut on his mind in Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis'

Posted by · 5:52 am · May 25th, 2012

David Cronenberg is back to his strange self in his faithful but flummoxing adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel.

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Cannes Check: David Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis'

Posted by · 5:21 pm · April 25th, 2012

We continue our preview series of the Cannes competition titles.

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The Lists: Top 10 most anticipated films of Cannes 2012

Posted by · 9:50 am · April 24th, 2012

From ‘The Paperboy’ to ‘Amour,’ the films I can’t wait to see on the Croisette this year.

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Cannes lineup heavy on U.S. fare as Twi-hards prepare to mob fest

Posted by · 2:39 am · April 19th, 2012

Amid the usual Cannes elite like Michael Haneke and Ken Loach, Robert Pattison and Kristen Stewart are also set to hit the Croisette with new films in Competition.

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Robert Pattinson leaves 'Twilight' for Cronenberg in the first 'Cosmopolis' trailer

Posted by · 10:03 pm · April 18th, 2012

The first trailer for David Cronenberg’s “A Dangerous Method” follow-up “Cosmopolis,” adapted from the Don DeLillo novel, reveals that it is an official selection for this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

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No Cannes (or Venice) premiere for Wong Kar-wai's 'The Grandmasters'

Posted by · 3:40 pm · April 3rd, 2012

According to its sales agent, Wong Kar-wai’s long-awaited martial arts pic “The Grandmasters” won’t be ready in time for Cannes — or even Venice and Toronto — this year.

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