‘Argo,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ square off.
Oscar Guide 2013: Best Sound Editing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:20 am · February 19th, 2013
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Writing – Original Screenplay
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 am · February 16th, 2013
‘Amour,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Flight,’ ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ square off.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 106 — BAFTA and Scripter recap, WGA preview and more shorts
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · February 15th, 2013
On this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne recap the BAFTA USC Scripter Awards. They look ahead to the WGA Competition and break down three categories: Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short and Best Live Action Short.
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Roundup: Kushner goes to bat for the competition
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:40 am · February 15th, 2013
Also: Ephron to receive WGA tribute, and why Hollywood needs to be stricter.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Supporting Actor
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:48 am · February 13th, 2013
Alan Arkin, Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones and Christoph Waltz square off.
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Tech Support: Wylie Stateman on experiencing sound in a Quentin Tarantino movie
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:41 am · February 12th, 2013
Supervising sound editor Wylie Stateman earned his sixth Oscar nomination this year for “Django Unchained.” The soft-spoken industry veteran has now managed to earn a nomination in four decades – the 1980s (“Born on the Fourth of July”), the 1990s (“Cliffhanger”), the 2000s (“Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Wanted,” “Inglourious Basterds”) and now the 2010s.
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The top 10 shots of 2012: part one
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:31 am · February 12th, 2013
I decided to do something a little different with the shots column this year. I thought I’d go with a metric of instinct rather than analysis.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Cinematography
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:20 am · February 11th, 2013
‘Anna Karenina,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Skyfall’ square off.
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Ben Affleck's 'Argo' wins three BAFTA Awards, including Best Film and Best Director
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:25 pm · February 10th, 2013
The BAFTA Awards went down tonight in London and it’s a big moment in the race. As Guy reminded yesterday in his predictions column, the organization has tailored its process closer to the Academy’s, eliminating branch-voted winners in favor of allowing all members to vote throughout the categories. The result could be some powerful Oscar foreshadowing.
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The Academy teams with Gallery1988 for Best Picture print exhibition
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:18 am · February 8th, 2013
The Academy has teamed up with Gallery1988 in Los Angeles to present a new Oscar-centric exhibition, “For Your Consideration,” featuring originally designed artwork for each of the nine Best Picture nominees this year.
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Roundup: Have the Oscars reconnected with America?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:05 am · February 5th, 2013
Also: The sequels we need to see, and why Jessica Chastain is exhausted.
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'Red Tails' defeats 'Beasts,' 'Django Unchained' and 'Flight' at the NAACP Image Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:43 pm · February 1st, 2013
I suppose it’s a bit of a surprise that the George Lucas-produced “Red Tails” beat out some stiff Oscar competition in Benh Zeitlin’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” and Robert Zemeckis’s “Flight,” so there it is.
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Roundup: Harvey's mea culpa on 'Django' and 'The Master'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:45 am · January 30th, 2013
Also: Streisand to perform at Oscars, and ‘The Sapphires’ sweeps Down Under
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'Silver Linings' big winner at AACTA International Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:15 pm · January 29th, 2013
Australian Academy hands five awards to David O. Russell’s film.
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Roundup: Tim Robbins and Susanne Bier on Berlinale jury
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:30 am · January 28th, 2013
Also: Soderbergh talks not-quite-retirement, and Foster champions Wallis
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Roundup: Bigelow responds to the 'Zero Dark Thirty' debate
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · January 16th, 2013
Also: Picturehouse rises from the ashes, and why the ‘Skyfall’ score should win
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Roundup: On Leonardo DiCaprio's odd Oscar history
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:49 am · January 15th, 2013
Also: The genius of Jodie Foster’s speech, and the oldest living Oscar nominees
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Big moments for Bill Clinton, Jodie Foster and Ben Affleck at the 70th annual Golden Globes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:43 am · January 14th, 2013
It was all smiles at the Warner Bros./In Style party Sunday night as team “Argo” had grabbed yet another one-two Best Picture/Best Director punch after the film’s director Ben Affleck was unceremoniously snubbed from the Oscars’ Best Director line-up late last week.
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