Oscar-nominated actress Carey Mulligan talks to us about her uncharacteristically abrasive role in the Coen Brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis,” as well as the directors that she’ll follow anywhere.
Carey Mulligan on finding her inner Mumford in 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:35 pm · December 2nd, 2013
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Cannes Review: 'Only God Forgives' is a sleek, virtually non-narrative blood ballet
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:05 am · May 22nd, 2013
Come for the Gosling-Refn reunion, stay for the craft and Kristin Scott Thomas.
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Gosling and Scott Thomas whet our appetite in new clips for 'Only God Forgives'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:30 pm · April 29th, 2013
Is the classy British star the secret weapon of Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest?
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Ryan Gosling wants to fight in the trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Only God Forgives'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:31 pm · April 3rd, 2013
Will we see this one at Cannes?
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Review: Stylish, strutting 'Killing Them Softly' too tough for subtext
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:32 am · May 22nd, 2012
Andrew Dominik’s latest brings latter-day capitalist concerns to a sleek 1970s homage.
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Does Oscar hate genre?
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:51 am · February 26th, 2012
As we cusp on the climax of the awards season we ask: where is the love – for genre?
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Box office and Oscar, from 'Deathly Hallows' to 'Tree of Life'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:21 am · February 26th, 2012
It’s Oscar Sunday and by tonight, it’ll be all done but the cryin’, as they say. But as we gear up for today’s festivities, I thought I’d take a look at the box office of this year’s Oscar nominees for the first time this season.
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John Williams wins five awards from International Film Music critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:19 am · February 24th, 2012
The International Film Music Critics Association has offered up the final precursor awards announcement of the season as we head into the weekend, which will bring the Independent Spirit Awards and, finally, the Oscars. And John Williams had a great day, it turns out.
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Tech Support: Final predictions and analysis for 2011, from 'Hugo' to…'Hugo'
Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:25 am · February 23rd, 2012
Final guesses on this year’s crop of below-the-line contenders.
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Round-up: On the Viola-Meryl pact
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:18 am · February 23rd, 2012
Also: ‘Drive”s lone Oscar nominee, and predicting by mathematics
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The Long Shot: Don't go to bed angry
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:35 pm · February 22nd, 2012
It seems every critic or blogger has an issue with this year’s Oscar race — so why do I feel oddly content ahead of Sunday’s proceedings?
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International Cinephile Society awards 'A Separation,' 'The Tree of Life'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:59 pm · February 22nd, 2012
The International Cinephile Society is the last critics’ group to announce their winners for 2011, and they made it count with some highly original picks.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Director
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:45 am · February 22nd, 2012
As was the case last year, this year’s Best Director race pits one foreign first-time nominee against a quartet of more established American auteurs — will the outsider emerge victorious again? We examine who will win, and who should.
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The Lists: Top 10 Oscar upsets we'd like to see
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:04 am · February 21st, 2012
With ballots due in a matter of hours, we’re in the home stretch of Oscar season. But while some of the races are decided, that doesn’t mean we’re not crossing our fingers for this upset or that for deserving competitors watching the inevitability from the sidelines.
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Cannes regains its Oscar foresight
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:43 pm · February 20th, 2012
With “The Tree of Life” the first Cannes Palme d’Or winner in nine years to receive a Best Picture nomination, and “The Artist” set to join the short list of top Oscar champs that debuted on the Croisette, was the French festival last year’s most important Oscar hunting ground?
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The top 10 shots of 2011: part one
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:58 am · February 14th, 2012
They’re heeeeeeerrrrreeeeee. That’s right, the images have been assembled, the conversations have been had and the top 10 shots of 2011 are ready for their close-up (or over the shoulder, or two-shot, or insert, etc.).
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Sound Editing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:37 am · February 10th, 2012
The sound categories really were interesting and all over the place this year. In the sound editing field, we have just two of the nine Best Picture nominees represented, one surprise (for some) show for a Cannes hit that was expected to show up elsewhere, a franchise entry that deserves more love than it’ll get and a tip of the hat to a Best Picture snubee that actually showed up in both sound fields.
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Round-up: Playing off the Academy's music branch
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 am · January 27th, 2012
Also: Ebert on Farhadi, and the geography of Oscar
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