In just three weeks we’ve gone from zero to a hundred on the circuit as the film awards landscape has been sculpted into a bit of a consensus in these waning moments of 2011. Let’s see what that consensus appears to be.
Off the Carpet: Setting the field with the precursors so far
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:41 am · December 19th, 2011
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'The Artist' wins five from St. Louis critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:04 am · December 19th, 2011
After submitting nominees last week, the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association has picked “The Artist” as this year’s Best Picture winner. Michel Hazanavicius won Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for the film, while Rooney Mara was singled out for her performance in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
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Southeastern film critics go for 'Descendants,' Scorsese, Clooney, Streep
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:47 am · December 19th, 2011
The Southeastern Film Critics Association has crowned “The Descendants” the year’s best film, but with no awards for “The Artist,” one wonders if the high on that film is subsiding.
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Dallas-Fort Worth critics REALLY like 'The Descendants'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:28 am · December 16th, 2011
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association has picked its jumped into the fray with a list of winners and it’s rather clear they kind of had a thing for Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants.” The film won awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay. Check out the full list below.
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'The Artist' leads with six Golden Globe nods, Spielberg snubbed
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:27 am · December 15th, 2011
‘The Descendants’ and ‘The Help’ followed with five nominations apiece, but it’s George Clooney’s “The Ides of March,” with four, that is the morning’s big comeback kid.
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'The Artist,' Scorsese, Pitt and Williams win top honors from Boston critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:29 am · December 11th, 2011
“The Artist” has won Best Picture from the Boston Society of Film Critics. “Hugo” and “Margaret” were close runners-up, and indeed, both looked like favorites throughout the vote until the last prize was handed out.
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Octavia Spencer to receive Breakthrough Award at Palm Springs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:09 am · December 8th, 2011
It’s never too late to be recognized as a “breakthrough performer”: 15 years after making her screen debut, “The Help” supporting star Octavia Spencer has been honored with the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs festival.
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'The Artist' and George Clooney come out on top with D.C. critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:14 am · December 5th, 2011
The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association has given its Best Picture prize to “The Artist,” after the film nailed down eight nominations from the organization over the weekend.
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'Hugo' leaps into the Best Picture race with National Board of Review win
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:17 am · December 1st, 2011
Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” has been tapped as the best film of the year by the National Board of Review. George Clooney took Best Actor honors for “The Descendants” and Tilda Swinton walked away with Best Actress for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
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Michelle Williams, George Clooney, Michel Hazanavicius set for Palm Springs awards
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:04 pm · November 24th, 2011
Michelle Williams, George Clooney, “The Artist” director Michel Hazanavicius and more are set for Palm Springs honors, just another stop on the way to Oscar.
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The Long Shot: Down on 'Descendants'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:17 pm · November 23rd, 2011
Showered with critical praise, Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” is currently regarded as one of the frontrunners for Oscar glory — but is its obliviously compromised humanism what might really appeal to the Academy?
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Descendants'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:42 am · November 18th, 2011
The film hits theaters this week.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Clooney cheers on the competition
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:20 am · November 16th, 2011
Ask most awards analysts who the current frontrunners for the Best Actor Oscar are, and you’ll probably get some combination of the names George Clooney, Jean Dujardin and Brad Pitt. Clooney probably knows that, which is why it’s both magnanimous and, who knows, perhaps slyly strategic for him to name Dujardin and Pitt’s performances, in […]
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The Lists: Top 10 George Clooney performances
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:36 pm · November 15th, 2011
With “The Ides of March” in theaters and “The Descendants” on the way, we take a look at George Clooney’s best work to date. Performances that made the cut include roles in “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “Three Kings” and “Michael Clayton.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: Murphygate
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:08 am · November 10th, 2011
In today’s round-up, well, there is plenty of discussion regarding Eddie Murphy’s bowing out as Oscar host, George Clooney says he’ll be “shocked” if “The Descendants” isn’t nominated for Oscar and Mia Wasikowska hits the circuit to talk “Jane Eyre” and “Albert Nobbs.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: 'Close Encounters' for the first time in a long time
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:04 am · November 3rd, 2011
In today’s round-up, Nathaniel Rogers reminisces with “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” reactions to “War Horse” pop up from public screenings around the country and Sasha Stone writes a loving tribute to Gil Cates.
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Oscarweb Round-up: More on 2011 as 'the year of The Beard'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:03 am · October 31st, 2011
In today’s round-up, Michael Cieply catches on to “The Year of The Beard,” the original music of “Albert Nobbs” owes plenty to Skype and production of “Iron Man 3” will head to North Carolina.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Protesting 'Anonymous'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:45 am · October 25th, 2011
In today’s round-up, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is protesting “Anonymous” in a curious fashion, Steve Jobs is on a list of potential writers of a Steve Jobs biopic and “The Artist” takes yet another audience award.
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