“12 Years a Slave” has picked up yet another Best Picture prize from a critics organization, as the Gay & Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) tapped it the year’s best for 2013. Oscar frontrunners Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett won top acting honors, while “Blue is the Warmest Color” received a pair of prizes including LGBT Film of the Year. HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra” and Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” picked up awards in the TV categories, including a tie for TV Drama of the Year.
'12 Years a Slave' and 'Blue is the Warmest Color' win with Gay and Lesbian critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:44 pm · January 22nd, 2014
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Roundup: Almodóvar to be honored at European Film Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:41 am · September 18th, 2013
Also: Towne joins ‘Mad Men,’ and the best of the worst of ‘Diana.’
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Latvia's 'Mother, I Love You' the latest child-focused entry in foreign Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:55 pm · September 11th, 2013
Coming-of-age tale won awards at the Berlin and Los Angeles fests.
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Where will Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher' end up?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:20 pm · June 27th, 2013
With a full slate of films to campaign and market this fall, Sony Pictures may be moving Bennett Miller’s “Foxcatcher” to art house shingle Sony Pictures Classics for distribution, or the film could be held for 2014 release.
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With 'I'm So Excited!' on the way, Pedro Almodóvar's 10 best films
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:52 pm · June 24th, 2013
With ‘I’m So Excited!’ out on Friday, we look back on the Spaniard’s best work.
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Review: The title is wishful thinking in Almodóvar's flat, unfunny 'I'm So Excited!'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:40 am · June 7th, 2013
Spanish auteur hits a career low in this low-energy throwback to his early work.
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LA film fest announces 2013 line-up: 'Fruitvale Station,' 'Only God Forgives,' 'Way, Way Back'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:13 am · May 1st, 2013
Film Independent has revealed the line-up for this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival, cherry-picking this and that from Sundance and Cannes with a few other things thrown in here and there.
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Almodóvar's 'I'm So Excited!' to open Los Angeles Film Festival in June
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:19 am · April 10th, 2013
The Spanish’s veteran’s new comedy is already out in Europe.
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Seatbacks and tray tables up as the trailer for Pedro Almodóvar's 'I'm So Excited' hits
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:11 am · March 1st, 2013
We might expect to see Pedro Almodóvar’s “I’m So Excited,” which hits theaters on June 28, at the Cannes Film Festival. Almodóvar’s last film, “The Skin I Live In,” premiered on the Croisette and news of his latest emanated from the fest in 2012.
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Sony Classics sets release dates for 'Before Midnight,' 'I'm So Excited' and 'Blue Jasmine'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:55 pm · February 6th, 2013
Will the summer bows be remembered when awards season rolls around?
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Stephen Frears, Jean-Paul Gaultier and others honor Pedro Almodóvar at Academy tribute
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:20 pm · December 16th, 2012
The two-time Oscar winner was toasted by AMPAS on Thursday in London.
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