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After a number of years partnered with VH1 for its annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, the first televised film awards show of the season, the Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced that the 18th annual telecast will be broadcast on The CW network.

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'Tinker Tailor' composer Alberto Iglesias takes top honors at World Soundtrack Awards

Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:44 am · October 22nd, 2012

The Spaniard beats out such rivals as John Williams and Alexandre Desplat.

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Roundup: Audiences still eager for 'Argo'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:30 am · October 22nd, 2012

Also: ‘Mea Maxima Culpa’ to play in Italy, and Sasha Stone’s Oscar dirty dozen

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Spielberg talks 'Lincoln' on '60 Minutes': 'He was a father of a nation in need of repair.'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:27 pm · October 21st, 2012

The director discusses his latest as a personal endeavor.

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'Rust and Bone' and 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' take top honors at BFI London Film Festival

Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:10 am · October 21st, 2012

Alex Gibney’s ‘Mea Maxima Culpa’ takes the documentary prize.

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Review: Spain's lively Oscar entry 'Blancanieves' takes Snow White to the silent era

Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:31 am · October 19th, 2012

The classic fairytale gets a flamenco spin in its third go-round this year.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 92 — Gotham nods, 'Flight,' 'Lincoln' and Best Supporting Actress

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · October 19th, 2012

In this week’s podcast Kris and Anne discuss the freshly announced Gotham nominations, dig in to Robert Zemeckis’s “Flight” and Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” and survey the Best Supporting Actress field.

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Roundup: 'Ted' takes top honors in Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:14 am · October 19th, 2012

Also: New York Critics’ Circle sets a date, and farewell to ‘Emmanuelle’

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US docs 'Mea Maxima Culpa,' 'Central Park Five' and 'West of Memphis' powerfully take on corrupt authorities

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:24 pm · October 18th, 2012

Multiple institutions take a beating in a seething trio of films.

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The Academy unveils vision for motion picture museum

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:51 am · October 18th, 2012

The Academy has taken another big step toward establishing its long-in-the-making motion picture museum right in the heart of Los Angeles. The organization announced today that it has reached its initial goal of $100 million toward a $250 capital campaign to fund the project, which will be housed within the former Wilshire May Company building on the southwest corner of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s campus on Wilshire Blvd.

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