As the season hums to life at the start of the fall festival circuit, it’s time to take a look at the Best Original Song race and figure out what we’re working with.
Calling all Best Original Song contenders
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:32 pm · September 6th, 2012
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New 'Cloud Atlas' trailer drops in advance of Toronto bow
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:49 am · September 6th, 2012
Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer are all set to blow Toronto audiences’ minds with the premiere of “Cloud Atlas” in a few short days. Everything I’ve heard about the ambitious ensemble project ends up pointing to “it’s not for everyone,” but each new nugget certainly makes me think it’ll be for me.
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Review: Redford's 'The Company You Keep' hangs with the right crowd
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:38 am · September 6th, 2012
The are few surprises in this enjoyably old-fashioned thriller, save for the cast itself.
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Honorary Oscars go to Katzenberg, Needham, Pennebaker and Stevens
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:13 pm · September 5th, 2012
Doris Day and Angela Lansbury, among others, passed over once again.
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Academy to celebrate 30th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's 'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:17 pm · September 5th, 2012
Palo Alto screening will take place on September 28.
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Interview: Stephen Chbosky on Pittsburgh toughness and 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:19 am · September 5th, 2012
When you’ve written a hit novel that has taken on a life of its own and become a beloved modern classic, translating it to film might render a bit of nervousness — particularly if you’re taking on the task yourself.
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'Amour' wins FIPRESCI Grand Prix for Film of the Year
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:12 am · September 5th, 2012
The international critics’ prize honors the best film premiered in the past 12 months.
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Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' trailer coming September 13
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:21 pm · September 4th, 2012
Google+ event to be broadcast in Times Square.
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Austria enters Haneke's 'Amour' in the foreign Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:03 am · September 4th, 2012
A foreign-language nod is likely, but can it cross over into the general race?
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Venice: 'Something in the Air' and 'Fill the Void'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:50 am · September 4th, 2012
Moving away from the American contingent of this year’s Venice lineup with reviews of French and Israeli competition entries.
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Off the Carpet: Telluride wraps, Toronto approaches
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:43 am · September 3rd, 2012
The season is here. “Argo” has sounded the starting gun in the mountains of Telluride while “The Master” has made a strong case on the Lido of Venice. Where will we go from here?
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Wrapping up the 39th annual Telluride Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:23 am · September 3rd, 2012
Things are pretty much wrapping up at the 39th annual. Monday is generally a great time for catch-up, as the schedule is filled in with repeat showings. Unfortunately, I tend to leave on Monday afternoon each year, so I don’t get to use the day productively. But nine-and-a-half movies over the three-day spread is good enough for me. (I won’t knock the movie I walked out of. I’ll come back to it at some point, as it’s generated interesting split reactions.)
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A Telluride time-out with Ron Fricke's 'Baraka'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:11 pm · September 2nd, 2012
I’ve recognized over the last few years that sometime Sunday afternoon at the Telluride fest, I find myself yearning for a break, something different, something I don’t feel compelled to write about. Of course, I’ll often find myself wanting to write about it anyway, but the lack of obligation going in is the real gift. Last year is was the presentation of a restored version of Georges Méliès’s “A Trip to the Moon.” This year it was a 70mm presentation of Ron Fricke’s “Baraka.”
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Review: All the world really is a stage in adventurous, aloof 'Anna Karenina'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:20 pm · September 2nd, 2012
The design is dazzling, but the passion muted, in a creative adaptation of the Tolstoy tome.
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On Adam Driver and Michael Shannon, 'Frances Ha' and 'The Iceman'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:44 am · September 2nd, 2012
Charisma on two levels in Telluride.
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Review: 'To the Wonder' is Terrence Malick's typically enchanted Tree of Love
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:16 am · September 2nd, 2012
Heartfelt song to personal and spiritual intimacy proves predictably divisive at Venice press screening.
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Provocative and revealing 'Gatekeepers' argues futility of an eye for an eye
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:54 pm · September 1st, 2012
Fewer movies are going to be as important and provocative at this year’s Telluride Film Festival than Dror Moreh’s “The Gatekeepers.” The documentary filmmaker was granted an extraordinary amount of access to six former heads of Shin Bet, the ultra-secretive Israeli intelligence agency, and turned out a striking, candid assessment of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from those with the very power to dictate what can and cannot be divulged.
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Does WB have an Oscar thoroughbred on its hands with Ben Affleck's 'Argo?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:57 pm · September 1st, 2012
“Argo” is another step up for Ben Affleck, who continues to grow as a filmmaker and surprise not just formally but with his adeptness at handling ensembles as well. And that’s what “Argo” is: an organic, finely tuned ensemble where no one really stands out from the pack. And that’s not a bad thing, particularly for a film that is very much about the efforts of the many.
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