After a strong Cannes debut, the long wait for a distributor is over.
Lionsgate and Roadside adopt 'Mud' for 2013
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:48 am · August 16th, 2012
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Film Society taps David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' for centerpiece NYFF premiere
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:43 pm · August 15th, 2012
It’s been a busy week for Film Society of Lincoln Center, lining up the program for the 50th annual New York Film Festival. Announcements of “Life of Pi” and “Flight” as bookends to the fest already stood out as a major step forward where nabbing exclusive bows was concerned, and today, it’s been revealed that “Not Fade Away” will see its world premiere as a centerpiece presentation.
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Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes dig into 'Great Expectations' in international trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:07 pm · August 14th, 2012
Jeremy Irvine and Holliday Grainger also star in the upcoming TIFF player.
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Could Toronto closer 'Song for Marion' be one to watch?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:53 am · August 14th, 2012
Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp headline the feelgood British drama.
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'Searching for Sugar Man' finally brings an unsung crooner to light back home
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:52 pm · August 13th, 2012
Saturday night I shelled out cash to see Sundance hit “Searching for Sugar Man.” Malik Bendjelloul’s documentary tells the incredible story of musician Sixto Rodriguez, who crashed and burned with record sales in the States in his time (the early 1970s) but became an inspiration for South Africans fighting Apartheid throughout the decade and into the 1980s.
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NYFF bookends with Lee and Zemeckis for a big 50th annual
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:21 pm · August 13th, 2012
In spit-balling the upcoming fall festival circuit in a recent column, I noted that, in my estimation, the New York Film Festival — at least as a launching pad for year-end awards hopefuls — had been underutilized in its time. But things have changed the last few years.
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Venice honors Michael Cimino as 'Heaven's Gate' gets another close-up
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:49 pm · August 13th, 2012
The festival will premiere a restoration of the director’s ill-fated 1980 film.
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Spike Lee joins the listing game
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:40 am · August 10th, 2012
As his latest joint hits theaters, he reveals his Top 15 films on iTunes.
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Jimmy Fallon: 'I won't be hosting the Oscars.'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:03 am · August 8th, 2012
Jimmy Fallon revealed this morning on “The Today Show” that he will not, in fact, be hosting the Oscars this year.
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The Lists: My top 10 films of all time
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:18 am · August 8th, 2012
Guy Lodge reveals how he voted in Sight & Sound’s decennial critics’ poll.
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'Trouble with the Curve' trailer adds Clint Eastwood to the Best Actor race
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:43 pm · August 7th, 2012
So it turns out Clint Eastwood was just kidding when he indicated that “Gran Torino” would be his final on-screen work. A solid Best Actor push from Warner Bros. that year didn’t yield pay dirt, but it got the conversation chugging that the studio is sure to use again this year: He may have four Oscars, but he’s never won for acting.
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Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch passes away aged 68
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:34 pm · August 7th, 2012
‘The Way We Were’ and ‘The Sting’ were among his most memorable screen credits.
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Clint Eastwood's 'Unforgiven' anniversary marks 20 years of the modern western
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:11 pm · August 6th, 2012
Somewhat quietly, it would appear, Clint Eastwood’s western masterwork “Unforgiven” is celebrating its 20th anniversary today.
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'Gatsby' release rescheduled for summer 2013
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:12 am · August 6th, 2012
Baz Luhrmann’s lavish 3D adaptation of the classic novel is out of the 2012 Oscar frame.
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First public screening of 'The Master' happening right now in Santa Monica (UPDATED)
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:58 pm · August 3rd, 2012
Anyone who happened to be on hand at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica this evening for the American Cinematheque unveiling of a new DCP of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” was treated to quite the exciting surprise: the first public screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master.”
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Spike Lee to receive career award at Venice Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:17 am · August 3rd, 2012
Honor coincides with premiere of his new Michael Jackson doc
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The Oscar hosting discussion starts early with Jimmy Fallon
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:27 am · August 3rd, 2012
The talk show host may be a popular pick at home, but what about the rest of us?
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'Vertigo' dethrones 'Citizen Kane' in Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time poll
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:06 am · August 1st, 2012
For the first time in 50 years, the once-a-decade list has a new champion.
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