Buzzy Oscar contender “The Artist” added to its trophy cabinet with wins at both the Chicago and Hamptons International Film Festivals last year, while under-the-radar Best Actress hopeful Olivia Colman took a prize for “Tyrannosaur.”
More US festival awards for 'The Artist' and Olivia Colman
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:55 am · October 17th, 2011
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Redgrave and the ladies of 'The Help' lead the conversation on Best Supporting Actress
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:51 am · October 17th, 2011
Rounding out four weeks of performance analysis this week, we turn to Best Adapted Screenplay. Contenders include Vanessa Redgrave, Octavia Spencer, the ubiquitous Jessica Chastain and Shailene Woodley, among others.
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Go behind the scenes of Sean Durkin's 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:19 am · October 17th, 2011
With “Martha Marcy May Marlene” set for limited release this Friday, we bring you an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the film.
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Oscarweb Round-up: The 'Jackie Brown' press tour, 2011 edition
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:23 am · October 17th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Pam Grier continues the “Jackie Brown” Blu-ray press rounds, “The Descendats” star Judy Greer gets some ink for her work in the film and Zachary Quinto bravely comes out of the closet with purpose behind his actions.
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Review: Fun, frisky 'Tintin' pages Indiana Jones
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:55 pm · October 16th, 2011
You’d have been forgiven for thinking that Steven Spielberg had lost his fun gene after “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” — but “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” is a springy, souped-up entertainment that hews far closer to the original Indiana Jones template.
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Review: 'Like Crazy' keeps too level a head
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:08 pm · October 14th, 2011
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, “Like Crazy” offers a credible look at the complications of long-distance romance — but still feels wan and emptily precious in its exploration of this scenario.
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LACMA's live read of 'The Breakfast Club,' directed by 'Young Adult' helmer Jason Reitman
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:06 am · October 14th, 2011
Jason Reitman has announced the first cast member of his live read of “The Breakfast Club” as part of LACMA’s inaugural film series: Patton Oswalt. Others will be announced throughout the week.
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Michael Douglas honored with Santa Barbara Film Festival's Kirk Douglas Award
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:34 am · October 14th, 2011
The Santa Barbara Film Festival honored Michael Douglas Thursday night with the sixth annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film. On hand were Annette Bening and Danny DeVito, among others.
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Oscar Talk: Ep 65 — 'My Week with Marilyn' and 'Hugo' premiere at New York fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:57 am · October 14th, 2011
In this week’s edition of Oscar Talk, Kris and Anne dig in to “My Week with Marilyn” and “Hugo,” which bowed at NYFF earlier in the week.
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Oscarweb Round-up: 'Martha Marcy' media blitz
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:03 am · October 14th, 2011
In today’s round-up, “Martha Marcy May Marlene” star Elizabeth Olsen continues making the rounds, Variety honors Pixar honcho John Lasseter and that lawsuit against “The Hurt Locker” is finally thrown out.
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First trailer for 'Shame' nails the tone
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:29 am · October 14th, 2011
Ahead of its UK debut at the London Film Festival tonight, The Guardian has unveiled the first trailer for Steve McQueen’s fall festival hit “Shame” — with an award-winning performance from Michael Fassbender that could be an Oscar dark horse.
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The Long Shot: Foreign exchange
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:42 pm · October 13th, 2011
This year, however, the stage has been set for the Academy to make more relevant choices than usual in the often-derided Best Foreign Language Film category. The list of 63 contenders announced today includes many critically beloved festival hits, but will voters take the bait?
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Scorsese and Spielberg join in elegy for celluloid
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:51 am · October 13th, 2011
A new exhibition in London celebrates the dying medium of 35mm, and Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg are among its most high-profile advocates — despite both directors entering new technical territory in their latest films.
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Tech Support: 'Tintin' and 'Super 8' stand out among Best Sound Editing contenders
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:23 am · October 13th, 2011
In this week’s Tech Support column, we analyze the Best Sound Editing category. Top contenders include “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” “Super 8” and “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.”
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'Dragon Tattoo' makes its way to graphic novel
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:38 am · October 13th, 2011
It has been announced that DC will release graphic novel versions of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy through its Vertigo imprint, beginning with “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” in 2012.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Will Czech entry 'Alois Nebel' qualify as animated and boost the field?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:08 am · October 13th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Czech foreign film entry “Alois Nebel” declares intentions to submit for animated feature consideration, “Martha Marcy May Marlene” star Elizabeth Olsen is ready for her close-up and Alexander Payne sets out to cast the HELL out of his latest film, “Nebraska.”
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Review: The circle of lifelessness in '360'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:45 am · October 13th, 2011
There are precious few good screenplays that begin with the words, “A wise man once said…”. Peter Morgan’s script for “360,” a vacuous theoretical spin on “La Ronde,” isn’t one of them.
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Glenn Close aims for Best Actress in the first trailer for 'Albert Nobbs'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:19 pm · October 12th, 2011
The new trailer for Glenn Close’s labor of love, “Albert Nobbs,” has finally dropped. Will the performance bring her into Oscar’s lead actress five? Time will tell.
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