The Boston Online Film Critics Association has named “Zero Dark Thirty” Best Picture of the year. Kathryn Bigelow received Best Director and Jessica Chastain won Best Actress, while Daniel Day-Lewis claimed Best Actor for his work in “Lincoln.”
'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Lincoln' win big with Boston Online Film Critics Association
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:36 am · December 8th, 2012
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Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty' tells it straight, to varying effect
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:53 pm · November 25th, 2012
When Kathryn Bigelow walked away with honors for Best Picture and Best Director at the 2009 Academy Awards, she was the little guy. The narrative was David vs. Goliath as James Cameron’s “Avatar” was the big dog on campus, the money-guzzler, “the future.” This year things are a little different.
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Is Jessica Chastain poised to steal Oscar from Best Actress frontrunner Jennifer Lawrence?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:33 pm · November 20th, 2012
Remember last year when Jessica Chastain was everywhere? She could be back in a big way this season with “Zero Dark Thirty.”
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Off the Carpet: Four score, er, more to go
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:40 am · November 19th, 2012
Four big entries remain — “Django Unchained,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Les Misérables” and “Zero Dark Thirty” — each of them having been watched like a hawk as they race toward completion.
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Roundup: Why Abe isn't gay (or straight) in 'Lincoln'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:45 am · November 15th, 2012
Also: Women vying for foreign Oscar, and Channing Tatum’s first 2012 award
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Roundup: Hollywood Awards do their thing
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · October 26th, 2012
Also: Chastain’s buzz rises, and William Faulkner vs. Woody
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Bryan Cranston, Stephen King, Kristen Wiig among Academy invitees this year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:12 pm · June 29th, 2012
The Academy has announced its annual list of new members, always a fun thing to browse through and say, “Damn, it’s about time,” or, “Jesus, really?”
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Review: 'Lawless' is a rollicking tale of blood, booze and cardigans
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:37 am · May 19th, 2012
The first American film in Competition is a subtext-laden genre treat.
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Cannes Check: John Hillcoat's 'Lawless'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:30 am · May 2nd, 2012
We continue our series of Cannes competition previews with the latest from the director of ‘The Road.’
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The Lists: Top 10 Oscar upsets we'd like to see
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:04 am · February 21st, 2012
With ballots due in a matter of hours, we’re in the home stretch of Oscar season. But while some of the races are decided, that doesn’t mean we’re not crossing our fingers for this upset or that for deserving competitors watching the inevitability from the sidelines.
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Why it should be 'Tree of Life'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:03 am · February 7th, 2012
When the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were announced two weeks ago, there was one Best Picture nominee that yielded a great sigh of relief from me. It was less that I felt it was deserving (it unquestionably is, but to quote “Unforgiven,” deserve’s got nothing to do with it when it comes to the Oscars) than the fact that I was actually going to have something to passionately champion.
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Round-up: 'Introducing' VF's Class of 2012
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:45 am · February 1st, 2012
Also: A detractor defends ‘The Artist,’ and Bond is unshaven, not stirred
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Supporting Actress
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:00 am · January 27th, 2012
Four first-timers, Bérénice Bejo, Jessica Chastain, Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer, join previous nominee Janet McTeer in the Best Supporting Actress Oscar race. We weigh up their chances, and decide who deserves to win.
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Predicting Sunday's SAG Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:29 pm · January 26th, 2012
We handicap the five film categories in the upcoming Screen Actors’ Guild Awards, which should in turn anticipate the Oscar race.
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'Hugo' leads with 11 Oscar nominations, 'War Horse' in, 'Dragon Tattoo' out
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:15 am · January 24th, 2012
The nominees are in and the surprises are few and far between, in my opinion (though others seem to be picking their jaws up off the floor this morning). As indicated yesterday, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” caught fire with voters down the stretch and was very much on their lips. The film turned up in the nine-film Best Picture category today, despite being critically disassembled, and that was pretty much the only eyebrow-raiser of the major categories. The film only showed up in one other category: Best Supporting Actor for Max von Sydow.
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'The Help,' 'Pariah' lead NAACP Image Award nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:20 am · January 20th, 2012
With six and five nominations respectively, “The Help” and “Pariah” represent the yin and yang of current African American-themed cinema, so it’s apt that they should lead the field in the NAACP Image Awards.
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Georgia critics opt for 'Tree of Life,' Binoche and (twice) Pitt
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:57 pm · January 17th, 2012
The Georgia Film Critics’ Association distinguished themselves from the back with a fresh and considered list of nominees — and their winners, announced earlier today, are no less intriguing
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Nevada film critics tap 'Hugo,' Scorsese
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:14 pm · January 14th, 2012
The Nevada Film Critics Society has spoken and “Hugo” was the word on its collective lips. The film won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Child Actor from the group. Meanwhile, Tom Hardy received his first win of the season for his performance in “Warrior.”
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