Mendes will return to the Bond franchise, vow producers

Posted by · 12:25 pm · March 26th, 2013

Oscar-winning director ruled himself out of the next one, but ‘left the door open.’

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Tech Support: Seamus McGarvey on shooting 'Anna Karenina' objectively and subjectively

Posted by · 7:41 am · February 17th, 2013

Joe Wright’s DP of choice picked up his second Oscar nomination to date last month.

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Tech Support: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer on a 'risky' world in 'Anna Karenina'

Posted by · 7:41 am · December 7th, 2012

Is all the world a stage? Well, in Joe Wright’s “Anna Karenina,” the stage became the medium through which the director retold Leo Tolstoy’s classic story. An unusual choice fraught with risks? To be sure. An extraordinary amount of potential? Equally certain. But production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer were tasked with helping Wright’s vision come to fruition. We recently spoke to the duo about their work on the film.

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Tech Support: Jacqueline Durran on playing with history (and Chanel) in 'Anna Karenina'

Posted by · 11:28 am · November 23rd, 2012

The British costume designer seeks her third Oscar nod for Joe Wright’s latest

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Roundup: Can GKIDS crash the animation Oscar race again?

Posted by · 6:17 am · November 14th, 2012

Also: Phoenix makes amends, and the most deserving Best Actor no-hopers.

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Review: All the world really is a stage in adventurous, aloof 'Anna Karenina'

Posted by · 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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First trailer for 'Anna Karenina' paints Keira Knightley against a lavish period backdrop

Posted by · 12:08 pm · June 20th, 2012

One of the films we certainly have our eye on in the upcoming film awards season is Joe Wright’s adaptation of “Anna Karenina” with Keira Knightley in the titular role. If nothing else, we can assume the crafts on display will be lush and exceptional (given the talent involved), and indeed, the first trailer for the film indicates just that.

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