Things haven’t exactly gone swimmingly for Paul Haggis since he won that contentious Best Picture Oscar for “Crash” nearly eight years ago. Clint Eastwood’s “Letters from Iwo Jima” nabbed him another writing nod a year later, and a pair of new-model Bond films kept him ticking over, but on the directorial side of things, it’s […]
Sony Classics comes to the rescue of Paul Haggis' 'Third Person'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:38 pm · November 7th, 2013
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Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo reunite for Martin Luther King drama 'Selma'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:40 pm · July 11th, 2013
The director and actor collaborated on 2012 Sundance winner ‘Middle of Nowhere.’
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10 outside-the-box considerations as the Academy votes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:12 pm · December 18th, 2012
With ballots in Academy members hands as of yesterday, the great settling is off and running. Various critics groups and top 10 lists have narrowed the pile enough that voters have a pretty good idea of the landscape in each category. More than that, “frontrunners” have staked their claim on the race, leaving precious little space for dark horses to maneuver.
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Open Road brings Joe Carnahan's 'The Grey' back around for awards consideration
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:16 pm · December 4th, 2012
The studio is also re-expanding ‘End of Watch’ in theaters.
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Christopher Nolan talks Bond, Heath Ledger and his 'Dark Knight' trilogy at Lincoln Center
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:12 am · November 29th, 2012
“The Dark Knight Rises” director Christopher Nolan stopped by the Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater Wednesday night for one of the Film Society’s “An Evening with…” events. Scott Foundas moderated the discussion, which didn’t focus on Nolan’s full career, but rather, his experience with the character of Batman across a trilogy of films that has changed the landscape of blockbuster filmmaking and, indeed, the awards race itself.
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Roundup: What great genre-film performances deserve some love this year?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:54 am · November 19th, 2012
Also: Playing down the ‘Skyfall’ Oscar buzz, and a look at the doc feature race
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Off the Carpet: When to strike
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:14 pm · September 25th, 2012
Early-year releases and 2013 bum-ups find room to maneuver this season.
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The Long Shot: Searching for sleepers in the Oscar guessing game
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:34 am · June 11th, 2012
As early Oscar charts hype up juggernauts like “Lincoln” and “Les Misérables,” what’s this year’s little engine that could?
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Would ‘The Grey’ have been in the Oscar hunt if it had a qualifying run?
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:24 am · January 26th, 2012
Would “The Grey” have been an awards contender had it launched in Toronto as planned?
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Oscarweb Round-up: Longing for indies of old
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 23rd, 2011
In today’s round-up, Ryan Gibey pines across the pond for the American indie cinema of 20 years past, Patrick Goldstein sees a story of outsider innovation in “Moneyball” and everyone’s talking about the Best Actor race in one way or another.
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