In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss Ben Affleck’s DGA victory, the annual nominees luncheon and the recently held Annie and Visual Effects Society Awards and analyze the Best Animated Short category.
Oscar Talk: Ep. 105 — Affleck wins another and the nominees do lunch
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · February 8th, 2013
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Roundup: Inside the minds of three Oscar voters
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 am · February 8th, 2013
Also: The politics of the In Memoriam montage, and ‘Lincoln’ vs. Connecticut
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'Cloud Atlas,' 'Impossible,' 'Life of Pi,' 'Lincoln' lead International Film Music nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:38 am · February 7th, 2013
Sometimes I feel like it would be helpful for the International Film Music Critics Association to release its list of nominees prior to the Oscar nominations. There is no real “precursor” to help understand what the music branch might be thinking. Then again, as evidenced by this year’s slate, maybe they wouldn’t be that helpful at all. A critics group’s choices are bound to differ from a group of composers’ choices, and so it has this year.
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'Life of Pi' and 'Brave' rule the 11th annual Visual Effects Society Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:39 pm · February 5th, 2013
It was a predictably great night for “Life of Pi” at tonight’s Visual Effects Society Awards as the film picked up four prizes, including the big daddy, Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture. Not only that, but as previously announced, the film’s director, Ang Lee, received the Society’s Visionary Award.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Music – Original Score
Posted by gerardkennedy · 2:21 pm · February 4th, 2013
Best Original Score, are you ever predictable. This year’s nominees are not diverse in terms of being films not cited in other categories – Best Picture nominees took three of the spots, while the other two contenders are from films that have nine nominations between them. Also predictably, only one first-time nominee is in the mix. Diversity was nonetheless made up for in the nationalities of the composers (four countries represented) and the locales of the nominated films – the nominees are set on three different continents and the movies’ themes resulted in Russian, Indian and Persian influences, among others, on the music.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Music – Original Song
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:45 am · February 4th, 2013
‘Chasing Ice,’ ‘Les Mis,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Ted’ square off.
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Ben Affleck, Lena Dunham, Rian Johnson win Directors Guild awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:32 pm · February 2nd, 2013
Check off one more box on the “Argo” industry tour of awards season goodies. The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has crowned Ben Affleck with the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, this just a week removed from big wins from the Producers and Screen Actors Guilds.
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'Anna Karenina,' 'Life of Pi' and 'Skyfall' win at the 17th annual Art Directors Guild Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:13 pm · February 2nd, 2013
The 17th annual Art Directors Guild awards were also held this evening. On the film side, as always, awards were given in three categories: period, fantasy and contemporary.
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Off the Carpet: Ang Lee's position in all of this
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:31 am · January 28th, 2013
Lately I’ve been curious about the Best Director race. With an “Argo” win would obviously come a split director decision (unless that write-in stuff finds traction). My instinct has been Steven Spielberg, because “Lincoln” is a hell of an accomplishment and even if I’m betting “Argo” will reap the benefits of the preferential ballot system (born out by its victory Saturday), it still makes sense for Spielberg to get some love. But what about Ang Lee?
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 103 — Sundance reflections, PGA and SAG Awards preview
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:39 pm · January 25th, 2013
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss this year’s Sundance Film Festival and preview the upcoming PGA and SAG Awards.
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Tech Support: Claudio Miranda on effects and 3D photography in 'Life of Pi'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:26 pm · January 24th, 2013
Ang Lee’s DP is the frontrunner for the Best Cinematographer Oscar.
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'Amour,' 'Life of Pi,' 'The Master' win big as London critics spread the love
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:32 pm · January 20th, 2013
Daniel Day-Lewis misses a rare stop on the precursor trail.
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'Argo,' 'Life of Pi,' 'The Hobbit' and 'Skyfall' lead with MPSE nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:43 am · January 18th, 2013
This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Sound Editing were “Argo,” “Django Unchained,” “Life of Pi,” “Skyfall” and “Zero Dark Thirty.” Though intriguingly, even with inflated categories including eight nominees, Kathryn Bigelow’s bin Laden manhunt effort failed to receive a notice in the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) Golden Reel Awards nominations, revealed today.
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Roundup: A write-in vote for Ben Affleck?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:05 am · January 18th, 2013
Also: Cinema in the Obama era, and the dark side of the festival circuit.
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'Perks of Being a Wallflower' joins Oscar nominees on list of 25th USC Scripter finalists
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · January 15th, 2013
The USC Scripter Awards is celebrating its silver anniversary this year. And in this 25th year, the USC Libraries’ set of nominees is reflective of a very competitive year as, for the first time ever, a tie resulted in six nominees as opposed to the usual five.
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Big moments for Bill Clinton, Jodie Foster and Ben Affleck at the 70th annual Golden Globes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:43 am · January 14th, 2013
It was all smiles at the Warner Bros./In Style party Sunday night as team “Argo” had grabbed yet another one-two Best Picture/Best Director punch after the film’s director Ben Affleck was unceremoniously snubbed from the Oscars’ Best Director line-up late last week.
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'Django' is Tarantino's biggest hit and 'Lincoln' crosses $150 mil as Best Picture nominees storm the box office this year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:06 am · January 13th, 2013
This is the story of the season.
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Nine double-dipping Oscar nominees have multiple shots on goal this year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:22 pm · January 11th, 2013
Another year, another set of Oscar nominees. And while all are lucky to be in the mix, some are twice as lucky. There are always a few double dippers each year, individuals recognized in multiple categories or, sometimes, twice in the same category. So who’s in the club this time around?
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