MUD

Casting Society of America nominees range from 'Argo' to 'Mud' to 'Magic Mike'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:55 am · August 19th, 2013

The Artios Awards for film, TV and theater will take place on November 18.

Oscar Talk: 2013 so far, fall festival preview and a look to the season ahead

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:56 am · August 16th, 2013

In the first podcast of the 2013-2014 season, Kris Tapley and Anne Thompson discuss 2013 so far, the fall festival circuit ahead and the upcoming season in general.

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Performances on the lead-supporting bubble dance with category placement this season

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:19 am · August 14th, 2013

This week’s report about Meryl Streep potentially being campaigned in the supporting actress category for her performance in John Wells’ “August: Osage County” reminds of a slew of actors in a similar boat this year, dancing with category selection with arguments to be made on both sides.

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Kirsten Dunst joins Michael Shannon and Joel Edgerton in Jeff Nichols' 'Midnight Special'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:04 pm · August 13th, 2013

The director of ‘Take Shelter’ and ‘Mud’ is back at work.

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On the dismissive attitude toward indie Oscar hopefuls

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:21 pm · August 7th, 2013

I was thinking recently about something that really agitates me when it comes to the awards season, which is this notion that certain accomplishments are instinctively relegated to the “indie” bin of the Independent Spirit Awards or the Gotham Awards, like some ghetto of would-be Oscar contenders.

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Exclusive: Jeff Nichols and Reese Witherspoon talk 'Mud' in this behind-the-scenes clip

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:05 am · August 5th, 2013

The film arrives on DVD/Blu-ray tomorrow.

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Off the Carpet: Half-time

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:06 am · July 1st, 2013

The mid-way point of 2013 is here. How has the first half of the year shaped up for awards hopefuls? A month-by-month dissection answers that very question.

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For Your Consideration: 15 deserving Oscar nominees from 2013 so far

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:48 am · June 27th, 2013

HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood, Guy Lodge and Kristopher Tapley spotlight 15 films, performances and accomplishments from the first half of 2013 that deserve recognition by year’s end.

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Reese Witherspoon to reunite with director James Mangold for 'Three Little Words'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:18 pm · May 6th, 2013

He directed her to an Oscar in ‘Walk the Line,’ so can he get her back on form?

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Tell us what you thought of 'Mud'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:25 am · April 26th, 2013

Jeff Nichols’s latest hits theaters today.

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With 'Dallas Buyers Club' is Focus Features getting its awards slate in order?

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:28 pm · April 23rd, 2013

When actor Matthew McConaughey was doing the awards circuit press rounds last year for his Independent Spirit Award-winning work in “Magic Mike,” he was strikingly thin. The reason for the physical transformation was his role Jean-Marc Vallée’s upcoming “Dallas Buyers Club,” which has just found a home at Focus Features.

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Jeff Nichols on puppy love and writing 'Mud' for Matthew McConaughey over a decade ago

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:49 am · April 11th, 2013

“It’s been a long wait,” writer/director Jeff Nichols says about his upcoming film “Mud,” and indeed it has, on so many levels.

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Jeff Nichols' 'Mud' with Matthew McConaughey gets a poster

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:32 pm · February 4th, 2013

Roadside Attractions has begun its roll-out of “Mud,” which is set for an April 26 release, first with a trailer in advance of the North American premiere at Sundance and now with a sweet poster that puts the film’s star, Matthew McConaughey, front and center.

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