If you look here and there on the web these days, you might notice that more than a few outlets are now cooking up their own “top 10 shots of the year” pieces. Here we are in our seventh year of producing such a collective, and it’s nice to see others catch on to the idea: singular images and the thematic impact they make are as subjective as anything else we end up praising at the end of a given year.
The top 10 shots of 2013: part one
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:45 am · February 11th, 2014
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Roundup: Ethical issues invade the Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:58 am · February 3rd, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, two very different scandals — one concerning Woody Allen, the other “Alone Yet Not Alone” — have brought unexpected ethical issues into the Oscar race. Also: Keeping the foreign-language race fair, and a weekend of sad losses.
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Emma Thompson bows out of Santa Barbara film festival honor
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:30 am · January 28th, 2014
Santa Barbara Film Festival Modern Master Award recipient Emma Thompson has bowed out of receiving the honor this year on the heels of missing out on an Oscar nomination for her work in “Saving Mr. Banks.” “Nebraska” star Bruce Dern has been announced as the new honoree.
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Phedon Papamichael on shooting Alexander Payne's black and white vision for 'Nebraska'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:36 am · January 20th, 2014
“Nebraska” DP Phedon Papamichael talks to HitFix about making allowances for color on what always existed in his and director Alexander Payne’s mind as a black and white movie.
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Four films stand atop the industry precursor awards circuit
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:40 pm · January 15th, 2014
With the announcement of the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ Golden Reel Awards nominees this afternoon, all of the various industry guilds and societies have had their say on the season. And it’s just under the wire, too, as we’re all preparing for the Oscar nominations announcement tomorrow morning. So how did the various contenders fare?
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Contender Countdown: Will there be fewer than 9 best picture nominees?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 2:54 pm · January 11th, 2014
With less than a week to go before the Oscar nominations are announced and before anyone gets “confused” by whatever the HFPA decide Sunday night, a last look at the race for best picture.
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'12 Years a Slave' sweeps Iowa critics' awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:57 pm · January 10th, 2014
“12 Years a Slave” won every category it could from the Iowa Film Critics’ Association, while “Nebraska” and “American Hustle” were repeated runners-up.
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'Captain Phillips,' 'American Hustle' and 'Breaking Bad' nominated for 2014 ACE Eddie Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 am · January 10th, 2014
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) organization has announced nominees for the 64th annual ACE Eddie Awards, and “American Hustle” has predictably kept its strong guild showing going with a notice in the comedy or musical category.
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Tech Support: Final predictions for Best Cinematography, Makeup, Score, Song and Visual Effects
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:16 pm · January 9th, 2014
Here we go again. A week from today, the nominees for the 86th annual Academy Awards will be announced. Here at Tech Support, we’ve analyzed each of the 10 crafts categories, and interviewed several of the contenders. It’s now a waiting game with final calls to be made. Today, we take a final look at the fields of cinematography, music, makeup and hairstyling and visual effects.
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American Society of Cinematographers nominate 'The Grandmaster,' 'Gravity'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:24 am · January 8th, 2014
A three-way tie makes for seven nominees for this year’s ASC Awards, including “Gravity,” “12 Years a Slave” and “The Grandmaster.”
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Predicting tomorrow's BAFTA nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:30 pm · January 7th, 2014
Guy Lodge offers his predictions for tomorrow’s BAFTA nominations. ’12 Years a Slave’ will dominate, but should we be looking out for ‘Philomena?’
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Hanks, McConaughey and more take stock of a great year for movies at Palm Springs awards gala
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:54 pm · January 4th, 2014
The 25th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala was held Saturday night and a wide array of stars came out to fete and be feted. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Jane Fonda, Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, U2’s Bono, Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep were just a few on hand as the Oscar season dived headlong into the new year.
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'Dallas Buyers Club,' 'Lone Survivor,' 'Wolf of Wall Street' land WGA nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:09 am · January 3rd, 2014
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced this year’s list of narrative and documentary feature screenplay nominees, and given the wave of ineligibilities, which included such Oscar players as “12 Years a Slave,” “Philomena” and “Fruitvale Station,” it was a much smaller crop for the guild to choose from.
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Previewing the 2014 WGA nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:49 pm · January 2nd, 2014
Tomorrow brings the WGA nominations, with the unusual selection of ineligibilities that distinguish them from other Guild honors. So which films will benefit? We offer our predictions.
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'American Hustle,' 'Gravity' and '12 Years a Slave' earn PGA nods
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:03 am · January 2nd, 2014
The Producers Guild of America announced the 10 nominees for theatrical picture and animated picture today for the upcoming 25th PGA Awards and familiar names such as “American Hustle,” “Gravity,” “12 Years A Slave,” “The Croods” and “Frozen” made the cut.
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'12 Years,' 'Her' lead Central Ohio critics nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:40 am · December 29th, 2013
As the year ticks to a close, the Central Ohio Film Critics Association has collectively spoken up with its list of nominees, and “12 Years a Slave” led the way with nine mentions. “Her” was a few steps behind with seven. Actors recognized for superlative bodies of work in 2013 include Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jennifer Lawrence.
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Exclusive: Bruce Dern explains his 'Nebraska' character's backstory on 'Inside the Actors Studio'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:57 pm · December 25th, 2013
In advance of his Dec. 26 homecoming episode of “Inside the Actors Studio” with James Lipton, Bruce Dern explains the backstory he concocted for his “Nebraska” character in an exclusive clip from the discussion.
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'12 Years' leads Vancouver critics nods, 'The Dirties' tops in Canadian film sidebar
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:07 am · December 23rd, 2013
It was business as usual in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s announcement of nominees this morning, as Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” led the way with six notices. Bradley Cooper got a bid for his supporting “American Hustle” performance and Greta Gerwig showed up in Best Actress for her work in “Frances Ha.” Matt Johnson’s “The Dirties” led the field of Canadian film nominees.
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