Roundup: 'Rise of the Guardians' to be rewarded in Rome

Posted by · 4:46 am · October 3rd, 2012

Also: Ford on dressing Bond, and ‘Looper’ for Best Picture

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The Lists: Top 10 Nicole Kidman performances

Posted by · 1:00 pm · October 2nd, 2012

As the actress is honored at the NYFF, we round up her career highlights.

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Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' roars into the Oscar season

Posted by · 10:10 am · September 28th, 2012

Translating Yann Martel’s award-winning novel “Life of Pi” to film has proven to be a daunting task for filmmakers kicking the tires on it for the better part of a decade, but in the hands of someone like Ang Lee, it was already getting off on the right foot.

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Roundup: Awaiting the New York premiere of 'Life of Pi'

Posted by · 5:55 am · September 28th, 2012

Also: ‘Life rights’ in ‘The Hurt Locker,’ and Kylie talks ‘Holy Motors.’

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The Denzel Washington Best Actor push takes 'Flight'

Posted by · 6:49 pm · September 9th, 2012

There’s a foundation being laid. We’ve had Denzel Washington tapped for potential Best Actor consideration every since we first launched the Contenders section for the 2012-2013 Oscar season, but you can finally see the gears turning on the upcoming campaign.

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Baumbach, Chase, De Palma, Kiarostami and Zemeckis set for NYFF programs

Posted by · 3:24 pm · August 27th, 2012

The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today a bunch more goodies for the upcoming 50th annual New York Film Festival.

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NYFF adds tributes to the program for the first time

Posted by · 9:41 am · August 21st, 2012

This year’s New York Film Festival just keeps expanding. Yesterday it was revealed that anniversary screenings of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Lawrence of Arabia” and “The Princess Bride” would be on the docket for the 50th annual, and today, it’s been revealed that, like Telluride and AFI Fest, NYFF has added a tribute element to its proceedings.

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'Amour,' 'Hyde Park on Hudson' and more set for 2012 NY fest

Posted by · 12:22 pm · August 16th, 2012

Okay, so, I said it yesterday, but to reiterate: a busy week for NYFF. Robert Zemeckis’s “Flight,” Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” and David Chase’s “Not Fade Away” have been tapped for big world premieres, and today, the full line-up has been unveiled by Film Society of Lincoln Center.

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Film Society taps David Chase's 'Not Fade Away' for centerpiece NYFF premiere

Posted by · 2:43 pm · August 15th, 2012

It’s been a busy week for Film Society of Lincoln Center, lining up the program for the 50th annual New York Film Festival. Announcements of “Life of Pi” and “Flight” as bookends to the fest already stood out as a major step forward where nabbing exclusive bows was concerned, and today, it’s been revealed that “Not Fade Away” will see its world premiere as a centerpiece presentation.

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NYFF bookends with Lee and Zemeckis for a big 50th annual

Posted by · 7:21 pm · August 13th, 2012

In spit-balling the upcoming fall festival circuit in a recent column, I noted that, in my estimation, the New York Film Festival — at least as a launching pad for year-end awards hopefuls — had been underutilized in its time. But things have changed the last few years.

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Fall fests set to fire the Oscar starting gun

Posted by · 11:14 am · July 30th, 2012

Now that the first wave of festival announcements has hit, let’s take a look at things.

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Oscar Talk: Ep 65 — 'My Week with Marilyn' and 'Hugo' premiere at New York fest

Posted by · 7:57 am · October 14th, 2011

In this week’s edition of Oscar Talk, Kris and Anne dig in to “My Week with Marilyn” and “Hugo,” which bowed at NYFF earlier in the week.

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Oscarweb Round-up: McQueen's De Niro

Posted by · 7:07 am · October 12th, 2011

In today’s round-up, Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen reunite and “The Ides of March” pays homage to Shepard Fairey, among other stories.

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Oscarweb Round-up: NYFFers react to 'Hugo'

Posted by · 7:09 am · October 11th, 2011

In today’s round-up, New York Film Festival attendees react to Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo,” a Detroit woman has the gall to sue the distributor of “Drive” for not getting a dumbed-down chase movie and David Fincher launches yet another dubious viral site for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”

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Go behind the scenes of Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo'

Posted by · 12:44 pm · October 10th, 2011

With Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” set to screen as a work-in-progress tonight at the New York Film Festival, a new clip offering a behind the scenes glimpse of the film has hit the net.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 64 — Digging into the lead categories

Posted by · 7:54 am · October 7th, 2011

In today’s podcast, we dig in on the lead actor and lead actress categories, discuss Roman Polanski’s NYFF opener “Carnage” and the critical reception of “The Ides of March,” opening today.

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Reviewing NYFF across space and time

Posted by · 10:22 am · October 3rd, 2011

We may not be attending the New York Film Festival, here’s a round-up of the festival titles we’ve already seen and reviewed at In Contention, including such films as “The Artist,” “The Descendants,” “A Separation” and “Carnage.”

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