'Lincoln' finally wins a critics award for Best Picture, from Dallas-Ft. Worth

Posted by · 7:26 am · December 18th, 2012

After sitting idly by and watching films like “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Argo” reap most of the critics’ Best Picture awards, Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” finally has one of its own, from the Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association. The film won Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in addition to Best Picture, but fell to Kathryn Bigelow in the Best Director category.

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Indiana Film Journalists Association goes its own way, crowns 'Safety Not Guaranteed'

Posted by · 10:27 am · December 17th, 2012

Well if you were looking for someone, anyone, to just go the least bit against the grain, the Iindiana Film Journalists Association is here to save the day. After announcing nominees last week, the group has handed Best Picture honors to Colin Trevorrow’s “Safety Not Guaranteed,” making it just one more film to win such honors in a year that is spreading the love quite a bit.

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'Amour,' 'The Master' win big with Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Posted by · 1:54 pm · December 9th, 2012

Over a week after their colleagues on the east coast went in big for Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty,” the Los Angeles Film Critics Association put the brakes on Kathryn Bigelow’s film, which has been dominating the circuit. It even won two Best Picture prizes today, but one of them was not LAFCA’s crown. Instead, the LA critics went with Michael Haneke’s “Amour,” and as a runner-up, a film clearly beloved by the group that won four other prizes, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

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'Searching for Sugar Man' tops 2012 IDA Awards

Posted by · 9:43 pm · December 7th, 2012

Perceived Oscar frontrunner “Searching for Sugarman” took top honors at the International Documentary Association Awards this evening. The portrait of long-“lost” recording artist Rodriguez also won Best Music. “How to Survive a Plague” director David France won an award for emerging talent while last year’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary Short, “Saving Face,” won in the shorts category.

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'Central Park Five,' 'Queen of Versailles,' 'West of Memphis' shafted by Academy's doc branch

Posted by · 12:29 pm · December 3rd, 2012

15 titles proceed in a competitive year for the category.

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'Gatekeepers,' 'Sugar Man' among list of PGA documentary feature nominees

Posted by · 9:09 am · December 1st, 2012

Nominees for the documentary feature category were announced this week by the Producers Guild of America.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 97 — 'Les Misérables' and 'Zero Dark Thirty' enter the season

Posted by · 8:00 am · November 30th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne speak up on two of the season’s most anticipated entries, “Les Miserables” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” mull over the implications of the Gothams and Spirits and chew on the Best Documentary Feature category.

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Roundup: On the power of the critical pan

Posted by · 2:48 am · November 26th, 2012

Also: ‘Silver Linings’ vs. the heavier contenders, and ‘Sugar Man’ wins again

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'Best Exotic,' 'The Imposter' among British Independent Film Award nominees

Posted by · 6:25 am · November 5th, 2012

Elle Fanning, Meryl Streep and Judi Dench nab acting nods.

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'The Imposter' and 'Sugar Man' lead with Cinema Eye Honors nominations

Posted by · 4:16 pm · November 3rd, 2012

Following the International Documentary Association’s breaking of the champagne on the hull of this year’s documentary race, the Cinema Eye Honors have announced their list of nominees. “The Imposter” and “Searching for Sugar Man” led the way with five nominations each. Both are considered formidable competitors in this year’s Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 93 — 'Cloud Atlas' opens as the Wachowskis make the rare press rounds

Posted by · 7:00 am · October 26th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the weekend’s big opener, “Cloud Atlas,” the International Documentary Association nominees and the screenplay categories.

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'Central Park Five,' 'Sugar Man,' 'Queen of Versailles' among IDA Award nominees

Posted by · 9:27 am · October 22nd, 2012

The documentary awards will be presented on December 7

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Roundup: Marion Cotillard to be honored at Gotham Awards

Posted by · 6:06 am · October 10th, 2012

Also: 59 world premieres at Rome, and a taste of the ‘Skyfall’ score

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'Searching for Sugar Man' finally brings an unsung crooner to light back home

Posted by · 8:52 pm · August 13th, 2012

Saturday night I shelled out cash to see Sundance hit “Searching for Sugar Man.” Malik Bendjelloul’s documentary tells the incredible story of musician Sixto Rodriguez, who crashed and burned with record sales in the States in his time (the early 1970s) but became an inspiration for South Africans fighting Apartheid throughout the decade and into the 1980s.

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