‘Anna Karenina,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Les Misérables’ square off.
Oscar Guide 2013: Best Production Design
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:05 am · February 20th, 2013
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'Anna Karenina,' 'Mirror Mirror,' 'Skyfall' win Costume Designers Guild Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:21 pm · February 19th, 2013
It was a big year for the costumers. They finally broke away from the art department folks in the designers branch to have their very own branch in the Academy. And this evening, the Costume Designers Guild put a bow on the industry awards circuit by being the final such group to present superlatives for 2012 in advance of this weekend’s Independent Spirit Awards and the 85th annual Oscars.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Sound Editing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:20 am · February 19th, 2013
‘Argo,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ square off.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Sound Mixing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:18 am · February 19th, 2013
‘Argo,’ ‘Les Misérables,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Skyfall’ square off.
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'Skyfall,' 'Life of Pi,' 'Les Mis,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' and 'Game of Thrones' win MPSE Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:08 pm · February 17th, 2013
With the costumers set to declare on Tuesday, the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 60th annual Golden Reel Awards, announced this evening, were the penultimate industry group to hand out awards in advance of next weekend’s Oscar showdown. And it was “Life of Pi” that came out the big winner, taking two awards on the night. But 007 had some plans of his own.
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'Les Misérables,' 'Brave,' 'Homeland' sound right to Cinema Audio Society
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:15 pm · February 16th, 2013
Is it clear sailing to a Best Sound Mixing Oscar for the musical?
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Tech Support: Thomas Newman on 'Skyfall' and the everyday challenges of a film composer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:05 am · February 16th, 2013
Film music composer Thomas Newman landed his 11th Oscar nomination to date last month, for his original contributions to “Skyfall.” It’s the latest in a long line of Academy mentions both in the song and score categories for two decades. But despite the strong showing, Newman has yet to wrangle one of the trophies for himself.
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Tech Support: Greg P. Russell on finding the nuance in action with Sam Mendes and 'Skyfall'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:09 am · February 14th, 2013
Sound mixer Greg P. Russell has spent his career working in action filmmaking, but his experience with director Sam Mendes and fellow mixer Scott Millan brought him a whole new perspective. Perhaps he can pick up that elusive first Oscar this year. This would be, after all, his 16th try.
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The top 10 shots of 2012: part one
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:31 am · February 12th, 2013
I decided to do something a little different with the shots column this year. I thought I’d go with a metric of instinct rather than analysis.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Cinematography
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:20 am · February 11th, 2013
‘Anna Karenina,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Skyfall’ square off.
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'Skyfall,' 'Game of Thrones' win ASC Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:07 pm · February 10th, 2013
Roger Deakins inches a step closer to his first Oscar.
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From Emmanuelle Riva to David O. Russell, mixed signals from BAFTA keep the race alive
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:54 pm · February 10th, 2013
Well, except Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress…
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Ben Affleck's 'Argo' wins three BAFTA Awards, including Best Film and Best Director
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:25 pm · February 10th, 2013
The BAFTA Awards went down tonight in London and it’s a big moment in the race. As Guy reminded yesterday in his predictions column, the organization has tailored its process closer to the Academy’s, eliminating branch-voted winners in favor of allowing all members to vote throughout the categories. The result could be some powerful Oscar foreshadowing.
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'Skyfall' comes out on top at Evening Standard Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:00 am · February 5th, 2013
Bond takes his biggest win of the season, but indies rule elsewhere.
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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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Evening Standard nominees pit 'Skyfall' against UK indies
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:28 am · February 4th, 2013
The British film awards take place tonight.
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'Argo' and 'Skyfall' tops with UK Regional Critics
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:10 am · February 4th, 2013
Meanwhile, Team Edward makes its vote count.
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