'Moonrise Kingdom' wins big with Central Ohio film critics

Posted by · 11:55 pm · January 3rd, 2013

Finally someone would like to shake things up a little bit again. The Central Ohio Film Critics Association has chosen Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” as the year’s best film, and not only that, but given it five awards, including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Score and Best Ensemble. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for “Lincoln” while Jennifer Lawrence took Best Actress for “Silver Linings Playbook.”

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'Holy Motors' tops Film Comment's list of the year's best

Posted by · 12:23 pm · December 14th, 2012

The FIlm Society of Lincoln Center’s annual survey of film critics, journalists and editors left Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors” at the top of an auteur heavy list of films from fimmakers such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Wes Anderson, among others.

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'Argo' takes top honors from San Diego Film Critics, 'Perks' gets some love

Posted by · 6:20 pm · December 11th, 2012

Critics go their own way with awards for Michelle Williams and Emma Watson.

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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Foreign Language Film

Posted by · 1:10 pm · February 3rd, 2012

Best Foreign Language Film is a category where Academy voters often like to ignore the precursors and go off-script, but with frontrunner “A Separation” so far ahead of its competitors in terms of acclaim and buzz, will they do so again this year? We discuss what will win, and what should.

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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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More countries enter foreign-language Oscar race as deadline looms

Posted by · 5:08 pm · September 22nd, 2011

With the deadline for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar submissions on October 1, a number of countries have officially entered the fray in the past week. Among them are France, with a terminal-disease drama that could be a sleeper, and Russia, which has caused an outcry with the selection of an expensive Nikita Mikhalkov bomb.

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