Oklahoma Critics award 'Boyhood,' Rosamund Pike and 'Edge of Tomorrow'

Posted by · 5:03 am · January 7th, 2015

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle thinks outside the box. On top of naming the best films, performances, and creative work of the year, they dare to name the worst alongside it.

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The 15 best film scores of 2014

Posted by · 10:48 am · December 29th, 2014

From animated dupstep to sci-minded minimalism, we present the year’s best musical backbones.

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Roundup: Saturday night's all right for Cannes prizes

Posted by · 6:06 am · February 10th, 2014

In a rare change of routine, the Cannes Film Festival awards will be presented a day earlier this year. Also: The politics of movie walkouts, and how to define designing ‘Gravity’

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Tell us what you thought of 'The Monuments Men'

Posted by · 1:47 pm · February 9th, 2014

George Clooney’s latest has got a critical drubbing, but is it that bad? Share your thoughts here, and vote in our poll.

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'Monuments' man Matt Damon explains the tricky tone of George Clooney's latest

Posted by · 10:00 am · February 4th, 2014

‘Monuments Men’ star Matt Damon sits down with HitFix to discuss his work in George Clooney’s latest and how finding the right balance of tone was the biggest challenge.

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Roundup: Is Kristin Scott Thomas quitting movies?

Posted by · 4:52 am · February 4th, 2014

In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Kristin Scott Thomas claims that she “cannot cope with another film,” and is thus ending her big-screen career. Also: Mark Harris and Cameron Crowe remember Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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George Clooney's 'Monuments Men' was smart to dodge the Oscar season

Posted by · 8:00 am · January 29th, 2014

As Oscar’s phase one drew to a close and the nominations were set to be unveiled, the film press corps was getting its first look at one movie that dodged all of that commotion last year: George Clooney’s “The Monuments Men.” It’s set for release next week and with its arrival, one can only ask: was Sony smart to move it out of the season?

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Roundup: How the Best Picture rule change narrowed Oscar's usual crop

Posted by · 6:33 am · January 22nd, 2014

In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Mark Harris brings figures to the table to argue that the Best Picture expansion has narrowed the Academy’s palette, George Clooney tricks Matt Damon into thinking he’s putting on pounds and Team Ebert reports from the Sundance premiere of “Life Itself.”

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Phedon Papamichael on shooting Alexander Payne's black and white vision for 'Nebraska'

Posted by · 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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Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Connelly, Pierce Brosnan in first wave of Berlinale titles

Posted by · 7:40 am · December 17th, 2013

The Berlin Film Festival today announced five films that will join Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” in Competition for the Golden Bear, including the latest from French veteran Alain Resnais and Oscar nominee Claudia Llosa.

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Roundup: Berlinale gets a date with 'Monuments Men'

Posted by · 3:31 am · November 8th, 2013

In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, George Clooney’s “The Monuments Men” will have its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. Meanwhile, Judi Dench writes about her admiration for the real-life “Philomena,” and Sandra Bullock is put to the “single-actor” test.

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Oscar Talk: NYFF, Gotham nominations, awards contenders head for 2014

Posted by · 8:00 am · October 25th, 2013

In the latest edition of the Oscar Talk podcast, Kris Tapley and Anne Thompson look back at what the New York Film Festival added to the pile, consider the indie slate with the Gotham Awards nominees and ponder the exit of a few key titles to 2014.

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It's official: George Clooney's 'Monuments Men' moves to February 7

Posted by · 11:20 am · October 24th, 2013

Will the wartime romp follow the ‘Shutter Island’ route to success?

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Roundup: Defying the NC-17 rating for 'Blue is the Warmest Color'

Posted by · 4:44 am · October 24th, 2013

Also: Clooney justifies ‘Monuments’ delay, and is ‘Captain Phillips’ jingoistic?

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3 on 3: Who wins and who loses with the 'Monuments Men' move to 2014?

Posted by · 9:40 am · October 23rd, 2013

The Oscar race just got a bit less crowded, but what’s in it for the movie?

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You're gonna have to wait until 2014 to see George Clooney's 'Monuments Men'

Posted by · 5:27 pm · October 22nd, 2013

Another awards season possibility bites the 2013 dust.

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Off the Carpet: How do this year's Oscar hopefuls reflect the zeitgeist?

Posted by · 7:55 am · October 14th, 2013

We’ve weighed the contenders and early declarations have been made. The whisper campaigns and casual takedowns have begun with no real (comfortable) frontrunner to emerge for a while yet. But as we look out over this year’s Oscar contending crop, what does it have to say about where and who we are?

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New trailer for Clooney's 'Monuments Men' underlines the 'art is important' message

Posted by · 4:24 pm · October 10th, 2013

Probably a good way to sell one of the season’s last unseen Oscar players.

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