The International Film Music Critics Association has offered up the final precursor awards announcement of the season as we head into the weekend, which will bring the Independent Spirit Awards and, finally, the Oscars. And John Williams had a great day, it turns out.
John Williams wins five awards from International Film Music critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:19 am · February 24th, 2012
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Johnny Depp causes a stir in the Wichita film community
Posted by Roth Cornet · 4:47 pm · November 11th, 2011
A casual comment from Johnny Depp on the “Rum Diary” press tour raises larger questions.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 67 — 'Shame' and NC-17, documentary feature discussion and the weekend's releases
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · October 28th, 2011
In this weekend’s podcast, Anne and Kris discuss the NC-17 rating leveled toward Steve McQueen’s “Shame,” the documentary feature category in the wake of a pair of documentary organizations’ nominations announcements and this weekend’s releases, from “Anonymous” to “The Rum Diary.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: The discreet charm of the writers' branch
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:32 am · October 24th, 2011
Today’s must-read piece comes from that most reliable source of must-read pieces, Mark Harris, who this time digs deep into the whats, hows and whys of Oscar’s screenplay awards. As he so snappily puts it, the Academy’s writers’ branch has “much the same taste as Academy members overall — only better.” It’s certainly the area where […]
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Oscarweb Round-up: Altair and Ezio find a home at Sony
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:07 am · October 21st, 2011
In today’s round-up, the film rights for “Assassin’s Creed” land at Sony, the “Martha Marcy May Marlene” crew makes the press rounds and Jude Law sticks up for investigative journalists — despite playing the worst of their kind in “Contagion.”
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