John Williams wins five awards from International Film Music critics

Posted by · 10:19 am · February 24th, 2012

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.

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Johnny Depp causes a stir in the Wichita film community

Posted by · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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