Fox Searchlight gets into the Dakota Johnson business with 'A Bigger Splash'

Posted by · 11:02 am · February 19th, 2015

Fox Searchlight’s amazing run continues as it picks up U.S. rights to Luca Guadagnino’s follow up to “I Am Love,” “A Bigger Splash.” The new thriller stars Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson and Matthias Schoenaerts.

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Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton among Georgia Critics’ 2014 winners

Posted by · 11:09 am · January 9th, 2015

The Georgia Film Critics Association helped two emerging dark horses gain a little more heat.

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Vancouver critics go with 'Boyhood,' Gyllenhaal, Swinton

Posted by · 4:50 pm · January 5th, 2015

Members of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle has finished up their annual barroom vote and settled on Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” as the year’s best film.

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'Birdman' and genre love from Las Vegas film critics

Posted by · 12:44 pm · December 18th, 2014

The Las Vegas Film Critics Society is the latest regional critics group to unveil award winners for 2014, and it was “Birdman” that came away the biggest hit with seven awards, including Best Picture.

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See Tilda Swinton transform, rehearse in new 'Snowpiercer' behind-the-scenes feature

Posted by · 5:12 am · December 17th, 2014

There’s no prosthetic, mouthpiece, or hairdo Tilda Swinton won’t undergo to inch closer to her vision for a role. Here, we get to see the process in action, as the actress becomes her militant librarian from ‘Snowpiercer.’

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Is 'Grand Budapest Hotel' the first Oscar contender of 2014?

Posted by · 11:01 am · February 6th, 2014

HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood ponders if “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is the first great movie of 2014 and whether it can be an awards season player with a March release date.

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Review: Wes Anderson's delightful 'Grand Budapest Hotel' never outstays its welcome

Posted by · 11:00 am · February 6th, 2014

Ralph Fiennes is wonderful in dizzy but unexpectedly touching caper, which finds the perfect narrative context for the Anderson’s.

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Wes Anderson and an all star cast check in with new 'Grand Budapest Hotel' poster

Posted by · 12:25 pm · October 15th, 2013

Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Jude Law, Adrien Brody, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Mathieu Amalric, F. Murray Abraham, Bob Balaban, Lea Seydoux, Saoirse Ronan

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Review: Terry Gilliam's 'The Zero Theorem' doesn't add up to much

Posted by · 5:30 pm · September 2nd, 2013

Headache-inducing sci-fi’s futurism is so dated, it’s practically a period piece.

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Venice preview, part four: 'The Zero Theorem,' 'Joe,' 'Tracks,' 'Via Castellana Bandiera,' 'Sacro GRA'

Posted by · 4:35 am · August 26th, 2013

Casting an eye another five Golden Lion contenders.

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Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton go off the rails in first 'Snowpiercer' trailer

Posted by · 1:50 pm · June 12th, 2013

2031-set action pic is Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho’s English-language debut.

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Cannes Review: Swinton and Hiddleston don't bite in 'Only Lovers Left Alive'

Posted by · 5:45 am · May 25th, 2013

Jim Jarmusch is on typically deadpan form in mildly amusing vampire film.

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Cannes Check 2013: Jim Jarmusch's 'Only Lovers Left Alive'

Posted by · 1:45 pm · May 6th, 2013

Continuing our cheat sheet for the Cannes Competition.

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Jim Jarmusch's vampire film 'Only Lovers Left Alive' joins Cannes competition

Posted by · 12:36 pm · April 26th, 2013

Plus: four more new films added to the Official Selection.

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Review: Young love is a wispy business in 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Posted by · 4:19 pm · May 16th, 2012

The Cannes Film Festival opener finds Wes Anderson on typically whimsical form — but is it enough?

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Cannes Check: Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Posted by · 8:58 am · April 20th, 2012

We kick off our daily series of Cannes Competition previews with a look at the festival opener.

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Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom' to open Cannes

Posted by · 1:19 am · March 9th, 2012

Cannes curtain-raisers are disappointments more often than not, but Wes Anderson’s latest ensemble piece will be hoping to follow the trajectory of “Midnight in Paris.”

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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Actress

Posted by · 1:05 pm · February 23rd, 2012

This year’s Best Actress category pitches one ingenue on her first nomination against four actresses who’ve been to the dance before — one of them a record 16 times. We examine who will win, and who should.

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