“The Artist” dominated tonight’s British Academy Awards, winning seven trophies, including Best Film, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay, while its nearest competitor, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” had to be content with wins for Best British Film and Adapted Screenplay.
'The Artist' cleans up at the BAFTAs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:36 am · February 12th, 2012
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Predicting Sunday's BAFTA Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:38 pm · February 10th, 2012
The BAFTA Awards take place on Sunday, and offer the Brits the choice between rubber-stamping the Oscar favorite, “The Artist,” and siding with their own pet, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.” We consider what will win this year — and what should.
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Pulling for you, Gary
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:27 am · February 8th, 2012
Gary Oldman is back in town and hitting the press rounds hard on behalf of his first-ever Oscar nomination for “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.” And though I’m fairly resigned to Jean Dujardin turning the trick with Oscar as he did with SAG, I can’t help but wonder — or perhaps merely hope — if things are in such a state of flux within the Best Actor category that a guy like Oldman has a decent shot.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Music (Original Score)
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:17 am · February 7th, 2012
While the music branch’s choices (or lack thereof) in Best Original Song could be considered shocking, the opposite was true about their final five in Best Original Score. Three of the titles are Best Picture nominees, the branch’s favorite composer of all time is double-nominated yet again and all but one of the finalists have been nominated previously.
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Round-up: Paying tribute to Damien Bona
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:30 am · February 2nd, 2012
Also: Farewell to paper Oscar ballots, and rechristening the Kodak
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:19 am · February 1st, 2012
A script is a film’s blueprint, making it unsurprising that most of the nominees in this category have historically also been nominated for Best Picture. This year was no exception, with three of the final five adapted screenplay contenders also chalked up as the year’s best films. Room was also made for a particularly challenging adaptation of a classic novel and a star-studded film with no other nominations.
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Round-up: Cracking the code of 'Tinker, Tailor'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:00 am · January 26th, 2012
Also: Mary J. Blige’s Oscar sulk, and a gold watch for Uggie
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The Long Shot: Fade away and radiate
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:50 pm · January 25th, 2012
This year’s Oscar nominations were not only kind to Hollywood’s old guard, but a number of films with their eye on the rear-view mirror.
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Tech Support: 'The Artist,' 'Hugo,' 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'War Horse' feature heavily in Oscar's crafts categories
Posted by gerardkennedy · 1:12 pm · January 24th, 2012
This morning, many crafts artists in Hollywood (and elsewhere in the world) found out that they are heading to the Kodak Theatre for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The thrill they are experiencing must be difficult to describe.
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The Lists: Top 10 things we learned about the Academy today
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:13 am · January 24th, 2012
It’s been a busy morning. The nominees are out. About a thousand different variations of “it’s humbling and exciting” are coming through from the various contenders. And all eyes are fixing on February 26. But as we transition into phase two of the 2011-2012 film awards season, it’s worth it to pause and consider what we might have learned today.
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'Hugo' leads with 11 Oscar nominations, 'War Horse' in, 'Dragon Tattoo' out
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:15 am · January 24th, 2012
The nominees are in and the surprises are few and far between, in my opinion (though others seem to be picking their jaws up off the floor this morning). As indicated yesterday, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” caught fire with voters down the stretch and was very much on their lips. The film turned up in the nine-film Best Picture category today, despite being critically disassembled, and that was pretty much the only eyebrow-raiser of the major categories. The film only showed up in one other category: Best Supporting Actor for Max von Sydow.
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Off the Carpet: Pencils down
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:31 am · January 23rd, 2012
Declaring final predictions in all categories.
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Still in the dark: final Oscar nominee predictions
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:04 pm · January 22nd, 2012
Guy Lodge reveals his final predictions for Tuesday’s Oscar nominations, and addresses some of his key uncertainties across the categories.
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My dream Oscar ballot: part two
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:55 pm · January 22nd, 2012
Guy Lodge’s wishlist for Tuesday’s Oscar nominations continues with a look at the major categories. Films mentioned range from “Weekend” to “Drive” to “Bridesmaids.”
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My dream Oscar ballot: part one
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:00 pm · January 21st, 2012
With the Oscar nominations looming, I take a look at the films I’d most like to see recognized in crafts categories, ranging from “The Tree of Life” to “13 Assassins” to “Immortals.”
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Tech Support: Wrapping up guesses throughout the Academy's craft categories
Posted by gerardkennedy · 1:31 pm · January 19th, 2012
Rounding out my picks in the Academy’s crafts branches, from Best Music to Best Visual Effects.
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'The Artist,' 'A Separation' and Anna Paquin/Meryl Streep win big with London film critics
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:36 pm · January 19th, 2012
The London Film Critics Circle (of which I’m a member) handed out its year-end kudos this evening, and “The Artist” was the big winner, taking awards for Film of the Year, Director of the Year and Actor of the Year.
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Tech Support: Guessing the nominees throughout the Academy's craft categories
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:49 am · January 19th, 2012
In five days, the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards will be announced. It seems extraordinary that another season has nearly passed. And with a silent film and a somewhat fantastical (not-so-) children’s film poised to dominate the major categories, one realizes how quickly trends can change in Hollywood. But now it’s time to make our final picks across the crafts categories.
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