'Gravity' and '12 Years a Slave' tie at the 2014 PGA Awards

Posted by · 9:01 pm · January 19th, 2014

“Gravity” and “12 Years a Slave” tied for the year’s top theatrical motion picture honor while “Behind the Candelabra,” “Breaking Bad” and “Modern Family” picked up TV honors Sunday night at the 25th annual Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards.

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'Dallas Buyers Club,' 'Lone Survivor,' 'Wolf of Wall Street' land WGA nominations

Posted by · 9:09 am · January 3rd, 2014

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced this year’s list of narrative and documentary feature screenplay nominees, and given the wave of ineligibilities, which included such Oscar players as “12 Years a Slave,” “Philomena” and “Fruitvale Station,” it was a much smaller crop for the guild to choose from.

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Alex Gibney on 'The Armstrong Lie' and the Assange connection

Posted by · 4:00 pm · November 10th, 2013

We talk to the Oscar-winning documentary director about how he had to change his entire approach on his long-gestating project about disgraced athlete Lance Armstrong. He also discusses the unexpected connection that emerged between the film and his other 2013 release, “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks.”

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Alex Gibney to receive Career Achievement Award from IDA

Posted by · 6:10 pm · September 25th, 2013

Laura Poitras and Geralyn Dreyfous will also be honored.

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Benedict Cumberbatch is Julian Assange in first trailer for 'The Fifth Estate'

Posted by · 9:25 pm · July 16th, 2013

Bill Condon’s WikiLeaks drama opens October 18 in the US.

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Off the Carpet: Half-time

Posted by · 8:06 am · July 1st, 2013

The mid-way point of 2013 is here. How has the first half of the year shaped up for awards hopefuls? A month-by-month dissection answers that very question.

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WikiLeaks goes to war with Alex Gibney over 'We Steal Secrets'

Posted by · 11:13 am · May 25th, 2013

A series of talking points and a full annotated transcript have hit the net.

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10 under-the-radar movies for summer 2013

Posted by · 1:24 pm · April 28th, 2013

If you’ve been paying attention to HitFix’s on-going 2013 Summer Movie Preview Countdown, you know what the site’s staff is eagerly anticipating as we turn the corner into blockbuster season. As an addendum, we’ve cooked up a list of under-the-radar goodies to check out in between all the big budget fun.

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My Sundance 2013 wrap: 'Big Sur,' 'We Steal Secrets,' 'Prince Avalanche' and more

Posted by · 11:04 pm · January 23rd, 2013

Closing the curtain on my 35th annual.

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