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.
Is 'Grand Budapest Hotel' the first Oscar contender of 2014?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:01 am · February 6th, 2014
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Thelma Schoonmaker recalls the heated controversy and moving testament of 'The Last Temptation of Christ'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:13 am · December 25th, 2013
Editor Thelma Schoonmaker looks back on Martin Scorsese’s most controversial work to date, 1988’s “The Last Temptation of Christ,” and recalls being moved to tears by its power.
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Wes Anderson and an all star cast check in with new 'Grand Budapest Hotel' poster
Posted by Dave Lewis · 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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Roundup: Forest Whitaker to be honored at Gotham Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:45 am · October 4th, 2013
Also: The significance of Iran backing ‘The Past,’ and the brevity of ‘Gravity.’
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'Nebraska,' 'Furnace' and 'Walter Mitty' set to screen as AFI Fest centerpieces
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:31 am · September 30th, 2013
Scott Cooper’s “Out of the Furnace” has mostly dodged the 2013 fall festival circuit, but with first a Rome fest announcement and now placement as an AFI Fest centerpiece, it’s looking to make some noise just before it opens theatrically. Meanwhile, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Nebraska” will also play the fest as centerpiece screenings.
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Soot-filled teaser poster for 'Out of the Furnace' plays up heavy-hitting cast
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:51 pm · June 19th, 2013
A teaser poster for Scott Cooper’s “Out of the Furnace” has dropped, playing up the film’s star-studded cast and the murky atmosphere of a revenge thriller.
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The house Wes Anderson built: A look at the director's singular troupe
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:30 am · May 16th, 2012
Over the years, director Wes Anderson has established an impressive stable of acting talent, a dedicated troupe of personnel that can slip right into his singular world with ease.
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‘John Carter’ star Willem Dafoe talks performance capture and Oscar
Posted by Roth Cornet · 4:19 pm · March 10th, 2012
Willem Dafoe speaks a bit about motion capture’s role in the awards circuit following his portrayal of the alien Tars Tarkas in Disney’s “John Carter.”
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Willem Dafoe and Meryl Streep on the ephemeral nature of movies and ‘Margaret’
Posted by Roth Cornet · 2:49 pm · February 24th, 2012
Academy members Willem Dafoe and Meryl Streep weigh in on one of this years best and most overlooked films, “Margaret.”
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