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The fifth column in our new seasonal series — if you haven’t got the drill by now, we’re rounding up the most Oscar-worthy work from the oft-overlooked first half of the year — wraps up the performance categories with by far the most competitive race of all. Conventional wisdom has it that Best Actress is […]
FIRST-HALF FYC: Best Actress
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:40 pm · December 29th, 2010
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Underdog ‘Dagenham’ may have the AMPAS touch
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:30 pm · September 11th, 2010
In Friday’s Oscar Talk, Anne and I pondered the Oscar potential of Sony Pictures Classics’ typically robust stable of contenders. So far the best bet to have already hit theaters is Aaron Schneider’s “Get Low,” which could be a below-the-line play as well as a Best Actor possibility for Robert Duvall. Films from Rodrigo Garcia, […]
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FRIDAY FORECAST: ‘Dragon’ art
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 11:30 am · March 26th, 2010
*All historical figures cited are adjusted to today’s dollars. Years of frustration over how to precisely train my dragon will be resolved today as Paramount has released the informative documentary, “How to Train Your Dragon.” There’s one of these bawdy animated titles every March and they usually do pretty damn well. “Monsters vs. Aliens” debuted […]
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LONDON: ‘Chloe,’ ‘Leaving’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:38 pm · October 23rd, 2009
I realize I’ve dropped the ball somewhat with my festival updates — between the to-and-fro of festival business, other writing tasks and the occasional impulse to have a personal life, a backlog longer than I care to count has accumulated of films yet to be discussed. Expect that to be partially rectified over a quieter […]
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TORONTO: ‘The Road,’ ‘Bad Lieutenant,’ ‘Chloe’
Posted by John Foote · 2:27 pm · September 14th, 2009
(Please note, as opposed to Kris and Guy, I tend to grade films on a 5-star scale.) Loads to catch up on today and some interviews still to write up. First off, I have to confess that I disagree with Kris’s review of “The Road,” respectfully of course, and I think I have a reason […]
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‘Young Victoria’ to close TIFF, Egoyan’s ‘Chloe’ added
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:16 pm · August 4th, 2009
Toronto is obviously digging the corsets this year. Weeks after Jon Amiel’s Charles Darwin biopic “Creation” was announced as the opening film of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, fest organizers have revealed that Jean-Marc Vallée’s “The Young Victoria” will close proceedings. This choice of bookends gives an odd symmetry to the festival schedule: both […]
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The professional
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:20 pm · April 27th, 2009
It’s not as if we were short of reasons to admire Liam Neeson in the first place. The man is a remarkable actor, by all accounts an intelligent, decent human being, and even in the face of his wife’s untimely passing, has always managed to keep his private life laudably, well, private. But even by […]
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