Denis Villeneuve’s “Enemy,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and Xavbier Dolan’s festival hit “Tom at the Farm” lead the way for the Canadian Screen Awards.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Daniel Radcliffe among Canadian Screen Award nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:51 am · January 28th, 2014
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Albert Brooks joins Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac in 'A Most Violent Year'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:45 am · January 28th, 2014
The ensemble for "All is Lost" director J.C. Chandor’s third feature is shaping up promisingly, with Albert Brooks the latest high-profile name to join the 1980s-set crime drama.
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Roundup: The rise of real romance at the movies
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:00 am · January 28th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, does the prevalence of complex love stories at the movies last year augur as change in the rom-com formula? Also: Dinging ‘American Hustle,’ and hope springs eternal for ‘The Croods.’
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Helen Mirren to receive BAFTA Fellowship
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:44 am · January 27th, 2014
The four-time BAFTA winner has been selected as this year’s recipient of the British Academy’s highest honor, set to be presented at the awards ceremony on February 16.
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'Grace of Monaco' to open the 67th Cannes Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:11 am · January 24th, 2014
After being booted from the 2013 release schedule, there’s light at the end of the tunnel for the Nicole Kidman-starring Grace Kelly biopic: it will premiere as the Cannes opening film on May 14.
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'Blue is the Warmest Color' tops France's Lumiere Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:38 am · January 21st, 2014
The erotic drama wons all four of its categories, including Best Film and Best Actress, at the French Golden Globes equivalent, while Roman Polanski took Best Screenplay for “Venus in Fur.”
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Review: Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' is an extraordinary chronicle of a life in progress
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:01 am · January 20th, 2014
Filmed over 12 years and charting the growth of an ordinary Texan boy from ages 6 to 18, Richard Linklater’s latest time-lapse experiment is a rich, rewarding achievement.
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Review: Confused sci-fi western 'Young Ones' wastes Michael Shannon and Elle Fanning
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:50 am · January 19th, 2014
Disparate genre elements collide — ambitiously, if none too convincingly — in Jake Paltrow’s futuristic Dust Bowl saga.
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Gregory Ellwood and Guy Lodge on today's Oscar nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:18 pm · January 16th, 2014
HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood and Guy Lodge discuss the 2014 Oscar nominations from Park City, Utah at the beginning of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
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Notable facts and figures from the 2014 Oscar nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:58 am · January 16th, 2014
From Meryl Streep’s record 18th nod to Megan Ellison’s rare double, we round up some unusual statistic and records from this year’s Oscar nominations.
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Introducing 'Alone Yet Not Alone,' the year's most obscure Oscar nominee
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:59 am · January 16th, 2014
The Academy’s music branch always turns out one out-of-nowhere Best Original Song nominee, but they’ve outdone themselves this year with the low-profile Christian drama “Alone Yet Not Alone.”
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Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey lead the list of shocking Oscar snubs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:55 am · January 16th, 2014
This year’s Oscar nominations announcement brought more surprising omissions than usual, from Tom Hanks to Sarah Polley to Emma Thompson to Lana del Rey. We run through some of the most shock shut-outs.
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'Ida' among films nominated for ASC's inaugural Spotlight Award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:52 pm · January 15th, 2014
“Ida,” “Renoir” and “Winter Nomads” are the nominees for the inaugural ASC Spotlight Award, created to recognize outstanding cinematography in lower-profile cinema.
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Sarah Polley, Joshua Oppenheimer among DGA doc nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:46 am · January 14th, 2014
The DGA kept the documentary race competitive yesterday by nominating five Oscar-shortlisted films — three of them from female directors. “Stories We Tell” and “The Act of Killing” are among the titles in the hunt.
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Roundup: Gerwig, Waltz, Schamus tapped for Berlinale jury
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:43 am · January 14th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, James Schamus will head the Berlinale competition jury, with Greta Gerwig, Christoph Waltz and Michel Gondry among his jurors. Also: Armond White’s eviction from the NYFCC, and Cannes’ new president.
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'12 Years a Slave' dominates North Carolina critics' awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:30 am · January 13th, 2014
’12 Years a Slave’ took six awards from the North Carolina critics’ group, including Best Picture, Director and three acting wins.
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'Blue is the Warmest Color,' '12 Years a Slave,' 'Her' lead International Cinephile Society nods
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:20 am · January 13th, 2014
True to its name, the International Cinephile Society awards tend to be heavy on foreign and art house fare mixed in with the more expected contenders, and so it is that ‘Blue is the Warmest Color,’ ’12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Her’ lead with seven nods each.
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'Gravity' wins top honors at AACTA International Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:10 am · January 13th, 2014
AACTA — the Australian Academy — presented the international division of their awards in Los Angeles, with “Gravity” emerging as the top winner, while “12 Years a Slave” and “American Hustle” also took multiple awards.
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