Roundup: Marion Cotillard to be honored at Gotham Awards

Posted by · 6:06 am · October 10th, 2012

Also: 59 world premieres at Rome, and a taste of the ‘Skyfall’ score

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Sarah Polley eyes next year's doc Oscar with 'Stories We Tell'

Posted by · 9:53 am · October 9th, 2012

Roadside will release her intimate family portrait in mid-2013.

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Roundup: 'Intouchables' wins the Oscar screener race

Posted by · 7:03 am · October 9th, 2012

Also: The landing of ‘Lincoln,’ and Variety finds a home

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Does 'Frankenweenie''s disappointing box office harm its Oscar chances?

Posted by · 4:51 pm · October 8th, 2012

Disney’s campaign will have to focus on art and sentiment over commerce

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Final foreign-language Oscar longlist numbers a record 71 titles

Posted by · 2:07 pm · October 8th, 2012

The nine-film shortlist will be announced in January.

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Roundup: 'Playbook,' 'Lore' and 'Karenina' stars feted at Hamptons fest

Posted by · 5:50 am · October 8th, 2012

Also: Top supporting actors, and Hollywood goes back to board games

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Tell us what you thought of 'Frankenweenie'

Posted by · 8:28 am · October 6th, 2012

Tim Burton’s latest animated effort hit theaters yesterday.

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Tell us what you thought of 'The Paperboy'

Posted by · 7:20 am · October 5th, 2012

Lee Daniels’s swampy Southern thriller hits theaters today.

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Roundup: Mel Brooks to be honored by the AFI

Posted by · 5:40 am · October 5th, 2012

Also: ‘Lincoln’ to play NYFF, and parents oppose Seth MacFarlane

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68 films submitted for the foreign-language Oscar

Posted by · 3:45 pm · October 4th, 2012

Meanwhile, Sony Classics picks up Israel’s ‘Fill the Void.’

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Roundup: Are the Academy's new doc rules really democratic?

Posted by · 4:12 am · October 4th, 2012

Also: A kinky year at the movies, and Ramsay to send ‘Moby Dick’ into space.

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The Long Shot: Free to be… you and me

Posted by · 3:39 pm · October 3rd, 2012

Why other awards should welcome the Academy’s calendar shift.

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Best Actor 2013: Potential nominees from Ben Affleck to Denzel Washington

Posted by · 5:20 am · October 3rd, 2012

Surveying the year’s leading men as the season commences.

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Roundup: 'Rise of the Guardians' to be rewarded in Rome

Posted by · 4:46 am · October 3rd, 2012

Also: Ford on dressing Bond, and ‘Looper’ for Best Picture

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The Lists: Top 10 Nicole Kidman performances

Posted by · 1:00 pm · October 2nd, 2012

As the actress is honored at the NYFF, we round up her career highlights.

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Roundup: The kids are more than all right

Posted by · 5:00 am · October 2nd, 2012

Also: The rise of Lionsgate, and India’s complex Oscar history.

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'Beasts of the Southern Wild' ineligible for the SAG Awards

Posted by · 3:50 pm · October 1st, 2012

Quvenzhané Wallis will have to get that Oscar nod without the Guild’s help.

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Roundup: Calling time on film culture

Posted by · 5:40 am · October 1st, 2012

Plus: Awards for Spain’s Oscar submission, and the Reel Geezers return.

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