“The Artist” dominated tonight’s British Academy Awards, winning seven trophies, including Best Film, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay, while its nearest competitor, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” had to be content with wins for Best British Film and Adapted Screenplay.
'The Artist' cleans up at the BAFTAs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:36 am · February 12th, 2012
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Berlinale Diary: 'Aujourd'hui,' 'Coming Home,' 'The Outraged'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:55 pm · February 10th, 2012
The second day of the Berlin Film Festival offered three very different global takes on personal and political identity, but we’re still waiting for a home run.
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Predicting Sunday's BAFTA Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:38 pm · February 10th, 2012
The BAFTA Awards take place on Sunday, and offer the Brits the choice between rubber-stamping the Oscar favorite, “The Artist,” and siding with their own pet, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.” We consider what will win this year — and what should.
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Berlinale Diary: ‘Farewell, My Queen,’ ‘The Delay’
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:58 pm · February 9th, 2012
Just one full day into the 2012 Berlinale, I’m struck by how many faces I recognize as I traipse across the snow-dusted triangle of the festival center at Potsdamer Platz: crimson-blazered festival stewards who all seem to man exactly the same stations they did last year; international critics in the press room whom I identify instantly by their hair, glasses or oddly colored overcoat, but couldn’t possibly name; even the slickly sullen barista at the one decent coffee source over the road.
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The Long Shot: Language barriers
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:37 am · February 9th, 2012
This may come as a shock to readers accustomed to my usual tone of weary despair when it comes to the category, but I’m about to write in defense of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Sound Mixing
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 am · February 8th, 2012
This is one of the year’s hardest technical categories to predict, largely because the Academy’s sound branch agreed with the Cinema Audio Society on only two nominees. We size up who might win, and who should.
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Round-up: Does Weinstein's Streep ad toe the line… or cross it?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 am · February 8th, 2012
Also: Daniel Radcliffe on Oscar snobbery, and the case for Viola Davis
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Previewing the 2012 Berlin Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:05 pm · February 7th, 2012
The Berlinale, which kicks off on Thursday, doesn’t get as many big auteur names as its fellow European majors, Cannes and Venice, but that means it often springs surprises. Last year gave us ‘A Separation’ and ‘Pina’; we take a look at what this year’s lineup has in store.
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Best Original Song performances scrapped again from Oscar telecast
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:20 am · February 7th, 2012
As the Academy nixes performances of the Best Original Song nominees from the telecast for the second time in three years — after the music branch nominated only two songs in the first place — are they effectively admitting they want rid of the category?
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Round-up: The Oscar nominees do lunch
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:50 am · February 7th, 2012
Also: ‘Hugo’ producer woes, and Dujardin slays ’em on Leno
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BAFTA boards the Muppet train
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:35 pm · February 6th, 2012
The ‘Muppet Oscars’ idea may never have taken flight, but BAFTA has at least pinched it to some extent — by hiring Miss Piggy to host their red carpet show. Couldn’t US networks follow their lead?
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'We Need to Talk About Kevin' tops Evening Standard Award winners
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:03 pm · February 6th, 2012
Determined by a small jury of major UK print critics, the Evening Standard Film Awards pride themselves on their independent-mindedness, though several of this year’s winners overlap with last month’s London Critics’ Circle Awards.
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American Cinema Editors honor Alexander Payne
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:58 am · February 6th, 2012
Alexander Payne will be honored at next week’s American Cinema Editors’ awards ceremony with their Filmmaker of the Year award — continuing a much-desired show of support for “The Descendants” from the editors’ contingent.
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Round-up: The Super Bowl's crystal ball
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:45 am · February 6th, 2012
Also: R.I.P. Ben Gazzara, and Iranian backlash to ‘A Separation’
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Foreign Language Film
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:10 pm · February 3rd, 2012
Best Foreign Language Film is a category where Academy voters often like to ignore the precursors and go off-script, but with frontrunner “A Separation” so far ahead of its competitors in terms of acclaim and buzz, will they do so again this year? We discuss what will win, and what should.
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Round-up: Paramount steps up the campaign for 'Transformers'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:49 am · February 3rd, 2012
Also: The perils of online voting, and Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress 2012?
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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:02 pm · February 2nd, 2012
Best Picture nominees “The Artist” and “Midnight in Paris” seem to be vying for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, but the other other nominees make for a pleasingly diverse and international field. We examine the field, saying who deserves to win, and who probably will.
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Round-up: Paying tribute to Damien Bona
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:30 am · February 2nd, 2012
Also: Farewell to paper Oscar ballots, and rechristening the Kodak
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