Still in the dark: final Oscar nominee predictions

Posted by · 6:04 pm · January 22nd, 2012

Guy Lodge reveals his final predictions for Tuesday’s Oscar nominations, and addresses some of his key uncertainties across the categories.

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My dream Oscar ballot: part two

Posted by · 12:55 pm · January 22nd, 2012

Guy Lodge’s wishlist for Tuesday’s Oscar nominations continues with a look at the major categories. Films mentioned range from “Weekend” to “Drive” to “Bridesmaids.”

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PGA voters ignore box office, reward 'The Artist' and 'Tintin'

Posted by · 1:57 am · January 22nd, 2012

Let’s just say that if you were expecting any film besides “The Artist” to triumph at the Producers’ Guild of America Awards, you clearly haven’t been paying attention. After dominating the critics’ awards and taking three Golden Globes, the French phenomenon had its first taste of Guild glory last night — solidly confirming its status […]

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My dream Oscar ballot: part one

Posted by · 1:00 pm · January 21st, 2012

With the Oscar nominations looming, I take a look at the films I’d most like to see recognized in crafts categories, ranging from “The Tree of Life” to “13 Assassins” to “Immortals.”

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'The Help,' 'Pariah' lead NAACP Image Award nominees

Posted by · 10:20 am · January 20th, 2012

With six and five nominations respectively, “The Help” and “Pariah” represent the yin and yang of current African American-themed cinema, so it’s apt that they should lead the field in the NAACP Image Awards.

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Round-up: The dogs have their day

Posted by · 8:00 am · January 20th, 2012

Also: Defending Channing Tatum, and remembering failed Oscar grabs

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A night at the London Critics' Circle Awards

Posted by · 6:08 am · January 20th, 2012

“The Artist” was top dog at the London critics’ swanky black-tie bash last night, but there was plenty of love for “A Separation” and assorted British indies too.

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'The Artist,' 'A Separation' and Anna Paquin/Meryl Streep win big with London film critics

Posted by · 12:36 pm · January 19th, 2012

The London Film Critics Circle (of which I’m a member) handed out its year-end kudos this evening, and “The Artist” was the big winner, taking awards for Film of the Year, Director of the Year and Actor of the Year.

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Round-up: The missing makeup nominee from 'The Iron Lady'

Posted by · 6:47 am · January 19th, 2012

Also: Designing ‘Potter’ and exhausting Uggie

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'Weekend' triumphs with Gay and Lesbian Critics Association

Posted by · 6:35 pm · January 18th, 2012

Andrew Haigh’s shimmery boy-meets-boy romance “Weekend” not only won the LGBT-themed category at the awards, but beat “The Artist” and “The Descendants” to the Film of the Year prize too.

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'Bullhead,' 'Pina,' 'A Separation' included on foreign language shortlist

Posted by · 10:17 am · January 18th, 2012

The biggest surprise about the nine-film shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is, well, how unsurprising it is. Seven of the titles I predicted yesterday are on it; the two films I didn’t, Morocco’s “Omar Killed Me” and Taiwan’s “Warriors of the Rainbow,” are the kind of could-have-been-anything choices that we know to […]

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Round-up: Williams takes her Marilyn Monroe impression to GQ

Posted by · 8:15 am · January 18th, 2012

Also: Mourning Colman’s BAFTA snub, and Gervais steps down

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Predicting the foreign-language Oscar shortlist

Posted by · 6:42 pm · January 17th, 2012

Tomorrow, the Academy announces a shortlist of nine contenders for the Best Foreign Language Oscar — we take a look at what they might be.

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Georgia critics opt for 'Tree of Life,' Binoche and (twice) Pitt

Posted by · 3:57 pm · January 17th, 2012

The Georgia Film Critics’ Association distinguished themselves from the back with a fresh and considered list of nominees — and their winners, announced earlier today, are no less intriguing

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Rhapsody in tweed: on the costumes of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

Posted by · 11:20 am · January 17th, 2012

BAFTA voters overruled their own costume branch by handing a Best Costume Design nomination to the soberly colored men’s suits of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” — and they were right to do so.

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Round-up: The underperforming Sundance class of 2011

Posted by · 7:24 am · January 17th, 2012

Also: Luhrmann on ‘Gatsby’ in 3D, and Elton vs. Madonna

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'The Artist' and 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' lead BAFTA nominations

Posted by · 11:00 pm · January 16th, 2012

Predictably, ‘The Artist’ leads the BAFTA nominations with 12 mentions, while ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ follows with 11

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BAFTA nominations on the way

Posted by · 4:01 pm · January 16th, 2012

BAFTA announce their nominees in a few hours — expect a lot of nominations for “The Artist,” “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” and perhaps even “My Week With Marilyn.”

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