Meryl Streep’s interpretation of Margaret Thatcher looks certain to land the actress her 17th Oscar nomination, bettering her own record, but does it rank with her best work? Find out in our round-up of Streep’s 10 finest hours, including her performances in “Silkwood,” “Adaptation” and “Kramer vs. Kramer.”
The Lists: Top 10 Meryl Streep performances
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:29 am · December 14th, 2011
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'The Help' leads SAG nominations, Demián Bichir surprises in Best Actor
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:51 am · December 14th, 2011
The SAG Awards tend to hew closely to Oscar prognosticators’ lists, but they handed us a few wild cards this morning — not just in terms of who they nominated, but who they left out.
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Share your SAG and Globe nominee predictions
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:44 pm · December 13th, 2011
An open space for readers to offer their own best guesses on the upcoming SAG and Golden Globe nominee lists — with our own SAG predictions to get the ball rolling.
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'Young Adult' to receive Vanguard Award at Palm Springs fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:59 pm · December 13th, 2011
The Palm Springs festival tends to stick very closely to the presumed template of surefire Oscar contenders when picking their honorees, so they’ve gone slightly out on a limb by handing their Vanguard Award to “Young Adult.”
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Interview: Keira Knightley on pushing herself (and pulling it back) in 'A Dangerous Method'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:04 am · December 13th, 2011
While many female stars her age dabble in rom-coms and skimpy action roles, Keira Knightley has actively sought out a thornier path for herself, taking a series of challenging dramatic roles — most recently in David Cronenberg’s “A Dangerous Method.” We talk to her about her recent choices.
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'The Artist' (what else?) leads with 8 San Diego film critics nominations
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:26 pm · December 12th, 2011
No surprise that nominal Oscar favorite “The Artist” came out tops with another critics# group, but the an Diego crowd found room for some individual picks too.
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'The Artist' leads with 7 Houston film critics nods
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:58 pm · December 11th, 2011
“Win Win” and “Drive” are among the pleasant surprises in the Houston critics’ nominee list, more predictably led by “The Artist” — but is there something suspiciously tokenistic about unaccompanied Best Picture bids for end-of-year Oscar bait?
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'Take Shelter' leads Detroit critics nods
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:03 pm · December 11th, 2011
“Take Shelter” leads the Detroit critics’ nominees with five mentions, the odd one out in a Best Picture lineup heavy on established critical favorites.
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Academy narrows visual effects race to 15 films
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:17 pm · December 9th, 2011
The Academy has announced a shortlist of 15 contenders for the Best Visual Effects Oscar, and all the usual suspects, from “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” to “The Tree of Life,” are present. Still, it’s bad news for “Anonymous” and “Immortals.”
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Review: 'Young Adult' is a smart, sour anatomy of a bitch
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:40 pm · December 8th, 2011
If not quite a brilliant film itself, “Young Adult” is shot through with brilliant flashes of testy human insight, powered by Charlize Theron’s sharpest, most fluidly capricious performance since ‘Monster.’
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Octavia Spencer to receive Breakthrough Award at Palm Springs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:09 am · December 8th, 2011
It’s never too late to be recognized as a “breakthrough performer”: 15 years after making her screen debut, “The Help” supporting star Octavia Spencer has been honored with the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs festival.
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Cinema Eye honors Frederick Wiseman film with Legacy Award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:08 pm · December 7th, 2011
Just as veteran American documentarian’s latest film “Crazy Horse,” hits theaters in January, the Cinema Eye documentary awards hand a retrospective award to his 1967 debut ‘Titicut Follies.’
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The Long Shot: Vehicle trouble
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:11 pm · December 7th, 2011
Many Oscar-watchers are describing this year’s Best Actress race as “weak,” a pejorative that has less to do with the fine performances in play than the iffy films many of them happen to find themselves in. But does it have to be that way?
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Top 10 season is upon us
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:32 pm · December 6th, 2011
As the year winds down, the Top 10 lists roll in, including typically unorthodox selections from Cahiers du Cinema and John Waters.
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Team 'Margaret' makes headway
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:47 am · December 6th, 2011
As the critical conversation around Kenneth Lonergan’s beleaguered “Margaret” spurs the film to spectacular limited box office and an expanded screen count in the UK, it seems some people do listen to critics after all.
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Camerimage honors DPs of 'In Darkness,' 'A Separation,' 'Wuthering Heights'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:44 pm · December 5th, 2011
The Polish festival honors the year’s finest in feature film cinematography, but this year’s jury awards saw major lensing showcases like “The Tree of Life” lose out to less showy foreign fare.
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Lars von Trier maintains his silence at European Film Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:40 am · December 5th, 2011
As predicted, Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” won top honors at the European Film Awards on Saturday, but received some karmic payback when fellow Dane Susanne Bier, whom he insulted in his now-famous Cannes press conference, beat him to the Best Director award.
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'Tyrannosaur' wins top prize as British Independent Film Awards spread the love
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:47 am · December 4th, 2011
Paddy Considine’s gritty directorial debut upset the likes of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” and “Shame” to win top honors at the UK’s answer to the Spirit Awards, and took three awards overall — though there was something for everyone at tonight’s ceremony in London.
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