This will be In Contention’s last month as part of the HitFix family.
In Contention signing off at HitFix
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:00 am · June 19th, 2015
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A Perfect Shot: Vittorio Storaro on a warrior reborn in 'Apocalypse Now'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:14 pm · June 17th, 2015
Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro recalls one of the most iconic and defining images of the 1979 masterwork “Apocalypse Now.”
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More than just Pixar's best, 'Inside Out' is a new animation masterpiece
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:18 am · June 15th, 2015
Pixar’s “Inside Out” is the studio’s best film to date, and while it will surely be in the Best Picture conversation like “Toy Story 3” and “Up” before it, shouldn’t director Pete Docter be in serious consideration to break that boundary for filmmakers?
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Looking back on the Oscar-winning designs of 'Dick Tracy' 25 years later
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 pm · June 14th, 2015
Makeup artist John Caglione Jr. and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro look back at “Dick Tracy” 25 years later.
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From 'Toy Story' to 'Inside Out': Ranking all of Pixar's films
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:21 pm · June 12th, 2015
Twenty years, 15 feature films, and a whole lot of quality work to go around. Ask us again next year and the order might be different, but for now, taking a stab at ranking the films of Pixar Animation Studios…
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Lance Armstrong sells himself out in the trailer for 'The Program' with Ben Foster
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:31 am · June 11th, 2015
The first trailer for “The Program” has hit, with Ben Foster starring as disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.
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'The Martian' trailer: Will Ridley Scott's space drama wash out the 'Exodus' taste?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:25 am · June 8th, 2015
A new global trailer for Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” has been released, detailing yet another vibrant, meticulously crafted world on the screen.
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Tom Hanks fights for the Constitution in the first 'Bridge of Spies' trailer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:13 am · June 5th, 2015
Walt Disney Studios has released the first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies.”
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Tom Hanks is front and center on the poster for Steven Spielberg's 'Bridge of Spies'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:30 am · June 4th, 2015
Walt Disney Studios has released the first poster for Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies.”
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The new trailer for Robert Zemeckis' 'The Walk' finds Joseph Gordon-Levitt on a high wire
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:50 am · June 4th, 2015
A new trailer for “The Walk” has been released to accompany the news that it will open the New York Film Festival.
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The New York Film Festival lands a high-wire opening act
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:22 am · June 4th, 2015
The New York Film Festival has announced that Robert Zemeckis’ “The Walk” will open this year’s annual event with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the starring role.
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'Birdman' director lashes out at 'corporate' cinema and 'the cruel emperor of profit'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:59 am · June 3rd, 2015
Alejandro González Iñárritu accepted the Sundance Institute’s Vanguard Leadership Award Tuesday night and had some pointed comments about the state of cinema as entertainment for profit.
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Carey Mulligan rocks the vote in the trailer for 'Suffragette'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:46 am · June 3rd, 2015
Focus Features has released the first trailer for “Suffragette” starring Carey Mulligan.
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After career-high 'American Sniper,' Clint Eastwood announces his next film
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:03 pm · June 2nd, 2015
Clint Eastwood’s next project after lighting up the box office with “American Sniper” will be a biopic of “Miracle on the Hudson” airline pilot Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger.
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Last year's Best Picture winner sets an Oscar season release date for 'Youth'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:06 am · June 2nd, 2015
Fox Searchlight Pictures has lined up a December release date for Paolo Sorrentino’s “Youth.”
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Top 10 disaster movie money shots
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:15 pm · May 31st, 2015
With “San Andreas” in theaters, a look at some of the most arresting disaster movie imagery.
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'Grace of Monaco' screenwriter dismantles the film in live Tweet session
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:11 am · May 28th, 2015
“Grace of Monaco” screenwriter Arash Amel let it all hang out in a live-Tweet session dismantling the film, which went through the creative ringer before landing as a dud on the opening night of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
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After 'Mad Max': Should these directors revisit their original visions, too?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 pm · May 26th, 2015
With George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road,” a look at six more bold visions that could be reinvigorated by their originators.
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