The Houston Film Critics Society has announced nominations, and no surprise, the three-horse race for critical darling of the year led the way: “Birdman” with 10, “Boyhood” with seven and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” with six.
'Birdman' and usual critical darling suspects lead Houston critics' nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:50 am · December 16th, 2014
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'Birdman' comes away with six Phoenix film critics awards including Best Picture
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:02 am · December 16th, 2014
The Phoenix Film Critics Society ended up splitting their Best Picture and Best Director awards between the two most critically acclaimed (on the circuit) films of the year: “Birdman” and “Boyhood.”
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'Mr. Turner' leads London Film Critics Circle nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · December 16th, 2014
Chiming in from across the pond, the London Film Critics Circle has added its collective voice to the 2014 circuit with a list of nominations. It was “Mr. Turner” that led the way with seven total nominations.
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Chicago critics board the 'Boyhood' bandwagon
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:51 pm · December 15th, 2014
The Chicago Film Critics Association announced 2014 superlatives Monday night and it was “Boyhood” coming out on top. Also, in what must have been a heartwarming moment during the announcement dinner, “Life Itself” won Best Documentary.
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'Into the Woods' misses the cut as Academy narrows makeup and hairstyling race to 7
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:49 pm · December 15th, 2014
The big surprise omission from the Academy’s list of bake-off finalists in the makeup and hairstyling category was “Into the Woods,” but other strong contenders like “Foxcatcher” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” remain.
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'Evil Dead,' 'Gravity' and 'The Hobbit' lead film music critics nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:53 am · February 11th, 2014
Always a bit of a unique take on the year, the International Film Music Critics Association’s annual assessment of the year in movie and TV scores has brought with it, well, something different. And looking across the nominees, it’s two genre films — “Evil Dead” and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” — that led the field with three specific nominations each. Though you could make it four for the former as composer Roque Baños was also nominated for Film Composer of the Year, alongside “Gravity” composer Steven Price, in fact, which would bring its total up to three as well.
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The top 10 shots of 2013: part one
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:45 am · February 11th, 2014
If you look here and there on the web these days, you might notice that more than a few outlets are now cooking up their own “top 10 shots of the year” pieces. Here we are in our seventh year of producing such a collective, and it’s nice to see others catch on to the idea: singular images and the thematic impact they make are as subjective as anything else we end up praising at the end of a given year.
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Hugh Jackman is coming back to host the Tony Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:31 am · February 11th, 2014
Hugh Jackman hasn’t hosted the Tony Awards in nearly a decade but it’s just been announced he’ll be back for a fourth time at the 68th annual show on Sunday, June 8, 2014.
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Wylie Stateman explains the first-person sound experience of Oscar nominee 'Lone Survivor'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:24 pm · February 10th, 2014
“Lone Survivor” sound editor Wylie Stateman picked up his seventh Oscar nomination to date last month, though despite wonderful work in films like “Cliffhanger,” “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained,” he’s yet to win an Academy Award. He sat down with HitFix to discuss his approach to what you hear in Peter Berg’s war film.
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Off the Carpet: Frontrunners try to maintain buzz while others aim to capitalize in phase two
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:18 pm · February 10th, 2014
The Oscar nominees are gathering for lunch this afternoon as the Winter Olympics forge ahead in Sochi, gobbling up two weeks and extending the phase two timeline of this year’s film awards season. The question is, how will that extension affect the race, if at all?
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Solomon Northup wins his first award of the year for '12 Years a Slave' at USC Scripter Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:52 pm · February 8th, 2014
Plenty of prizes have come “12 Years a Slave’s” way this season but Saturday night’s USC Scripter prize was the first to be shared by Solomon Northup himself.
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Robert Redford tribute provides an emotional grace note at Santa Barbara festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:32 am · February 8th, 2014
Friday night ended up providing one of the most emotional moments of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. It came at the end of a very long evening saluting the career of actor Robert Redford, one that wasn’t even long enough, actually, as the timeline had to top out at “Ordinary People” lest the celebration spill over far too much. And it was a grace note representative of the heart of this festival.
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'Captain Phillips' and 'American Hustle' win industry editing honors
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:20 pm · February 7th, 2014
Friday night “Captain Phillips” routed fellow Best Picture nominees “Gravity,” “Her” and “12 Years a Slave” to win the ACE Eddie Award for dramatic feature film editing. “American Hustle,” meanwhile, bested “Nebraska” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” to claim the comedy/musical prize.
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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio look back on a fruitful collaboration
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:43 pm · February 6th, 2014
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio hit the stage at the Arlington Theatre Thursday night as co-recipients of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Cinema Vanguard Award. A two-hour discussion, moderated by The Hollywood Reporter’s Todd McCarthy, covered all bases of their 12-year pas de deux, including, of course, their introduction to each other’s work.
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Oprah reflects on 'The Color Purple,' America's disinterest in news and '12 Years a Slave'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:12 am · February 6th, 2014
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” star Oprah Winfrey was feted at the 29th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival Wednesday night with the Montecito Award. She spoke at length about her minimal but accomplished work on the big screen, beginning with the moment that changed her life: Steven Spielberg’s “The Color Purple.”
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NBC sets date with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler for 2015 Golden Globes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:44 am · February 5th, 2014
NBC has nailed down a date for the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler: January 11, 2015.
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'Wolf' nominees Scorsese and DiCaprio move forward on separate prestige projects
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:35 am · February 4th, 2014
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio look to be going separate ways again with upcoming projects after the two have consistently collaborated on a number of projects over the last decade. Scorsese’s “Silence” is moving along with casting while DiCaprio has kick-started a new vehicle for his “Wolf of Wall Street” co-star Jonah Hill.
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'Monuments' man Matt Damon explains the tricky tone of George Clooney's latest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:00 am · February 4th, 2014
‘Monuments Men’ star Matt Damon sits down with HitFix to discuss his work in George Clooney’s latest and how finding the right balance of tone was the biggest challenge.
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