Tons of events and a lot of great movies make this one to remember. I honestly didn’t know my iCal application could hold this many events.
Off the Carpet: The Oscar season has never been so stuffed
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:07 pm · November 18th, 2013
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Will Forte talks 'Nebraska' with fellow 'SNL' alum Jason Sudeikis
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:39 am · November 18th, 2013
Paramount brought out some artillery on behalf of “Nebraska” star Will Forte Sunday afternoon as the actor’s fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum Jason Sudeikis moderated a post-screening Q&A with the Best Supporting Actor hopeful for a capacity audience filled with mostly Screen Actors Guild members.
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Joel and Ethan Coen discuss 'Inside Llewyn Davis,' long-time collaborations and the allure of New York
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:43 am · November 18th, 2013
The Coen Bros. sit down with HitFix’s Kristopher Tapley to discuss their new film, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” emulating the cover of a Bob Dylan record and filling the very big shoes of long-time collaborator Roger Deakins.
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Christian Bale says to expect 'shocking stuff' from Ridley Scott's Moses epic 'Exodus'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:20 pm · November 17th, 2013
Christian Bale has been hard at work filming Ridley Scott’s “Exodus” these last few weeks, and the actor told HitFix in a recent interview that audiences can expect a far cry from what Charlton Heston and Cecil B. DeMille delivered 60 years ago.
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Jared Leto hopes the Focus legacy will live on with new regime after 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:27 pm · November 17th, 2013
With “Dallas Buyers Club” registering as a final hurrah for the Focus Features we’ve known and loved for a decade, stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto reflected on the legacy’s
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Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin toasted and roasted at 2013 Governors Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:12 pm · November 16th, 2013
The Academy kicked off awards season in its own way Saturday night with the presentation of this year’s Honorary Oscars to Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin, Angela Lansbury and Piero Tosi at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood. Or, as Martin Short considers them, “The highest honor an actor can receive…in mid-November.”
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Could critical praise of Will Forte's 'Nebraska' subtlety lead to Best Supporting Actor traction?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:52 am · November 15th, 2013
Bruce Dern continues to land great notices for his work in “Nebraska,” but co-star Will Forte is getting his fair share of solid ink, too. Could Paramount have a serious Best Supporting Actor shot with the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member?
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Three for three: Directors who have dominated the Best Picture race
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:34 pm · November 14th, 2013
If “American Hustle,” “Inside Llewyn Davis” and “Nebraska” end up with Oscar nominations for Best Picture in January, then that means David O. Russell, the Coen brothers and Alexander Payne will enter the exclusive company of 11 other filmmakers who have directed three Best Picture nominees in a row.
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Steve Martin, Punch Brothers and more celebrate 'Llewyn Davis' at Santa Monica jam session
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:57 am · November 14th, 2013
It was time to bring the “Inside Llewyn Davis” party to Los Angeles Wednesday night as CBS Films, producer Scott Rudin and music maestro T Bone Burnett turned out quite the crowd at The Buffalo Club in Santa Monica for another whirlwind musical experience.
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Best Animated Feature 2014: Is this the weakest year for the category to date?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:07 pm · November 12th, 2013
HitFix’s Guy Lodge and Kristopher Tapley survey the field of Best Animated Feature Film contenders. Is this the year Walt Disney Animation finally wins that elusive first Oscar?
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Win a poster and a pair of tickets to the 'Jesse James' revival screening in New York!
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:04 pm · November 12th, 2013
By now we imagine you’re well aware of the upcoming revival screening of “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” set for the Museum of the Moving Image in New York. The event sold out in 24 hours but we have an opportunity for New York-area readers to win a pair of tickets to the screening and Q&A as well as an official one-sheet for the film.
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Quentin Tarantino and AFI Fest pay tribute to 'Nebraska' star Bruce Dern
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:31 am · November 12th, 2013
“Nebraska” enjoyed a Tribute Gala premiere last night in Hollywood as Quentin Tarantino and Leonard Maltin toasted the actor’s career.
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Oprah Winfrey to receive Santa Barbara fest's Montecito Award
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:10 am · November 12th, 2013
It almost seems too perfect for the Santa Barbara Film Festival to recognize “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” star Oprah Winfrey with the annual Montecito Award this year. Winfrey lives in Montecito and doesn’t offer up too many chances for film awards lately, so festival director Roger Durling and company have struck while the iron is hot.
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'Out of the Furnace': Christian Bale's greatest performance
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:17 am · November 10th, 2013
Scott Cooper’s “Out of the Furnace” received its close-up at AFI Fest Saturday night as the mystery around Relativity Media’s late-breaking entry finally dissipated. In the film, actor Christian Bale might just deliver his most dialed-down, lived-in work on the big screen to date.
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The musical soul of Scott Cooper's 'Out of the Furnace'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 am · November 9th, 2013
Filmmaker Scott Cooper and composer Dickon Hinchliffe talk to HitFix about building a cinematic world with instruments, collaborating with Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder and the musical blue collar soul of “Out of the Furnace.”
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Tech Support: Best Original Song Oscar race heats up with Taylor Swift and Beyoncé
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:01 pm · November 7th, 2013
We’re a little ways off yet from the Academy unveiling its long list of eligible contenders in the Best Original Song Oscar race. But in the meantime, and particularly since we finally started populating the category’s Contenders section with entrants in the last week or so, it doesn’t hurt to put a finger to the wind and see what’s what.
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Academy's animated shorts list includes Mickey Mouse, ninja lovers and… George Takei?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:10 pm · November 7th, 2013
The Academy has announced this year’s short list of Best Animated Short contenders, and as always, it’s a varied crop of tone, form and style.
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Exclusive: 'Jesse James' director remembers embattled production as revival screening looms
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:33 am · November 7th, 2013
With a New York revival screening of “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” around the corner, director Andrew Dominik talks exclusively to HitFix about how the experience shaped him as an artist and what it means to him that the film has another life on the big screen.
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