It has seemed almost too quiet on the “Jane Got a Gun” front as of late. But beneath the surface, things have been tumultuous. And things just got uglier.
'Jane Got a Gun' producers sue director Lynne Ramsay
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 pm · November 5th, 2013
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2014 Adapted and Original Screenplay Oscar Contenders: Most competitive year ever?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:49 am · November 5th, 2013
HitFix’s awards editorial team surveys this year’s list of adapted and original screenplay Oscar contenders. Indie hopefuls mingle with front-running juggernauts. Which writers will end up with nominations?
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19 animated features submitted for 2013 Oscar race
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:17 am · November 5th, 2013
The Academy has announced that 19 films have been submitted for consideration in this year’s Best Animated Feature Film race.
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Exclusive: Andrew Dominik could give you his 'Jesse James' director's cut in 'half a day'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:23 am · November 5th, 2013
In the years since the 2007 release of Andrew Dominik’s “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” an even longer, deeper-realized cut of the 160-minute western has been a sort of holy grail for the film’s acolytes. Andrew Dominik talks exclusively with HitFix about his preferred versions of the opus.
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Cate Blanchett named Santa Barbara's Outstanding Performer of the Year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:00 am · November 5th, 2013
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has kicked off a wave of tribute announcements today with the revelation that Cate Blanchett will receive this year’s Outstanding Performer of the Year award for her work in Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine.”
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Five Golden Globe comedies the HFPA should be considering but probably isn't
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:06 pm · November 4th, 2013
The deadline for Golden Globe submissions was Friday and so studios had to declare whether their contenders would be aiming for comedy or drama consideration. Here are a handful that probably won’t get much notice but certainly deserve it.
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Off the Carpet: The awards circuit comes to life ahead of AFI Fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:34 am · November 4th, 2013
With the 2013 AFI Fest on the horizon, studios are circling the wagons and gearing up their campaigns along the circuit. But there are still a few weeks left before all the puzzle pieces are revealed. What happens in the meantime?
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Paramount plays up 'Nebraska's' old-fashioned charms with 'Paper Moon' double bill
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:05 am · November 4th, 2013
Every once in a while a studio capitalizes on parallels between one of its awards hopefuls and a classic of the medium that also did pretty well on the circuit by booking a double bill. Fox Searchlight did it with “The Wrestler” and “On the Waterfront,” for instance. This year, Paramount is going that route with Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” and Peter Bogdanovich’s “Paper Moon.”
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Tell us what you thought of 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:20 am · November 1st, 2013
Matthew McConaughey’s awards play hits theaters today.
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A very different Jason Reitman on display in the trailer for 'Labor Day'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:07 am · October 31st, 2013
Jason Reitman’s “Labor Day” hits this Christmas and is a very different film for the director. The first trailer has hit, revealing the work of Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet. Will they find room to navigate this season?
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Real life 'Lone Survivor' and Mark Wahlberg discuss the cost and depiction of war
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:12 pm · October 30th, 2013
“Lone Survivor” tells the harrowing story of SEAL Team 10 and Operation Red Wings, a tragic story of Afghanistan warfare captured with grit and realism by director Peter Berg. Berg, two of the film’s stars, Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitsch, and real life “lone survivor” Marcus Luttrell reflect on the event, the film, the cost of war and the responsibility of immortalizing it on film.
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Best Director 2014: Cuarón, McQueen and Jonze vie for Oscar
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 pm · October 29th, 2013
HitFix’s awards editorial team surveys this year’s Best Director crop, from debut filmmakers to weathered vets and all points in between.
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Martin Scorsese has a present for you this Christmas
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:31 pm · October 29th, 2013
After weeks of speculation in the media Paramount Pictures has officially confirmed Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” for a Christmas Day release.
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Exclusive: Could both 'Gravity' and 'Aningaaq' end up with Oscar nominations?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:53 am · October 29th, 2013
Jonás Cuarón and his father Alfonso talk to HitFix about the short film “Aningaaq,” a companion piece to the space thriller “Gravity” that could be chalked up for awards recognition alongside that film this year.
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Matthew McConaughey on Ron Woodroof and fighting the power in 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:49 pm · October 28th, 2013
Matthew McConaughey talks about questioning authority and obsessing on the details of charismatic Ron Woodroof in Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Dallas Buyers Club.”
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Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt sought truth in contrivance on '12 Years a Slave'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:11 am · October 28th, 2013
Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt talks to HitFix about shooting “12 Years a Slave” on film and his decade-long collaboration with filmmaker Steve McQueen.
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Oscar Talk: NYFF, Gotham nominations, awards contenders head for 2014
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · October 25th, 2013
In the latest edition of the Oscar Talk podcast, Kris Tapley and Anne Thompson look back at what the New York Film Festival added to the pile, consider the indie slate with the Gotham Awards nominees and ponder the exit of a few key titles to 2014.
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Forest Whitaker scores an early Oscar season honor
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:30 am · October 25th, 2013
Forest Whitaker, star of “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and a ubiquitous figure in this year’s movie awards season, has been tapped by the Santa Barbara Film Festival for the annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film. Previous recipients include Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Quentin Tarantino, Ed Harris, John Travolta
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