HitFix’s awards editorial staff surveys the field of this year’s Best Supporting Actress category. From suffering, wives to supportive mothers, the season’s crop is varied and accomplished.
Best Supporting Actress 2014: Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts and Scarlett Johansson
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:30 pm · October 22nd, 2013
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You're gonna have to wait until 2014 to see George Clooney's 'Monuments Men'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:27 pm · October 22nd, 2013
Another awards season possibility bites the 2013 dust.
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Director Jean-Marc Vallée saw beauty in contrast with 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:28 pm · October 21st, 2013
“Dallas Buyers Club” director Jean-Marc Vallée talks to HitFix about being moved by the script for his latest film, being sold on actor Matthew McConaughey to headline it and how it resonates with what’s happening in the socio-political sphere today.
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Tell us what you thought of 'All is Lost'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:51 am · October 18th, 2013
J.C. Chandor’s one man show starring Robert Redford hits theaters this weekend.
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Steve McQueen on the right to pursue happiness and '12 Years a Slave'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:05 am · October 18th, 2013
“12 Years a Slave” director Steve McQueen talks to HitFix about the bigger picture of his film, the role Brad Pitt played in making it a reality and how much of an impact filming in the Louisiana summer swelter had on the end result.
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Exclusive: Revival screening of Andrew Dominik's 'Jesse James' planned for December
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:30 am · October 18th, 2013
The Museum of the Moving Image will present a special revival screening of Andrew Dominik’s “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” on Dec. 7. The event, called “No Eulogies,” is an attempt to kick-start a repertory afterlife for the 2007 western.
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Peter Berg's 'Lone Survivor' to premiere at AFI Fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:47 am · October 17th, 2013
AFI Fest has rounded out its 2013 slate with a list of special screenings, centerpiece gala additions and another world premiere.
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Steve McQueen on '12 Years' squeamishness: 'It's the truth and should be respected as such'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:54 pm · October 15th, 2013
There have been reports of modest Academy screening attendance for “12 Years a Slave” and the “tough medicine” of the film. But is it really so bad? Director Steve McQueen responds.
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Matthew McConaughey recalls his biggest fear going into Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:35 am · October 15th, 2013
Matthew McConaughey tells HitFix what gave him trepidation when he was handed the opportunity to headline a major Christopher Nolan blockbuster.
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Best Supporting Actor 2014: Oscar contenders include George Clooney, Michael Fassbender and Tom Hanks
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:45 am · October 15th, 2013
HitFix’s awards team surveys the 2014 Best Supporting Actor category, from George Clooney as an astronaut to Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and all points in between.
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Off the Carpet: How do this year's Oscar hopefuls reflect the zeitgeist?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:55 am · October 14th, 2013
We’ve weighed the contenders and early declarations have been made. The whisper campaigns and casual takedowns have begun with no real (comfortable) frontrunner to emerge for a while yet. But as we look out over this year’s Oscar contending crop, what does it have to say about where and who we are?
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Composer Steven Price on scoring the soundscape of 'Gravity' and the power of Atmos
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:58 pm · October 10th, 2013
Composer Steven Price talks to HitFix about the unique approach to scoring Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” and the huge creative leap the work took after being mixed in Dolby Atmos.
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Eight documentary shorts make Academy's Oscar shortlist
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:21 am · October 10th, 2013
The Academy has announced this year’s field of contending documentary short subject films for the 86th annual Academy Awards. The crop has been trimmed down to eight, from which five nominees will be chosen.
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Introducing HitFix Oscar Picks!
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:10 am · October 9th, 2013
We’ve been teasing a new feature here at In Contention for a few months now and I’m happy that we can finally lift the veil on HitFix Oscar Picks!
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Best Actress 2014: Oscar contenders include Amy Adams, Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 pm · October 8th, 2013
HitFix’s awards editors survey the lead actress field fro Amy Adams to Shailene Woodley.
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No (high profile) secret screening for NYFF this year?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:50 pm · October 7th, 2013
While films like “Hugo” and “Lincoln” may have received their first looks at the annual New York Film Festival via “secret screenings” in recent years, attendees can probably stop holding their breath for another surprise at the on-going 51st annual.
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Off the Carpet: Fox enters the Oscar season with 'The Book Thief' and 'Walter Mitty'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:25 am · October 7th, 2013
This weekend, 20th Century Fox arrived to the 2013 film awards season with a pair of hopefuls that couldn’t be more different from the outside. Nevertheless, Brian Percival’s “The Book Thief” and Ben Stiller’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” both of which will be viewed as cloying in some circles, are made with an honesty that could stave off some of the cynicism and register. At the end of the day, though, neither is the slam dunk contender the studio may have hoped for a year after “Life of Pi.”
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Tell us what you thought of 'Gravity'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:13 pm · October 3rd, 2013
Alfonso Cuaron’s next-level ride hits theaters this weekend.
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