One more tease of our upcoming interview with “Gravity” director Alfonso Cuarón before we dive deep on the four-year journey of making that film. We’ve asked about his friend Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” and the lessons he learned on the embattled production of 1998’s “Great Expectations,” but today, I was curious about his collaboration with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, or “Chivo,” as he’s known to his friends and colleagues.
Alfonso Cuarón on Emmanuel Lubezki: 'He's one of the great geniuses of our day'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:54 am · September 19th, 2013
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Alfonso Cuarón remembers lessons learned on 1998's 'Great Expectations'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:17 am · September 18th, 2013
We’re going to have a few nibbles of a recent interview with director Alfonso Cuarón leading up to a larger piece dealing specifically with his work on the space spectacle “Gravity.” Today, given the scale and high level of difficulty of a film like this, I found myself curious about the lessons Cuarón learned on 1998’s “Great Expectations.”
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Alfonso Cuarón says 'Pacific Rim' made 'Gravity' feel like a 'tiny Sundance film'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:57 pm · September 17th, 2013
We’re going to have a few nibbles of a recent interview with director Alfonso Cuarón in lead-up to a larger piece dealing specifically with his work on the space spectacle “Gravity.” Today, with the summer movie season not to far back in the rearview, I thought I’d ask Cuarón for his thoughts on “Pacific Rim.”
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Richard Linklater to receive Director Tribute at the Gotham Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:47 am · September 17th, 2013
Richard Linklater has been an indie influence since 1991’s “Slacker.” This year, with “Before Midnight” in the mix, the Gotham Awards have chosen him for a Director Tribute.
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BFCA (again) stakes out the night of the Oscar noms for 19th annual Critics' Choice awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:17 pm · September 16th, 2013
The Broadcast Film Critics Association has decided on Jan. 16, 2014 as the date for the upcoming 19th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Earlier that day, the awards conversation will have taken a whole new leap with the announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees.
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Woody Allen to receive HFPA's Cecil B. DeMille Award
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:52 pm · September 13th, 2013
“Blue Jasmine” writer/director Woody Allen has been selected for this year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes. But will he show up to accept? He’s notorious for eschewing the awards circuit.
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Tech Support: Oscar-winning sound pioneer Ray Dolby leaves behind a rich legacy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:22 pm · September 12th, 2013
Those entering the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 at the 86th annual Academy Awards will pass under the marquee named after a man who changed the art and science of movies, a man whose thumbprint is on the very form itself, a man who passed away earlier today at the age of 80.
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'Lee Daniels' The Butler' takes less crowded original screenplay path under 'inspired by' classification
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:34 pm · September 11th, 2013
The WGA agrees, but will the Academy? Remember ‘Syriana?’
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Toronto: Weinstein buys 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'The Railway Man'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:57 am · September 11th, 2013
Harvey Weinstein is busy as ever this festival season. After picking up “Tracks” during Telluride/Venice and “Can a Song Save Your Life?” at Toronto, he’s landed two more distribution deals up north as the festival begins to draw to a close.
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Toronto: CBS Films picks up 'The F Word' with Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:08 pm · September 10th, 2013
I remember a little script on the Black List called “The F Word.” Shows how much I’ve been paying attention that I didn’t know it was being made, let alone ready to show in Toronto. So it was, so it is and so it’s been acquired, by CBS Films.
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Matthew McConaughey bursts into crowded Best Actor field with career-best 'Dallas Buyers Club' portrayal
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:42 am · September 10th, 2013
Matthew McConaughey gives his best performance to date in “Dallas Buyers Club,” but he enters a Best Actor conversation that is already in full swing and stuffed with strong contenders. Where’s the wiggle room?
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Toronto: A24 picks up 'Under the Skin' with Scarlett Johansson and 'Locke' with Tom Hardy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:24 am · September 10th, 2013
The funny thing about Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin” is that we pretty much called it. Okay, not in print, but Greg Ellwood and I were talking to A24 publicity at the Telluride Film Festival last week and he put it bluntly: “So, you’ll be picking up ‘Under the Skin,'” he said. “It’s an A24 film if there ever was one.” And so it is.
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Off the Carpet: Reindeer games
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:53 pm · September 8th, 2013
Something I’ve been fending off as just inside baseball bitching suddenly stuck in my craw this week. So let’s get this business out of the way at the top so we can enjoy the season.
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Toronto: Weinstein closes in on a deal for 'Can a Song Save Your Life?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:50 am · September 8th, 2013
John Carney’s “Once” follow-up sparked an all-night auction.
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Toronto: Jason Bateman's 'Bad Words' lands at Focus
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:28 pm · September 7th, 2013
Focus Features will be aiming to turn “Bad Words” into a smash as the studio acquired the film earlier this morning. Written by Andrew Dodge (and a Black List entry in 2011), it be released worldwide by Focus in 2014.
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A newcomer nearly steals 'Captain Phillips' from Best Actor slam dunk Tom Hanks
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:14 am · September 6th, 2013
Paul Greengrass’ “Captain Phillips” is plainly one of the best films of the year. It’s the best work the director has offered to date and it features a detailed, ultimately emotional performance from Tom Hanks that is sure to draw kudos. But the big surprise is that Hanks might not even give the best performance of the film.
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Watch: Penn Jillette in a clip from Telluride stand-out 'Tim's Vermeer'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:44 pm · September 5th, 2013
A new clip from Telluride hit “Tim’s Vermeer” does a good job of setting the overall scene for the theory Tim Jenison puts to the test throughout the film.
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Angelina Jolie, Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi to receive Honorary Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:53 am · September 5th, 2013
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced this year’s Honorary Oscar recipients, to be presented at the fifth annual Governors Awards in November.
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