Kristopher Tapley

Sony Pictures Classics has Richard Linklater’s “Before Midnight” primed for a May 24 release. Michael Barker and Tom Bernard picked the film up out of Sundance, reuniting them with the filmmaker they brought to the fore over 20 years ago with “Slacker” via Orion Classics.

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How Harvey Weinstein apparently played the press on the last day of Oscar voting

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:12 pm · March 27th, 2013

David O. Russell was reportedly never really attached to ‘The Ends of the Earth’

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About that time David Letterman kicked 'Spring Breakers' director Harmony Korine off his show

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:17 am · March 26th, 2013

Plus, Korine’s increasingly bizarre appearances on the show over the years.

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Will Smith turned down 'Django Unchained' because he 'needed to be the lead'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:40 am · March 25th, 2013

I still look back at Will Smith passing on Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” as a big misstep, especially at this point in his career. No real reason was given and eventually Jamie Foxx took on the role (and nailed it), but in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Smith revealed that it was because the eponymous Django wasn’t central enough to the story.

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Weinstein sets December 27 limited release for 'Grace of Monaco' starring Nicole Kidman

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:37 am · March 25th, 2013

Olivier Dahan’s “Grace of Monaco” just landed a latter year release date that will put it right in the thick of the awards discussion.

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Lynne Ramsay quits Natalie Portman western 'Jane Got a Gun' on day one of shooting

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:55 am · March 19th, 2013

Chalk this up as some instantly legendary Hollywood news. Lynne Ramsey has walked off of the production of Natalie Portman western “Jane Got a Gun” on day one of shooting out in Santa Fe, New Mexico. As Mike Fleming writes in his exclusive report, directors leaving production is hardly unheard of, but not showing up on the very first day is a bit, uh, unique.

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Tell us what you thought of 'Spring Breakers'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:02 am · March 16th, 2013

Harmony Korine’s new spin on disenchantment opens in limited release this weekend.

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Tell us what you thought of 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:39 am · March 16th, 2013

The Steve Carell/Jim Carrey magician comedy hits theaters this weekend.

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So…James Franco? 'Spring Breakers?' Best Supporting Actor?

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:33 pm · March 14th, 2013

Just to get this out of the way, no, this isn’t likely to happen in any universe. But bear with me…

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Nora Ephron's Broadway hit 'Lucky Guy' with Tom Hanks is a profound, poignant swan song

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:14 am · March 13th, 2013

It’s fitting that Nora Ephron’s swan song, the play “Lucky Guy,” calls the Broadhurst Theatre on West 44th Street home. The venue sits around the corner from the old New York Times Building that housed the operations of the Gray Lady for 94 years. And Ephron’s play, while an account of the rise, fall and vindication of New York journalist Mike McAlary, is just as much a celebration of the profession the author, filmmaker and playwright once called her own.

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'Short Term 12' and 'William and the Windmill' win jury awards at SXSW

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:23 pm · March 12th, 2013

Comedian Jerrod Carmichael hosted the 2013 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival’s jury and special awards ceremony tonight in Austin, Texas. Desin Daniel Cretton’s “Short Term 12” and Ben Nabors’s “William and the Windmill” took top honors in the narrative and documentary feature fields respectively.

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David O. Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook' follow-up gets a release date

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:19 am · March 12th, 2013

Sony has a packed potential awards slate on the way.

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Paramount and Warner Bros. to co-produce and distribute Christopher Nolan's 'Interstellar'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:14 am · March 8th, 2013

Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced co-production and co-distribution of Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi extravaganza “Interstellar.”

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