In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ seeks to revive its dwindling buzz with a White House screening for President Obama. Meanwhile, a panel of directors including Ryan Coogler and Oliver Hirschbiegel share their thoughts on the industry.
Roundup: 'Mandela' goes to Washington
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:31 am · November 5th, 2013
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Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel' to open 2014 Berlinale
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:23 am · November 5th, 2013
Wes Anderson’s all-star comedy “The Grand Budapest Hotel” will have its world premiere on February 6, 2014 at the Berlin Film Festival — a great coup for a festival that has struggled to compete with its European rivals in the glamour stakes.
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Three documentaries nominated for European Film Award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:46 pm · November 4th, 2013
Three films have been nominated for the European Film Award for Best Documentary Feature. Two of them — “The Act of Killing” and “The Missing Picture” — are competing for an Oscar in the same category.
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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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Roundup: Truth and fiction in 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:30 am · November 4th, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, “Dallas Buyers Club” is the latest Oscar hopeful to get the fact-checking treatment. Meanwhile, Werner Herzog thinks highly of James Franco in “Spring Breakers,” and Netflix acquires potentially gets into the Oscar game with “The Square.”
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Tell us what you thought of 'Ender's Game'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:52 pm · November 1st, 2013
The controversial sci-fi adaptation, starring Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford, hits U.S. theaters today. Our critic was impressed, but do you think it’s up to scratch?
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Review: Naomi Watts is a plastic people's princess in misguided 'Diana'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:40 am · November 1st, 2013
Oliver Hirschbiegel’s biopic of the late Diana, Princess of Wales has already taken a beating from UK critics, but is it better than its reputation suggests? Sadly not, says our critic: hobbled by a risible script and uninvested direction, this dreary soap opera reveals nothing new about the embattled royal.
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Roundup: Woody Allen's valentine to casting directors
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:06 am · November 1st, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable news and views from the web, Woody Allen pens on open letter to celebrate the work of under-recognized casting directors. Elsewhere, David O. Russell will receive a career tribute at AFI Fest, while a critic wonders if his peers aren’t hard enough on documentaries.
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Tech Support: The production designers go it alone this year
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:18 pm · October 31st, 2013
This year’s race for Best Production Design is a little different in that the costumers have split off and formed their own branch. How will that affect the race? From this vantage point, films like “12 Years a Slave,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Inside Llewyn Davis” seem formidable.
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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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Roundup: Bond producers honored by PGA
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:21 am · October 31st, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, James Bond franchise producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson receive an honorary Producers’ Guild Award. Meanwhile, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto take their seats at the Hollywood Reporter’s actors’ roundtable, and ‘The Wire’ writer David Simon reflects on ’12 Years a Slave.’
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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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The Long Shot: No country for gold men
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:27 pm · October 30th, 2013
How long can Oscar pretend the foreign-language race is a cinematic Olympics?
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France's Oscar entry snubbed by Louis Delluc jury, as Cannes hits make the grade
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:38 pm · October 30th, 2013
‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ the frontrunner for France’s most prestigious award.
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Roundup: Steve McQueen heads to HBO
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:04 am · October 30th, 2013
Also: Underdog actresses and the danger of anticipating ‘Wolf of Wall Street’
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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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