Paul Greengrass’ Oscar hopeful will have its world premiere on September 27
Tom Hanks thriller ‘Captain Phillips’ to open New York Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:21 am · July 29th, 2013
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Venice lineup features new films from Gilliam, Franco, Morris, Miyazaki and many more
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:16 am · July 25th, 2013
Stars set to grace the Lido range from Scarlett Johansson to Judi Dench.
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'The Fifth Estate,' '12 Years a Slave,' 'August: Osage County' and more set for 2013 Toronto Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:51 am · July 23rd, 2013
It was revealed today that Bill Condon’s “The Fifth Estate,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Wiki Leaks found Julian Assange, will be the opening night film of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off on Sept. 5. The closing night film will be Daniel Schecter’s “Life of Crime” with John Hawkes, Mos Def and Jennifer Aniston.
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Full trailer for 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' promises the Mandela you didn't know
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:16 pm · July 18th, 2013
The Weinstein Company has announced it is celebrating “Mandela Day” (today is Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday and, happily, he seems to be getting a bit better after his recent health scare) by dropping a full-length trailer for Justin Chadwick’s upcoming “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.”
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David Fincher racks up VMA and Emmy nods on consecutive days
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:05 pm · July 18th, 2013
The two-time Oscar nominee is proving his multi-media skills this year.
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Oscar winners crash the 2013 Emmy nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:47 am · July 18th, 2013
I’ll leave it to those more embedded in Emmy history to tell us whether Oscar winners landing a slew of nominations from the TV Academy is typical or not. But it was nevertheless striking to me how many Academy Award winners popped up on today’s nominations list.
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'Stories We Tell,' 'Incendies' compete in Venice Days's Film of the Decade poll
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:27 pm · July 17th, 2013
Public invited to choose between 50 standouts from the Venice sidebar’s history.
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Sundance Selects fails in plea against 'Blue' Oscar ineligibility
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:05 pm · July 17th, 2013
French distributors decide against changing release date in order to qualify.
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Benedict Cumberbatch is Julian Assange in first trailer for 'The Fifth Estate'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:25 pm · July 16th, 2013
Bill Condon’s WikiLeaks drama opens October 18 in the US.
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Academy to host screening of Wong Kar-Wai's 'The Grandmaster'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:15 pm · July 16th, 2013
After a rough Berlin debut, the martial arts epic is seeking a second wind.
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Is Mads Mikkelsen in 'The Hunt' an Oscar outsider to consider?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:30 pm · July 15th, 2013
He’s got the reviews and now the celebrity, but will the Danish film get noticed?
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Oscar winners Rick Carter and Alex Gibney among newly elected Academy governors
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:30 am · July 15th, 2013
Ten first-time governors have been elected to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors. In addition, eight incumbents have been reelected and one previous governor is returning to the board. This year’s election increases the Academy’s governing body from 43 to 48.
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Tell us what you thought of 'Fruitvale Station'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:09 am · July 14th, 2013
The big Sundance winner opened on Friday… does it live up to expectations?
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Review: The train misses a few stops in well-acted but phony 'Fruitvale Station'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:20 pm · July 12th, 2013
Ryan Coogler’s debut hints at a powerful story, but where’s the rest of it?
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Is Judi Dench in 'Philomena' the Weinsteins' secret weapon?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:00 am · July 12th, 2013
First glimpse of Judi Dench and Steve Coogan in the adoption-themed dramedy.
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Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo reunite for Martin Luther King drama 'Selma'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:40 pm · July 11th, 2013
The director and actor collaborated on 2012 Sundance winner ‘Middle of Nowhere.’
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First trailer for 'Saving Mr. Banks' reveals the struggle to bring 'Mary Poppins' to the screen
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:02 am · July 11th, 2013
Yesterday Walt Disney Pictures gave us our first official look at John Lee Hancock’s “Saving Mr. Banks” with a production still tease. Today, via Moviefone, the studio has dropped the first trailer for the film.
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Sony Classics picks up riotous cult-movie doc 'Jodorowsky's Dune'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:00 am · July 11th, 2013
HitFix’s own Drew McWeeny is among the talking heads in this Cannes hit.
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