George Clooney is finishing up “The Monuments Men” for release later this year, which he is also producing along with Smoke House partner Grant Heslov. The duo, with Ben Affleck, picked up Oscars for Best Picture in February for “Argo,” and according to The Wrap, Clooney and Heslov are re-teaming with journalist Joshuah Bearman — whose 2007 Wired article spawned the Iran hostage crisis drama — for something called “Coronado High.”
George Clooney to reteam with 'Argo' journalist for 'Coronado High'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:45 pm · April 25th, 2013
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Cannes Check 2013: Arnaud des Pallières's 'Michael Kohlhaas'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:27 am · April 25th, 2013
Continuing our cheat sheet for the Cannes Competition.
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Cannes Check 2013: Joel and Ethan Coen's 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:31 pm · April 24th, 2013
Continuing our cheat sheet for the Cannes Competition.
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Kidman, Lee, Ramsay and Waltz among those joining Spielberg on Cannes jury
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:18 am · April 24th, 2013
There are more female filmmakers on the jury than in Competition.
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Cannes Directors' Fortnight lineup includes new film by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:35 pm · April 23rd, 2013
Sundance horror hit ‘We Are What We Are’ also makes the grade.
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With 'Dallas Buyers Club' is Focus Features getting its awards slate in order?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:28 pm · April 23rd, 2013
When actor Matthew McConaughey was doing the awards circuit press rounds last year for his Independent Spirit Award-winning work in “Magic Mike,” he was strikingly thin. The reason for the physical transformation was his role Jean-Marc Vallée’s upcoming “Dallas Buyers Club,” which has just found a home at Focus Features.
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Cannes Check 2013: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi's 'A Villa in Italy'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:37 am · April 23rd, 2013
We begin sizing up the Competition at next month’s Cannes Film Festival.
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Cannes Critics' Week lineup includes Sundance hit 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:30 pm · April 22nd, 2013
‘Tabu’ director Miguel Gomes to preside over the feature film jury.
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Ari Folman's 'The Congress' to open Directors' Fortnight at Cannes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:04 am · April 20th, 2013
Robin Wright-starring sci-fi was a surprise exclusion from the Official Selection.
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Report: 2014 Oscars producers have asked Seth MacFarlane to host again
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:30 pm · April 19th, 2013
A report suggests the newly minted Oscar producers have reached out to last year’s host to come back for more.
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US and France dominate a big-name Cannes Film Festival lineup
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:15 am · April 18th, 2013
One woman makes this year’s Competition – but not the one we were expecting.
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Cannes lineup includes Payne, Soderbergh, Polanski, Coens, Refn… and James Franco
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:12 am · April 18th, 2013
19 films are vying for the Palme d’Or.
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Tribeca Film Festival introduces Nora Ephron Prize for female filmmakers
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:42 pm · April 17th, 2013
$25,000 prize will go to filmmaker who best embodies the spirit of Ephron
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Shane Carruth on swimming upriver (and self-distributing) in 'Upstream Color'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:05 pm · April 16th, 2013
The filmmaker’s fascinating second feature is in theaters now.
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Craig Zadan and Neil Meron back for more at the 2014 Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:32 pm · April 16th, 2013
So I guess no one at the Academy got the memo that no one really liked the way the Oscars were put on back in February (I was mostly fine with them, mind you), and so they’re bringing Craig Zadan and Neil Meron back for more.
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Iñárritu's 'Birdman' starts shooting with Keaton, Watts, Stone, Galifianakis and more
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:35 am · April 16th, 2013
The film will be the Oscar-nominated director’s first comedy.
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Brady Corbet and Antonio Campos on the violence between the lines in 'Simon Killer'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:47 pm · April 15th, 2013
The controversial indie is out in theaters and hits VOD today.
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A look back at 1993 and the second annual MTV Movie Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:02 am · April 14th, 2013
Last year I used the occasion of the 21st annual MTV Movie Awards as an excuse to go back in time to the day-glo, New Jack Swing days of 1992 to look at the network’s first stab at recognizing the “best” in filmed entertainment. This year, I figured why not keep it going as the 22nd annual gears up for this evening? Let’s step back in the time machine and zip back to the pop culturally nebulous days of 1993 and the second annual MTV Movie Awards show.
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