There will be countless appreciations of the late film critic Roger Ebert today, plenty of them here at HitFix. And you can bet they will, each of them, be full of unique insights and takeaways from the critic’s life and times. He had such an invaluable impact on so many in this world of film commentary and criticism that the words will come like a landslide. And that very fact will reveal so much of his legacy.
Roger Ebert mattered
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:32 pm · April 4th, 2013
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan up the glamour in latest 'Great Gatsby' trailer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:33 am · April 4th, 2013
Trailer also features new cuts from Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and Florence Welch.
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Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf talk 'The Company You Keep' for NYT
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:43 am · April 4th, 2013
The all-star political thriller opens in theaters tomorrow.
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Ryan Gosling wants to fight in the trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Only God Forgives'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:31 pm · April 3rd, 2013
Will we see this one at Cannes?
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20 years on 'Jurassic Park' is still quintessential Spielberg spectacle
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:09 am · April 3rd, 2013
The film’s upcoming 3D release reminds why it is one of his greatest achievements.
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Tim Burton and Harvey Weinstein come together for 'Big Eyes' with Waltz and Adams
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:55 pm · April 2nd, 2013
Screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have apparently been trying to get their project, “Big Eyes,” about feuding artist couple Walter and Margaret Keane for years. They’ve finally secured a progressive track, reports Deadline, with Tim Burton set to direct and The Weinstein Company closing a deal to fund and distribute. Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams, fresh off awards attention in the Weinstein-distributed “Django Unchained” and “The Master,” will star.
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The Academy's membership meeting: Is one-term president Hawk Koch just making waves?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:52 pm · April 2nd, 2013
Over the weekend, The New York Times broke the news that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited its 6,000-strong membership to a May 4 session to be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco to discuss…something. “Please join us for a special event: The future of the Academy,” the invite read, somewhat mysteriously.
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'Twelve Years a Slave' set for a December release, but likely to skip Cannes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:58 pm · April 2nd, 2013
We’ll have to wait a bit longer than we’d hoped for Steve McQueen’s third feature.
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Bill Clinton, Pierce Brosnan and more set to fete Chaplin Award recipient Barbra Streisand
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:09 am · April 2nd, 2013
Event is set for April 22 in New York.
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Peggy Siegal on Oscar's build: Hathaway's Valentino snub, Clooney's Dujardin revenge
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:35 am · April 1st, 2013
I read Peggy Siegel’s Oscar weekend diary at The Huffington Post with the expected mixture of fascination and disgust. You find yourself smiling at the gluttony of Hollywood during awards season until you don’t, as the cup of excess runneth over. And Siegel’s diary is a perfect record of all that superficiality.
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Academy to revise Documentary Short rules and expand voting branch
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:00 am · March 29th, 2013
Changes will give more voters a say in the award.
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Malick's 'To the Wonder' to be released day-and-date in theaters and on VOD
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:57 am · March 28th, 2013
Magnolia will finally release the divisive film Stateside on April 12.
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Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are back in the trailer for 'Before Midnight'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:32 am · March 28th, 2013
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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Fox Searchlight checks into Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:59 pm · March 27th, 2013
The period comedy could be out later this year.
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Jon Stewart's directorial debut 'Rosewater' to go on sale at Cannes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:05 pm · March 27th, 2013
Scott Rudin will co-produce adaptation of journalist Maziar Bahari’s memoir.
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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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Mendes will return to the Bond franchise, vow producers
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:25 pm · March 26th, 2013
Oscar-winning director ruled himself out of the next one, but ‘left the door open.’
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10 films we're most hoping to see at the Cannes Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:45 pm · March 25th, 2013
From Asghar Farhadi to Nicolas Winding Refn, we’re counting on a diverse slate.
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