We continue our preview of the Cannes competition with the latest from the Italian director of ‘Gomorrah.’
Cannes Check: Matteo Garrone's 'Reality'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:30 am · April 30th, 2012
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Cannes Check: Jacques Audiard's 'Rust and Bone'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:33 am · April 23rd, 2012
We continue our series of previews of the Cannes competition entries.
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Cannes Check: Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:58 am · April 20th, 2012
We kick off our daily series of Cannes Competition previews with a look at the festival opener.
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John Williams, Michael Giacchino, Chemical Brothers nominated by film music critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:37 am · February 10th, 2012
This year’s list of International Film Music Critics Association nominees was predictably dominated by John Williams, who landed seven nominations across the various categories for his two Oscar-nominated scores: “The Adventures of Tintin” and “War Horse.” Not too far back with five nods was “The Artist” composer Ludovic Bource.
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Tech Support Interview: The ubiquitous Alexandre Desplat on living his dream
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:52 am · December 29th, 2011
When Tech Support first launched at In Contention five years ago, Alexandre Desplat had proven his talents with top-notch scores for “The Girl With a Pearl Earring,” “Birth” and “Syriana.” Today we chat with him about a ubiquitous year doing what he loves to do.
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Grammy nods highlight original song contenders
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:49 am · December 1st, 2011
The Grammy race for Best Song Written for Visual Media highlights three eligible compositions I hadn’t really thought to include in my predictions, including songs from “Footloose” and “Winnie the Pooh.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: Trying to get a bead on Best Supporting Actress
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:34 am · November 25th, 2011
In today’s round-up, the Best Supporting Actress category gets a little scrutiny, the makeup of “Super8” gets some love and scrennwriter John Logan talks “Hugo.”
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Tech Support: John Williams charges back to lead the field of Best Original Score hopefuls
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:07 am · November 24th, 2011
In this week’s installment of Tech Support, we turn our gaze toward Best Original Score. Those in the hunt include John Williams, Alexandre Desplat, Howard Shore and Alberto Iglesias.
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Alexandre Desplat tapped for 'Extremely Loud'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:47 pm · October 21st, 2011
Alexandre Desplat is one of the hardest working quality composers in the industry. And he’s just been announced as “quietly” working on the score for one of the season’s most anticipated contenders: Stephen Daldry’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.”
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