After leading the way with nominations recently, David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” has been crowned Best Picture by the Detroit Film Critics Society. David O. Russell won Best Director and Best Screenplay, Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress and Robert De Niro took Best Supporting Actor.
'Silver Linings Playbook' wins with Detroit film critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:48 am · December 14th, 2012
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'Amour,' 'The Master' win big with Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:54 pm · December 9th, 2012
Over a week after their colleagues on the east coast went in big for Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty,” the Los Angeles Film Critics Association put the brakes on Kathryn Bigelow’s film, which has been dominating the circuit. It even won two Best Picture prizes today, but one of them was not LAFCA’s crown. Instead, the LA critics went with Michael Haneke’s “Amour,” and as a runner-up, a film clearly beloved by the group that won four other prizes, including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
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'Zero Dark Thirty' tops New York Film Critics Online winners
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:09 pm · December 9th, 2012
Just minutes after the Boston Society of Film Critics crowned “Zero Dark Thirty” the year’s best film, the New York Film Critics Online went and did the very same thing. They also spotlighted Kathryn Bigelow in the Best Director category (as well as Mark Boal’s screenplay), and, like Boston, went with Daniel Day-Lewis and Emmanuelle Riva in the lead acting categories.
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'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Lincoln' win big with Boston Online Film Critics Association
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:36 am · December 8th, 2012
The Boston Online Film Critics Association has named “Zero Dark Thirty” Best Picture of the year. Kathryn Bigelow received Best Director and Jessica Chastain won Best Actress, while Daniel Day-Lewis claimed Best Actor for his work in “Lincoln.”
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Tom Hooper unveils 'Les Misérables' to over-the-moon, theater-loving NYC audience
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:57 pm · November 23rd, 2012
“Happy Thanksgiving,” director Tom Hooper said by way of introduction to an Alice Tully Hall packed with guild and Academy members this afternoon. He was on hand to present his latest film, an adaptation of the musical “Les Misérables,” his first effort since the Oscar-winning “The King’s Speech” two years ago and one of the awards season’s most anticipated titles.
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Off the Carpet: Four score, er, more to go
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:40 am · November 19th, 2012
Four big entries remain — “Django Unchained,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Les Misérables” and “Zero Dark Thirty” — each of them having been watched like a hawk as they race toward completion.
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Roundup: Hollywood Awards do their thing
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · October 26th, 2012
Also: Chastain’s buzz rises, and William Faulkner vs. Woody
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Roundup: Kidman remembers Kubrick
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · October 25th, 2012
Also: Lana Wachowski talks transgenderism, and ‘Silver Linings’ vs. ‘Smashed’
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Hathaway, Hanks and Berry get lead Oscar pushes for 'Dark Knight Rises' and 'Cloud Atlas'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:43 pm · October 12th, 2012
The studio steers clear of Hathaway’s ‘Les Misérables’ campaign
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The Oscar hosting discussion starts early with Jimmy Fallon
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:27 am · August 3rd, 2012
The talk show host may be a popular pick at home, but what about the rest of us?
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The Lists: Top 10 things Christopher Nolan got right with his Batman trilogy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:21 pm · July 24th, 2012
How the franchise nailed the mythos.
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'Dark Knight Rises' cast and crew speak of 'bittersweet' goodbye at New York premiere
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:34 pm · July 16th, 2012
The family Christopher Nolan built bids farewell.
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The 'Dark Knight Rises' Oscar talk begins
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:51 pm · July 12th, 2012
And here…we…go!
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Hugh Jackman gets serious in first official still from 'Les Misérables'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:08 am · March 28th, 2012
Rarely given a chance to show his dramatic chops on screen, Hugh Jackman has a point to prove in Tom Hooper’s “‘Les Misérables” — so it’s no surprise that the first official still finds him in super-serious mode.
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Watch Meryl Streep get the Kennedy Center treatment
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:02 pm · December 28th, 2011
Forget the Oscar race for a minute — Meryl Streep was recently feted at the Kennedy Center Honors, with tributes from friends and colleagues include Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline and Anne Hathaway.
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