BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Predicting the Screen Actors' Guild film nominees

Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:15 pm · December 11th, 2012

Who do you expect to see nominated tomorrow?

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'Beasts,' 'Flight,' 'Django' lead NAACP Image Award nominees, 'Middle of Nowhere' sidelined

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:12 pm · December 11th, 2012

It’s the only ceremony where you’ll see Tyler Perry competing with Suraj Sharma.

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'Argo,' 'Dark Knight Rises,' 'Django Unchained' make AFI's top 10 American films list for 2012

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:49 am · December 10th, 2012

Adding another announcement to the stack this week is the American Film Institute. Remember, the Institute’s annual list of the year’s best films is limited to American cinema, so you won’t see efforts like “Amour” or what have you pop up.

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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' wins Best Picture and Best Director from the Boston Society of Film Critics

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:06 pm · December 9th, 2012

The Boston Society of Film Critics has joined the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review in crowning “Zero Dark Thirty” the year’s best film. Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director while Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”) and Emmanuelle Riva (“Amour”) won top acting honors.

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Roundup: Soderbergh's plea for 'bananas' McConaughey, and other campaign oddities

Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:57 am · December 7th, 2012

Also: Critics split on ‘Les Mis,’ and stage elite pick their film directors of 2012

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Roundup: Bond rules Britannia

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:01 am · December 6th, 2012

Also: The Grammys’ movie music picks, and ‘Lincoln”s date with the Senate

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Off the Carpet: The critics close ranks

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:03 am · December 3rd, 2012

Earlier today we launched this season’s edition of The Circuit, which will track the ups and downs of the precursor circuit from the critics awards to the guild announcements all the way through the Oscars and more. Things will kick off later this afternoon as the New York Film Critics Circle sits down to hold its annual vote and then its off to the races.

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'The Master' named 2012's best in Sight & Sound critics' poll

Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:00 pm · December 2nd, 2012

‘Tabu’ and ‘Amour’ take medal positions in poll of over 90 international critics.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 97 — 'Les Misérables' and 'Zero Dark Thirty' enter the season

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · November 30th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne speak up on two of the season’s most anticipated entries, “Les Miserables” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” mull over the implications of the Gothams and Spirits and chew on the Best Documentary Feature category.

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Sacha Gervasi refutes 'Hitchcock' criticism at Fox Searchlight holiday soirée

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:10 pm · November 27th, 2012

Fox Searchlight Pictures had its annual east coast holiday party this evening at Andaz 5th Avenue in a nice second-floor spread with principals from the studio’s films — “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” “Hitchcock” and “The Sessions” — on hand. Spirits were particularly high after “Beasts” and “Sessions” combined for six Independent Spirit Award nominations (and one each for “Ruby Sparks” and “Sound of my Voice”).

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'Silver Linings Playbook,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' lead Indie Spirit noms

Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:42 am · November 27th, 2012

‘Beasts,’ ‘Bernie,’ and ‘Keep the Lights On’ round out the top category.

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'Moonrise Kingdom' takes top honors at 22nd annual Gotham Awards

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:18 pm · November 26th, 2012

The Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street were a first for me this evening. Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Jack Black, Mark Duplass, Melanie Lynskey, David O. Russell, Marion Cotillard, all on hand to ring in the season with the first (real) awards show of the year.

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Bringing 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' back into the Oscar fray

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:47 am · November 26th, 2012

How do you bring an indie darling back around when the season is filling up with quality work of the “Oscar” sort? Well, you do whatever you can, and for Fox Searchlight and “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” it started with an intimate luncheon at Tomate Rouge this afternoon on 60th Street.

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