Director Benh Zeitlin seems to be seeking out a zen space amid overwhelming response to the film first at Sundance and later at the Cannes film festival, both of which brought laurels. On the eve of the Los Angeles fest (which would again bring another award), he’s cool and collected at a press day for the film, the specter of release hanging overhead.
Interview: Benh Zeitlin on 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' and the magnetism of New Orleans
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:48 pm · June 28th, 2012
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Portuguese immigrant drama 'All is Well' wins big at LA Film Fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:53 pm · June 25th, 2012
As usual, the LA Film Festival juries highlighted smaller foreign works, but ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ picked up yet more gold.
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'Alps' wins big in Sydney, but 'Lore' is the one making waves
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:28 am · June 18th, 2012
The latest from the director ‘Dogtooth’ beat a heavyweight field at the Sydney Film Festival, but Cate Shortland’s ‘Lore’ looks to be a global arthouse presence.
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Quvenzhané Wallis: One of Oscar's better stories waiting to happen
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:29 am · June 16th, 2012
Every Oscar season needs a pulse of emotion that feels less put-on, that doesn’t have that whiff of campaign or construct. Something that organically pops from the fabric of the form can be galvanizing, and though nothing can exist so pure for too long, the recognition of a tempest in the calm before it strikes means something. Quvenzhané Wallis is that tempest for 2012.
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The Long Shot: Searching for sleepers in the Oscar guessing game
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:34 am · June 11th, 2012
As early Oscar charts hype up juggernauts like “Lincoln” and “Les Misérables,” what’s this year’s little engine that could?
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Michael Haneke's 'Amour' takes the Palme d'Or at Cannes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:46 am · May 27th, 2012
Michael Haneke has become the seventh filmmaker to win the coveted Palme d’Or twice — and only the second to win for consecutive films.
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' 'In the Fog,' 'The Hunt' take preliminary Cannes awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:58 am · May 27th, 2012
Ahead of tonight’s main Cannes awards ceremony, the Un Certain Regard, FIPRESCI and Ecumenical Jury prizes have all been announced.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 85 — Special Edition! — Cannes 2012 dispatch
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:05 pm · May 25th, 2012
In this week’s special edition podcast Kris and Anne are joined by Guy Lodge for a lengthy discussion of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
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Review: 'No' and 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:38 pm · May 18th, 2012
Chilean auteur Pablo Larrain delivers the film of the fest so far, while a Sundance sensation hits the Croisette.
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild' director to be honored by San Francisco fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:29 pm · April 19th, 2012
Sundance got the awards party started early on “Beasts of the Southern Wild” when the film won the Grand Jury prize there, but today the San Francisco Film Society announced it and director Behn Zeitlin as the recipient of its inaugural Graham Leggat Award at the upcoming San Francisco International Film Festival.
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Round-up: Sundance tames the 'Beasts'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:20 am · January 30th, 2012
Also: Jean Dujardin sings, and the ‘post-macho world’ of ‘The Descendants’
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