Brad Pitt

Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo reunite for Martin Luther King drama 'Selma'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:40 pm · July 11th, 2013

The director and actor collaborated on 2012 Sundance winner ‘Middle of Nowhere.’

First 'Counselor' trailer features Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:16 am · June 25th, 2013

The first trailer — of a sort — for the film has made its way online. It’s a Russian quickie, basically a TV spot. But it gives us an idea of the visual vibe.

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Tell us what you thought of 'World War Z'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:13 am · June 21st, 2013

Paramount’s embattled zombie actioner hits theaters today.

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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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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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Roundup: Marion Cotillard to be honored at Gotham Awards

Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:06 am · October 10th, 2012

Also: 59 world premieres at Rome, and a taste of the ‘Skyfall’ score

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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: Stylish, strutting 'Killing Them Softly' too tough for subtext

Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:32 am · May 22nd, 2012

Andrew Dominik’s latest brings latter-day capitalist concerns to a sleek 1970s homage.

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Cannes Check: Andrew Dominik's 'Killing Them Softly'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:48 am · April 28th, 2012

Continuing our series of Cannes competition previews, we look at this much-anticipated new thriller starring Brad Pitt.

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Oscar Guide 2011: Best Actor

Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:28 am · February 24th, 2012

On Sunday, five of our leading men will don their tuxes and walk down the red carpet at the top of their profession. Earlier this awards season, it seemed as though this would be a battle between two A-list movie stars. Since then, however, a silent Frenchman has proven himself very adept at charming everyone in sight, and will be difficult to beat.

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International Cinephile Society awards 'A Separation,' 'The Tree of Life'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:59 pm · February 22nd, 2012

The International Cinephile Society is the last critics’ group to announce their winners for 2011, and they made it count with some highly original picks.

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The Lists: Top 10 Oscar upsets we'd like to see

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:04 am · February 21st, 2012

With ballots due in a matter of hours, we’re in the home stretch of Oscar season. But while some of the races are decided, that doesn’t mean we’re not crossing our fingers for this upset or that for deserving competitors watching the inevitability from the sidelines.

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Why it should be 'Moneyball'

Posted by Roth Cornet · 8:02 pm · February 17th, 2012

“Moneyball,” a film that questions the way we measure value may, ironically, be dismissed in favor of films who offer more in the way of spectacle and showmanship.

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Why it should be 'Tree of Life'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:03 am · February 7th, 2012

When the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were announced two weeks ago, there was one Best Picture nominee that yielded a great sigh of relief from me. It was less that I felt it was deserving (it unquestionably is, but to quote “Unforgiven,” deserve’s got nothing to do with it when it comes to the Oscars) than the fact that I was actually going to have something to passionately champion.

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Could this be Brad Pitt’s year after all?

Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:52 am · February 4th, 2012

Brad Pitt’s “Moneyball” stumping this week amid an air of uncertainty around the Best Actor race makes you wonder: could he pull off a big surprise.

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Breaking Oscar's biopic addiction

Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:15 pm · January 31st, 2012

If the results of Sunday’s SAG Awards are repeated at the Oscars, it’ll be the first time since 1997 that all four acting awards go to actors playing fictitious characters. Are voters slowly getting more resistant to biopics?

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