With guilds and the British Academy speaking up in this year’s Oscar race, things feel spread as thin as ever. Or do they? How to read the tea leaves left by the industry roll-out…
Off the Carpet: How to look at what the guilds and BAFTA Awards have told us
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:35 pm · February 8th, 2015
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu wins Directors Guild award for 'Birdman'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:33 pm · February 7th, 2015
The Directors Guild of America awarded “Birdman” top honors tonight. “CITIZENFOUR,” “Homeland” and “Transparent” also won prizes as four women walked away with awards.
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Alfonso Cuarón wins DGA prize for 'Gravity,' is Oscar next?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:57 pm · January 25th, 2014
Surely coming as a surprise to precious few, “Gravity” director Alfonso Cuarón has just won the Directors Guild of America (DGA) prize for theatrical motion pictures. He beat out fellow Oscar nominees Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”), Martin Scorsese (“The Wolf of Wall Street”) and David O. Russell (“American Hustle”), as well as “Captain Phillips” helmer Paul Greengrass to land his first such honor from the guild.
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Alfonso Cuarón, David O. Russell, Martin Scorsese earn DGA nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:06 am · January 7th, 2014
The nominees for the 66th annual Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards were revealed today, narrowing the Oscar race considerably as the industry precursor has long been an indicator for which way the Academy might fall.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 105 — Affleck wins another and the nominees do lunch
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · February 8th, 2013
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss Ben Affleck’s DGA victory, the annual nominees luncheon and the recently held Annie and Visual Effects Society Awards and analyze the Best Animated Short category.
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Ben Affleck, Lena Dunham, Rian Johnson win Directors Guild awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:32 pm · February 2nd, 2013
Check off one more box on the “Argo” industry tour of awards season goodies. The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has crowned Ben Affleck with the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, this just a week removed from big wins from the Producers and Screen Actors Guilds.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 104 — 'Argo' steamroller
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:19 am · February 1st, 2013
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the “Argo” guild sweep so far. Will that stretch into the DGA Awards this weekend?
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DGA nominees reactions
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:17 pm · January 8th, 2013
All of this morning’s nominees have released statements reacting to their good fortune today. The work ranges from CIA thrillers to journo-cinema, Presidential epics to bombastic musicals, and a little 3D razzle dazzle thrown in for good measure.
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Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hooper, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg nominated by DGA
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:05 am · January 8th, 2013
With 10 nominations to date, Steven Spielberg came into today’s Directors Guild of America (DGA) announcement as the most honored director in the guild’s history. Well, make it 11, as the “Lincoln” director predictably made it one more with a notice for his $144 million-grossing (and climbing) epic.
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Milos Forman wins Lifetime Achievement Award from DGA
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:38 pm · November 28th, 2012
The two-time Oscar winner is the 34th recipient of the Guild’s top honor.
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DGA rescinds long-standing 'no screeners' policy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:55 am · May 7th, 2012
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced today that it will be reversing a long-standing policy outlawing the issuance of “for your consideration” screeners to its membership. The change will go into effect this awards season.
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On Woody and Terrence, Oscar's inevitable no-shows
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:29 pm · January 28th, 2012
The DGA Awards will be going down tonight, and the smart money remains on Michel Hazanavicius. And speaking of directors, I hadn’t quite taken note yet of the fact that two of the Academy’s nominees in the field are inevitable no-shows for the event.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 77 — Critics' Choice Awards, DGA nominees, documentary rule changes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:56 am · January 13th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, the week’s DGA nominations and rule changes affecting the Academy’s documentary branch.
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Scorsese scoops second DGA nod of the year as doc nominees announced
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:17 pm · January 12th, 2012
Martin Scorsese received his second DGA nomination of the week — and his first ever in the documentary category — for “George Harrison: Living in the Material World,” while “The Interrupters” director Steve James received further compensation for his Oscar snub.
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Off the Carpet: Wrench in the works
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:32 am · January 9th, 2012
As the 2011-2012 film awards season forges ahead, general assumptions and standby wisdom are beginning to fly out the window. What was beginning to seem somewhat settled is anything but. The bed looked like it was made, now the covers are thrown to the far reaches of the room. That’s a good thing.
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David Fincher, Woody Allen make the cut for DGA
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:07 am · January 9th, 2012
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced this year’s slate of nominees for excellence in directing, and chalk another guild citation up for David Fincher, who somehow got in for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Also nominated was Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris,” while Steven Spielberg and Tate Taylor were snubbed for Best Picture contenders “War Horse” and “The Help,” respectively.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 76 — Guild announcements, previewing the DGA and the success of 'Bridesmaids'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · January 6th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the PGA and WGA announcements, preview the DGA nominations and chew on the success of “Bridesmaids” so far this year.
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Predicting the 2011 DGA nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:43 am · January 5th, 2012
On Monday, the most important precursor announcement of them all drops: the Directors Guild of America offers up its list of nominees for excellence in directing.
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