In today’s round-up, Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen reunite and “The Ides of March” pays homage to Shepard Fairey, among other stories.
Oscarweb Round-up: McQueen's De Niro
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:07 am · October 12th, 2011
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Oscarweb Round-up: NYFFers react to 'Hugo'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:09 am · October 11th, 2011
In today’s round-up, New York Film Festival attendees react to Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo,” a Detroit woman has the gall to sue the distributor of “Drive” for not getting a dumbed-down chase movie and David Fincher launches yet another dubious viral site for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: Clint back in the saddle
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:41 am · October 6th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Clint Eastwood comes out of his short-lived retirement from acting to star in another film, Ryan gosling’s “Drive” jacket could be yours and Academy CEO talks the AMPAS museum.
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Off the Carpet: Wide open supporting actor race could be headlined by vets
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:39 am · October 3rd, 2011
The Best Supporting Actor race is beginning to slowly take shape as a wide array of veteran actors, from Christopher Plummer to Nick Nolte, are leading the conversation. Nevertheless, it’s still a wide open race with a lot of room for movement.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 63 — Digging into the supporting categories
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:57 am · September 30th, 2011
In today’s podcast we urge you to see “50/50” and “Take Shelter” this weekend, we start chewing on the supporting categories and we discuss the box office of a few of the year’s early season contenders.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Will mo-cap projects like 'Tintin' and 'Happy Feet 2' qualify for Oscar's animated feature race?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:23 am · September 29th, 2011
In today’s round-up, the Academy’s feature animation branch debates the eligibility of motion capture films, Melissa McCarthy teams up with the director of “The Help” and “The Ides of March” premieres in Los Angeles.
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Interview: Albert Brooks on 'Drive' as a chance to prove something
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:58 pm · September 28th, 2011
Albert Brooks stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive” as a mob figure. Hardly the kind of thing you’d expect him to play. Today we talk to him about stretching himself into territory he knew he could nail.
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The Long Shot: In praise of the misfits
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:38 am · September 28th, 2011
How would you fill out your Oscar ballot: honestly or tactically? Are we too narrow-minded and pessimistic in how we see Oscar-friendly movies? These are two of the questions tackled in this week’s column, with updated predictions.
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Albert Brooks on entertaining the world one Tweet at a time
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:07 am · September 27th, 2011
As we build up to our big interview with “Drive” star Albert Brooks tomorrow, today we ask the star about his presence on social networking site Twitter.
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Albert Brooks on Steven Soderbergh and 'retirement' as a dirty word
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:17 am · September 26th, 2011
“Drive” star Albert Brooks doesn’t buy the idea that Steven Soderbergh, who directed him in “Out of Sight,” can stay away from filmmaking very long.
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Albert Brooks on being a part of the Pixar family and his sequel pitch for 'Finding Nemo 2'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:06 am · September 23rd, 2011
Building up to our big interview with “Drive” star Albert Brooks runs in a few days, we’re dropping in a few extraneous notes on the actor’s career to date. Today, it’s all about Pixar’s “Finding Nemo,” in which Brooks was the star and forever a part of their legacy.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Longing for indies of old
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 23rd, 2011
In today’s round-up, Ryan Gibey pines across the pond for the American indie cinema of 20 years past, Patrick Goldstein sees a story of outsider innovation in “Moneyball” and everyone’s talking about the Best Actor race in one way or another.
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Tech Support: A new year of crafts coverage
Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:37 am · September 22nd, 2011
Welcome back. Today marks the beginning of the sixth year of Tech Support here at In Contention. I am delighted about the new collaboration with HitFix, which will doubtless result in even more comprehensive awards coverage. Over the next 10 weeks, we will analyze each of the “technical” category races in this space: Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects.
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Conan O'Brien dons Ryan Gosling's scorpion jacket from 'Drive'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 am · September 22nd, 2011
It seems Ryan Gosling stopped by “Conan” Tuesday night to talk up his latest film, “Drive,” and he came bearing gifts — namely, a signature scorpion jacket similar to the one he wears in the film.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Taking artists at their work
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 22nd, 2011
In today’s round-up, Manohla Dargis argues in favor of considering the work, not the actions, of filmmakers like Lars Von Trier and Roman Polanski, Steve Martin humbly passes along some Oscar emcee suggestions to newly minted host Eddie Murphy and Russia’s foreign language submission stirs up some controversy.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Keeping the 'Dark Knight Rises' secret
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 21st, 2011
In today’s round-up, Christopher Nolan is rumored to refuse letting the ending of “The Dark Knight Rises” outside the confines of his brain, Lars Von Trier retracts his apology for controversial Nazi remarks at the Cannes Film Festival and Ryan Gosling seems to be considering…retirement?
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Interview: 'Drive' director Nicolas Winding Refn
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · September 20th, 2011
“Drive” director Nicolas Winding Refn discusses the making of his breakout film, which he sees as a superhero origin story and a Los Angeles fairytale.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Are we all underestimating 'Contagion?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 20th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Mark Harris wonders if we’re underestimating the Oscar chances of “Contagion,” Peter Knegt surveys what the fall fests told us about the season to come and, with “Straw Dogs” breaking the camel’s back, James Frazier takes umbrage with Hollywood depictions of Mississippi.
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