Emmanuelle Riva

Roundup: Good and bad news for Desplat in the Oscar race

Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:00 am · December 12th, 2012

Also: R.I.P. Ravi Shankar, and why film culture lives on

Some SAG surprises indicate unexpected currents in the season

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:57 am · December 12th, 2012

The awards-obsessive corners of the web were all abuzz this morning with murmurs of a supposed “leak” of the 19th annual SAG nominees. Intrepid net hounds had apparently gone into the guild’s website and done some choice searching to turn out what ended up being, indeed, the full list of nominees. So what were they and what do they mean?

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Emmanuelle Riva on playing part of a Michael Haneke symphony in 'Amour'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:10 pm · December 10th, 2012

We talk to the Boston and Los Angeles critics’ choice for Best Actress.

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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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