Looking back at some of the major films at Telluride’s 40th edition including “Palo Alto,” “Gravity,” “Prisoners,” “The Wind Rises” and “Tim’s Vermeer.”
Telluride Roundup: 'Prisoners,' 'Palo Alto,' 'Gravity'
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:27 am · September 3rd, 2013
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Off the Carpet: Telluride launches the season from 'Gravity' to '12 Years a Slave'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:27 am · September 2nd, 2013
The Telluride Film Festival wraps up today and with that, the upcoming awards season has finally taken a little shape. We have a long way to go, of course, and no one should be calling the race from this far out, but we certainly know a few things.
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Telluride: Jonás Cuarón's 'Aningaaq' short plays as a companion piece to Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:29 pm · September 1st, 2013
There’s an interesting bit of synergy happening in Telluride this year between the hottest ticket of the festival and a modest short film that has been screening before John Curran’s “Tracks.”
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Telluride: 'All is Lost' and 'Gravity' play with similar themes at sea and in space
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:38 am · September 1st, 2013
Survive this life-affirming double feature.
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Alfonso Cuarón, Jason Reitman, the Coens and more set for 40th annual Telluride Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:00 am · August 28th, 2013
The Coen brothers, T Bone Burnett and Robert Redford are among those to be feted at the 40th annual Telluride Film Festival, which will feature the world premieres of Jason Reitman’s “Labor Day” and Ralph Fiennes’ “The Invisible Woman.” Prestige titles from the 2013 festival circuit so far have been curated for the weekend as well, including Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska,” J.C. Chandor’s “All is Lost” and the Coens’ “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
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Review: Sandra Bullock dances into great silence in Alfonso Cuarón's astonishing 'Gravity'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:28 am · August 28th, 2013
Short but vast Venice opener delivers on the hype.
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25 most anticipated fall festival movies of 2013
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:40 pm · August 27th, 2013
HitFix’s editorial team breaks down the 25 most anticipated films screening at the Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals this fall including “Gravity,” “Labor Day,” “12 Years A Slave,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and more.
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Oscar in August: 10 predictions for the 2013-2014 awards season
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 9:44 am · August 27th, 2013
Our annual look at some of the surefire Oscar nominees and trends a little over six months from the 86th Academy Awards.
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Oscar Talk: 2013 so far, fall festival preview and a look to the season ahead
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:56 am · August 16th, 2013
In the first podcast of the 2013-2014 season, Kris Tapley and Anne Thompson discuss 2013 so far, the fall festival circuit ahead and the upcoming season in general.
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New poster for 'Prisoners' with Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:24 am · July 25th, 2013
The new film from Denis Villeneuve is going to the Toronto Film Festival. Today a poster for the film has arrived.
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Quick takes on the initial 2013 Toronto International Film Festival selections
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:06 pm · July 23rd, 2013
A quick review of the initial wave of premieres and screenings for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival including “Gravity,” “12 Years A Slave,” “August: Osage County,” “The Fifth Estate” and more.
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'The Fifth Estate,' '12 Years a Slave,' 'August: Osage County' and more set for 2013 Toronto Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:51 am · July 23rd, 2013
It was revealed today that Bill Condon’s “The Fifth Estate,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Wiki Leaks found Julian Assange, will be the opening night film of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which kicks off on Sept. 5. The closing night film will be Daniel Schecter’s “Life of Crime” with John Hawkes, Mos Def and Jennifer Aniston.
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Spitballing possibilities for the 40th annual Telluride Film Festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:13 am · July 22nd, 2013
HitFix’s Kristopher Tapley puts a finger to the air and makes a few educated guesses on what we might see at the 2013 Telluride Film Festival.
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Taking stock of the Best Visual Effects race during the summer blockbuster season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:04 am · July 9th, 2013
We’re right in the middle of the blockbuster movie season so it seems now would be a nice opportunity to look at the race for Best Visual Effects.
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George Clooney to receive BAFTA LA's Stanley Kubrick Award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:50 am · July 9th, 2013
The honor will be presented at the Britannia Awards ceremony on November 9.
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Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity' to open 70th annual Venice Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:59 am · July 3rd, 2013
Eagerly awaited opener portends a starry festival lineup.
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'Gravity' and 'Captain Phillips' among likely Venice Film Festival selections
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:54 am · June 21st, 2013
The fall festival season is two months away.
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Ed Harris heads back to mission control for Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 am · May 9th, 2013
A source confides that Ed Harris is featured in the role of a mission control voice in Alfonso Cuaron’s new film. It might seem like just a nice bit of casting with a recognizable voice, but it’s also a lovely ode to one of the actor’s Oscar-nominated performances.
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