‘Argo,’ ‘Les Misérables,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Skyfall’ square off.
Oscar Guide 2013: Best Sound Mixing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:18 am · February 19th, 2013
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Roundup: The case against 'Argo'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:15 am · February 19th, 2013
Also: Why black characters still fall short in this year’s Oscar crop.
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Off the Carpet: The long, strange trip of 'Argo'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:03 am · February 18th, 2013
Charting the rise, fall, rise and fall of this year’s likely Best Picture victor.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Film Editing
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:17 am · February 18th, 2013
‘Argo,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ square off.
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Snow White adaptation 'Blancanieves' beats 'The Impossible' at Spain's Goya Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:55 am · February 18th, 2013
The true-life tsunami drama takes Best Director and multiple tech awards.
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Roundup: Connecticut continues to bother 'Lincoln'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · February 18th, 2013
Also: The global dominance of ‘Life of Pi,’ and an imaginary Oscar for ‘Argo’.
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'Skyfall,' 'Life of Pi,' 'Les Mis,' 'Wreck-It Ralph' and 'Game of Thrones' win MPSE Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:08 pm · February 17th, 2013
With the costumers set to declare on Tuesday, the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 60th annual Golden Reel Awards, announced this evening, were the penultimate industry group to hand out awards in advance of next weekend’s Oscar showdown. And it was “Life of Pi” that came out the big winner, taking two awards on the night. But 007 had some plans of his own.
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'Argo,' 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Sugar Man,' 'Mad Men' and 'Breaking Bad' win WGA Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:45 pm · February 17th, 2013
Chalk up another for Ben Affleck’s steamroller.
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Tech Support: Seamus McGarvey on shooting 'Anna Karenina' objectively and subjectively
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:41 am · February 17th, 2013
Joe Wright’s DP of choice picked up his second Oscar nomination to date last month.
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'Les Misérables,' 'Brave,' 'Homeland' sound right to Cinema Audio Society
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:15 pm · February 16th, 2013
Is it clear sailing to a Best Sound Mixing Oscar for the musical?
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'Argo,' 'Silver Linings,' 'Brave' and 'Breaking Bad' win ACE Eddie Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:55 pm · February 16th, 2013
It’s been reiterated for months now that “Argo” and “Silver Linings Playbook” are the two films that are well-liked across the board in the Academy and the industry at large. Well, tonight, both films have triumphed at the America Cinema Editors’s ACE Eddie Awards in the dramatic and comedic categories.
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Romania's 'Child's Pose' takes Golden Bear at Berlin, David Gordon Green gets Best Director
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:57 am · February 16th, 2013
Danis Tanovic takes Grand Jury Prize, ‘Gloria’ star Paulina Garcia is Best Actress.
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Tech Support: Thomas Newman on 'Skyfall' and the everyday challenges of a film composer
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:05 am · February 16th, 2013
Film music composer Thomas Newman landed his 11th Oscar nomination to date last month, for his original contributions to “Skyfall.” It’s the latest in a long line of Academy mentions both in the song and score categories for two decades. But despite the strong showing, Newman has yet to wrangle one of the trophies for himself.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Writing – Original Screenplay
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 am · February 16th, 2013
‘Amour,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Flight,’ ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ square off.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 106 — BAFTA and Scripter recap, WGA preview and more shorts
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · February 15th, 2013
On this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne recap the BAFTA USC Scripter Awards. They look ahead to the WGA Competition and break down three categories: Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short and Best Live Action Short.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:35 am · February 15th, 2013
‘Argo,’ ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ square off.
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Roundup: Kushner goes to bat for the competition
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:40 am · February 15th, 2013
Also: Ephron to receive WGA tribute, and why Hollywood needs to be stricter.
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Review: River Phoenix's final film 'Dark Blood' is an unfinished oddity
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:15 pm · February 14th, 2013
George Sluizer salvages his abandoned 1993 thriller, and it’s an intriguing relic.
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