Documentary Feature, Live Action Short and Animate Short will go out on screener
Academy opens three more categories up to entire membership
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:11 pm · January 12th, 2013
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Haneke's 'Amour' joins exclusive club of Palme d'Or winners turned Best Picture nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:30 pm · January 11th, 2013
The film joins 15 others to have transitioned from the Croisette to Oscar’s spotlight.
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Nine double-dipping Oscar nominees have multiple shots on goal this year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:22 pm · January 11th, 2013
Another year, another set of Oscar nominees. And while all are lucky to be in the mix, some are twice as lucky. There are always a few double dippers each year, individuals recognized in multiple categories or, sometimes, twice in the same category. So who’s in the club this time around?
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 102 — Oscar nominations and the BFCA Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:40 am · January 11th, 2013
In today’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss last night’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards as well as the nominations for the 85th annual Academy Awards.
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'Skyfall,' 'Best Exotic,' 'Ted' join the usual in ACE Eddie nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 am · January 11th, 2013
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) decided there was no rush and chose to hold its announcement for nominations honoring excellence in filmmaking until after the Oscar nominations landed. This despite being ready to announce on Tuesday. I applaud them for that. Just because the Academy says “jump” doesn’t mean you have to.
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Roundup: The thinking man's Oscar crop?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:51 am · January 11th, 2013
Also: Ebert weighs in, and what to expect when you’re expecting Seth MacFarlane
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The critics choose embarrassment
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:43 pm · January 10th, 2013
I apologized to BFCA president Joey Berlin after this evening’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards for being frank about it, but I couldn’t tell a lie: this year’s show was an embarrassment. Appalling, I’d go so far to say.
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'Argo' takes top honors at BFCA Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:15 pm · January 10th, 2013
Acting wins for Day-Lewis, Chastain, Hoffman and Hathaway.
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Tech Support: 'Life of Pi' and 'Lincoln' lead the crafts category nominations
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:04 pm · January 10th, 2013
And they’re here. Another year come and another set of nominees in the Academy’s crafts categories, highlighting the invaluable contributions to our movies by behind-the-lines, “below the line” artists.
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Oscar brings surprises aplenty as frontrunners miss and fairytales come true
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:27 am · January 10th, 2013
The 85th annual nominations packed an intriguing punch this morning.
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'Lincoln' leads, 'Pi' and 'Silver Linings' surge as the Academy serves up a few surprises
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:22 am · January 10th, 2013
Three DGA nominees miss the cut for Best Director
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Roundup: The people love 'The Hunger Games'… and 'Perks'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:37 am · January 10th, 2013
Also: ‘Django’ action figure controversy, and R.I.P. David R. Ellis
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11th hour thoughts on the eve of the nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:29 pm · January 9th, 2013
Okay, so I went back and fiddled with some things this morning before getting on my flight to LA. I love how zany this year is. So much that we “know” about an awards season can just be thrown out the window. But of course, there will always be those who claim to have “the knowledge.” Don’t let ’em fool you.
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'5 Broken Cameras,' 'Detropia' pick up top prizes at Cinema Eye Honors
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:18 pm · January 9th, 2013
As I wrote last weekend when I broke down this year’s Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature, I really wish I had caught up with “5 Broken Cameras” earlier in the season. It is quite simply one of the most astonishing pieces of work I’ve seen all year and could easily have figured on my top 10 list (where “The Queen of Versailles” was already featured — it’s been such a great year for the form). I was happily, then, greeted with the news that the film took the top prize at tonight’s Cinema Eye Honors.
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The Long Shot: A salute to the non-contenders
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:50 pm · January 9th, 2013
Featuring my ideal-world Oscar ballot.
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'Les Mis' leads Gay and Lesbian Critics nods
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:25 pm · January 9th, 2013
Other nominees range from ‘Argo’ to ‘Pitch Perfect.’
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Tech Support: Paul N.J. Ottosson on the subtly explosive soundscapes of 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:25 pm · January 9th, 2013
The Oscar-winning sound designer takes an organic approach to action.
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'Lincoln' wins with Iowa critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:03 am · January 9th, 2013
“Lincoln” has picked up a third Best Picture critics prize, landing the Iowa Film Critics Association award for the year’s best film. Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis and Tommy Lee Jones were also singled out for the biopic, while Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”) and Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables”) rounded out the acting honors.
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