Fox Searchlight has acquired Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig’s “Mistress America” before its Sundance premiere later this month.
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's 'Mistress America' finds a home with Searchlight
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:13 pm · January 9th, 2015
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‘Honeymoon With Harry’ could mark Bradley Cooper's directorial debut
Posted by Matt Patches · 1:39 pm · January 9th, 2015
Bradley Cooper wants to do everything he can in Hollywood. Act, write, produce — you name it. Now he’s going to direct a movie. Why not?
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Tell us what you thought of 'Selma'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:41 pm · January 9th, 2015
Ava DuVernay’s MLK biopic opens wide this weekend.
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'Star Wars' director JJ Abrams will help announce nominees for all 24 Oscar categories
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:12 am · January 9th, 2015
The Academy announced Friday that next week’s Oscar nominations announcement will be a “two-part presentation” and that for the first time ever, nominees all 24 Oscar categories will be announced live on television.
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton among Georgia Critics’ 2014 winners
Posted by Matt Patches · 11:09 am · January 9th, 2015
The Georgia Film Critics Association helped two emerging dark horses gain a little more heat.
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Juliette Binoche-led 'Nobody Wants the Night' to open 65th Berlinale
Posted by Matt Patches · 4:46 am · January 9th, 2015
Juliette Binoche and Isabel Coixet return to Berlin with an icy drama set in Greenland circa 1909.
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'Grand Budapest' dominates BAFTA as 'Selma' snub raises Oscar red flags
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:43 am · January 9th, 2015
A look at some of the surprises from the 2015 BAFTA nominations that may provide us with some clues regarding the upcoming Oscar nominations announcement.
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2015 BAFTA Awards nominations
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 10:00 pm · January 8th, 2015
The 2015 BAFTA Awards were announced in a live webcast from London and Wes Anderson’s “Grand Budapest Hotel” dominated the field with 11 nominations.
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'Birdman,' 'Only Lovers Left Alive' popular with Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:00 pm · January 8th, 2015
With 10 mentions, “Birdman” was far and away the top nominations hog with the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, but there were some twists along the way, too.
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'Selma' wins top honors from Central Ohio critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:45 pm · January 8th, 2015
After “Birdman” led the Central Ohio Film Critics Association’s list of nominees, it was “Selma” that proved the most popular effort of the bunch. The film won five awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
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2015 Golden Globes Predictions: 'Imitation Game,' 'Fargo,' Viola Davis and…?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:00 pm · January 8th, 2015
A rundown of who HitFix thinks is winning all the honors at the 2015 Golden Globe Awards.
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11 times the Golden Globes got away with calling a drama a 'comedy or musical'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:05 pm · January 8th, 2015
With the Golden Globes around the corner, HitFix looks at a few test cases of dramas that rode the line of “comedy” or “musical” and fell into the wrong category.
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Team 'Boyhood' parties into the night as Oscar voting draws to a close
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:10 pm · January 8th, 2015
With the deadline for voting looming and with phase two of the Oscar season — where Academy-targeted events have been disallowed — on the horizon, the “Boyhood” crew celebrated the film’s DVD/Blu-ray release Wednesday night at a swanky Chateau Marmont soiree.
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George Lucas coming to Sundance for new 'Art of Film Weekend' series
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:39 am · January 8th, 2015
The Sundance Film Festival announced today that it will hold a series of panels titled the “Art of Film Weekend” which will take place Jan. 29-31 at the tail end of the 2015 edition of the festival.
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'Guardians of the Galaxy' leads Makeup and Hairstylists Guild nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:51 am · January 8th, 2015
The Makeup and Hairstylists Guild has announced nominees, and it’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” in front with three mentions.
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'McFarland, USA' will close out 30th annual Santa Barbara Film Festival
Posted by Matt Patches · 8:32 am · January 8th, 2015
‘McFarland, USA’ joins a lengthy list of films that will play alongside SBIFF’s Oscar-friendly tributes.
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'Gone Girl,' 'Inherent Vice' among USC Scripter Awards finalists
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:26 am · January 8th, 2015
The USC Scripter Awards have announced finalists for the 27th annual celebration of adapted screenplays and their source materials.
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Matthias Schoenaerts joins Tom Hooper’s gender-bending 'The Danish Girl'
Posted by Matt Patches · 7:36 am · January 8th, 2015
Matthias Schoenaerts could have gone from Best Foreign Language Film star to fourth-billed action goon. Instead, he’s developing one of the most interesting careers around.
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