“Lone Survivor” sound editor Wylie Stateman picked up his seventh Oscar nomination to date last month, though despite wonderful work in films like “Cliffhanger,” “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained,” he’s yet to win an Academy Award. He sat down with HitFix to discuss his approach to what you hear in Peter Berg’s war film.
Wylie Stateman explains the first-person sound experience of Oscar nominee 'Lone Survivor'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:24 pm · February 10th, 2014
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Off the Carpet: Frontrunners try to maintain buzz while others aim to capitalize in phase two
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:18 pm · February 10th, 2014
The Oscar nominees are gathering for lunch this afternoon as the Winter Olympics forge ahead in Sochi, gobbling up two weeks and extending the phase two timeline of this year’s film awards season. The question is, how will that extension affect the race, if at all?
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Roundup: Saturday night's all right for Cannes prizes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:06 am · February 10th, 2014
In a rare change of routine, the Cannes Film Festival awards will be presented a day earlier this year. Also: The politics of movie walkouts, and how to define designing ‘Gravity’
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Review: Young Lincoln portrait 'The Better Angels' amounts to more than its Malickisms
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:43 pm · February 9th, 2014
The debut feature from regular Terrence Malick collaborator A.J. Edwards bears a lot of the master’s influence in its depiction ofg Abraham Lincoln’s childhood years, but impresses on its own terms too.
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Tell us what you thought of 'The Monuments Men'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:47 pm · February 9th, 2014
George Clooney’s latest has got a critical drubbing, but is it that bad? Share your thoughts here, and vote in our poll.
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Solomon Northup wins his first award of the year for '12 Years a Slave' at USC Scripter Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:52 pm · February 8th, 2014
Plenty of prizes have come “12 Years a Slave’s” way this season but Saturday night’s USC Scripter prize was the first to be shared by Solomon Northup himself.
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'Gravity,' 'Her,' 'The Great Gatsby' win Art Directors Guild Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:40 pm · February 8th, 2014
The films respectively won the Fantasy, Contemporary and Period categories from the ADG, but that’s no guarantee any of them will win the Oscar.
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Review: Forest Whitaker hits a dead end in dry desert thriller 'Two Men in Town'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:15 pm · February 8th, 2014
Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb can’t get back on track in his latest American-set feature, which premiered yesterday at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Robert Redford tribute provides an emotional grace note at Santa Barbara festival
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:32 am · February 8th, 2014
Friday night ended up providing one of the most emotional moments of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. It came at the end of a very long evening saluting the career of actor Robert Redford, one that wasn’t even long enough, actually, as the timeline had to top out at “Ordinary People” lest the celebration spill over far too much. And it was a grace note representative of the heart of this festival.
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'Captain Phillips' and 'American Hustle' win industry editing honors
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:20 pm · February 7th, 2014
Friday night “Captain Phillips” routed fellow Best Picture nominees “Gravity,” “Her” and “12 Years a Slave” to win the ACE Eddie Award for dramatic feature film editing. “American Hustle,” meanwhile, bested “Nebraska” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” to claim the comedy/musical prize.
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Film editor Christopher Rouse on Paul Greengrass, Oscar nominations and 'Captain Phillips'
Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:19 pm · February 7th, 2014
Christopher Rouse recently earned his third Oscar nomination for Paul Greengrass’ “Captain Phillips” and Friday night, he picked up his second ACE Eddie Award to date. HitFix recently spoke to him about the on-going collaboration with Greengrass, the Academy Awards and the journey of his latest.
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Woody Allen speaks out and it appears he's had enough
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 6:59 pm · February 7th, 2014
Woody Allen responds to Dylan Farrow’s NYT OP-ED with one of his own and this twenty one-year-old controversy doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon.
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Roundup: On writing, or writing down, 'Captain Phillips'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:20 am · February 7th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, recent WGA winner Billy Ray writes about his experience of “Captain Phillips.” Also: Channing Tatum’s Team Oscar, and clothing “The Grandmaster.”
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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio look back on a fruitful collaboration
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:43 pm · February 6th, 2014
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio hit the stage at the Arlington Theatre Thursday night as co-recipients of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Cinema Vanguard Award. A two-hour discussion, moderated by The Hollywood Reporter’s Todd McCarthy, covered all bases of their 12-year pas de deux, including, of course, their introduction to each other’s work.
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Exclusive: Matthew McConaughey breaks down key 'Dallas Buyers' scene
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 3:14 pm · February 6th, 2014
Matthew McConaughey talks about the balance between sincerity and being overly sentimental in “Dallas Buyers Club.”
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Is 'Grand Budapest Hotel' the first Oscar contender of 2014?
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:01 am · February 6th, 2014
HitFix’s Gregory Ellwood ponders if “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is the first great movie of 2014 and whether it can be an awards season player with a March release date.
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Review: Wes Anderson's delightful 'Grand Budapest Hotel' never outstays its welcome
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:00 am · February 6th, 2014
Ralph Fiennes is wonderful in dizzy but unexpectedly touching caper, which finds the perfect narrative context for the Anderson’s.
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Roundup: Philomena's audience with the Pope
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · February 6th, 2014
In today’s roundup of notable onlinme news and views, ‘Philomena’ star Steve Coogan and the film’s real-life subject meet with the Pope. Also: The perils of talking movies on Twitter, and is ‘Labor Day’ a victim of ‘urban critics?’
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