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Round-up: 2011's composers score the body electric
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 am · December 19th, 2011
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Dallas-Fort Worth critics REALLY like 'The Descendants'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:28 am · December 16th, 2011
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association has picked its jumped into the fray with a list of winners and it’s rather clear they kind of had a thing for Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants.” The film won awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay. Check out the full list below.
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Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo to receive Santa Barbara fest's Vanguard Award
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:14 am · December 7th, 2011
The stars of “The Artist” have been tapped for this year’s Vanguard Award at the 27th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which kicks off January 26.
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Satellite Award nominations topped by 'War Horse'… and 'Drive'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:25 am · December 2nd, 2011
The Satellite Awards don’t get much respect on the precursor beat, but it’s hard not to be a little tickled by a nominee list that is jointly led, with seven nods apiece, by two films at such opposite ends of the bait spectrum.
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Off the Carpet: Critical condition
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:29 pm · November 28th, 2011
The Gotham Awards this evening and the NYFCC vote tomorrow signal the start of the precursor awards season. What needs a boost?
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Interview: 'Surviving the silent movie' and beating the odds with 'The Artist'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:42 pm · November 25th, 2011
“The Artist,” a silent, black-and-white, French-made ode to classic Hollywood, is one of the year’s biggest cinematic gambles, and it has paid off handsomely. Director Michel Hazanavicius and stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo talk about how it came together.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Clooney cheers on the competition
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:20 am · November 16th, 2011
Ask most awards analysts who the current frontrunners for the Best Actor Oscar are, and you’ll probably get some combination of the names George Clooney, Jean Dujardin and Brad Pitt. Clooney probably knows that, which is why it’s both magnanimous and, who knows, perhaps slyly strategic for him to name Dujardin and Pitt’s performances, in […]
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 64 — Digging into the lead categories
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:54 am · October 7th, 2011
In today’s podcast, we dig in on the lead actor and lead actress categories, discuss Roman Polanski’s NYFF opener “Carnage” and the critical reception of “The Ides of March,” opening today.
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Off the Carpet: Clooney and Pitt lead Best Actor talk, but the real action is elsewhere
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:09 am · September 26th, 2011
This year’s Best Actor race is an odd bird indeed. There are so many wonderful performances out there, but so few seem to fit into the (unfortunate) Oscar paradigm. Hopefully that will mean studios will recognize some opportunity and/or Academy members will venture outside of their comfort zones.
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