‘The Descendants’ and ‘The Help’ followed with five nominations apiece, but it’s George Clooney’s “The Ides of March,” with four, that is the morning’s big comeback kid.
'The Artist' leads with six Golden Globe nods, Spielberg snubbed
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:27 am · December 15th, 2011
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San Diego critics pick 'Artist,' Refn
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:04 pm · December 14th, 2011
The San Diego Film Critics Society has chosen “The Artist” as Best Picture for 2011 and Nicolas Winding Refn as Best Director for “Drive,” among other honors.
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'The Help' leads SAG nominations, Demián Bichir surprises in Best Actor
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:51 am · December 14th, 2011
The SAG Awards tend to hew closely to Oscar prognosticators’ lists, but they handed us a few wild cards this morning — not just in terms of who they nominated, but who they left out.
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Toronto critics tap 'Tree of Life,' Terrence Malick
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:22 pm · December 13th, 2011
One more before you shut out the lights. The Toronto Film Critics Association has named “The Tree of Life” the best film of the year. The film’s director, Terrence Malick, was also awarded.
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'The Artist' leads with 7 Houston film critics nods
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:58 pm · December 11th, 2011
“Win Win” and “Drive” are among the pleasant surprises in the Houston critics’ nominee list, more predictably led by “The Artist” — but is there something suspiciously tokenistic about unaccompanied Best Picture bids for end-of-year Oscar bait?
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'The Descendants,' Terrence Malick win with LA film critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:13 pm · December 11th, 2011
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has tapped Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” for its Best Picture prize, a bit of an anti-climactic conclusion to what had until then been a fresh and exciting vote.
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'The Artist' wins Best Pic from NY online critics, 'Bridesmaids' clearly a favorite
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:09 pm · December 11th, 2011
The New York Film Critics Online have gone the way of the rest and awarded “The Artist” the prize for Best Picture of 2011. Michael Shannon and Meryl Streep were also singled out.
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Octavia Spencer to receive Breakthrough Award at Palm Springs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:09 am · December 8th, 2011
It’s never too late to be recognized as a “breakthrough performer”: 15 years after making her screen debut, “The Help” supporting star Octavia Spencer has been honored with the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs festival.
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'The Artist' wins Best Picture, Best Director from NYFCC
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:14 am · November 29th, 2011
The New York Film Critics Circle has completed voting on this year’s list of film superlatives, and given the profiles of films like “Moneyball” and “The Tree of Life” a boost in the process. But it was “The Artist” that walked away with the goods.
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Chastain, Lawrence, Jones longlisted for BAFTA Rising Star Award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:24 am · November 25th, 2011
BAFTA is allowing the public to determine the finalists for its annual Rising Star Award — from a shortlist that includes Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence. But are they at a disadvantage with the British public?
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The Long Shot: Big enough for the both of us
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:48 pm · November 9th, 2011
“The Help” star Jessica Chastain is just one of 2011’s strong Oscar hopefuls needing to wrestle attention away from a more heavily hyped co-star: an annual dilemma in the awards race.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 67 — 'Shame' and NC-17, documentary feature discussion and the weekend's releases
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · October 28th, 2011
In this weekend’s podcast, Anne and Kris discuss the NC-17 rating leveled toward Steve McQueen’s “Shame,” the documentary feature category in the wake of a pair of documentary organizations’ nominations announcements and this weekend’s releases, from “Anonymous” to “The Rum Diary.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: The discreet charm of the writers' branch
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:32 am · October 24th, 2011
Today’s must-read piece comes from that most reliable source of must-read pieces, Mark Harris, who this time digs deep into the whats, hows and whys of Oscar’s screenplay awards. As he so snappily puts it, the Academy’s writers’ branch has “much the same taste as Academy members overall — only better.” It’s certainly the area where […]
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Redgrave and the ladies of 'The Help' lead the conversation on Best Supporting Actress
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:51 am · October 17th, 2011
Rounding out four weeks of performance analysis this week, we turn to Best Adapted Screenplay. Contenders include Vanessa Redgrave, Octavia Spencer, the ubiquitous Jessica Chastain and Shailene Woodley, among others.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Will Czech entry 'Alois Nebel' qualify as animated and boost the field?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:08 am · October 13th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Czech foreign film entry “Alois Nebel” declares intentions to submit for animated feature consideration, “Martha Marcy May Marlene” star Elizabeth Olsen is ready for her close-up and Alexander Payne sets out to cast the HELL out of his latest film, “Nebraska.”
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Jessica Chastain explains the audition process for Terrence Malick and 'The Tree of Life'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:31 am · October 4th, 2011
With the DVD/Blu-ray release of “The Tree of Life” a week away, Fox Searchlight has dropped a new video to build a little interest. In it, Jessica Chastain talks about first meeting with and auditioning for director Terrence Malick.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Gurus stake their claim
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:18 am · September 28th, 2011
In today’s round-up, the Gurus o’ Gold plant flags post-fests, Jeff Nichols signs Michael Shannon up for a third collaboration and Cirque du Soleil sends up the Oscars on their own stage.
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Interview: Michael Shannon on 'Take Shelter,' director Jeff Nichols and 'it' girl Jessica Chastain
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:54 pm · September 27th, 2011
We sit down with “Take Shelter” star Michael Shannon, who delivers one of the year’s powerhouse performances in the film. He discusses his developing creative bond with director Jeff Nichols and how impressed he was with co-star Jessica Chastain.
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