Also: Haneke speaks reluctantly, and ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ for Best Pic?
Roundup: 'Ralph' rules box office, but 'Flight' takes off
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:25 am · November 5th, 2012
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Roundup: Disney and Lucasfilm get hitched
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:35 am · October 31st, 2012
Also: Celebrating 2012’s risk-takers, and the greatest horror films ever
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Off the Carpet: Eye of the storm
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:10 am · October 29th, 2012
With a chunk of the season’s reveals behind us, there’s plenty more to come.
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Tech Support: 'Looper,' 'Django' and 'Flight' highlight the race for Best Sound Editing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:49 am · October 25th, 2012
Other formidable contenders include “The Avengers” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”
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Roundup: Is 'Django' dressed up for a costume Oscar?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:38 am · October 24th, 2012
Also: James Cameron to return to earth, and Seth MacFarlane’s Oscar chances
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Roundup: The selling of 'Skyfall'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:06 am · October 23rd, 2012
Also: GKIDS starts the campaign, and are pundits overestimating ‘Lincoln?’
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Roundup: 'Ted' takes top honors in Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:14 am · October 19th, 2012
Also: New York Critics’ Circle sets a date, and farewell to ‘Emmanuelle’
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Tech Support: 'Avengers,' 'Dark Knight Rises' and 'The Hobbit' lead Best Visual Effects race
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:09 am · October 18th, 2012
Other formidable contenders include “Life of Pi” and “The Impossible.”
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Off the Carpet: Kicking the habit, seeing the light
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:51 am · October 15th, 2012
Looking for meaning in the season as the 50th annual NYFF comes to a close.
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Tech Support: 'Life of Pi,' 'Lincoln' and 'The Master' lead the race for Best Cinematography
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:14 am · October 11th, 2012
This week’s edition of Tech Support surveys the field of Best Cinematography contenders, from westerns to war, bayous to Bond.
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Tech Support: Kicking off 2012's crafts coverage
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:45 am · October 4th, 2012
Today marks the beginning of the seventh year of Tech Support here at In Contention.
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Off the Carpet: Out of proportion
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:27 am · October 1st, 2012
Best Picture hopefuls look to sustain early season buzz.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 89 — 'Life of Pi' opens NYFF but is it a player?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:00 pm · September 28th, 2012
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the NYFF opener “Life of Pi,” have some choice words in dispute on “Silver Linings Playbook” and take a deeper look at the Best Actor field.
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Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' roars into the Oscar season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:10 am · September 28th, 2012
Translating Yann Martel’s award-winning novel “Life of Pi” to film has proven to be a daunting task for filmmakers kicking the tires on it for the better part of a decade, but in the hands of someone like Ang Lee, it was already getting off on the right foot.
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Roundup: Awaiting the New York premiere of 'Life of Pi'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:55 am · September 28th, 2012
Also: ‘Life rights’ in ‘The Hurt Locker,’ and Kylie talks ‘Holy Motors.’
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Off the Carpet: Getting out the vote
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:20 am · August 27th, 2012
That’s what’s so great about movies, books, paintings, songs, etc. They are as much a direct reflection of the times as they are a nebulous Rorschach for them. Involuntary extrapolation can be as significant as clear-eyed reaction to a straight-forward treatise. And in an environment as heated, tense and divided as this, the art that escapes the cauldron is bound to be, if not willfully profound, then a fascinating looking glass, at the very least.
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'Amour,' 'Hyde Park on Hudson' and more set for 2012 NY fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:22 pm · August 16th, 2012
Okay, so, I said it yesterday, but to reiterate: a busy week for NYFF. Robert Zemeckis’s “Flight,” Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” and David Chase’s “Not Fade Away” have been tapped for big world premieres, and today, the full line-up has been unveiled by Film Society of Lincoln Center.
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NYFF bookends with Lee and Zemeckis for a big 50th annual
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:21 pm · August 13th, 2012
In spit-balling the upcoming fall festival circuit in a recent column, I noted that, in my estimation, the New York Film Festival — at least as a launching pad for year-end awards hopefuls — had been underutilized in its time. But things have changed the last few years.
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