In today’s round-up, Sony brings the “Moneyball” train back around with an LA Q&A, “Hugo” looks to be in it for the box office long haul and Harvey Weinstein starts making the press rounds.
Oscarweb Round-up: Paging 'Moneyball'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:41 am · November 29th, 2011
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Martin Scorsese embraces 3D beyond the realm of 'Hugo' and fantasy
Posted by Roth Cornet · 10:26 pm · November 28th, 2011
Martin Scorsese once again paves the way for the future even as he honors the past with “Hugo” and his embrace of 3D technology.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Predicting NYFCC
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:04 am · November 24th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Tom O’Neil surveys pundits for their NYFCC picks, Michael Phillips bravely calls “Raiders of the Lost Ark” overrated and Walter the Muppet talks his dream gig opposite hero Kermit the Frog.
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Technicolor and Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' restore the magic of Méliès
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:23 am · November 23rd, 2011
As Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” makes its way to theaters, and as Technicolor continues to march out its handsome, expensive, painstaking restoration of Georges Méliès’s “A Trip to the Moon,” the cinema of past and present converge at a key moment: the 100th anniversary of filmmaking in Hollywood.
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The Lists: Top 10 craft contributions to Martin Scorsese films
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:20 am · November 23rd, 2011
“Hugo” is the latest in a long line of Scorsese films boasting astonishing technical artistry — we round up the finest below-the-line elements from his oeuvre, including contributions from such films as “Shutter Island,” “The Age of Innocence” and “Raging Bull.”
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'The Artist' isn't the only film celebrating Hollywood's Golden Age this year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:40 am · November 22nd, 2011
The narrative on “The Artist” this season is that it is the film celebrating Hollywood’s Golden Age. Well, it’s not “the” film. It’s “a” film, as Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” and, to a lesser extent, Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin” can attest.
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David Fincher plays it cool with Academy on 'Dragon Tattoo'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:44 pm · November 21st, 2011
David Fincher is adamant that his remake of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is not an Academy movie — but is he merely employing reverse psychology on Oscar voters?
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'Avatar' director James Cameron talks 'Hugo' and 3D with Martin Scorsese
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:16 pm · November 19th, 2011
Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” is about the magic of making movies. So it fits that filmmakers have been tapped as of late to moderate Q&As of the film. Paramount has released a featurette of the legendary director talking with James Cameron about the film and 3D technology.
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Scorsese's 'Hugo' is a flawed but passionate ode to romance and the cinema
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:58 pm · November 5th, 2011
“Hugo” finally screened for most press in Los Angeles this afternoon, and though it’s hardly Martin Scorsese’s best work and has plenty of drawbacks, it should win the non-cynical over at least somewhat.
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Cinejabber: Arkham on the brain
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:50 am · November 5th, 2011
Open thread. The floor is yours.
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Oscarweb Round-up: 'Dark Knight Rises' prologue to accompany 'Mission: Impossible?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:11 am · October 20th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Warner Bros. is reportedly planning to attach a prologue of “The Dark Knight Rises” to IMAX versions of “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” River Phoenix’s last film will finally see the light of day and Mike Judge offers up a rare exhibition of “Beavis and Butt-Head” voices.
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Oscar Talk: Ep 65 — 'My Week with Marilyn' and 'Hugo' premiere at New York fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:57 am · October 14th, 2011
In this week’s edition of Oscar Talk, Kris and Anne dig in to “My Week with Marilyn” and “Hugo,” which bowed at NYFF earlier in the week.
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Scorsese and Spielberg join in elegy for celluloid
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:51 am · October 13th, 2011
A new exhibition in London celebrates the dying medium of 35mm, and Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg are among its most high-profile advocates — despite both directors entering new technical territory in their latest films.
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Oscarweb Round-up: NYFFers react to 'Hugo'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:09 am · October 11th, 2011
In today’s round-up, New York Film Festival attendees react to Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo,” a Detroit woman has the gall to sue the distributor of “Drive” for not getting a dumbed-down chase movie and David Fincher launches yet another dubious viral site for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
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Go behind the scenes of Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:44 pm · October 10th, 2011
With Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” set to screen as a work-in-progress tonight at the New York Film Festival, a new clip offering a behind the scenes glimpse of the film has hit the net.
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