The Internet Film Critics Society has jumped into the fray with a list of winners this year. It’s a nifty list because rather than just a “Best Picture” field, things are divided into a couple genres (drama, comedy, action, horror/sci-fi). Though I don’t qualify “Drive” as “action.”
Internet Film Critics award 'Tree of Life,' 'Midnight in Paris,' 'Attack the Block,' 'Drive'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:35 am · January 5th, 2012
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WGA nominees include 'Bridesmaids,' '50/50,' 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'Young Adult'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:33 am · January 5th, 2012
The WGA has announced screen nominees this year, and given the gutted field (due to ineligibilities), it wasn’t hard to figure out which way they’d go.
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Round-up: Davis and Clooney are EW's Oscar cover stars
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:53 am · January 5th, 2012
Also: Farewell to Hoberman, and Hollywood’s fear of gay sex
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Predicting the 2011 WGA nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:48 am · January 4th, 2012
Tomorrow the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announces its narrative feature and documentary nominees. Something to remember is that a number of this year’s Oscar-contending screenplays are ineligible for the award due to membership or signatory issues, meaning this is just an opportunity for other films that wouldn’t normally have much room to get into the awards conversation.
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Predicting the 2011 PGA nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:57 am · January 2nd, 2012
This year’s PGA nominees will do little to clear up the Best Picture scenario at the Oscars. Why? Because the guild will be chalking up a full slate of 10 nominees once again, despite the fact that the Academy’s final line-up could be anywhere from five to 10. So what will the PGA spring for?
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'Tree of Life,' Fassbender, Swinton win with Online critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:20 am · January 2nd, 2012
After releasing quite the agreeable slate of nominees last week, the Online Film Critics Society has awarded “The Tree of Life” its 2011 Best Picture prize. The film won five awards in total. Previously announced special awards go to Jessica Chastain and Martin Scorsese.
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'Tree of Life' leads the way with Central Ohio critics nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:11 am · January 2nd, 2012
The Central Ohio Film Critics Association should implement different nominating procedures so that ties, etc., don’t leave them with a ridiculous slate of 15 BEST PICTURE NOMINEES. Anyway, it looks like “The Tree of Life” has the most mentions.
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Austin film critics like 'Hugo,' Refn and Shannon
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:13 am · December 28th, 2011
The Austin Film Critics Association is the latest group to speak up on the year’s best, tapping “Hugo” as the best picture of the year. The film didn’t show up anywhere else on the unique slate of superlatives, though, which included two acting wins for “Take Shelter.”
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First-Half FYC: Best Supporting Actor and Actress
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:32 pm · December 27th, 2011
With the Oscar race so skewed towards late-year releases, worthy contenders from films released between January and June often slip through the cracks. We highlight some standout supporting performances from 2011’s first half, including Christopher Plummer and two stars of “Bridesmaids.”
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Round-up: Time-traveling to the origins of 'Midnight in Paris'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:55 am · December 27th, 2011
Also: Streep’s Thatcher turnaround and Ebert’s top docs
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'The Artist' leads with 9 Alliance of Women Journalists nominations
Posted by Roth Cornet · 5:14 pm · December 23rd, 2011
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have released their nominations which heavily favor Oscar frontrunners such as “The Artist” and the “The Help” but also honors some lesser served films.
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Oklahoma critics march in step, spring for 'The Artist,' Clooney and Williams
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:11 pm · December 23rd, 2011
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle has spoken up and added nothing to the precursor conversation, going with a slate of typical winners. Most annoying, they totally got their “Obviously Worst Film” and “Not-So-Obviously-Worst-Film” awards mixed, but whatever.
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Off the Carpet: Setting the field with the precursors so far
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:41 am · December 19th, 2011
In just three weeks we’ve gone from zero to a hundred on the circuit as the film awards landscape has been sculpted into a bit of a consensus in these waning moments of 2011. Let’s see what that consensus appears to be.
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2011: the year in superlatives
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:11 am · December 16th, 2011
Who am I to complain about the amount of year-end kudos announcements when I had this post coming all along? I know. I’m so hypocritical.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Why Carla Bruni is a SAG nominee, while Corey Stoll is not
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:45 am · December 15th, 2011
Also: Armond attacks the embargo and a wordsmith admires the silence of ‘The Artist’
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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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Corey Stoll on Ernest Hemingway's complicity in his own myth
Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:58 am · December 12th, 2011
This weekend “Midnight in Paris” star Corey Stoll participated in a unique event at the JFK Library in Boston where he read from Ernest Hemingway’s letters, which have been collected into a 16-volume series by editor Sandra Spanier.
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