“The Theory of Everything’s” Eddie Redmayne has gotten his share of love from his peers during this year’s awards season.
Eddie Redmayne is getting some friendly love as the Best Actor race continues
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 2:03 pm · February 2nd, 2015
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‘Honeymoon With Harry’ could mark Bradley Cooper's directorial debut
Posted by Matt Patches · 1:39 pm · January 9th, 2015
Bradley Cooper wants to do everything he can in Hollywood. Act, write, produce — you name it. Now he’s going to direct a movie. Why not?
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Thelma Schoonmaker talks cutting 'Wall Street' improv and learning from Martin Scorsese
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:44 pm · December 20th, 2013
Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker and director Martin Scorsese’s work together extends over 19 feature films, a handful of shorts and even a Michael Jackson music video. Their latest work on “The Wolf of Wall Street” is another indelible notch on the belt. Schoonmaker recently sat down with HitFix to discuss this storied collaboration.
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90s nostalgia as Weinsteins and Miramax reunite for 'Shakespeare in Love' sequel
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:15 pm · December 16th, 2013
A new 20-year deal between The Weinstein Company and Miramax gives the Weinsteins access to the creative library they left behind at their old company — meaning sequels to “Shakespeare in Love” and “Rounders” are in the works.
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Off the Carpet: 'American Hustle' comes out to play
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:48 pm · November 24th, 2013
After weeks of audience testing, editors Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers futzing with the various tones director David O. Russell captures take-to-take during production, “American Hustle” finally came out to play Sunday night as Sony Pictures unveiled the film to a swath of press and SAG nominating committee members, among others.
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Roundup: Cinematographers come down on 3D
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:44 am · November 20th, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, five cinematographers from some of the season’s top contenders chat candidly about a range of topics — including 3D, to which they’re mostly opposed. Meanwhile, Steve McQueen defends “12 Years a Slave” from critics who think it’s too pretty.
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Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo reunite for Martin Luther King drama 'Selma'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:40 pm · July 11th, 2013
The director and actor collaborated on 2012 Sundance winner ‘Middle of Nowhere.’
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival: 'Killing Season,' 'Honeymoon,' 'DK'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:04 am · July 4th, 2013
Travolta and De Niro bring the star power, but the Czechs bring the good stuff.
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3 on 3: Will 'The Wolf of Wall Street' be a new Martin Scorsese classic?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:58 pm · June 17th, 2013
In a new installment of our “3 on 3” series, three HitFix staffers answer pressing questions about Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” after getting a load of the new trailer.
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Nate Silver predicts 'Argo,' Spielberg, Lawrence for Oscar glory
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:10 am · February 22nd, 2013
But he admits his method is a little problematic.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 107 — Final stabs in the dark
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · February 22nd, 2013
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne offer up their final predictions for the 85th annual Academy Awards.
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Meet the Academy's exclusive club of three-time acting Oscar winners
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:50 am · February 19th, 2013
Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Sally Field and Denzel Washington hope to join this year.
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Oscar Guide 2013: Best Supporting Actor
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:48 am · February 13th, 2013
Alan Arkin, Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones and Christoph Waltz square off.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 105 — Affleck wins another and the nominees do lunch
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · February 8th, 2013
In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss Ben Affleck’s DGA victory, the annual nominees luncheon and the recently held Annie and Visual Effects Society Awards and analyze the Best Animated Short category.
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Counting down Robert De Niro's 10 best performances as he seeks a third Oscar
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:03 pm · February 5th, 2013
Does his nominated turn in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ rank with his best?
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Off the Carpet: Academy members have numerous tight races to mull over this season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · December 24th, 2012
As members of the Academy hurry through the last screeners they need to see before committing an opinion on the year’s best (for those who bother trying to get as deep into the stack as possible, that is), a number of races hang in the balance as extremely tight categories are sure to leave a few contenders feeling the sting of “also-ran” on Thursday, January 10.
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'Silver Linings Playbook' wins with Detroit film critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:48 am · December 14th, 2012
After leading the way with nominations recently, David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” has been crowned Best Picture by the Detroit Film Critics Society. David O. Russell won Best Director and Best Screenplay, Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress and Robert De Niro took Best Supporting Actor.
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Roundup: Can GKIDS crash the animation Oscar race again?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:17 am · November 14th, 2012
Also: Phoenix makes amends, and the most deserving Best Actor no-hopers.
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