International festival sensations feature in the top categories, but the field was led by French comedy hit “Me, Myself and Mum,” with 10 nominations.
'Blue is the Warmest Color,' 'The Past,' 'Stranger by the Lake' land César nods
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:00 am · January 31st, 2014
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Cannes Review: Roman Polanski gets frisky in smart but slight 'Venus in Fur'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:15 pm · May 26th, 2013
Adaptation of Broadway hit is more fun than ‘Carnage,’ but just as minor.
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Cannes Check 2013: Roman Polanski's 'Venus in Fur'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:18 pm · May 14th, 2013
Continuing our cheat sheet for the Cannes Competition.
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US and France dominate a big-name Cannes Film Festival lineup
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:15 am · April 18th, 2013
One woman makes this year’s Competition – but not the one we were expecting.
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Cannes lineup includes Payne, Soderbergh, Polanski, Coens, Refn… and James Franco
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:12 am · April 18th, 2013
19 films are vying for the Palme d’Or.
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With 'Stoker' on the way, 10 great English-language debuts by foreign directors
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:49 am · February 27th, 2013
From F.W. Murnau to Alfonso Cuarón, these directors didn’t get lost in translation.
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'The Artist' (what else?) takes top honors at César Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:08 pm · February 24th, 2012
“The Artist,” unsurprisingly enough, was the big winner at the César Awards, France’s answer to the Oscars — but not everything went the Oscar frontrunner’s way, as Jean Dujardin was upset in the Best Actor race.
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'The Artist' isn't top dog in César Award noms
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:25 am · January 27th, 2012
It may be the first French frontrunner in the history of the Academy Awards, but on home turf, “The Artist” had to settle for third place in the César Award nominations. Another Cannes prizewinner, law-enforcement drama “Polisse,” leads with 13 nods.
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Does ‘Carnage’ confuse instinct with immaturity?
Posted by Roth Cornet · 9:03 am · January 23rd, 2012
A recent interview highlights some of the flaws in “Carnage” and the stage play it is based on.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Stumping for Serkis
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:03 am · December 2nd, 2011
In today’s round-up, the buzz on Andy Serkis’s Oscar campaign makes its way overseas, “Shame” is all over the blogosphere and parents of the victims in the Memphis Three case protest Oscar consideration of “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory.”
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 64 — Digging into the lead categories
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:54 am · October 7th, 2011
In today’s podcast, we dig in on the lead actor and lead actress categories, discuss Roman Polanski’s NYFF opener “Carnage” and the critical reception of “The Ides of March,” opening today.
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Polanski's aptly titled 'Carnage' makes for dicey translation to the screen
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:36 pm · September 30th, 2011
Roman Polanski’s adaptation of the play that has made it from Paris to London to New York to Los Angeles comes up considerably short.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Will mo-cap projects like 'Tintin' and 'Happy Feet 2' qualify for Oscar's animated feature race?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:23 am · September 29th, 2011
In today’s round-up, the Academy’s feature animation branch debates the eligibility of motion capture films, Melissa McCarthy teams up with the director of “The Help” and “The Ides of March” premieres in Los Angeles.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Taking artists at their work
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 22nd, 2011
In today’s round-up, Manohla Dargis argues in favor of considering the work, not the actions, of filmmakers like Lars Von Trier and Roman Polanski, Steve Martin humbly passes along some Oscar emcee suggestions to newly minted host Eddie Murphy and Russia’s foreign language submission stirs up some controversy.
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