“Her,” “Captain Phillips” and “Stories We Tell” won the feature film categories at the WGA Awards, with “Veep,” “Breaking Bad” and “House of Cards” among the victorious TV shows.
'Her,' 'Captain Phillips,' 'Stories We Tell' win WGA Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:52 pm · February 1st, 2014
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Sarah Polley has the best reaction ever to not getting nominated
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 6:42 am · January 16th, 2014
Sarah Polley’s acclaimed documentary “Stories We Tell” didn’t make the cut for the best documentary category, but that didn’t stop her from throwing out some love to one of this year’s nominees.
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Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey lead the list of shocking Oscar snubs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:55 am · January 16th, 2014
This year’s Oscar nominations announcement brought more surprising omissions than usual, from Tom Hanks to Sarah Polley to Emma Thompson to Lana del Rey. We run through some of the most shock shut-outs.
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Sarah Polley, Joshua Oppenheimer among DGA doc nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:46 am · January 14th, 2014
The DGA kept the documentary race competitive yesterday by nominating five Oscar-shortlisted films — three of them from female directors. “Stories We Tell” and “The Act of Killing” are among the titles in the hunt.
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'The Act of Killing,' 'Stories We Tell' take top awards at Cinema Eye Honors
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:10 am · January 9th, 2014
The Cinema Eye Honors for documentary filmmaking spread the wealth at last night’s awards, as winners ranged from “The Act of Killing” to “Stories We Tell” to Dave Grohl’s “Sound City.”
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'12 Years a Slave' leads female-voted AWFJ nods, as 'The Counselor' is shamed
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:40 am · December 12th, 2013
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists celebrates a lot of the expected contenders in their list of the year’s best — “12 Years a Slave” leads with 13 nods — but their individuality emerges in their categories that celebrate female filmmaking and denigrate industry sexism.
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All-time greatest actors turned directors: Woody Allen, Sarah Polley, Clint Eastwood
Posted by Drew McWeeny · 11:25 pm · September 19th, 2013
In a year with an abundance of actors turned directors, HitFix’s editorial team ranks their all-time greats which includes some familiar names, some surprises and some noteworthy omissions.
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'Stories We Tell,' 'Incendies' compete in Venice Days's Film of the Decade poll
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:27 pm · July 17th, 2013
Public invited to choose between 50 standouts from the Venice sidebar’s history.
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Sarah Polley eyes next year's doc Oscar with 'Stories We Tell'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:53 am · October 9th, 2012
Roadside will release her intimate family portrait in mid-2013.
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A belated appreciation of 'Take This Waltz'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:42 am · July 13th, 2012
One of the year’s best films, Sarah Polley’s follow-up to ‘Away From Her,’ has already been out for two weeks.
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