Featuring my ideal-world Oscar ballot.
The Long Shot: A salute to the non-contenders
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:50 pm · January 9th, 2013
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Lovers and masters: Guy's top 10 films of 2012
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:15 am · December 31st, 2012
Counting down the year’s best, from the multiplex to the festival fringes.
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A closer look at Oscar's foreign-language shortlist
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:10 pm · December 22nd, 2012
There are relatively few surprises in a strong slate of contenders.
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Nine foreign language finalists announced by Academy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:51 am · December 21st, 2012
The Academy has announced the nine finalists for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Seventy-one films were submitted from countries around the world.
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10 outside-the-box considerations as the Academy votes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:12 pm · December 18th, 2012
With ballots in Academy members hands as of yesterday, the great settling is off and running. Various critics groups and top 10 lists have narrowed the pile enough that voters have a pretty good idea of the landscape in each category. More than that, “frontrunners” have staked their claim on the race, leaving precious little space for dark horses to maneuver.
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Beautiful US trailer for critics' darling 'Tabu'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:32 am · December 7th, 2012
Adopt Films begin rolling out the Portuguese wonder on December 26.
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Roundup: Hopkins says 'f— off' to Oscar schmoozing
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · November 20th, 2012
Also: THR’s Actress Roundtable, and ‘The Hobbit’ faces a PETA problem
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Final foreign-language Oscar longlist numbers a record 71 titles
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:07 pm · October 8th, 2012
The nine-film shortlist will be announced in January.
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68 films submitted for the foreign-language Oscar
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:45 pm · October 4th, 2012
Meanwhile, Sony Classics picks up Israel’s ‘Fill the Void.’
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Roundup: The kids are more than all right
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · October 2nd, 2012
Also: The rise of Lionsgate, and India’s complex Oscar history.
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Denmark's 'A Royal Affair,' Switzerland's 'Sister,' Israel's 'Fill the Void' among the latest foreign Oscar entries
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:28 am · September 22nd, 2012
With the deadline looming on October 1, the competition is already tight.
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47 films longlisted for 2012 European Film Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:49 am · September 21st, 2012
Entries range from ‘Amour’ to ‘Iron Sky’… but where’s ‘Holy Motors?’
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Venice jury includes Samantha Morton and Marina Abramovic
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:55 pm · July 13th, 2012
The festival has picked eight artists to serve under jury president Michael Mann.
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Portuguese immigrant drama 'All is Well' wins big at LA Film Fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:53 pm · June 25th, 2012
As usual, the LA Film Festival juries highlighted smaller foreign works, but ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ picked up yet more gold.
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Berlinale Diary: 'Tabu,' 'Barbara,' 'Sister'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:18 pm · February 19th, 2012
Guy Lodge concludes his coverage of this year’s Berlin Film Festival by reviewing his three favorites of the fest.
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Italy's 'Caesar Must Die' takes top honors at Berlinale
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:20 pm · February 18th, 2012
The Berlin Film Festival jury, headed by Mike Leigh, surprised critics by handing their top prize to “Caesar Must Die” — a semi-documentary about a prison production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” — from veteran Italian auteurs Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
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