In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, Sony Pictures Classics have re-entered the Best Foreign Language Film race — one they’ve won four years running — by picking up Hungary’s “The Notebook.” Meanwhile, why was 2013 a lean year for female filmmakers?
Roundup: Sony Classics back in the foreign Oscar race with 'The Notebook'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:05 am · January 3rd, 2014
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Sony Classics comes to the rescue of Paul Haggis' 'Third Person'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:38 pm · November 7th, 2013
Things haven’t exactly gone swimmingly for Paul Haggis since he won that contentious Best Picture Oscar for “Crash” nearly eight years ago. Clint Eastwood’s “Letters from Iwo Jima” nabbed him another writing nod a year later, and a pair of new-model Bond films kept him ticking over, but on the directorial side of things, it’s […]
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Timothy Spall looks to the horizon in first image from Mike Leigh's latest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:09 pm · October 22nd, 2013
He plays legendary artist J.M.W. Turner in Leigh’s long-awaited passion project.
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Roundup: Sony's Oscar plans for 'Blue Jasmine'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:13 am · October 1st, 2013
Also: Charles Ferguson’s cancelled Hillary Clinton doc, and Cuaron on ‘crap’ 3D.
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Saudi Arabia makes history with 'Wadjda' in foreign Oscar race, Dutch enter 'Borgman'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:30 pm · September 13th, 2013
Looks like the race might have a new frontrunner.
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Sony Classics brings 'Foxcatcher' into the Oscar season
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:01 pm · August 15th, 2013
Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo and Steve Carell star in Bennett Miller’s latest.
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With 'Before Midnight' expanding once more, can it stay on the awards radar?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:00 am · August 1st, 2013
Over two months after its release, Sony increases the screen count to 226.
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Sony Classics picks up riotous cult-movie doc 'Jodorowsky's Dune'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:00 am · July 11th, 2013
HitFix’s own Drew McWeeny is among the talking heads in this Cannes hit.
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Where will Bennett Miller's 'Foxcatcher' end up?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:20 pm · June 27th, 2013
With a full slate of films to campaign and market this fall, Sony Pictures may be moving Bennett Miller’s “Foxcatcher” to art house shingle Sony Pictures Classics for distribution, or the film could be held for 2014 release.
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Sony Classics looks forward to 'The Past'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:42 am · May 20th, 2013
The prestige distributor also handled Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation.’
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Almodóvar's 'I'm So Excited!' to open Los Angeles Film Festival in June
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:19 am · April 10th, 2013
The Spanish’s veteran’s new comedy is already out in Europe.
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Mike Leigh's Turner biopic finds a home with Sony Classics
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:02 am · March 19th, 2013
The seven-time Oscar nominee’s passion project will be released in 2014.
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Sony Classics sets release dates for 'Before Midnight,' 'I'm So Excited' and 'Blue Jasmine'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:55 pm · February 6th, 2013
Will the summer bows be remembered when awards season rolls around?
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Sony Classics co-chief Michael Barker remains positive on Oscar chances for 'Amour'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:01 am · December 13th, 2012
He draws a line between Michael Haneke’s career now and Ingmar Bergman’s in 1973.
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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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Chile submits 'No'… will the Academy say yes?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:50 pm · September 25th, 2012
Pablo Larrain’s 1980s political satire was a critical sensation at Cannes.
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France selects box office smash 'The Intouchables' for the foreign Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:30 am · September 18th, 2012
The Weinsteins’ feelgood comedy could be a formidable challenger for the award.
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The Long Shot: Searching for sleepers in the Oscar guessing game
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:34 am · June 11th, 2012
As early Oscar charts hype up juggernauts like “Lincoln” and “Les Misérables,” what’s this year’s little engine that could?
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