Yesterday’s Independent Spirit Award nominations featured a number of films firmly in the hunt for Oscar glory — a crossover that has become standard in recent years. In his weekly awards column, Guy Lodge wonders if other independent cinema is getting short-changed.
The Long Shot: Independents' day
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:52 pm · November 27th, 2013
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Bérénice Bejo not so silent in French trailer for Cannes-bound 'The Past'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:48 am · April 8th, 2013
No subtitles needed to get excited for Asghar Farhadi’s follow-up to ‘A Separation.’
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Telluride announces 40th anniversary festival celebration and creation of new venue
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:31 am · February 28th, 2013
Excitement will be as high as ever for the Telluride Film Festival this year as it celebrates its 40th anniversary with an extra day added to the long Labor Day weekend festivities. Not only that, but a new venue has been announced bearing the name of the fest’s most famous regular, director Werner Herzog.
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'Tinker, Tailor' dominates biennial International Online Film Critics' Poll
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:41 am · December 21st, 2012
Here’s something novel. A biennial awards presentation. The eligibility period for the International Online Film Critics’ Poll is November 16, 2010 to November 15, 2012, leaving a wide array of films to choose from. Pity, then, that the critics’ choices aren’t themselves as varied. Tomas Alfredson’s “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” won five awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.
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Dublin critics award Haneke, Phoenix, Riva and…'The Artist?'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:22 am · December 21st, 2012
If you thought we had escaped the year of “The Artist,” you were wrong. The Dublin Film Critics Circle has chosen Michel Hazanavicius’s Best Picture winner as the year’s best film, as it opened on those shores in 2012. It joins Michael Haneke, Joaquin Phoenix, Emmanuelle Riva and more for top honors this year.
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The Long Shot: A hazy shade of winter
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:55 pm · October 31st, 2012
Should the annual December glut of prestige fare be discouraged?
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Wins for 'The Help,' 'The Artist,' 'Martha Marcy' at Casting Society of America Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:32 am · October 30th, 2012
We’re not quite done with 2011’s awards contenders yet.
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Casting Society of America announces its 2011/12 award nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:24 am · August 21st, 2012
‘The Artist,’ ‘Drive’ and ‘The Hunger Games’ are among those up for Outstanding Casting honors.
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PGA awards the Weinsteins the 2013 Milestone award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 pm · July 23rd, 2012
Award comes after TWC productions took Guild’s top prize two years running.
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Best Picture winner 'The Artist' finally makes its way to DVD/Blu-ray
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:47 pm · June 19th, 2012
Last year’s Best Picture winner “The Artist” is set for release Tuesday, June 26, a full seven months since it opened in limited release in November of last year and obviously over a year since it world-premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
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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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Weinstein maintains a muscular presence at Cannes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:21 am · May 21st, 2012
It’s fair to say The Weinstein Company is pretty high on the value of Cannes this year. And tonight will be all about their upcoming films as they pull the old “let’s show some footage, stir the interest pot and steal a little bit of thunder” trick.
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Interview: Robert Osborne on the 2012 TCM classic film fest and last year's 'disappointing' Oscar season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:52 am · April 12th, 2012
The Turner Classics host is primed for a third year of classic cinema in Hollywood.
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Harvey further forges the French connection
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:24 pm · March 29th, 2012
After purchasing positively buzzed French romcom “Populaire” and courting Colin Firth for a remake of Cesar-winning smash “Untouchable,” The Weinstein Company’s Gallic loyalty shows no sign of fading.
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'The Artist' named Festival Film of the Year
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:06 pm · March 26th, 2012
“The Artist” will receive the award for Festival Film of the Year at the International Film Festival Summit in Paris.
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France thanks Harvey Weinstein with the Légion d’Honneur
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:27 am · March 3rd, 2012
Just in case Harvey Weinstein was feeling under-appreciated this week, the French have given him their highest national honor.
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Cannes celebrates its 65th birthday with Marilyn
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:36 pm · February 29th, 2012
The Oscar race may only just be over, but the Cannes Film Festival is closer than you think — as the newly unveiled festival poster reminds us.
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The 2011-2012 Film Awards Circuit
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:46 am · February 28th, 2012
Charting the winners and losers of the year’s precursor circuit.
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