In this week’s edition of Tech Support, we turn our gaze to Best Sound Mixing. Contenders include “War Horse,” “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” and.. “The Artist?”
Tech Support: 'War Horse,' 'Transformers' in the, uh, mix for Best Sound Mixing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:47 am · November 10th, 2011
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Can 'The Artist' break costumer Mark Bridges's Oscar duck?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:46 am · November 8th, 2011
With credits including “Boogie Nights,” “There Will Be Blood” and “The Fighter,” Mark Bridges has made a name for himself as one of Hollywood’s most inspired costume designers, but the Academy’s never taken notice. That could all change with “The Artist.”
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Off the Carpet: The ultimate Rorschach season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:38 am · November 7th, 2011
This year’s slate of Oscar-contending films is particularly wide-ranging with something for everyone. The question becomes, what is the season about for you?
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'Melancholia' rules European Film Award nods
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:09 am · November 7th, 2011
Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” is a sophisticated choice of film to lead Europe’s alternative to the Oscars — but a middlebrow mindset prevails elsewhere.
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Tech Support: Best Makeup could go its own way, from 'Green Lantern to 'The Iron Lady'
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:46 am · November 3rd, 2011
In this week’s edition of Tech Support, we round up the possibilities for Best Makeup. Contenders include summer blockbusters like “Green Lantern” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” as well as Best Picture hopefuls such as “J. Edgar” and “The Artist.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: Crunch time for toons
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:09 am · November 1st, 2011
In today’s round-up, the Academy announces the impending deadline for animated feature film contenders, Albert Brooks continues the “Drive” press rounds and closing out Halloween with a top 50 scariest movies list.
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Off the Carpet: Building the perfect strategy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:06 am · October 31st, 2011
It takes all kinds. Finding the right strategy to navigate an awards season is a tricky thing and it varies, naturally, from film to film. Whether it’s “Young Adult” of “The Artist” or “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” there is no mold, no skeleton key, no single solution.
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Tech Support: Best Pic hopefuls from 'War Horse' to 'Ides of March' highlight Best Film Editing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:19 am · October 27th, 2011
This week our weekly Tech Support column turns its gaze to the Best Film Editing category. Serious possibilities include Steven Spielberg’s one-two punch of “War Horse” and “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,” festival favorite “The Artist” and summer blockbusters like “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: Protesting 'Anonymous'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:45 am · October 25th, 2011
In today’s round-up, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is protesting “Anonymous” in a curious fashion, Steve Jobs is on a list of potential writers of a Steve Jobs biopic and “The Artist” takes yet another audience award.
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'Harry Potter,' George Clooney, Michelle Williams honored with Hollywood Film Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:02 pm · October 24th, 2011
The Hollywood Film awards were held tonight, marking the first awards ceremony of the season. All honorees were previously announced. George Clooney and Michelle Williams won top acting honors while the public-voted Hollywood Movie Award went to “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.”
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More US festival awards for 'The Artist' and Olivia Colman
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:55 am · October 17th, 2011
Buzzy Oscar contender “The Artist” added to its trophy cabinet with wins at both the Chicago and Hamptons International Film Festivals last year, while under-the-radar Best Actress hopeful Olivia Colman took a prize for “Tyrannosaur.”
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Redgrave and the ladies of 'The Help' lead the conversation on Best Supporting Actress
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:51 am · October 17th, 2011
Rounding out four weeks of performance analysis this week, we turn to Best Adapted Screenplay. Contenders include Vanessa Redgrave, Octavia Spencer, the ubiquitous Jessica Chastain and Shailene Woodley, among others.
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Previewing the best of the London fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:16 pm · October 11th, 2011
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the BFI London Film Festival, which opens with Fernando Meirelles’s tepidly reviewed “360.” But I’m beginning on a positive note, with a list of the 15 best already-seen films of the fest.
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Tech Support: 'Tree of Life,' 'The Artist' lead a field of 'pretty' pictures in Best Cinematography
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:55 am · October 6th, 2011
This year’s Best Cinematography category is lively already. Great work from Emmanuel Lubezi (“The Tree of Life”) and Lawrence Bennett (“The Artist”) has already been seen, while still-to-come entries in “J. Edgar” and “War Horse” could easily enter the conversation. We dive into the field in this week’s edition of Tech Support.
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The Long Shot: But is it 'The Artist?'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:15 am · October 6th, 2011
Since being picked up by The Weinstein Company at Cannes, Michel Hazanavicius’s acclaimed silent-cinema homage “The Artist” has been stirring buzz as the potential arthouse dark horse of the Oscar race. But could it actually be the one to beat?
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London Film Festival announces awards shortlists, honors Cronenberg and Fiennes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:10 am · October 5th, 2011
After last year’s jury opted for lower-profile works, this year’s shortlist for the Best Film award at the BFI London Film Festival is picked with big names and proven festival hits. Meanwhile, David Cronenberg and Ralph Fiennes, both presenting new films at the festival, join the illustrious list of BFI Fellows.
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Reviewing NYFF across space and time
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:22 am · October 3rd, 2011
We may not be attending the New York Film Festival, here’s a round-up of the festival titles we’ve already seen and reviewed at In Contention, including such films as “The Artist,” “The Descendants,” “A Separation” and “Carnage.”
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Oscarweb Round-up: An early FYC for Mélanie Laurent in 'Beginners'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:17 am · September 27th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Sasha Stone’s personal FYC notices prompt the same from me, Bryce Dallas Howard discusses her various roles this year and Steven Zeitchik wonders if “The Lion King 3D” is initiating a change in how theatrical is utilized.
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