The Art Directors Guild and the Costume Designers Guild announced its slate of nominees this evening, and the surprises were few and far between. One of them, though, was the exclusion of “War Horse” in the period category.
Art Directors Guild nominees include 'Anonymous,' 'Captain America' and 'Drive'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:12 pm · January 3rd, 2012
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PGA nominees include the usual, plus 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'The Ides of March'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:20 am · January 3rd, 2012
The Producers Guild of America has announced its list of 10 films competing for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award as well as the animated feature nominees that will compete separately.
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'The Artist' leads with 4 Vancouver critics nods
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:07 pm · January 2nd, 2012
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has joined the chorus with a list of nominees (mostly three in each category). “The Artist” led the way with four mentions. Melissa McCarthy made it in for “Bridesmaids” despite it being a trimmed-down category.
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Predicting the 2011 PGA nominees
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:57 am · January 2nd, 2012
This year’s PGA nominees will do little to clear up the Best Picture scenario at the Oscars. Why? Because the guild will be chalking up a full slate of 10 nominees once again, despite the fact that the Academy’s final line-up could be anywhere from five to 10. So what will the PGA spring for?
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Round-up: When 'The Birdcage' won
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:03 am · January 2nd, 2012
In today’s round-up, Nathaniel Rogers remembers the Best Ensemble win for “The Birdcage” at the third annual Screen Actors Guild awards, the Academy plans to exercise a Kodak Theatre escape clause and someone’s already making 2012 Oscar predictions.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 75 — Critics' picks so far, 'War Horse' box office, PGA/WGA preview, boiling down Best Actress and more
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 am · December 31st, 2011
In this week’s Oscar Talk, Kris and Anne discuss the critics’ awards and lists so far, preview the upcoming PGA and WGA announcements and examine the Best Actress race one more time, among many other things.
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'The Artist' triumphs with Phoenix critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:22 pm · December 27th, 2011
After recently releasing a slate of nominees, the Phoenix Film Critics Society has named “The Artist” the best picture of the year, but I have to say, I was stopped dead in my tracks by this line of boast at the organization’s official site…
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Finders keepers: Guy's top 20 films of 2011
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:48 pm · December 26th, 2011
From “Drive” to “Melancholia,” Guy Lodge counts down the 20 titles that made 2011, for him, a great year at the movies.
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'Tree of Life' leads with 7 nods from Online Film Critics Society
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:59 am · December 26th, 2011
Today, the Online Film Critics Society has declared nominations (or maybe I missed them pre-Christmas, I don’t know). And I guess it’s only fitting that, given the group, it’s the slate most in-line with my own views of the film year so far.
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Round-up: 'Tis the season to be… snarky?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:20 am · December 24th, 2011
Also: Craig on switching from Bond to Blomkvist, and ‘Moneyball’ tech talk
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'The Artist' leads with 9 Alliance of Women Journalists nominations
Posted by Roth Cornet · 5:14 pm · December 23rd, 2011
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have released their nominations which heavily favor Oscar frontrunners such as “The Artist” and the “The Help” but also honors some lesser served films.
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Oklahoma critics march in step, spring for 'The Artist,' Clooney and Williams
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:11 pm · December 23rd, 2011
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle has spoken up and added nothing to the precursor conversation, going with a slate of typical winners. Most annoying, they totally got their “Obviously Worst Film” and “Not-So-Obviously-Worst-Film” awards mixed, but whatever.
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Round-up: When is a simple omission a snub?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 am · December 23rd, 2011
Also: championing Pitt for ‘Tree of Life’ and the year in LGBT characters
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'Drive,' 'A Better Life' and 'Attack the Block' among scores not eligible for Oscar this year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:03 pm · December 22nd, 2011
The Academy has announced a list of 97 film scores eligible for consideration in the Best Original Score category this year. Typically, it’s this announcement that brings the bad news of this or that score either not being submitted or being ruled ineligible for whatever reason.
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Utah critics award 'Drive,' '50/50'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:02 am · December 21st, 2011
The Utah Film Critics Association has chosen “Drive” as the Best Picture of the year. The film also won Best Supporting Actor for Albert Brooks and Best Cinematography. The group handed two awards to Jonathan Levine’s “50/50,” Best Actor for Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Best Original Screenplay.
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Black Film Critics Circle taps 'The Help' best of the year
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:13 pm · December 20th, 2011
The Black Film Critics Circle has chosen “The Help” as the best film of the year. The film won four other awards, including Best Actress for Viola Davis. “Pariah” director Dee Rees won Best Director, one of three awards for the film. And Albert Brooks added yet another honor to his mantle.
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Women critics like 'The Help,' 'The Iron Lady' and 'The Whistleblower'
Posted by Roth Cornet · 5:31 pm · December 20th, 2011
The Women Film Critic Circle has come out in strong favor of “The Help,” “The Iron Lady” and “The Whistleblower.” The association has made selections that feel generally in line with the films and performances one would imagine ought to be be highlighted in this year’s landscape. Though I will confess their choices are seasoned with one or two surprises.
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'Drive' and 'Tinker, Tailor' top London Film Critics' Circle noms
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:14 am · December 20th, 2011
The London Film Critics’ Circle mixed things up a little in their nominations, promoting “A Separation” to the top races and handing Best Actress mentions to Kirsten Dunst and Anna Paquin. Meanwhile, it was “Drive” and local favorite “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” that came out on top, with six nods apiece.
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