Alexandre Desplat has won the Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 2015 Grammy Awards, while John Williams has won a prize for his work on 2013’s “The Book Thief.”
Alexandre Desplat and John Williams win Grammys for 'Grand Budapest,' 'Book Thief'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:41 pm · February 8th, 2015
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'Evil Dead,' 'Gravity' and 'The Hobbit' lead film music critics nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:53 am · February 11th, 2014
Always a bit of a unique take on the year, the International Film Music Critics Association’s annual assessment of the year in movie and TV scores has brought with it, well, something different. And looking across the nominees, it’s two genre films — “Evil Dead” and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” — that led the field with three specific nominations each. Though you could make it four for the former as composer Roque Baños was also nominated for Film Composer of the Year, alongside “Gravity” composer Steven Price, in fact, which would bring its total up to three as well.
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Roundup: Saturday night's all right for Cannes prizes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:06 am · February 10th, 2014
In a rare change of routine, the Cannes Film Festival awards will be presented a day earlier this year. Also: The politics of movie walkouts, and how to define designing ‘Gravity’
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Tech Support: Final predictions for Best Cinematography, Makeup, Score, Song and Visual Effects
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:16 pm · January 9th, 2014
Here we go again. A week from today, the nominees for the 86th annual Academy Awards will be announced. Here at Tech Support, we’ve analyzed each of the 10 crafts categories, and interviewed several of the contenders. It’s now a waiting game with final calls to be made. Today, we take a final look at the fields of cinematography, music, makeup and hairstyling and visual effects.
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Nevada critics award '12 Years,' McConaughey, Streep
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:21 am · December 20th, 2013
The Nevada Film Critics Society has hopped on the “12 Years a Slave” bandwagon, awarding the film Best Film honors (though nothing else). Meanwhile, Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” picked up three prizes, including Best Director, while Meryl Streep landed her first prize of the year for her performance in “August: Osage County.”
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Phoenix critics award '12 Years a Slave,' 'Gravity,' 'Frozen'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:12 am · December 17th, 2013
After a some taste-testing elsewhere by some more regional critics, it’s back to the grind with another Best Picture win for “12 Years a Slave,” this time from the Phoenix Film Critics Society. The film won three awards, as did Disney’s “Frozen,” but Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” was a more dominant figure winning four, including Best Director.
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'American Hustle' and '12 Years a Slave' lead Critics' Choice Movie Awards nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:47 am · December 16th, 2013
“American Hustle” and “12 Years a Slave” led the way with this year’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards nominations with 13 apiece. David O. Russell’s Abscam comedy had the added benefit of padding in the comedy categories, however, a luxury “12 Years a Slave” couldn’t boast.
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Tech Support: John Williams, Arcade Fire and Hans Zimmer (x2) duke it out for Best Original Score
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:32 pm · December 12th, 2013
Earlier today the list of eligible original score contenders was revealed by the Academy, so consider it great timing as we focus on the category today in our final craft category analysis of the season.
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From 'All is Lost' to 'The Wolverine,' 114 films vying for the Best Original Score Oscar
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:49 pm · December 12th, 2013
The Academy today revealed the 114 films in contention for the Best Original Score Oscar. All the widely predicted contenders are present, but don’t look for “Frozen,” “Nebraska” or “The Lone Ranger.”
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Tech Support: Can 'Catching Fire' crack the costume design Oscar race?
Posted by gerardkennedy · 3:38 pm · December 5th, 2013
HitFix’s Gerard Kennedy surveys the field of Best Costume Design Oscar contenders, from period stand-out “12 Years a Slave” to the contemporary designs of “The Wolf of Wall Street.”
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'The Book Thief' tries to escape its Oscar bait trappings
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 4:06 pm · November 8th, 2013
Geoffrey Rush, Sophie Nelisse, Brian Percival and Markus Zusak discuss the new WWII drama “The Book Thief.” A well intentioned movie that can’t escape its Oscar bait trappings.
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Roundup: 'Mandela' goes to Washington
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:31 am · November 5th, 2013
In today’s roundup of notable online news and views, ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ seeks to revive its dwindling buzz with a White House screening for President Obama. Meanwhile, a panel of directors including Ryan Coogler and Oliver Hirschbiegel share their thoughts on the industry.
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Tech Support: The production designers go it alone this year
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:18 pm · October 31st, 2013
This year’s race for Best Production Design is a little different in that the costumers have split off and formed their own branch. How will that affect the race? From this vantage point, films like “12 Years a Slave,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Inside Llewyn Davis” seem formidable.
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3 on 3: Who wins and who loses with the 'Monuments Men' move to 2014?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:40 am · October 23rd, 2013
The Oscar race just got a bit less crowded, but what’s in it for the movie?
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Tech Support: Can anything beat 'Gravity' for Best Cinematography?
Posted by gerardkennedy · 10:33 am · October 10th, 2013
Gerard Kennedy surveys the category of Best Cinematography in this week’s installment of Tech Support. Will films like “Captain Phillips” and “12 Years a Slave” be able to match “Gravity?”
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Off the Carpet: Fox enters the Oscar season with 'The Book Thief' and 'Walter Mitty'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:25 am · October 7th, 2013
This weekend, 20th Century Fox arrived to the 2013 film awards season with a pair of hopefuls that couldn’t be more different from the outside. Nevertheless, Brian Percival’s “The Book Thief” and Ben Stiller’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” both of which will be viewed as cloying in some circles, are made with an honesty that could stave off some of the cynicism and register. At the end of the day, though, neither is the slam dunk contender the studio may have hoped for a year after “Life of Pi.”
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Roundup: A moderate start for 'Mitty'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:05 am · October 7th, 2013
Also: Mark Harris meets Spike Jonze, and Tarantino’s best of 2013.
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Contender Countdown: It's already hard out there for a best picture player
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 5:25 pm · September 12th, 2013
The sniping and backstabbing has already begun, but has it affected the best picture race at all? Plus: A brand new feature. Rank the top 10 contenders as you see them.
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