Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” is hitting theaters this week in advance of opening the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15. If you’ll recall, the film was all set to open last December amid the awards season glut as part of an already packed Warner Bros. slate. But it was shuffled on to a summer 2013 release to allow more time for post-production and, surely, to have a fighting chance at making some money.
Will 'The Great Gatsby' find any room in a new Oscar season?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:39 am · May 6th, 2013
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Sofia Coppola's 'Bling Ring' to open Un Certain Regard at Cannes, as full lineup looms
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:30 pm · April 17th, 2013
Thomas Vinterberg tapped to head Un Certain Regard jury.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan up the glamour in latest 'Great Gatsby' trailer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:33 am · April 4th, 2013
Trailer also features new cuts from Beyoncé, Lana Del Rey and Florence Welch.
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Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward are the faces of this year's Cannes fest
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:59 am · March 22nd, 2013
The festival’s official 2013 poster features a vintage shot of the loved-up couple.
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Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' to open the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:52 am · March 12th, 2013
‘Moulin Rouge!’ did the honors in 2001.
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Roundup: David Cronenberg on the 'problematical' nature of Oscar season
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:20 am · January 2nd, 2013
Also: The year’s best LGBT characters, and Jay-Z goes ‘Gatsby’
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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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'Gatsby' release rescheduled for summer 2013
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:12 am · August 6th, 2012
Baz Luhrmann’s lavish 3D adaptation of the classic novel is out of the 2012 Oscar frame.
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Off the Carpet: Setting the table for the 2012-2013 film awards season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:35 am · June 11th, 2012
With the film awards season still a few months off, it’s time to at least clean up the joint and get some fresh predictions out there. Today we take a look at the lay of the land at the year’s midway point.
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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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Leonardo DiCaprio teams with Baz Luhrmann again in the lush trailer for 'The Great Gatsby'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:14 pm · May 22nd, 2012
I have a feeling the freshly debuted trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” is going to draw a line in the sand. On one side, those a bit stricken by the apparent tone and visual direction the “Moulin Rouge!” director has taken the F. Scott Fitzgerald story. On the other, those who feel the material is getting a unique and vivid spin that could be good for it.
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Round-up: The underperforming Sundance class of 2011
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:24 am · January 17th, 2012
Also: Luhrmann on ‘Gatsby’ in 3D, and Elton vs. Madonna
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The Lists: Our top 10 most anticipated films of 2012
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:54 am · January 3rd, 2012
With a new year comes a new reserve of hope for what the multiplexes might have to offer. While HitFix has already cranked out a big list of 30 titles most movie-lovers are anticipating this year, we at In Contention put our heads together and came up with our own.
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Round-up: Score one for #teammargaret
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:10 am · December 26th, 2011
In today’s round-up, #teammargaret seems to have scored a victory as screeners of Kenneth Lonergan’s film have reportedly been sent to Academy members, Steven Zaillian talks changing the story and ending of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and Baz Luhrmann got a boo-boo on the set of “The Great Gatsby.”
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