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.
Best Picture winner 'The Artist' finally makes its way to DVD/Blu-ray
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:47 pm · June 19th, 2012
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Weinsteins pick up James Gray's latest for 2013 release
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:16 am · June 15th, 2012
Formerly titled ‘Low Life,’ the untitled period piece stars Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Renner and Joaquin Phoenix.
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Monitoring the documentary standouts of 2012 so far
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:53 pm · June 12th, 2012
With revised Oscar rules for the doc race making it easier to spot contenders, what first-half releases are in with a shout?
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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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Feelgood Aussie musical 'The Sapphires' brightens Cannes
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:30 am · May 21st, 2012
Warm applause for the 1960s-set musical comedy suggest The Weinstein Company have made a wise purchase.
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Cannes Check: Andrew Dominik's 'Killing Them Softly'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:48 am · April 28th, 2012
Continuing our series of Cannes competition previews, we look at this much-anticipated new thriller starring Brad Pitt.
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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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Friedkin's 'Killer Joe' gets an NC-17
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:27 pm · February 29th, 2012
As “Killer Joe,” William Friedkin’s nasty new black comedy, fights an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, the Weinsteins are experiencing their own ratings woes with their teen-oriented documentary “Bully.”
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Round-up: Does Weinstein's Streep ad toe the line… or cross it?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 am · February 8th, 2012
Also: Daniel Radcliffe on Oscar snobbery, and the case for Viola Davis
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Off the Carpet: Harvey's victory lap
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:37 am · February 6th, 2012
A trip down memory lane as ‘The Artist’ sets its sights on The Weinstein Company’s second-straight Best Picture Oscar.
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Round-up: Paying tribute to Damien Bona
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:30 am · February 2nd, 2012
Also: Farewell to paper Oscar ballots, and rechristening the Kodak
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Exclusive: Root for the underdog in the trailer for Weinstein's Oscar-nominated doc 'Undefeated'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 am · January 27th, 2012
One of the documentary features nominated by the Academy Tuesday was Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Matin’s “Undefeated.” No, not the Sarah Palin thing. This is a chronicle of an inner-city North Memphis, Tennessee high school football team’s journey through, with all the petty and profound drama that comes with it, and it’s an outstanding portrait.
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Pre-Globes party weekend: Weinstein, AFI, Paramount, Film Independent and BAFTA do it up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:45 pm · January 14th, 2012
Leading into tomorrow’s Golden Globes ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Hollywood has been all abuzz with events aimed at making the most of having talent in town for the big awards show weekend.
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Weinstein looks to get Kristin Scott Thomas in the conversation with 'Sarah's Key' re-release
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:11 am · November 3rd, 2011
The Weinstein Company has a healthy slate of films this season, and two of them already set for release this month. Well, chalk up a third, as summer indie “Sarah’s Key” will be re-released on 300 screens to capitalize on a bit of a lull in the season.
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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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Oscarweb Round-up: Taking artists at their work
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 22nd, 2011
In today’s round-up, Manohla Dargis argues in favor of considering the work, not the actions, of filmmakers like Lars Von Trier and Roman Polanski, Steve Martin humbly passes along some Oscar emcee suggestions to newly minted host Eddie Murphy and Russia’s foreign language submission stirs up some controversy.
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