In this week’s Oscar column, Guy Lodge considers whether five nomination slots makes the Best Animated Feature category too uncompetitive, particularly in a year widely deemed a weak one for the medium. With 19 films submitted this year, is it simply too easy to get a nomination in this category?
The Long Shot: Curbing the cartoons
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:46 pm · November 6th, 2013
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Roundup: DiCaprio goes the presidential biopic route
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:07 am · September 17th, 2013
Also: Wrapping Toronto, and AFI sets an awards date.
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Miyazaki's 'The Wind Rises' to hit US theaters in February 2014
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:20 am · September 12th, 2013
The animated hopeful will still have an Oscar-qualifying release in November.
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Venice awards preview: What will win, and what should
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:48 pm · September 6th, 2013
Miyazaki or Tsai? Dench or Johansson? What to expect from tomorrow’s prizes.
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Telluride: Wrapping up the 40th annual fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:06 am · September 3rd, 2013
The 40th annual Telluride Film Festival has come to a close, unofficially launching the Oscar season and wrapping up another wonderfully curated program that continues to be one of my most anticipated journeys each year.
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Telluride Roundup: 'Prisoners,' 'Palo Alto,' 'Gravity'
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 12:27 am · September 3rd, 2013
Looking back at some of the major films at Telluride’s 40th edition including “Palo Alto,” “Gravity,” “Prisoners,” “The Wind Rises” and “Tim’s Vermeer.”
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Off the Carpet: Telluride launches the season from 'Gravity' to '12 Years a Slave'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:27 am · September 2nd, 2013
The Telluride Film Festival wraps up today and with that, the upcoming awards season has finally taken a little shape. We have a long way to go, of course, and no one should be calling the race from this far out, but we certainly know a few things.
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Does confirmation of Miyazaki's retirement boost the awards prospects of 'The Wind Rises?'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 2:47 pm · September 1st, 2013
The animated aviation epic premiered at Venice and Telluride today.
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Review: Love and aeronautics converge in Miyazaki's ravishing 'The Wind Rises'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:10 pm · August 31st, 2013
The master outdoes himself in the visual department, if not in the storytelling.
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25 most anticipated fall festival movies of 2013
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:40 pm · August 27th, 2013
HitFix’s editorial team breaks down the 25 most anticipated films screening at the Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals this fall including “Gravity,” “Labor Day,” “12 Years A Slave,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and more.
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Venice preview, part two: 'The Wind Rises,' 'Parkland,' 'The Unknown Known,' 'L'intrepido,' 'Miss Violence'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:50 pm · August 23rd, 2013
Casting an eye over another five Golden Lion contenders.
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2013 New York Film Festival line-up unveiled: 'Inside Llewyn Davis,' 'The Invisible Woman,' 'The Wind Rises'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:08 am · August 19th, 2013
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the main slate of selections for the 51st annual New York Film Festival, and it’s another choice cross-section of top festival offerings from the year so far.
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New trailer for Miyazaki's 'The Wind Rises' grounds spectacle in reality
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:22 pm · August 14th, 2013
And yes, the film will be released in time for Oscar consideration.
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15 potential awards players still looking for a home
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 pm · August 1st, 2013
As we move closer to the 2013 film awards season, a number of films are still looking for a distributor. If picked up, any of these 15 could figure into the race in a number of ways.
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