The Arclight Hollywood announced today that it will host a six-film retrospective of of character portraits featuring “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” star Gary Oldman.
Gary Oldman to receive career retrospective at the Arclight Theater in Hollywood
Posted by Roth Cornet · 4:19 pm · December 27th, 2011
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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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'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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'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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Gary Oldman: Unsung hero or international star?
Posted by Roth Cornet · 1:21 pm · December 16th, 2011
In a bit of comforting news for both Gary Oldman and his frustrated supporters, the Palm Springs International Film Festival will present the actor with the International Star Award.
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2011: the year in superlatives
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:11 am · December 16th, 2011
Who am I to complain about the amount of year-end kudos announcements when I had this post coming all along? I know. I’m so hypocritical.
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'Tree of Life' leads Chicago film critics nods
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:56 am · December 16th, 2011
The Chicago Film Critics Association has announced its list of nominees this year, and it’s full of the usual. But most interesting is that “The Tree of Life” star Hunter McCracken has finally received some attention.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Why Carla Bruni is a SAG nominee, while Corey Stoll is not
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:45 am · December 15th, 2011
Also: Armond attacks the embargo and a wordsmith admires the silence of ‘The Artist’
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The 2011 Longlists
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:19 am · December 14th, 2011
The Longlists are just that: a series of lists in various categories featuring what I thought was the top echelon of each. I trotted out 10, rather than the Oscar-centric five, throughout.
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Oscarweb Round-up: The year's best performances
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:13 am · December 13th, 2011
In today’s round-up, consideration of the year’s best performances, Christopher Nolan opens up a bit on “The Dark Knight Rises” and in honor of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” the top five badass female roles.
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Bottled up: the best films of 2011
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:28 am · December 12th, 2011
With the year winding to a close, it’s time to showcase the 10 best films of 2011. If you heard Friday’s podcast, you know. If you didn’t, dig in.
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San Francisco critics honor 'Tree of Life,' 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:40 pm · December 11th, 2011
The San Francisco Film Critics Circle has announced “The Tree of Life” as this year’s winner for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” won two prizes, for Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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'The Descendants,' Terrence Malick win with LA film critics
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:13 pm · December 11th, 2011
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has tapped Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants” for its Best Picture prize, a bit of an anti-climactic conclusion to what had until then been a fresh and exciting vote.
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Tell us what you thought of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:27 am · December 11th, 2011
The film hits theaters this weekend.
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Oscarweb Round-up: R.I.P. Jerry Robinson
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:09 am · December 9th, 2011
In today’s round-up, Joker creator Jerry Robinson passes, the NYT ponders whether Scott Rudin held “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” because of last year’s early “Social Network” peak and James Cameron gets sued over “Avatar.”
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Interview: Gary Oldman on easing into his solo in 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:38 am · December 7th, 2011
Gary Oldman is well-known for being a part of ensembles, and often standing out amid them. This year, however, he finds himself fronting one, and with a subdued, internalized performance, at that. He talks about his work on “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” which could bring him his first-ever Oscar nomination.
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The Lists: Top 10 Gary Oldman performances
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:51 am · December 6th, 2011
Gary Oldman has settled into pimps and dwarfs, rednecks and clergymen, kingpins and gangster pawns, punk rockers and classical musicians, crooked cops and noble detectives, political villains and Gothic monsters with equal aplomb. The performances are varied and lived-in. With “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” heading to theaters, we use it as an excuse to count down the best of them.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Scorsese to be honored with BFCA's music in film award
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:35 am · December 6th, 2011
In today’ round-up, Martin Scorsese has been tapped by the BFCA to receive the Music+Film Award, Wim Wenders talks “Pina” and “The Muppets” gets accused of brainwashing.
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