In this week’s podcast, we cover “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” “The Ides of March,” “Moneyball,” “Pearl Jam Twenty,” “Melancholia” and the Academy’s latest rule change.
Oscar Talk: Ep. 62 — 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' is icy and smooth (and good!), but is it Oscar?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:16 am · September 23rd, 2011
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Tech Support: A new year of crafts coverage
Posted by gerardkennedy · 11:37 am · September 22nd, 2011
Welcome back. Today marks the beginning of the sixth year of Tech Support here at In Contention. I am delighted about the new collaboration with HitFix, which will doubtless result in even more comprehensive awards coverage. Over the next 10 weeks, we will analyze each of the “technical” category races in this space: Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects.
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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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Alfredson's 'Tinker, Tailor' smolders on screen
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:00 am · September 19th, 2011
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” is an impeccably made, satisfyingly dense piece of work from director Tomas Alfredson. It’s the rare film that is a slow burn but nevertheless moves along at a clip, with a very well-honed editorial sense.
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Oscarweb Round-up: Telling the story of 'Drive' with clothes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:00 am · September 19th, 2011
In today’s round-up, director Oren Moverman talks about his expressive film “Rampart” from Toronto, Paramount shuffles the release date of “A Thousand Words” to capitalize on Eddie Murphy’s Oscar gig and “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” inspires John le Carre considerations upon release across the pond.
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