One of the most competitive crafts categories this year is an embarrassment of riches.
Tech Support: 'Avengers,' 'Les Mis' and 'Skyfall' stir it up with others in Best Sound Mixing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:31 am · November 22nd, 2012
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Is Jessica Chastain poised to steal Oscar from Best Actress frontrunner Jennifer Lawrence?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:33 pm · November 20th, 2012
Remember last year when Jessica Chastain was everywhere? She could be back in a big way this season with “Zero Dark Thirty.”
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Off the Carpet: Four score, er, more to go
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:40 am · November 19th, 2012
Four big entries remain — “Django Unchained,” “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Les Misérables” and “Zero Dark Thirty” — each of them having been watched like a hawk as they race toward completion.
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Roundup: Why 'Twilight' beats 'Star Wars'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:00 am · November 12th, 2012
Also: ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Lincoln’ score, and Weinsteins’ ‘Populaire’ lives up to its title
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Tech Support: 'Argo,' 'Les Mis' and 'Zero Dark Thirty' feature in the race for Best Film Editing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 7:49 am · November 8th, 2012
Other contenders include ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Flight’
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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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Off the Carpet: Eye of the storm
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:10 am · October 29th, 2012
With a chunk of the season’s reveals behind us, there’s plenty more to come.
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Roundup: Hollywood Awards do their thing
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · October 26th, 2012
Also: Chastain’s buzz rises, and William Faulkner vs. Woody
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Tech Support: 'Looper,' 'Django' and 'Flight' highlight the race for Best Sound Editing
Posted by gerardkennedy · 9:49 am · October 25th, 2012
Other formidable contenders include “The Avengers” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”
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Roundup: Globes trump the Oscars with Fey and Poehler
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:26 am · October 16th, 2012
Also: Questioning the facts of ‘Argo,’ and celebrating Melissa Leo
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Tech Support: 'Life of Pi,' 'Lincoln' and 'The Master' lead the race for Best Cinematography
Posted by gerardkennedy · 8:14 am · October 11th, 2012
This week’s edition of Tech Support surveys the field of Best Cinematography contenders, from westerns to war, bayous to Bond.
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Roundup: Is 'Django' riding to Rome?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:39 am · October 11th, 2012
Also: Gandolfini in ‘Zero Dark Thirty,’ and revisiting the best of the 90s
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Best Picture 2013: Potential nominees from 'Amour' to 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:36 pm · September 25th, 2012
Surveying the field as the 2012-2013 Oscar season commences.
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Off the Carpet: Getting out the vote
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:20 am · August 27th, 2012
That’s what’s so great about movies, books, paintings, songs, etc. They are as much a direct reflection of the times as they are a nebulous Rorschach for them. Involuntary extrapolation can be as significant as clear-eyed reaction to a straight-forward treatise. And in an environment as heated, tense and divided as this, the art that escapes the cauldron is bound to be, if not willfully profound, then a fascinating looking glass, at the very least.
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