Academy Awards
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The Oscar Nominated Directors Of MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI Use The Music of Gospeed You! Black Emperor For L'ANNEE DE L'OS
Twitch &bull Yesterday
It's a match made in heaven. Clyde Henry Productions - the professional nom de plume of directors Chris Lavis and Maciek Szcerbowski, Oscar nominated for their stunning short film Madame Tutli-Putli - are using the music of archetypal post-rock band… Full Story »
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Japan vies for Academy Award with Tetsuya Nakashima's "Kokuhaku"
Tokyograph &bull Yesterday
Director Tetsuya Nakashima's latest film, "Kokuhaku" ("Confessions"), has been selected as Japan's entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category at next year's Academy Awards. The choice was announced on Wednesday by the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Starring… Full Story »
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Latin Grammys announce noms
Variety &bull Yesterday
Familiar faces Jorge Drexler, Juan Luis Guerra and Alejandro Sanz and rising talent Mario Domm lead nominees for the 11th Latin Grammy Awards, announced Wednesday, with four nods apiece. Presented by the Latin Recording Academy and recognizing talent across the… Full Story »
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Disturbed's 'Asylum' locks up top spot
Variety &bull Yesterday
Windy City group's Reprise collection weighs in with first-week sales of 180,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan data for the week ending Sept. 5. It's Disturbed's fourth consecutive set to reach the chart apex, succeeding "Indestructible" (2008), "Ten Thousand Fists" (2005) and "Believe" (2002); Metallica and the Dave… Full Story »
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A Quick Update On Oscar Buzz In The Midst of Fall Fest Mania
The Lost Boy &bull Yesterday
Check out this story up on indieWIRE where I give some quick input on the post-Telluride, post-most of Venice but pre-Toronto Oscar buzz situation, with "The King's Speech" looking like the MVP of fall fest mania so far. The Lost… Full Story »
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TIFF: Ben Affleck's 'The Town' is a conventional but gripping crime drama
Hitfix - Movies and Film &bull YesterdayJon Hamm is coming to get his Emmy, damn it, and there's nothing you can do about it... Ben Affleck is, at heart, an extremely conventional storyteller. One of the earliest reviews I sent to Harry Knowles in my time at Ain't It Cool News was for an advance screening of "Good Will Hunting," which I liked quite a bit. Still do, and unreservedly. The film's open sentiment is a big part of the surprise punch it packs, and it amuses me to think about the other versions of the film that existed at various stages of… Full Story »
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Unsung Heroes: The Special Effects of Eternal Sunshine
Film Experience Blog &bull Yesterday
Hey everybody. It's Michael C. here from Serious Film introducing my new series for The Film Experience: Unsung Heroes. Each week we will celebrate a previously unheralded contribution to film greatness. This week it's the special effects work on Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Special Effects: Mark Bero, Brent Ekstrand,… Full Story »
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"Alice in Wonderland's" production designer Robert Stromberg to be honored by HFF
Hollywood Entertainment Network &bull Yesterday
HollywoodNews.com: Academy Award winning Production Designer Robert Stromberg, whose work has been most recently featured in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" and James Cameron's "Avatar," will receive the Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Production Designer of the Year Award at the… Full Story »
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Ben Affleck brings Boston to Venice at film fest
Boston.com - Movies &bull Yesterday
VENICE, Italy-Ben Affleck brought Boston to Venice on Wednesday, presenting a reality-driven heist film "The Town" that is destined to draw comparisons to his other films also set in his Massachusetts hometown. Boston was also the setting for Affleck's Oscar-winning… Full Story »
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Danielle Staub speaks out regarding explosive reunion special
Hollywood Entertainment Network &bull Yesterday
HollywoodNews.com: I'm not into the "Real Housewives" franchise, just doesn't do much for me for some reason. But I know tons of folks are fans of the Bravo shows and will be interested in what Danielle Staub of Real Housewives of New Jersey has to say about the recent explosive reunion special… Full Story »
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Godard May Attend Oscars After All
New York Times - Movies &bull Yesterday
As plot twists go it may not be quite as dramatic as Jean-Paul Belmondo painting his face blue and tying dynamite to his head in "Pierrot le fou," but Jean-Luc Godard has told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and… Full Story »
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Stars on ice: Hockey musical opens Toronto fest
Boston.com - Movies &bull Yesterday
TORONTO-The Toronto International Film Festival may be a prime launching place for big Hollywood movies and Academy Awards contenders, but it gets under way Thursday with something purely Canadian: hockey. Director Michael McGowan's "Score: A Hockey Musical" opens the 11-day festival, the film featuring Olivia Newton-John as the mother of a teenage hockey sensation whose adventures play out amid bursts of song from the cast. It seems like it's in the zeitgeist. Everything from `Glee' to `Once,' there's an appetite for… Full Story »
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Venezuela, Taiwan, Japan vie for Oscar
Variety &bull Yesterday
It was a triple-prize winner at Moscow, where it took home the film, critics and audience awards. It also won the aud award at the L.A. Latino Film Fest last month. Since its debut in Venezuela two months ago, pic… Full Story »
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2010 Toronto Film Festival Guide: 10 Movies We Can't Wait to See
Inside Movies &bull Yesterday
Are you exhausted by all the big-budget blockbusters and sequels that came out this summer? Well, you're in luck, because, beginning Thursday, the studios will roll out a number of their their top Oscar contenders at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. This year's lineup includes some of the most talked about films of the year, including entries from Mike Leigh, Clint Eastwood, Danny Boyle and Woody Allen, as well as 'Black Swan,' the film that has… Full Story »
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Godard Watch, Day 2: Maybe He'll Pick Up His Oscar After All
New York Times - Arts Beat &bull Yesterday
As plot twists go it may not be quite as dramatic as Jean-Paul Belmondo painting his face blue and tying dynamite to his head in "Pierrot le fou," but Jean-Luc Godard has told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and… Full Story »
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Peter Carey, Emma Donoghue Up For Booker Prize
Cinema News &bull Yesterday
LONDON - Australian writer Peter Carey moved closer to a literary hat trick Tuesday when he was named a finalist for fiction's prestigious Booker Prize, an award he has already won twice. Carey's "Parrot and Olivier in America" - a U.S. odyssey inspired by philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville - is one of six contenders for the 50,000-pound ($77,000) prize, which guarantees a glut of media attention and a big boost in sales. Carey took home Bookers in 1988 for "Oscar and Lucinda" and in 2001… Full Story »
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Academy: Jean-Luc Godard Will Accept His Oscar
Movieline &bull Yesterday
This is just getting ridiculous: AMPAS issued a statement late Tuesday announcing that stroppy New Wave pioneer Jean-Luc Godard had not only sent a handwritten reply to news of his honorary Oscar win, but an acknowledgment that "schedule permitting, he… Full Story »
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30 dAyS oF cRAzY: The Dream Team
Blog Cabins &bull Yesterday
Wow - I haven't seen The Dream Team in forever. I seem to have good memories of it, though, and Jess of the newly-resdesigned Insight Into Entertainment got to revisit hers, as well as take a look back at a career that's sadly fizzled somewhat (though… Full Story »
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MATA HARI (George Fitzmaurice, uncredited, 1931)
Dennis Grunes &bull Yesterday
From the sculpted, stylized moves of her erotic dance in a Paris nightclub to her departure from prison to face a French firing squad, Greta Garbo, the most beautiful creature ever to grace cinema and its greatest actress, rivets attention,… Full Story »
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For Your Consideration: Updating Oscar Contenders In The Eye of The Storm
indieWIRE News &bull Yesterday
In the past seven days or so, there have probably been more developments in the awards race than will be seen during any time period this year. Except for maybe the next seven days. With the Telluride Film Festival all… Full Story »
