Awards Watch Archive for December, 2012

Critics Top Ten List 2012: Jen Yamato, Movieline

By Ray Pride - Sunday, December 30th, 2012

1. Boys Will Be Boys
2. Trapped in the Closet Forever
3. Miami Connection
4. Holy Motors
5. The Master
6. The Raid
7. Pitch Perfect
8. The Final Member at Fantastic Fest
9. Looper
10. Moonrise Kingdom

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Chris Hewitt, Pioneer-Press

By Ray Pride - Sunday, December 30th, 2012

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. Looper
3. Declaration of War
4. Headhunters
5. Zero Dark Thirty
6. Frankenweenie
7. The Dark Knight Rises
8. Chicken With Plums
9. Amour
10. The Grey

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Mike Kaplan On The Master And Kubrick

By Ray Pride - Sunday, December 30th, 2012

Mike Kaplan On The Master And Kubrick

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Linda Barnard, Toronto Star

By Ray Pride - Sunday, December 30th, 2012

1. Amour
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3. Rebelle (War Witch)
4. Beasts of the Southern Wild
5. Moonrise Kingdom
6. The Master
7. Argo
8. Skyfall
9. Compliance
10. Jiro Dreams of Sushi

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Nicholas Jarecki On His Toughest Scene To Write In Arbitrage

By Ray Pride - Sunday, December 30th, 2012

Nicholas Jarecki On His Toughest Scene To Write In Arbitrage

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: John M. Urbancich, Sun News, cleveland.com

By Ray Pride - Sunday, December 30th, 2012

1. The Impossible
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3. The Sessions
4. Skyfall/The Dark Knight Rises
6. Seven Psychopaths
7. Argo
8. Silver Linings Playbook
9. Django Unchained
10. Moonrise Kingdom

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David O. Russell On How He Arrived At Silver Linings Playbook

By Ray Pride - Saturday, December 29th, 2012

“I’ve had my own mild struggles with some of these bipolar issues and my son struggled with some of them. When you’ve been through that, you get it. And then on top of that I just found the family, the neighborhood and the community very enchanting.” David O. Russell On How He Arrived At Silver…

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“At 12, I swore I’d have my own film in the cinema,” Sez Tom Hooper

By Ray Pride - Saturday, December 29th, 2012

“At 12, I swore I’d have my own film in the cinema,” Sez Tom Hooper

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Milan Paurich, Cleveland Scene

By Ray Pride - Saturday, December 29th, 2012

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Skyfall
5. The Master
6. Lincoln
7. The Deep Blue Sea
8. Life of Pi
9. Room 237
10. On the Road

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Judd Apatow 60 MINUTES Preview: Writing As Therapy

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

Judd Apatow 60 MINUTES Preview: Writing As Therapy

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Judd Apatow 60 MINUTES preview (1’16”): Writing As Therapy

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012
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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Glenn Heath, Jr.

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

1. This is Not a Film
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3. The Turin Horse
4. Miss Bala
5. The Day He Arrives
6. The Deep Blue Sea
7. Whores’ Glory
8. Barbara
9. Girl Walk // All Day
10. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia / It’s Such a Beautiful Day

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Jason Fraley, WTOP

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

1. Lincoln
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
4. Argo
5. The Master
6. The Dark Knight Rises
7. Amour
8. Life of Pi
9. Django: Unchained
10. Silver Linings Playbook

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Clint O’Connor, Plain Dealer

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. Argo
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Beasts of the Southern Wild
5. Django Unchained
6. The Grey
7. Hitchcock
8. Detachment
9. The Master
10. Life of Pi

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Nathalie Atkinson, National Post

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

1. Barbara
2. Silver Linings Playbook
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
4. Headhunters
5. Damsels in Distress
6. The Sessions
7. Amour
9. Les Misérables
10. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World; Compliance; Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story; Beauty is Embarrassing; Pitch Perfect; Friends With Kids; Celeste and Jesse Forever

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

1. Beasts of the Southern Wild
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. Amour
4. Lincoln
5. The Silver Linings Playbook
6. Life of Pi
7. Zero Dark Thirty
8. The Kid with a Bike
9. The Dark Knight Rises
10. Brave

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NYT Crickets Scott, Dargis And Holden Chirp Their Best Picture Shouldas, Including Triple Play For Amour

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

Scott, Dargis And Holden Chirp Their Best Picture Shouldas, Including Triple Play For Amour

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

Silver Linings Playbook

Rest of list alphabetical
Argo
Beasts Of the Southern Wild
The Gatekeepers
Lincoln
Les Misérables
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: Jason Bailey, Flavorpill

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Django Unchained
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
4. Looper
5. Moonrise Kingdom
6. Take This Waltz
7. The Master
8. Holy Motors
9. Amour
10. The Dark Knight Rises
11. The Grey
12. Safety Not Guaranteed
13. Girl Walk // All Day
14. This is 40
15. Sleepwalk with Me

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Critics Top Ten List 2012: John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial-Appeal

By Ray Pride - Friday, December 28th, 2012

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. Beasts of the Southern Wild
3. The Master
4. A Separation
5. The Avengers / The Cabin in the Woods
6. Lincoln
7. Magic Mike
8. A Dangerous Method / Cosmopolis
9. Keep the Lights On
10. Silver Linings Playbook

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