Awards Watch Archive for November, 2014
Gurus o Gold: Just After Selma & American Sniper
The Gurus voted on Best Picture again this week after the Tuesday screenings of Selma and American Sniper. One of the films skyrocketed into the Top 6.
Read the full article » 5 Comments »How Ridley Scott Chose His 11-Year-Old “Voice Of God” For Exodus: Gods And Kings
How Ridley Scott Chose His 11-Year-Old “Voice Of God” For Exodus: Gods And Kings
Read the full article »Producers Of 10 Possible Best Picture Nominees Offer Amusing Reports From Behind The Scenes
Producers Of 10 Possible Best Picture Nominees Offer Amusing Reports From Behind The Scenes
Read the full article »8 Real Robots That Inspired Big Hero 6
8 Real Robots That Inspired Big Hero 6
Read the full article »Bill Irwin On Puppeteering And Performing In Interstellar
Bill Irwin On Puppeteering And Performing In Interstellar
Read the full article »Gurus o Gold: Just Before Selma & American Sniper
The Gurus rank the Top 6 categories right before the AFI double feature of Selma and American Sniper. Will either film move into the Top 10? You’ll have to wait for the next charts to find out…
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“The lost boys that crowd Oscars 2015 have no real qualities to be leaders or heroes. They are fumbling around trying to avoid failure at all costs. That failure claps through the canyon like a falcon’s cry—who are we now?” Sez Sasha Stone
Read the full article »Foxcatcher’s Bennett Miller On America’s Quest For Father Figures
Foxcatcher‘s Bennett Miller On America’s Quest For Father Figures
Read the full article »20 Weeks To Oscar: A Thin Line Between Love & Hate
When people start answering questions under the protection of anonymity (“isn’t identified for lack of wanting to be seen taking a position on this in the New York Times because there is only downside from being quoted in a story like this”)… well, professional spinners is gonna spin. And professional reporters are, it seems, going to take a side when they don’t have truly firm facts.
Read the full article » 6 Comments »20 Animated Features Submitted To Academy
Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Big Hero 6” “The Book of Life” “The Boxtrolls” “Cheatin’” “Giovanni’s Island” “Henry & Me” “The Hero of Color City” “How to Train Your Dragon 2” “Jack and the…
Read the full article »Kelefa Sanneh On Whether Top Five Will Make Chris Rock A Leading Man
Kelefa Sanneh On Whether Top Five Will Make Chris Rock A Leading Man
Read the full article »Eddie Redmayne’s Stephen Hawking Moved Stephen Hawking To Tears
Eddie Redmayne’s Stephen Hawking Moved Stephen Hawking To Tears
Read the full article »Lorne Manly On J. C. Chandor’s American Dreams
Lorne Manly On J. C. Chandor’s American Dreams
Read the full article »On The Hawkings As “Quiet Bohemians” In Theory of Everything
On The Hawkings As “Quiet Bohemians” In Theory of Everything
Read the full article »Charles McGrath On The Imitation Game And Alan Turing
Charles McGrath On The Imitation Game And Alan Turing
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