Awards Watch Archive for January, 2015
Critics Top Ten List 2014: Chuck Bowen
Via Fandor. 1. Mr. Turner (Mike Leigh) 2. The Immigrant (James Gray) 3. Cheap Thrills (E.L. Katz) 4. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson) 5. Life of Riley (Alain Resnais) 6. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson) 7. Low Down (Jeff Preiss) 8. Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie) 9. National Gallery (Frederick Wiseman) 10. Under…
Read the full article »Critics Top Ten List 2014: Miriam Bale
Miriam Bale 1. Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson) 2. Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg) 3. The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata) 4. Gone Girl (David Fincher) 5. Belle (Amma Asante) 6. Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard) 7. Listen Up Philip (Alex Ross Perry) 8. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer) 9. Jealousy (Philippe Garrel)…
Read the full article »National Society Of FIlm Critics Go-Gos Godard
National Society Of Film Critics’ 59 Members Go-Go Godard; Linklater; Marion Cotillard Nod For Both Two Days, One Night And The Immigrant; Spall, Arquette; CITIZENFOUR
Read the full article »Critics Top Ten List 2014: Robert Greene
The Talkhouse, Sight & Sound Top 10 nonfiction films released in the US in 2014: 1. National Gallery (Wiseman) 2. Manakamana (Spray/Velez) 3. The Overnighters (Moss) 4. Tales Of The Grim Sleeper (Broomfield) 5. Stop The Pounding Heart (Minervini) 6. Big Men (Boynton) 7. 20,000 Days On Earth (Forsyth/Pollard) 8. CITIZENFOUR (Poitras) 9. Maidan (Loznitsa)…
Read the full article »Critics Top Ten List 2014: Bret Easton Ellis
The Talkhouse 1. Boyhood 2. Leviathan 3. Force Majeure 4. Birdman 5. The Last of the Unjust 6. Nymphomaniac 7. Listen Up Phillip 8. Stranger By the Lake 9. Omar 10. Gone Girl
Read the full article »Critics Top Ten List 2014: Carrie Rickey
CarrieRickey.com Alphabetically: Belle Beyond the Lights Birdman Citizenfour Ida Kids For Cash Laggies Selma Top Five Whiplash
Read the full article »Critics Top Ten List 2014: Michael Atkinson
Via Fandor 1. Maidan 2. Manakamana 3. Goodbye to Language 4. Closed Curtain 5. Heli 6. Winter Sleep 7. Manuscripts Don’t Burn 8. Birdman 9. Citizenfour 10. Under the Skin
Read the full article »Critics Top Ten List 2014: Sean Axmaker
Via Fandor 1. Boyhood 2. Gone Girl 3. The Grand Budapest Hotel 4. The Immigrant 5. Only Lovers Left Alive 6. Ida 7. The Babadook 8. Under the Skin 9. Night Moves 10. Snowpiercer
Read the full article »20 Weeks To Oscar: The Soft Settling
This is the time of year when I usually write a story about what Bill Condon coined, “The Great Settling.” What that means, essentially, is that Academy voters have now had a chance to watch their DVDs, go to their screenings, hear some whispers, be fed a bunch of narratives, and get advertised to endlessly for a month and the pieces of the puzzle start to fall into place.
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Via Fandor. Ella Taylor 1. Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan) 2. Leviathan (Andrey Zviagintsev) 3. Gloria (Sebastián Lelio) 4. Bethlehem (Yuval Adler) 5. Boyhood (Richard Linklater) 6. Gett (Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz) 7. Foxcatcher (Bennet MIller) 8. We are the Best! (Lukas Moodysson) 9. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata) 10. The Last…
Read the full article »Rob Marshall Calls Into The Woods “A Fairytale For The Post-9/11 Generation”
Rob Marshall Calls Into The Woods “A Fairytale For The Post-9/11 Generation”
Read the full article »20 Weeks To Oscar: Another Oscar Zit
Walter Keane’s daughter from his first marriage, Susan, believes her dad’s story. And she built a website.
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