Curated Headlines
Greengrass, Jonze, Stiller, Breillat, Chandor, Coens, Curtis, Denis, Desplechin, Fiennes, Gray, Franco, Jarmusch, Lanzmann, Payne, Hong, Agnes B., Wiseman, Zhangke
New York Film Festival Lines ‘Em Up In Cannes-Centric Convocation
“Because it had so many different elements to it, it wasn’t the easiest sell in the world, like a lot of big movies are.”
At $571 Million Worldwide, The Most Successful Best Picture Nominee Is Life Of Pi
“The idea was not to make an Israeli-Palestinian project. Money came from many different places.”
5 Broken Cameras Co-Directors Find Media Descriptions Of Their Documentary Misleading
Lincoln On “60 Minutes” 11’31 vid; extras
“It’s about producers.”
Producers Guild Picks Argo, Sugar Man
“Not everyone accepts that overexposure is sufficient to destroy evil: some argue that “——” is too robust to be so easily disposed of.”
ThiNkiNg ON DjaNgo‘s LaNguage
“Quvenzhané utters an incredible scream in Beasts, a cry like an elemental force of nature, and if that cry echoes through the Dolby Theater on February 24, it will be a moment for history.”
Ebert Oscars
Argo, Les Misérables, Life Of Pi, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty
BAFTA Noms Tally Lincoln 10; Les Misérables, Life of Pi 9 Each; Skyfall, 8; Argo 7; Anna Karenina 6; Five Each For Django, Zero Dark Thirty
Vancouver Film Critics Go Zero Dark Thirty, Bigelow, Chastain, Boal
And – A New Award Named For Local Film “Community Builder” Ian Caddell, Who Died In November
“Haneke is to be praised and admired for filming—so beautifully and so truthfully—straight down into the abyss, and for inviting us to take a long hard look at what’s there.”
Francine Prose On Amour
“The backstory is that Bigelow has become a modern-day directorial heroine, which may be why this film is winning even more praise than The Hurt Locker.”
Ebert On Zero Dark Thirty