The César Awards aren't quite the final stop on the circuit for "Amour" ahead of Sunday's Oscars. There is still the Independent Spirits Awards tomorrow. But it was probably the last opportunity for t...
The Lumiere Awards -- in French film inustry terms, the Golden Globes to the Cesars' Oscars -- actually took place on Friday, but I missed the news in the Sundance crush. Anyway, better late than never, and you probab...
Okay, so I went back and fiddled with some things this morning before getting on my flight to LA. It's all reflected there and in this afternoon's big gallery story presenting my final predictions along with Greg Ellw...
As members of the Academy hurry through the last screeners they need to see before committing an opinion on the year's best (for those who bother trying to get as deep into the stack as possible, that is), a number of...
I almost feel compelled to put Paul Thomas Anderson's much-discussed sixth feature film on the list because the understanding and wielding of craft is impeccable. It goes on a bit, and reminds that you can have too mu...
A huge sigh of relief must have been heard in the offices of The Weinstein Company Wednesday morning. Sure, "Django" got snubbed and "The Master" surprisingly landed only one nod, but their real co...
Locks:
"Argo
"Lincoln"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Django Unchained"
Maybe:
"Life of Pi" "Anna Karenina," "The Master," "The Impossible"
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The first thing Emmanuelle Riva wants me to know – before any mention of movies, careers or awards, before the word “Amour” even enters our conversation – is that she's feeling fine.
Adm...
VALLETTA, Malta -- As predicted, it was a very big night for "Amour" at the European Film Awards, as Michael Haneke's universally revered Palme d'Or winner swept the four top awards at the ceremony: European...
I'm writing this from my hotel suite in Valletta, Malta, where the view from my balcony is foregrounded by scattered yachts sleeping on a still sea as the sleepy Maltese capital -- all hybrid Euro grandeur in honey-co...
