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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 18:03:30 GMT
The National Society of Film Critics has spoken.
BEST PICTURE 1. "Inside Llewyn Davis" (23 votes) 2. "American Hustle" (17) 3. "12 Years a Slave" (16)
BEST DIRECTOR 1. Joel and Ethan Coen, "Inside Llewyn Davis" (25) 2. Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity" (18) 3. Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave" (15)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM 1. "Blue Is the Warmest Color" (27) 2. "A Touch of Sin" (21) 3. "The Great Beauty" (15)
BEST NON-FICTION FILM (tie) 1. "The Act of Killing," Joshua Oppenheimer (20) 1. "At Berkeley," Frederick Wiseman (20) 3. "Leviathan, " Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel (18)
BEST ACTOR 1. Oscar Isaac, "Inside Llewyn Davis" (28) 2. Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave" (19) 3. Robert Redford, "All Is Lost" (12)
BEST ACTRESS 1. Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine" (57) 2. Adele Exarchopoulos, "Blue Is the Warmest Color" (36) 3. Julie Delpy, "Before Midnight" (26)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 1. James Franco, "Spring Breakers" (24) 2. Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club (20) 3. Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips" (14)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1. Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle" (54) 2. Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave" (38) (tie) 3. Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine" (18) 3. Lea Seydoux, "Blue Is the Warmest Color" (18)
BEST SCREENPLAY 1. "Before Midnight," Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke (29) 2. "Inside Llewyn Davis," Joel and Ethan Coen (26) 3. "American Hustle," Eric Singer and David O. Russell (18)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 1. "Inside Llewyn Davis," Bruno Delbonnel (28) 2. "Gravity," Emmanuel Lubezki (26) 3. "Nebraska," Phedon Papamichael (19)
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 7, 2014 18:35:14 GMT
So ~~ are you going to give us your take on this, or perhaps your personal list?
I've been avoiding Before Midnight because I was so bored by the 2nd one in that series. However, I'm a big Julie Delpy fan, so should view it. I'm also a big Cate Blanchett fan & am dying to see Blue Jasmine.
I'm a major Jennifer Lawrence fan and thought she did a brilliant job with her role in American Hustle. However, I've not seen the other movies with the other contenders for best supporting actress.
I've also not been drawn to Inside Llewyn Davis, despite glowing critical reviews. That's because I'm not a Coen Bros. fan.
Happy to see the American Hustle screenplay on the list. It was so satisfying to be treated to a full-blown, this is how people really talk screenplay. I'm sick to death of the dumbed-down and drawn out pap that often insults the audience.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2014 19:01:29 GMT
All of those 'Before' and 'After' movies are as interesting as watching paint dry.
American Hustle has not been released here yet, so I haven't seen it. Inside Llewyn Davis is a very nice movie but it is overrated as far as I am concerned.
12 Years a Slave doesn't come out for a week or two here either, so I can't give an opinion on it yet.
One subject that I can give an opinion on is Best Foreign Language film. In terms of performances, Blue is the Warmest Color wins hands down. But in terms of cinematic structure and atmosphere, The Great Beauty is absolutely superb. I would be hard pressed to choose one over the other.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 17, 2014 1:36:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 12:08:54 GMT
Some of the major films have not yet been released here precisely because of Oscar possibilities, but most of them will have come out by the end of the month. Spectator interest and box office possibilities are often generated by things like "10 Academy Award nominations." Some of the smaller movies that would not necessarily be of international interest, like "August: Osage County" or "Nebraska" will get more buzz with their nominations. Of course, they have to get as many people as possible this month when we are just in the nomination phase, because even though there will be some big Oscar winners, there will be a lot more Oscar losers and interest dries up very quickly as soon as the movies have lost.
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Post by fgrsk8r1970 on Jan 17, 2014 21:32:11 GMT
I feel ashamed to say that despite the fact that we have almost all of the screeners - I haven't watched as many as I'd like with everything going on. And since I work during the day I have put them on for my husband so he has seen a few more. I did see Blue Jasmine on the plane flight home from Paris and loved it even though the ending (as many of Woody's movies) leaves you a bit dissatisfied but of course it's more real that way too. Cate Blanchett was outstanding it it !!! I will try to watch "Blue is the warmest color" this weekend - thanks Kerouac for recommending it. Sometimes it is quite overwhelming to have so many DVD's to choose from (no I am not complaining about it LOL - just a fact for us).
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 17, 2014 21:35:13 GMT
Skater, I highly recommend American Hustle.
Wish, wish, wish I could see Nebraska.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2014 21:50:30 GMT
The title in France of "American Hustle" is "American Bluff." (It comes out here on February 5th.) In recent years, they have been trying to translate fewer movie titles into French here (unlike Québec where 100% of movie titles must be fully translated), but the word "hustle" is completely unknown to most people whereas "bluff" is well known.
Another example would be the "Hangover" movies. The word "hangover" is unknown even though there is a French equivalent (gueule de bois), but I guess they decided that the French term doesn't sound like fun. So the movies here are called "Very Bad Trip" (1,2,3).
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 17, 2014 22:36:40 GMT
I greatly approve of the French title for the Hangover movies as it so accurately describes the experience for the viewer.
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Post by fgrsk8r1970 on Jan 18, 2014 0:06:58 GMT
ha ha ha Bixa !!! That's true - I was trying to watch Hangover 3 on the plane and then just switched to Red 2 - so glad I did My husband saw American Hustle and really liked it. I think we have Nebraska - gosh with all the NFL Playoffs, Australian Open tennis, Figure Skating…. when are we supposed to watch these LOLOL.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 7:10:44 GMT
Here is the list of BAFTA nominees. Since there is a separate award for "Best British Film," it's interesting to see which films are actually British when they masqueraded as American in the rest of the world.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 10:29:31 GMT
Quite a few of the Oscar nominated movies were filmed here in Louisiana.We have become quite the Hollywood South. Much of the reason for that is the huge tax breaks that are received. I think (or so someone told me) that Louisiana is #2 after California for movie locations, surpassing NYC.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 12:24:48 GMT
By the same token, about half of the French movies are now filmed at least partly in Belgium and Luxembourg. If there are big historical battle type scenes, those are always done in Eastern Europe.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2014 20:25:48 GMT
The French Academy Award nominations were released today and to general surprise, the movie "Les garçons et Guillaume, à table" received more nominations than Blue is the Warmest Color. "Les garçons" was a surprise box office hit because its subject is even more marginal than that of "Blue." It is based on the autobiographical play by Guillaume Gallienne of the Comédie Française about his childhood. He had two older brothers and he was the 3rd, effeminate, one, hence the way his mother would call them to dinner "Boys, and Guillaume, come to the table!" So the story is of his adolescence and his final coming out -- as heterosexual. In the play, he played all of the roles, but in the movie he plays himself but also his mother -- very seriously and not as a comic drag queen. This is not the sort of movie that one would normally expect to be a huge success. It will be interesting to see if/how they manage to market it in other countries. Another top nominee -- which seems to indicate a distinct trend this year -- is Stranger By the Lake, a crime thriller full of hardcore gay sex which is already playing in quite a few countries to excellent reviews.
Anyway, more important for the rest of the world are the nominees for "Best Foreign Film" and this year they are:
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Flemish Belgium) Blancanieves (Spain) Blue Jasmine (USA) Dead Man Talking (Walloon Belgium) Django Unchained (USA) La Grande Bellezza (Italy) Gravity (United Kingdom)
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 1, 2014 1:13:03 GMT
Embarrassed to say I've only heard of four of those, but will now look up the rest. I was going crazy wondering what happened to the post I put here last night. Had to go to my profile to find it. Duh ~~ I posted it in Awards Season 2013. *sigh* I'll delete it there & now share it here: Well, as we twist in the wind for another month waiting for the Oscars, here is a little entertainment for the geek-hearted among us ~~ sploid.gizmodo.com/watch-how-much-visual-effects-have-improved-in-oscar-wi-1512820273
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Post by lugg on Feb 17, 2014 7:34:53 GMT
The BAFTA's took place last night - the winners list , Best picture
Winner: 12 Years a Slave
American Hustle Captain Phillips Gravity Philomena
Best British film
Winner: Gravity
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Philomena Rush Saving Mr Banks The Selfish Giant
Best director
Winner: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave David O Russell, American Hustle Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best actor
Winner: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Christian Bale, American Hustle Bruce Dern, Nebraska Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
Best actress
Winner: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Amy Adams, American Hustle Sandra Bullock, Gravity Judi Dench, Philomena Emma Thompson, Saving Mr Banks
Best supporting actor
Winner: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper, American Hustle Daniel Brühl, Rush Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Best supporting actress
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave Julia Roberts, August: Osage County Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
Best original screenplay
Winner: American Hustle, Eric Warren Singer, David O Russell
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Nebraska, Bob Nelson
Best adapted screenplay
Winner: Philomena, Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave, John Ridley Behind the Candelabra, Richard LaGravenese Captain Phillips, Billy Ray The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter
Best foreign
Winner: The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval Metro Manila, Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier Wadjda, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Pau
Best documentary
Winner: The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer
The Armstrong Lie, Alex Gibney Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite Tim's Vermeer, Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley Ziegler We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Alex Gibney
Best animation
Winner: Frozen, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Despicable Me 2, Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin Monsters University, Dan Scanlon
Best cinematography
Winner: Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki
12 Years a Slave, Sean Bobbitt Captain Phillips, Barry Ackroyd Inside Llewyn Davis, Bruno Delbonnel Nebraska, Phedon Papamichael
Best editing
Winner: Rush, Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
12 Years a Slave, Joe Walker Captain Phillips, Christopher Rouse Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger The Wolf of Wall Street, Thelma Schoonmaker
Best production design
Winner: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
12 Years a Slave, Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker American Hustle, Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler Behind the Candelabra, Howard Cummings Gravity, Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
Best costume design
Winner: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin
American Hustle, Michael Wilkinson Behind the Candelabra, Ellen Mirojnick The Invisible Woman, Michael O'Connor Saving Mr Banks, Daniel Orlandi
Best make up and hair
Winner: American Hustle, Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
Behind the Candelabra, Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin The Butler, Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal The Great Gatsby, Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
Best sound
Winner: Gravity, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
All Is Lost, Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur Captain Phillips, Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney Inside Llewyn Davis, Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff Rush, Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse
Best original music
Winner: Gravity, Steven Price
12 Years a Slave, Hans Zimmer The Book Thief, John Williams Captain Phillips, Henry Jackman Saving Mr Banks, Thomas Newman
Best special visual effects
Winner: Gravity, Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds Iron Man 3, Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick Pacific Rim, Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy DeQuattro, Nigel Sumner Star Trek Into Darkness, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett
Best British short animation
Winner: Sleeping with the Fishes, James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa
Everything I can see from Here, Bjørn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor I Am Tom Moody, Ainslie Henderson
Best British short film
Winner: Room 8, James W. Griffiths, Sophie Venner
Island Queen, Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema Keeping up with Joneses, Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim Orbit Ever After, Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles Sea View, Anna Duffield, Jane Linfoot
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Winner: Keiran Evans (Director/Writer), Kelly + Victor
Colin Carberry, (Writer), Glenn Patterson (Writer), Good Vibrations Kelly Marcel, (Writer), Saving Mr Banks Paul Wright (Director/Writer), Polly Stokes (Producer), For Those in Peril Scott Graham, (Director/Writer), Shell
The EE Rising Star award (voted for by public)
Winner: Will Poulter
Dane DeHaan George MacKay Lupita Nyong'o Léa Seydoux
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2014 8:54:17 GMT
Thanks for posting this, lugg. I already wanted to last night but by the time I went to bed, the full results were not online yet!
I'm very happy that Barkhad Abdi won best supporting actor. He was absolutely remarkable.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2014 13:10:32 GMT
*takes notes* of movies to see.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 17, 2014 18:02:33 GMT
Yes, thanks for this, Lugg & particularly for including all the nominees along with the winners.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2014 19:03:07 GMT
I saw August: Osage County today and it seems to me that Meryl Streep has no business competing with the other actresses in the 'Best Actress' category. She needs to be in a superior category so as not to put all of those other fine actresses to shame. As for 'ordinary' actresses, Julia Roberts also deserves her nomination for this movie, and it is a shame that it was only for supporting actress.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2014 19:36:59 GMT
Another one on my list. Thanks for the heads up K2.
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Post by htmb on Feb 26, 2014 20:51:36 GMT
I agree. Meryl Streep is an amazing talent. Definitely in a category of her own, I'm looking forward to seeing that film, as well.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2014 21:33:25 GMT
I fear that I will be appalled if she does not win her 4th Oscar for this movie.
Meanwhile, I have to say that as much as I like Ewan McGregor as an actor, he has proved for the umpteenth time that he is incapable of speaking with an American accent (not that he did anything special in this movie to deserve recognition). I have been pretty much horrified at every 'American' role that he has ever attempted. Benedict Cumberbatch did a better job (not that he did anything special to deserve recognition).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2014 19:35:05 GMT
Well, Julie Gayet has turned up on the red carpet at the French Academy awards. It was speculated that she would not make an appearance even though she is nominated as supporting actress, due to that unwanted publicity concerning President Hollande, but here she is. I think it's normal, because she is a nominee, and she certainly could not stay out of the spotlight forever.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2014 23:14:33 GMT
The big winner tonight in France was "Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table" (Me, Myself and Mum) which won 5 awards: best film, best actor, best adapted screenplay, best editing and best first film.
It's about an effeminate young man who is raised to believe that he is a girl but who finally finds out that he is straight. What is impressive is that it is a true story about one of the stars of the Comédie Française and in the film the actor Guillaume Gallienne plays both himself and his mother.
Best director was Roman Polanski for "Venus in Furs" and best actress was Sandrine Kiberlain for a weird but excellent comedy where she plays an uptight judge who becomes unexpectedly pregnant by a serial killer who eats the eyes of his victims. (At least that's what everybody thinks.)
As for best foreign film, it went to the Belgian Broken Circle Breakdown, which was up against such films as Gravity and Django Unchained.
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Post by patricklondon on Mar 1, 2014 15:51:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2014 15:09:48 GMT
I think I will watch it tonight, at least parts of it. The Nominees: ON HEREI don't think I've seen any of the movies yet! So can't judge, but will keep in mind for future reference.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2014 16:47:28 GMT
I have heard more than one grumbling about the Coen Bros Inside Lweyn Davis film being dissed by the Oscar Academy. Some say it is one of their finest films yet, although, described as grim and depressing....
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2014 18:36:26 GMT
I don't think that I would consider "Gravity" to be the best film of the year, but I mildly contest the fact that it did not win the Oscar. It was most definitely something "new" that we had never seen before, and that certainly gives it bonus points since the cinema is above all a visual art. On the other hand, "12 Years a Slave" was extremely classic and traditional and certainly not groundbreaking except for the fact that, as one critic wrote, Hollywood and the rest of the film industry have made 10 times more movies about Roman and Greek slaves than American ones.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2014 19:02:20 GMT
Here's an interesting article from the BBC about Kim Novak's appearance.
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