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Interview: Patti Smith Doesn't Want Her Own Biopic!
What becomes a legend most? Not the biopics we see each year at the movies, Patti Smith suggests to me. We were meeting to talk about her first Original Song for a film, "Mercy Is" from this spring's...
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Lupita Nyong'o to Star in Mira Nair's 'Queen of Katwe'
Great news, Lupita fans! The selective Oscar-winning actress has signed on to a new project, the next film from acclaimed director Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala, Monsoon Wedding). Word around the...
View ArticleTim's Toons: Surprisingly, the new Peanuts teaser isn't a toxic affront to...
Tim here. Before I start, I want to briefly point you all in the direction of Cartoon Brew’s gallery of animated TV commercials featuring the comedy duo of Nicols & May, assembled in honor of Mike...
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Thoughts I Had... While staring at THR's Actress Issue Cover
Yesterday morning, while running out to a screening and party for Al Pacino's awards run with The Humbling (more on that soon), what did I find on my doorstep but the new issue of The Hollywood...
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Interview: Director Stefan Haupt of "The Circle"
Jose here. This year's Oscar race for Best Foreign Language Film includes many films featuring gay characters or dealing with LGBT issues, one of them being Swiss entry The Circle, a documentary/drama...
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AHS: Freakshow "Test of Strength"
I ran into Celia Weston today (I feel like her stalker. Always running into her in the city, I am) and told her that she sure has been causing a lot of trouble on Freakshow. She told me a vague but...
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All The Short Film Oscar Finalists. Plus Sally Hawkins!
With yesterday's announcement of the live action short film finalists we have our finalists in all three of those miniature categories. You can read more about all of them on their Oscar chart. It's...
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Interview: Jason Clarke on Acting with Apes & Terminators
I wonder aloud if Jason Clarke, the still rising breakout star of Zero Dark Thirty, is feeling a little overscheduled these days. Is he scheduled in 20 minute increments at this point? He claims he's...
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Ten Great Performances from Mike Nichols' Films
Amir here. Mike Nichols was a true giant of show business, with a career that lasted more than six decades and sprawled across many different media and genres. Nathaniel's heartfelt eulogy already...
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Candid Kidman (and Naomi) in 'The Last Impresario'
Glenn here with a bit of a photography break. I had anticipated catching far more films at DOC NYC, the documentary festival that is wrapping up its season here in New York. One film that I was able to...
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Yes No Maybe So: Pitch Perfect 2
Margaret here... Long have we waited. Our lands have been barren, our sleep fitful, our souls thirsting for what we have been promised. But hope may yet again have a life in our hearts, because the...
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Tweets o' the Week
Clash of the twitter threads. I recently started muting words on twitter on subjects I just had no interest in hearing about anymore and in some cases never did despite the rest of the world's...
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Big Eyes, Big Questions, Big Night... Big Open Thread
He sells paintings. Then he sells pictures of the paintings. Then he sells postcards of the pictures of the paintings. I've been thinking a lot about art vs. commerce tonight, having just seen Big...
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Golden Horse Gets a "Blind Massage"
It's your annual report of the Oscars of the Chinese world, the 51st annual Golden Horse Awards. Unfortunately this year had little crossover in terms of what made it into US theaters. There's...
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Top Box Office Hits of 2014 - Outside the Franchises!
Amir here, reporting to box office duty. For those of us not living under a rock for the past four years, the success of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 this weekend comes as no surprise. Let’s...
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Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Michael C here with what I suppose is part one of my review of Mockingjay. “I wish she were dead,” says Finnick Odair at the start of the third entry in the Hunger Games series. “I wish they were all...
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Disney Pixar News Roundup
Good morning everyone, Manuel here bringing some news on the animation front.Hot off the heels of the announcement that Disney Animation and Pixar Studios were getting their own presidents (Andrew...
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I didn't link it, but if i'd linked it, how could you tell me that i was wrong?
The New Yorker Anthony Lane on Mike NicholsPlaybill congratulations to Chicago which became the 2nd longest running Broadway show of all time tonight surpassing CatsScreen Crush bitches about the long...
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