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Interview: Julie Delpy on the ideal way to watch the "Before" trilogy
Julie Delpy speaking in West Hollywood in NovemberStargazing sometimes leads us to believe that we really know the faces who act out our human dramas onscreen. Or that we know the characters they...
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Team FYC: 'Nebraska' For Best Original Score
In this series TFE contributors sound off on their favorite fringe contenders. Here's Anne Marie on Mark Orton and the Tin Horns. Alexander Payne's latest film Nebraska is getting much-deserved acting...
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Inside Llewyn's Gotham Awards
It was a mix of oft rewarded icons (The Coens) and breakthrough leading movie roles from former awesome TV ensemble players (Jordan & Larson) for the Gotham Awards last night in NYC. 12 Years a...
View ArticleThe American New York Film Critics Circle Hustle
Refresh your screen for updates PictureDirectorActressActorSupporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle Supporting Actor Jared Leto, Dallas Buyer’s Club Screenplay American Hustle Foreign Film...
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Curio: Holiday Snail Mail
Alexa here. I did my part today to keep the USPS in business by sending out an armload of holiday cards. So for those who also take the time to send a greeting through the mail, and who aren't making...
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Oscar's Docs Down to 15
We will be taking a closer look at each of the 15 contenders for Best Documentary soon, but for now let's look at the films that Oscar's doc branch decided to shortlist from that gargantuan list of...
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NYFCC Runners Up?
Redford's nearest rivals, Chiwetel Ejiofor & Oscar Isaac, were tied at a distant second at the NYFCCUnlike some Oscar-obsessed blogs, I don't really see much of value in sharing "runners up" from...
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Team FYC: The Conjuring for Best Production Design
In this FYC series series, our contributors are highlighting their favorite fringe contenders this awards season. Here's Dancin' Dan on The Conjuring... Let's face it: The Academy doesn't, as a rule,...
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Team Top Ten: Oscar's Greatest Losers (Actor Edition)
Al Pacino won his Oscar on his eighth nomination. He deserved it more the other seven times!Amir here, back with another monthly team poll. Back in May, we had a look at the Best Actress Oscars and...
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Uh Huh, it's "Her" for the NBR
The National Board of Review didn't even split their Picture/Director prizes. They're all in for Spike Jonze's Her elancholy sci-fi tinged medidation on romance starring a man (Joaquin Phoenix) and...
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'Great Gatsby' and 'The Rocket' Lead the "Australian Oscars"
Glenn, Team Film Experience's resident Australian, here. In all the hubbub surrounding the big wins for American Hustle and Her, it went unnoticed (not surprisingly, but also not without reason) that...
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Team FYC: Tye Sheridan for Best Actor
In this series we sound off (individually) on their favorite fringe contenders. Here's Philippe Ostiguy on Tye Sheridan in "Mud" It is no secret that, while the Academy rarely misses an opportunity to...
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Silent Linking
Variety glorious piece gently berating Disney for their self-loathing Frozen marketing ('no, this isn't about girls and it's not a musical, either!')Towleroad James Franco's '50 Shades of Batman &...
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Team FYC: Stories We Tell for Best Editing
In this series our contributors sound off on their favorite fringe contenders. Here's Jose Solis on "Stories We Tell" It's winning Best Documentary critics prizes but let's talk another category. Sarah...
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Animated Feature Contender: Ernest & Celestine
Tim Brayton will be looking at the key contenders for Oscar's Animated Feature race. He previously reviewed Frozen and Letter to Momo. This week: Ernest & Celestine... The French animated import...
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VFX Finalists. Which will have the honor of losing to Gravity at the Oscars?
The Academy has named ten films finalists for the visual effects Oscar and now the branch members will screen 10 minute clip packages from each film and make their selections. Half of these films...
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Posterized: Christian Bale
In the Posterized series we look at a whole career though the most enduring bit of movie marketing: the poster. You'd think that when two of your first three film roles as a young boy were Oscar...
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Team Experience: Great Losers, Actor Edition (Pt 2)
ICYMI we polled all contributors and came up with a list of The Greatest Losing Best Actor Nominees. As ever I must thank Handsome Joe Canada (aka Amir Soltani) for organizing these Team endeavors. If...
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Let It Go... (In More Ways Than One)
I'm sorry. Was I singing too loudly? I'm just watching Frozen's "Let it Go" on loop (what?) now that Disney has uploaded it to YouTube* One thing that is hard to miss while watching it repeatedly is...
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Raiders of the Lost Link
Total Film Idina Menzel on the long delayed Wicked movie adaptationAV Club a Hilarious takedown of Nikki Finke's awful couching of Nelson Mandela's passing (RIP) in movie terms Boy Culture Happy...
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