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Grammy Noms for Gatsby
Somewhere in the past 5 years I lost the thread of popular music -- I can only keep up with so many things and film is obviously my happyplace -- but even when I was firmly ensconced in the music side...
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Who will LAFCA choose tomorrow?
The LAFCA (Los Angeles Film Critics Association) is inarguably an important critics prize in terms of influence and reach to AMPAS. Why? The answer is three fold. First, geography. Second, they're an...
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Team FYC: "The Great Gatsby" for Original Song
This FYC series brings together all Film Experience contributors to highlight our favorite fringe Oscar contenders. Here's Andrew Kendall on a tune from Gatsby, a movie which just won two Grammy...
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European Film Award Wi -- what? Scorsesaywhat?
I watched a bit of the European Film Awards live streaming earlier today and the first sight that greeted me was Anke Engelke looking like she'd stepped out of the Capitol to announce the next Hunger...
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American Horror Story: Sound of Music
This thing on my DVR was the 4th season pilot, right? I kid I kid. But horrified I was. If you miss live "events" it's difficult (one might say pointless) to write about them later so I promise to be...
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FYC: The Conjuring for Best Sound Editing
We're looking at our favorite fringe awards contenders just to widen the conversation. Here's Tim Brayton on the year's biggest horror hit. Since as far back as the thudding echo of footsteps that...
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RandomnessSalon Rashida Jones clarifies her earlier statements about pop stars #actinglikewhores Washington Post Shirley Maclaine gets the Kennedy Center Honors. What a careerVariety The Square takes...
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Boston Chooses 12 Years A Slave, Enough Said?
The Boston Society of Film Critics' (BSFC) very first Best Picture prize went to Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980) and over the next 32 years they've mixed smart off the path choices with future...
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Los Angeles chooses Gravity and Her in a tie
Such a great day for critics' awards - not only are Boston's picks so fresh that the steam is still coming off of them, the Los Angeles critics have announced. In most years, they can be relied upon...
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Box Office or: How I Learned to Stop Going to Theatres and Play Catch-Up
Amir here, bringing you this weekend’s box office report, which looks curiously like last weekend’s box office report. Of course no one is surprised that Out of the Furnace didn’t have the power to...
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Podcast: Philomena Catching Fire
This week Nick, Nathaniel, Katey, and Joe discuss the blockbuster Philomena and that little arthouse indie The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Spoilers you might want to avoid for Philomena are here...
View ArticleDC Loves 12 Years & Gravity. Patterns Are Emerging.
Only a few of the many film critics organizations have sounded off as of now, but certain patterns are emerging: Cate Blanchett and Jared Leto and Gravity are thoroughly dominating Actress and...
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Team FYC: 'Spring Breakers' for Best Sound Mixing
This FYC series brings together all Film Experience contributors to highlight our favorite fringe Oscar contenders. Here's Glenn Dunks on the sound mixing of Spring Breakers. The neon-infused opening...
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The AFI Lists. Useful or Redundant?
Earlier today we heard the AFI Lists for film and television. I immediately wondered what purpose they served. There are so many lists these days that are like spotlights on "CONSENSUS!" that the very...
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Curio: The Conde Nast Collection
Alexa here. In searching for holiday gift ideas this year, I keep coming back to The Conde Nast Collection. For a reasonable price (under $150), you can buy photographic prints of the work of some...
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Team FYC: "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" Original Score
Team FYC highlights our favorite individual fringe Oscar contenders. Here's Philippe Ostiguy... Last January, waves of chatter came rushing out of Sundance with glowing words for a little American...
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Top Ten: The Oldest Best Actress Line-Ups
Statistics show us time and again that Oscar likes his ladies young. In fact 29 is the most common age that leading ladies win Oscars (for comparison's sake only one man under 30 has ever won Best...
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Tuesday Top Ten: Marvin Hamlisch Movie Moments
Glenn here. I watched a lovely documentary last night called Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love. And oh, what did he did! The film screened this last weekend in New York (I admitted got my weekends...
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12 Things I Learned Attending The Julie Delpy Q&A At The 92nd St. Y
Hey everyone. Michael Cusumano here. At the risk of spoiling the finale of my best of the year rundown I have only handed out one perfect "10" score for 2013 and that was in the review for Before...
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Online Film Critics Society announces its nominations.
It's Tim, to discuss with you the Online Film Critics Society nominations. A day late, admittedly, but these sorts of lapses will happen in this rampant crush of critics group awards.. Anyway, as one...
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