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2011 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-11 at 12:00:00

I think the Best Supporting categories are the toughest nuts to crack, often a fine performance counts as a rare sympathy vote for a film that isn't nominated in any other category. This year's real wild card are the actresses involved in Woody Allen's latest which employs a trio of supporting ladies in Freida Pinto, Anna Friel and Lucy Punch - but at this point its anyone's guess on how pivotal they become to the assigned male characters.

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Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno to Receive U.S Release

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-10 at 23:05:00

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Recent winner for Best Documentary at the Césars (the French Oscars), Serge Bromberg's and Ruxandra Medrea's Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno has been picked up theatrically for the play in the U.S. (via The Flicker Alley - I never heard of you guys) - I'm imagining a traveling, art-house circuit release for the doc.

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Zeitgeist Boards 'Last Train Home'

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-10 at 18:05:00

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Zeitgeist Films are partnering once again with the folks that produced Up the Yangtze - returning to the same country but instead of the brown waters of the Yangtze, this journey takes place in and on the sides of the train tracks.

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Zeitgeist Sign an 'Oath' for May

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-10 at 18:00:00

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Part of a double docu Sundance and New Directors/New Films selected pick-up, Zeitgeist have acquired The Oath from helmer Laura Poitras and have pegged it with a release sometime this May. This makes it two for two between the distributor and Poitras - they last paired on the release of My Country, My Country in 2006.

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Walter Salles' 'Wild Life' Brings Him Back To Hollywood

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-10 at 16:00:00

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I guess this means that the adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road is proving to be more of a perilous project, as Walter Salles appears to be moving onto a Hollywood biopic in the interim.

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Interview: Actress Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Posted by Stephen McNamee on 2010-03-10 at 12:00:00

I wanted to change my body. I wanted to be a little bit more masculine and get rid of my female body. I wanted to be more like a boy. I wanted to be able to do all the fighting scenes, so I wanted to go into martial arts training. I trained a lot in Thai boxing and kickboxing with this crazy Serbian guy five days a week. I did a lot of preparation, and I also took motorcycle driving lessons, and I cut my hair and pierced myself.

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Murder Mystery Taps a Sleuth in Kevin Macdonald

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-10 at 06:00:00

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Now he returns to Zodiac-lite territory with a script that goes the direction of the mystery comedy sub-genre. Aptly titled Murder Mystery, this project reminds me of how much I hated the Clue film. Screen Daily reports that free-range director Kevin MacDonald will direct.

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Baise-moi's Virginie Despentes Says Bonjour to Dalle with 'Bye Bye'

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-09 at 18:45:00

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Now, almost a decade later, those films might have crossed paths, as Despentes has cast Beatrice Dalle (she starred in Trouble Every Day) in the lead role for Bye Bye Blondie.

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Cronenberg Finds 'Cure' by Reteaming with Viggo Mortensen

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-09 at 13:50:00

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Christoph Waltz will want to make sure that his next moves are the goods ones, or else the good fortune of Inglourious Basterds will wash away. The Austrian actor has according to Deadline.com, dropped out on a chance to play with David Cronenberg’s The Talking Cure for an antagonist role in Francis Lawrence's Water For Elephants.

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2011 Oscar Predictions: Cinematography

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-09 at 12:00:00

That's right folks. The gold dust for the 2010 Oscar winner list has barely settled, and I'm already attempting to figure out the 2011 Oscar nominations might look like. Why? It's more of a curiosity factor than anything else, seeing what's out there, what we can look forward to - so for the next nine days, I'll unveil my predictions in nine categories, beginning with the category for Best Cinematography.

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Bruno Dumont is Building an 'Empire'

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-08 at 21:35:00

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After a moment of reprieve in 2009's Hadewijch, it looks as if Bruno Dumont will was again explore the nastier side of the human species with a film that will be featured in the backdrop of the sand dunes of Pas de Calais, France -- which appears to be the northern region above Normandy.

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World Film Report Austria: Cheers for Waltz, Kudos to Haneke and Jeers for Oskar Roehler

Posted by Florian Wiesenhofer on 2010-03-08 at 17:20:00

The Berlin Film Festival which took place early last month had a pair of in competition for the Golden Bear entries in Der Rauber (The Robber) and Jud Suss - Film ohne Gewissen (Film without Conscience). Neither films won, but there was some controversy surrounding Jud Suss - Film ohne Gewissen which is Oskar Roehler's latest venture.

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Kayam, Sotomayor, Lolli, Borgman, Franco, Jimenez headed to Cannes' Residence

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-08 at 14:45:00

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School is now in session. Cannes' La Residence de la Cinefondation, is celebrating its 20th session and this year's lucky "students" well representing South America include the feature debut projects from Yaelle Kayam, Dominga Sotomayor, Franco Lolli and Daniel Joseph Borgman with sophomore projects from Cristian Jimenez and Michel Franco.

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Oscars 2010 - Best Picture: Indiewood Wins Over Hollywood

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-08 at 00:11:00

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I remember when The Hurt Locker played at TIFF -- the first screening received little fanfare - that some film distributors didn't even bother showing up. Summit Entertainment did - and took their time with a release strategy and the rest is history. I'm curious to know what kind of exposure did the 10 noms do for the other smaller films, including my favorite of the pack in A Serious Man; this win should make plenty of foreign distributors extremely happy. Indie film triumphs once again!

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Oscars 2010 - Best Director: Bigelow Makes HIstory

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 23:59:00

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Weird that the presenters somehow foreshadow the eventual winners. Round one of indiewood versus hollywood goes to the indiewood. Smells like a Best Picture win for The Hurt Locker...?

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Oscars 2010 - Best Actress: Touchdown for Bullock

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 23:50:00

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Despite the logic and previous award wins, every sign pointed to a Bullock win and yet I've been cringing this moment for about three months now. So glad that Gabbie won on Friday and that Streep has both won and lost before.

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Oscars 2010 - Best Actor: The Voters Abide - Bridges wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 23:39:00

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Love these speeches - thank god they didn't get rid of these presentations from acting peers. Fox Searchlight end up looking like geniuses once again. The Dude abides.

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Oscars 2010 - Foreign Language Film: Academy Gets it Wrong Once Again

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 23:21:00

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Sony Pictures Classics wins! Wrong film though.

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Oscars 2010 - Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis Continue Hurt Locker Appreciation Night

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 23:17:00

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Bob Murawski and Chris Innis' skill-set was one of the reasons why The Hurt Locker felt like such an edge-of-your-seat film. Well-deserved award.

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Oscars 2010 - Documentary (Feature): The Cove Wins, Save the Dolphins Message Loses

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 23:05:00

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Zero surprises here, and though I disliked this doc, I'm peeved that Psihoyos got shafted and didn't even get to speak. What's with all this time allocated to butt end jokes opening a category over the actual award winning speeches. Ben Stiller's Na'vi thing could have lengthened three winner speeches, including this one.

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Oscars 2010 - Music (Original Score): Giacchino's 'Up'-lifting Score is Oscar Gold

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 22:54:00

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It was in my post-screening thinking of the film that I deemed that among the things that Up got right was the film's score, which I normally don't cue on in in my first viewing of a film. Going up against names such as Horner, Desplat and Zimmer, I think the Academy chose Michael Giacchino because he hasn't won before and that the score was one of the more "obvious strengths" for Up.

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Oscars 2010 - Cinematography: Surprise Win for DP Mauro Fiore

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 22:47:00

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I wasn't expecting the green-screen giant to win for Cinematography - I guess it just goes to show that complex shots can still be effective with make-believe and beat out pristine B&W in Haneke's Palme D'or winner and the gritty realism via the frames in the low budget The Hurt Locker.

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Oscars 2010 - Sound Editing & Sound Mixing: Hurt Locker Ticking Towards Best Picture

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 22:39:00

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The Hurt Locker logically wins in both of these sound categories, it should carry over onto cinematography, and if it does - this mean a sweep of the blue man group.

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Oscars 2010 - Costume Design: The Young Victoria's Corsets Rule

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 22:28:00

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I was thinking - life of a fashion icon would be a lock for the category, but corsets, multiple noms for The Young Victoria and previous wins for Sandy Powell always seems to be the go-to choice.

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Oscars 2010 - Art Direction: Avatar Wins One for the Blue Guys

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 22:17:00

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Money well spent, means most technical awards will go the Avatar way, but I'm still wondering if The Hurt Locker has a shot at the Best Sound category?

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Oscars 2010 - Best Supporting Actress: Mo'st Deserving Win

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 22:07:00

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I caught Precious at the Racquet Club theater in Park City. I'm pretty sure everyone in that audience had the same impression I did - Mo’Nique's character is so ugly, and the performance was so raw that it would easily spread its wings beyond the indie fest - it had gold dust sweat stains spilling out of her pores.

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Oscars 2010 - Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Spirit and Oscar for Geoffrey Fletcher

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 22:03:00

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I was so sure that this was Up in the Air's win, but this crazy category also included a dark horse picture in my books with first-timer Geoffrey Fletcher and his reaction at winning pretty much tells me that this was far from being in the bag.

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Oscars 2010 - Makeup: Star Trek klingons to Oscar

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 21:50:00

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I thought they did some great work on aging Toni Servillo's character in this mysterious nomination for Il Divo, but the Academy want to promote the blockbuster film in some fashion. Trekkies all over are high-fiving one another.

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Oscars 2010 - Short Film (Animated): Logorama Plasters Itself with Oscar Logo

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 21:43:00

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Caught Logorama at Sundance and when I heard the noms I thought there is no way that this could win - the expletive language is simply too harsh for sensitive ears. Wallace & Gromit felt like an accomplished, polished production - but Logorama gets great grades for originality.

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Oscars 2010 - Writing (Original Screenplay): Smells like Victory for The Hurt Locker

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 21:33:00

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When I look at this category I think to myself - weren't War-themed pictures of the military supposed to be box office poison. Matter of the fact is neither The Hurt Locker or The Messenger will rack up the dough, but it shot down the theory that you can't make a such a pic in such times. I thought Basterds was a more lavish screenplay - and that the dialogue would win out on technical details in Boal's screenplay.

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Oscars 2010 - Best Music (Original Song): Oscar Sings True for Crazy Heart

Posted by Eric Lavallee on 2010-03-07 at 21:12:00

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Whenever you have a music-based feature that fully embeds original song content in the lead character and storyline, then I don't think there are that many more options to look elsewhere in the category. This and the other songs gave Crazy Heart its backbone and charm. Looking good for the certified win for Bridges.

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Interview: Actress Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

I wanted to change my body. I wanted to be a little bit more masculine and get rid of my female body. I wanted to be more like a boy. I wanted to be able to do all the fighting scenes, so I wanted to go into martial arts training. I trained a lot in Thai boxing and kickboxing with this crazy Serbian guy five days a week. I did a lot of preparation, and I also took motorcycle driving lessons, and I cut my hair and pierced myself.


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2010 Guadalajara Int. Film Festival (25th)

Like every year, the Guadalajara International Film Festival showcases the dreams and hard work of directors, producers, and actors from Mexico and Latin America, who present their stories to the world stage.


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