Archive for November 2011

Nominees for 2012 Indie Spirit Awards Include ‘The Artist,’ ‘The Descendants,’ ‘Take Shelter’

Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 11:53 pm by Danny King in the Awards category

The Film Independent Spirit Awards have announced their slate of nominees for the organization’s 2012 ceremony, which will be held on February 25 of the new year. Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist, fresh off taking home the big prize from the … Continue reading →

Tags: A Better Life, Ashley Bell, Awards, Beginners, Bérénice Bejo, Demián Bichir, Drive, George Clooney, Independent Spirit Awards, Ryan Gosling, Take Shelter, The Artist, The Descendants, The Last Exorcism
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‘The Artist,’ ‘Moneyball,’ ‘Tree of Life’ Earn Multiple Citations from NYFCC

Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 4:39 pm by Danny King in the Awards category

As irksome as the New York Film Critics Circle’s desire to shoot the first bullet of this year’s awards season often was — they didn’t even bother to see Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close prior to the vote … Continue reading →

Tags: Aaron Sorkin, Albert Brooks, Awards, Brad Pitt, Drive, Emmanuel Lubezki, J.C. Chandor, Jessica Chastain, Lou Lumenick, Margin Call, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Moneyball, New York Film Critics Circle, Steven Zaillian, Take Shelter, The Artist, The Help, The Iron Lady, The Tree of Life
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‘Beginners,’ ‘Tree of Life’ Share Top Honors at Gotham Awards

Posted on Monday, November 28, 2011 at 11:33 pm by Danny King in the Awards category

The 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, which were held tonight in New York, saw Mike Mills’ Beginners and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life tie for the independent organization’s top prize. They were honored ahead of Alexander Payne’s The … Continue reading →

Tags: Awards, Beginners, Better This World, Charlize Theron, David Cronenberg, Dee Rees, Elizabeth Olsen, Felicity Jones, Gary Oldman, Gotham Awards, Jacob Wysocki, Like Crazy, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Meek's Cutoff, Pariah, Sean Durkin, Shailene Woodley, Take Shelter, Terri, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, Tom Rothman
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Movie Review: ‘Hugo’ (2011)

Posted on Monday, November 28, 2011 at 1:21 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

With Hugo, Martin Scorsese does what few other prominent, Oscar-winning filmmakers would’ve done in his position: he directs this 3-D film like a kid who’s just found his father’s camera buried in the attic. He glazes everything in the film … Continue reading →

Tags: 2011, 3.5 stars, Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloe Grace Moretz, Georges Méliès, H, Hugo, John Logan, Jude Law, Martin Scorsese, Michael Stuhlbarg, My Week with Marilyn, Rango, Ray Winstone, Reviews, Robert Richardson, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Artist
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A Busy Year for John Logan

Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 6:33 pm by Danny King in the Uncategorized category

While posting that Coriolanus poster early this morning, I realized what a jam-packed year it’s been for Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator). In addition to penning Ralph Fiennes’ Shakespeare adaptation, Logan has also tackled the writing reigns on … Continue reading →

Tags: Clint Eastwood, Coriolanus, Georges Méliès, Gladiator, Hugo, John Logan, Lincoln, Rango, Skyfall, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Aviator
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Russian Poster for Ralph Fiennes’ ‘Coriolanus’

Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 3:33 am by Danny King in the Posters category

This Russian poster for Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus, which dropped over at IMP Awards a couple of days ago, caught my eye for an obvious reason — that blood-soaked sight of Fiennes is, I think, a real shock to the system. … Continue reading →

Tags: Coriolanus, Gerard Butler, Posters, Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave
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Movie Review: ‘The Artist’ (2011)

Posted on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 4:25 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

One of the more discussion-piquing results of contemporary cinema’s ever-increasing implementation of technological advancements is the way these innovations can often distort the essential quality of a film. James Cameron’s Avatar is a perfectly applicable and illustrative, if over-referenced, example … Continue reading →

Tags: 2011, 3 stars, A, Avatar, Bérénice Bejo, Citizen Kane, Hugo, James Cameron, Jean Dujardin, Ludovic Bource, Michel Hazanavicius, OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, Reviews, The Artist
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Movie Review: ‘A Dangerous Method’ (2011)

Posted on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 4:16 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

The warning signs start popping up early and often in David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method. They’re revealed mostly through the performance of Keira Knightley, who, playing the patient-turned-analyst Sabina Spielrein, is in fully-committed form. The problem is that, despite all … Continue reading →

Tags: 2.5 stars, 2011, A Dangerous Method, Christopher Hampton, D, David Cronenberg, Howard Shore, Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, Peter Suschitzky, Reviews, Sarah Gadon, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
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Movie Review: ‘My Week with Marilyn’ (2011)

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 12:32 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

Michelle Williams is so good as the title character in Simon Curtis’ My Week with Marilyn that watching the film is like watching Some Like It Hot for the first time — or whichever film it was that made you … Continue reading →

Tags: 2011, 3 stars, Blue Valentine, Dominic Cooper, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Julia Ormond, Kenneth Branagh, M, Marilyn Monroe, Meek's Cutoff, Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn, Reviews, Simon Curtis, Some Like It Hot, Wendy and Lucy, Zoë Wanamaker
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