Sensing that the end was nigh, Major Crimes creator James Duff says, “I felt like I had to write a finale that would be worthy of the series, and of the cast.”
But he also packed into the TNT drama’s 13-episode farewell run (launching tonight at 9/8c) an extra something extra, building up to its closer on Jan. 16, 2018.
“I gave Mary [McDonnell] something extraordinary to play, because she wanted to do something special,” Duff reveals. “She has been one of my partners throughout this process, so we decided on something interesting and different for her to play.”
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But he also packed into the TNT drama’s 13-episode farewell run (launching tonight at 9/8c) an extra something extra, building up to its closer on Jan. 16, 2018.
“I gave Mary [McDonnell] something extraordinary to play, because she wanted to do something special,” Duff reveals. “She has been one of my partners throughout this process, so we decided on something interesting and different for her to play.”
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- 10/31/2017
- TVLine.com
It turns there are still some momentum in the Spider-Man franchise, as the third modern iteration of the wall-crawling superhero did big business at this weekend’s box office, with the Tom Holland-starring “Spider-Man: Homecoming” walking away with the top spot at the box office and over $117 million in domestic returns alone. Now aligned with Marvel and its cinematic universe, the Jon Watts film has effectively re-introduced both Peter Parker and his web-slinging alter ego to a moviegoing public who might have felt a little burnt out on the iconic hero after sitting through five other movies and two different series in less than two decades.
Spidey is back, and based on his blockbuster first weekend and plans for a sequel, he’s not going anywhere. So how did Sony and Marvel re-re-boot the comic book kid into something fresh and new? And what can other superhero movies learn...
Spidey is back, and based on his blockbuster first weekend and plans for a sequel, he’s not going anywhere. So how did Sony and Marvel re-re-boot the comic book kid into something fresh and new? And what can other superhero movies learn...
- 7/10/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
I’ve got zip (that I want) to say (at this time) about Twin Peaks parts seven and eight in terms of The Bigger Picture, but I do want to delve into episode eight’s widely-presumed anomalous status — that it marked an unprecedented event not just in TV (true, I’m pretty sure) but in larger visual culture. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how many recappers, while clearly over their heads, are baseline sympathetic to finding themselves routinely unmoored, even if that means repeating over and over that this is closer to “avant-garde art” than normal TV to meet the word count. My feed […]...
- 6/26/2017
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Mandy Moore Encourages Her Younger Self to ‘Be More Spontaneous’ in Personal Letter: ‘Say Yes’ More!
The women of This Is Us are currently thriving as the stars of television’s biggest breakout hit, but not too long ago, they were just regular teens worried about fitting in with the popular crowd and struggling with self-love. Now, actresses Chrissy Metz, Mandy Moore and Susan Kelechi Watson are addressing their younger selves in heartfelt personal letters exclusively shared with People in this year’s World’s Most Beautiful.
Here is what Moore – who plays Rebecca – had to say.
Hi Mandy,
There’s one thing I want you to hear: Don’t become an old woman too soon!
Here is what Moore – who plays Rebecca – had to say.
Hi Mandy,
There’s one thing I want you to hear: Don’t become an old woman too soon!
- 4/18/2017
- by Mandy Moore
- PEOPLE.com
In what feels like a fitting announcement for International Women’s Day—and a depressingly apt one in a political climate that sees organizations like Planned Parenthood under frequent attack—Deadline reports that there’s a new movie about Roe v. Wade in the works. Monumental Pictures has tapped Jen Majka, writer of the Oscar-nominated short The Bigger Picture, to tell the tale of the women who successfully argued for women‘s rights to abortion in front of the Supreme Court.
Producer Alison Owen (whose credits include Elizabeth and Shaun Of The Dead) pointed to the timeliness of revisiting the Roe V. Wade decision: “It is one that is close to our hearts and hugely important, particularly in the extraordinary times in which we are living. Women’s reproductive freedom is just as contested now as it was before this case and this is a story that everyone should know...
Producer Alison Owen (whose credits include Elizabeth and Shaun Of The Dead) pointed to the timeliness of revisiting the Roe V. Wade decision: “It is one that is close to our hearts and hugely important, particularly in the extraordinary times in which we are living. Women’s reproductive freedom is just as contested now as it was before this case and this is a story that everyone should know...
- 3/8/2017
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
Exclusive: Alison Owen and Debra Hayward's Monumental Pictures is set to bring the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. abortion ruling that paved the way for women to have safe and legal abortions, to the big screen. They've tapped writer Jen Majka, who co-wrote BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated short The Bigger Picture, to pen the script. It's a fitting project to unveil on International Women's Day: A story about the battle of 26 year-old Sarah Weddington…...
- 3/8/2017
- Deadline
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome — otherwise known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis — receives little exposure in the media and often goes misdiagnosed, even as it afflicts tens of thousands of people worldwide. Jennifer Brea’s stirring documentary “Unrest” goes a long way toward explaining the nature of the disease and the devastating impact it can have on family life, deriving much of its power from her own encounter with it.
Brea’s diaristic approach combines a snapshot of her own struggles as she grows increasingly weak and wheelchair-bound while leaning on her husband for support. There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking about this approach, which has the rough, collage-like structure of a first feature. But “Unrest” works particularly well once Brea looks beyond the limitations of her own bedridden experiences to document other cases worldwide, providing a stirring collage of stories to illustrate the destructive impact of the disease and why it remains widely neglected by the medical community.
Brea’s diaristic approach combines a snapshot of her own struggles as she grows increasingly weak and wheelchair-bound while leaning on her husband for support. There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking about this approach, which has the rough, collage-like structure of a first feature. But “Unrest” works particularly well once Brea looks beyond the limitations of her own bedridden experiences to document other cases worldwide, providing a stirring collage of stories to illustrate the destructive impact of the disease and why it remains widely neglected by the medical community.
- 1/27/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
I used to like guacamole; now I don't like guacamole.
If it worked on guacamole, it could work on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 2 Episode 5 hit its own 'refresh' button on West Covina.
The task of writing out a series regular for most television shows requires something similar to the resetting of a chess board.
Every major piece needs to go back to where they started in order to move forward again, this time with a new strategy and a new endgame in mind.
What the writers of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend do with the series in the post-Greg era is move Rebecca and her friends forward with stories that satiate the drama of a love triangle, but showcase what Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh-McKenna have been saying all along; this isn’t a show about romance.
And I'm not sold on this new normal – yet.
We’ve got a lot to talk about.
If it worked on guacamole, it could work on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 2 Episode 5 hit its own 'refresh' button on West Covina.
The task of writing out a series regular for most television shows requires something similar to the resetting of a chess board.
Every major piece needs to go back to where they started in order to move forward again, this time with a new strategy and a new endgame in mind.
What the writers of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend do with the series in the post-Greg era is move Rebecca and her friends forward with stories that satiate the drama of a love triangle, but showcase what Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh-McKenna have been saying all along; this isn’t a show about romance.
And I'm not sold on this new normal – yet.
We’ve got a lot to talk about.
- 11/19/2016
- by Christine Laskodi
- TVfanatic
For years, Wales-born actor Luke Evans has been part of bigger action and fantasy blockbusters like Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit and Fast and Furious 6, as well as genre films like Dracula Untold and The Raven. In Tate Taylor’s adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ bestselling The Girl on the Train, Evans finally plays a more grounded role as a man dealing with domestic issues and a missing wife.
Evans plays Scott, who at first is merely one part of a seemingly loving couple that Emily Blunt’s Rachel sees as she passes their house on her train ride each day. When Scott’s wife Megan (Hayley Bennett) vanishes, Rachel gets closer to Scott and learns there’s more to Megan and Scott’s relationship than what she sees from the train.
Lrm spoke with Evans from the New York junket a few weeks back.
Lrm: This seems like a...
Evans plays Scott, who at first is merely one part of a seemingly loving couple that Emily Blunt’s Rachel sees as she passes their house on her train ride each day. When Scott’s wife Megan (Hayley Bennett) vanishes, Rachel gets closer to Scott and learns there’s more to Megan and Scott’s relationship than what she sees from the train.
Lrm spoke with Evans from the New York junket a few weeks back.
Lrm: This seems like a...
- 10/6/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Thank God for Clint Eastwood. “Sully” is the sole bright spot during this disastrous fall 2016 box office decline.
This weekend three new studio wide releases —”Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” (20th Century Fox), “Deepwater Horizon” (Lionsgate) and “Masterminds” (Relativity) — grossed a total of $56 million! Compare that to the $54 million that “The Martian” grossed by itself exactly one year ago.
With “Queen of Katwe” (Disney) drawing little interest, “The Magnificent Seven” diving 55% on its second weekend and other films not holding well, the weakness is widespread. Only “Sully” is thriving among fall openers.
This is distressing news for theaters. The 27 days of the season show a drop of 9% from last year. That’s $50 million. During the fall season a strong film or two (“The Girl on the Train” and “The Birth of a Nation” take their chances next week) can quickly change the direction, so it’s not fatal.
This weekend three new studio wide releases —”Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” (20th Century Fox), “Deepwater Horizon” (Lionsgate) and “Masterminds” (Relativity) — grossed a total of $56 million! Compare that to the $54 million that “The Martian” grossed by itself exactly one year ago.
With “Queen of Katwe” (Disney) drawing little interest, “The Magnificent Seven” diving 55% on its second weekend and other films not holding well, the weakness is widespread. Only “Sully” is thriving among fall openers.
This is distressing news for theaters. The 27 days of the season show a drop of 9% from last year. That’s $50 million. During the fall season a strong film or two (“The Girl on the Train” and “The Birth of a Nation” take their chances next week) can quickly change the direction, so it’s not fatal.
- 10/2/2016
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Twenty-two emerging producers to receive up to £2.2m; almost 500 applicants.Scroll Down For Recipients
The BFI has announced the recipients of its 2016-18 Vision Awards, comprising 22 investments in up-and-coming UK producers.
The awards, generally spread over two years, are designed to enable producers to build and develop their companies, slates and creative relationships.
The BFI had intended to give 20 awards but increased that allocation to 22 in response to the number of strong applications it received. Almost 500 companies applied for the awards, which are backed by a total commitment from the BFI of £2.2m of National Lottery funding.
Fifteen of the awards are to women producers or partnerships, while eight of the companies are based outside of London, located in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and York.
In a bid to foster sustainability, the third iteration of the Vision Awards will include an allowance to cover a producer’s fees and overheads of up to half...
The BFI has announced the recipients of its 2016-18 Vision Awards, comprising 22 investments in up-and-coming UK producers.
The awards, generally spread over two years, are designed to enable producers to build and develop their companies, slates and creative relationships.
The BFI had intended to give 20 awards but increased that allocation to 22 in response to the number of strong applications it received. Almost 500 companies applied for the awards, which are backed by a total commitment from the BFI of £2.2m of National Lottery funding.
Fifteen of the awards are to women producers or partnerships, while eight of the companies are based outside of London, located in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield and York.
In a bid to foster sustainability, the third iteration of the Vision Awards will include an allowance to cover a producer’s fees and overheads of up to half...
- 8/24/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Award winning filmmakers Bexie Bush and Chris Hees have teamed up for an innovative new project and they’re looking for a little help to finish it off. Animation director Bush’s previous film, Mend and Make Do, used magical stop-motion animation in order to document a heart-warming true love story. The film won 30 Awards globally for the director, including the British Animation Awards' Public Choice. Producer Chris Hees' own animation short, The Bigger Picture, won the 2015 BAFTA for Best British Short Animation along with an Oscar nomination. For a follow-up feature, The Rumour Mill, the pair have set up shop in John Smedley’s Mill in the beautiful Derwent Valley of Derbyshire, England. The mill where the film is being made is central to the...
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- 7/20/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: The star of Paramount-mgm’s late summer release Ben-Hur is at the Cannes television market in a new role as producer with rights to a pair of prestige projects.
Cysa Productions has optioned television rights to BAFTA-winning writer Jennifer Majka’s The Architect, an original series that explores how and why we live.
The Architect is being conceived as an international co-production of ten one-hour episodes a season that kicks off in London in the 1950s and 1960s as architect Jack Tanner works on the reconstruction of postwar London.
The first season will chart how the ambitious era of modern architecture shaped lives following the ravages of WW2 and production will relocate to other cities around the world in subsequent seasons.
Huston will produce alongside his Cysa partner and former agent, Abi Harris, and Cysa will develop and produce the series with Majka.
The latter’s writing credits include The Bigger Picture, for which she...
Cysa Productions has optioned television rights to BAFTA-winning writer Jennifer Majka’s The Architect, an original series that explores how and why we live.
The Architect is being conceived as an international co-production of ten one-hour episodes a season that kicks off in London in the 1950s and 1960s as architect Jack Tanner works on the reconstruction of postwar London.
The first season will chart how the ambitious era of modern architecture shaped lives following the ravages of WW2 and production will relocate to other cities around the world in subsequent seasons.
Huston will produce alongside his Cysa partner and former agent, Abi Harris, and Cysa will develop and produce the series with Majka.
The latter’s writing credits include The Bigger Picture, for which she...
- 4/6/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
It's looking more and more like acclaimed documentarian Joe Berlinger will be the star of this year's American Documentary Film Festival (AmDocs). Not only will Berlinger's latest film, "Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru," open the festival on March 31, but AmDocs will honor the filmmaker with this year's Seeing The Bigger Picture Award. Past winners of the award include Oliver Stone, Peter Coyote, Harvey Weinstein and Peter Bogdanovich. Read More: Joe Berlinger on Michael Moore and The Changing Market for Documentaries "Joe Berlinger, whose new film is the Opening Night feature for the festival’s Fifth Anniversary Edition, has quite an impressive body of work," said Ted Grouya, AmDocs Founder and Festival Director, in an official statement. "Joe is one of today's most important auteurs in the world of documentary film, and we are thrilled to be able to honor him at this year’s festival." To commemorate Berlinger further,...
- 2/8/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Two of the other Gold Derby writers, Marcus James Dixon and Ralph Galvan, joined me in a webcam chat (watch below) to dish the Golden Globes TV nominations with our predictions contest champ: Christy Moerkerken (screen name Christy-m). She scored a staggering 72% accuracy at forecasting the nominees in 11 categories; by comparison, I had 63%, Dixon was at 62% and Galvan was at 7%. While we wanted to know her secrets when it came to being the best at predicting the nominees, we also wanted to know who she thinks will win. -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions Moerkerken hails from Belgium where she owns a store called "The Bigger Picture," an art gallery that specializes in modern and contemporary art, design and film books. "Because of my love for movies, there is also a clear link to movies and film stars in a large selection of our artwork,...
- 12/14/2015
- Gold Derby
"I've been coming to Gold Derby for years, but this is actually the first year I'm in the predicting game myself," says Christy Moerkerken (screen name Christy-m), Gold Derby's top scorer predicting the 2015 Golden Globes TV nominations. Moerkerken had an impressive 72% prediction accuracy and a 13,760 point total predicting this contest at Gold Derby, beating all of our Experts, Editors and Users combined. "Getting the top score came as a really pleasant surprise!" -Break- Subscribe to Gold Derby Breaking News Alerts & Experts’ Latest Oscar Predictions Moerkerken hails from Belgium where she owns a store called "The Bigger Picture," an art gallery that specializes in modern and contemporary art, design and film books. "Because of my love for movies, there is also a clear link to movies and film stars in a large selection of our artwork," she explains. This reader's winning percentage accuracy and...
- 12/11/2015
- Gold Derby
The producers of The Throne have returned their $10,600 prize, citing a desire to help the festival’s growth.
The team behind The Throne, which won Best Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 13-29) last week, have returned their $10,600 (€10,000) prize to the festival.
Production company Tiger Pictures and director Lee Joon-ik stated that they were impressed with the festival and they wished to donate their grant to help Black Nights become “a new European hub to create cinematic joy and fun.”
The Throne, which is South Korea’s Oscar submission for 2015, follows an 18th-century Korean ruling family. It also took the Best Music prize during the festival’s award ceremony on Nov 27.
The film’s screenwriter and producer, Cho Chul-hyun—who accepted the awards on behalf of Lee and music director Bang Jun-seok who were both absent—left a handwritten letter on Dec 1 to Festival Director Tiina Lokk explaining what Lee and Tiger Pictures wanted...
The team behind The Throne, which won Best Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Nov 13-29) last week, have returned their $10,600 (€10,000) prize to the festival.
Production company Tiger Pictures and director Lee Joon-ik stated that they were impressed with the festival and they wished to donate their grant to help Black Nights become “a new European hub to create cinematic joy and fun.”
The Throne, which is South Korea’s Oscar submission for 2015, follows an 18th-century Korean ruling family. It also took the Best Music prize during the festival’s award ceremony on Nov 27.
The film’s screenwriter and producer, Cho Chul-hyun—who accepted the awards on behalf of Lee and music director Bang Jun-seok who were both absent—left a handwritten letter on Dec 1 to Festival Director Tiina Lokk explaining what Lee and Tiger Pictures wanted...
- 12/2/2015
- ScreenDaily
Landing in theatres this Friday is Ridley Scott’s The Martian, a sci-fi survival epic that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month to rapturous applause and overwhelmingly positive reviews. Though mainly about Matt Damon’s Mark Watney, an astronaut scrambling to survive while stranded on the surface of Mars, no movie and no mission comes down to just one man.
As Nasa head Teddy Sanders, Emmy-winner Jeff Daniels has to call the shots from Earth while Mark plans a seemingly impossible return. We sat down with Damon’s co-star at Tiff to talk about finding a character, when you know you’re working with the smartest people in your industry, and leaving your movie in the audience’s hands.
Check out what he had to say below, and enjoy!
So how’s the reception been so far?
Jeff Daniels: You never know, but surprisingly wonderful so far.
As Nasa head Teddy Sanders, Emmy-winner Jeff Daniels has to call the shots from Earth while Mark plans a seemingly impossible return. We sat down with Damon’s co-star at Tiff to talk about finding a character, when you know you’re working with the smartest people in your industry, and leaving your movie in the audience’s hands.
Check out what he had to say below, and enjoy!
So how’s the reception been so far?
Jeff Daniels: You never know, but surprisingly wonderful so far.
- 9/29/2015
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
Desiree Akhavan to head First Feature Competition jury; Jarvis Cocker to host annual awards ceremony.Scroll down for competition titles
The 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18) has revealed the full line-up of its competition juries and announced that presenter and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker will host this year’s awards ceremony on Oct 17.
The jury for the Sutherland Award for the First Feature Competition includes:
Desiree Akhavan, director/screenwriter (Appropriate Behaviour) (president)
Clio Barnard, director/artist (The Selfish Giant)James Kent, director (Testament of Youth)Allen Leech, actor (The Imitation Game)Kate Muir, film critic, The Times
The jury for the Grierson Award for the Documentary Competition includes:
Mark Cousins, director (I Am Belfast) (president)
Brian Woods, producer (The Dying Rooms)Charlie Phillips, head of docs, The GuardianAlex Cooke, filmmakerIain Forsyth, director (20,000 Days on Earth)Jane Pollard, director (20,000 Days on Earth)
The jury for the Lff’s first Short Film Competition includes:
Daisy Jacobs, director...
The 59th BFI London Film Festival (Oct 7-18) has revealed the full line-up of its competition juries and announced that presenter and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker will host this year’s awards ceremony on Oct 17.
The jury for the Sutherland Award for the First Feature Competition includes:
Desiree Akhavan, director/screenwriter (Appropriate Behaviour) (president)
Clio Barnard, director/artist (The Selfish Giant)James Kent, director (Testament of Youth)Allen Leech, actor (The Imitation Game)Kate Muir, film critic, The Times
The jury for the Grierson Award for the Documentary Competition includes:
Mark Cousins, director (I Am Belfast) (president)
Brian Woods, producer (The Dying Rooms)Charlie Phillips, head of docs, The GuardianAlex Cooke, filmmakerIain Forsyth, director (20,000 Days on Earth)Jane Pollard, director (20,000 Days on Earth)
The jury for the Lff’s first Short Film Competition includes:
Daisy Jacobs, director...
- 9/23/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Fifteen candidates selected from 250 scheme applicants; previous mentees include Laura Hastings-Smith.
A total of 15 candidates have been selected from 250 applicants to take part in the seventh iteration of UK mentoring scheme Guiding Lights.
This year’s line up includes directing pair James Spinney and Peter Middleton, who have begun production on their feature film Notes on Blindness, as well as Aneil Karia, Emily Greenwood, Mahdi Fleifel, director of A World Not Ours, and Billy Lumby, whose short won the Pears Short Film prize.
Writers include Jennifer Majka, who wrote the screenplay for BAFTA-winning short The Bigger Picture, Matthew Orton, and Hannah Patterson.
Brian Falconer, producer of Oscar-nominated Boogaloo and Graham, made the cut alongside producers Daisy Allsop, Michael Ford, and Chi Thai.
The final two candidates were exhibitors Sophie Easterbrook, who programmed Farnham Maltings, a creative arts centre in the South East, and Carmen Slijpen, who is developing a new community cinema in East Sussex.
Mentors for the...
A total of 15 candidates have been selected from 250 applicants to take part in the seventh iteration of UK mentoring scheme Guiding Lights.
This year’s line up includes directing pair James Spinney and Peter Middleton, who have begun production on their feature film Notes on Blindness, as well as Aneil Karia, Emily Greenwood, Mahdi Fleifel, director of A World Not Ours, and Billy Lumby, whose short won the Pears Short Film prize.
Writers include Jennifer Majka, who wrote the screenplay for BAFTA-winning short The Bigger Picture, Matthew Orton, and Hannah Patterson.
Brian Falconer, producer of Oscar-nominated Boogaloo and Graham, made the cut alongside producers Daisy Allsop, Michael Ford, and Chi Thai.
The final two candidates were exhibitors Sophie Easterbrook, who programmed Farnham Maltings, a creative arts centre in the South East, and Carmen Slijpen, who is developing a new community cinema in East Sussex.
Mentors for the...
- 7/8/2015
- by mantus@masonlive.gmu.edu (Madison Antus)
- ScreenDaily
One of the people most directly responsible for the design of the "Star Wars" prequel is Doug Chiang, so it seemed only fitting that I would hop on the phone with him to discuss "Star Wars: The Digital Collection" the morning after the announcement was made. Before we spoke, Fox sent over a clip from the extras on the "Digital Collection," and in it, Doug talks about lessons he learned from George Lucas about design, lessons that Disney summed up for me in the following bullet points: Rule I: Silhouette As a designer, you can get bogged down in the minutiae of perfect form and proportions. Doug had to learn to think and draw like a kid again. Don’t worry about the details; they don’t define a design. Rule II: The 3-second Rule When the audience sees something new on screen, they have to immediately connect with this new item.
- 4/13/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Held last month on March 24-29, the Ann Arbor Film Festival handed out awards to a gaggle of experimental films and filmmakers.
The big winner of the fest was Sicilian filmmaker Simone Rapisarda Casanova for his fiction/documentary hybrid film The Creation of Meaning, which won the overall Best of the Festival award. The film tells the story of a WWII survivor who lives as a shepherd in the Tuscan Alps.
The Best Narrative Film award went to Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan’s Episode of the Sea, a neo-realist drama focused on the struggles of a tiny inland fishing community in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the Best Documentary Film award went to longtime collaborators Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat for their Speculation Nation, which examines the current housing crisis in Spain.
Other winners include Alexandre Larose (Most Technically Innovative Film); Jenni Olson (Best Lgbt Film); Kevin Jerome Everson (Handcrafted...
The big winner of the fest was Sicilian filmmaker Simone Rapisarda Casanova for his fiction/documentary hybrid film The Creation of Meaning, which won the overall Best of the Festival award. The film tells the story of a WWII survivor who lives as a shepherd in the Tuscan Alps.
The Best Narrative Film award went to Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan’s Episode of the Sea, a neo-realist drama focused on the struggles of a tiny inland fishing community in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the Best Documentary Film award went to longtime collaborators Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat for their Speculation Nation, which examines the current housing crisis in Spain.
Other winners include Alexandre Larose (Most Technically Innovative Film); Jenni Olson (Best Lgbt Film); Kevin Jerome Everson (Handcrafted...
- 4/7/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Ann Arbor Film Festival celebrates its epic 53rd annual edition on March 24-29 with a colossal selection of experimental short films and features.
Feature film highlights include the documentary Speculation Nation by regular collaborators Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat, which examines the recent Spanish housing crisis; a new ethnographic doc by Ben Russell, Greetings to the Ancestors, which plunges deep into the culture of South Africa; and Jenni Olson’s grand California study The Royal Road.
Short film highlights include the much anticipated new film by Jennifer Reeder, Blood Below the Skin, a narrative following a week in the dramatic and romantic lives of three teenage girls; a new music video by Mike Olenick called Beautiful Things with music by The Wet Things; new animations by Don Hertzfeldt, World of Tomorrow, and Lewis Klahr, Mars Garden; plus new experimental work by Vanessa Renwick, Peggy Ahwesh and Zachary Epcar.
Special...
Feature film highlights include the documentary Speculation Nation by regular collaborators Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat, which examines the recent Spanish housing crisis; a new ethnographic doc by Ben Russell, Greetings to the Ancestors, which plunges deep into the culture of South Africa; and Jenni Olson’s grand California study The Royal Road.
Short film highlights include the much anticipated new film by Jennifer Reeder, Blood Below the Skin, a narrative following a week in the dramatic and romantic lives of three teenage girls; a new music video by Mike Olenick called Beautiful Things with music by The Wet Things; new animations by Don Hertzfeldt, World of Tomorrow, and Lewis Klahr, Mars Garden; plus new experimental work by Vanessa Renwick, Peggy Ahwesh and Zachary Epcar.
Special...
- 3/24/2015
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 87th Academy Awards full list of winners (and nominees).Oscars 2015Birdman wins best film, directorREACTION: What the winners saidCOMMENT: Birdman claws victory from BoyhoodBLOG: As it happened
By The Numbers
4 - Birdman4 - The Grand Budapest Hotel3 - Whiplash1 - American Sniper, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, Interstellar, Selma, Still Alice, The Theory of EverythingBEST Motion Picture Of The Year
Birdman: Alejandro G Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, producers
BoyhoodThe Grand Budapest HotelThe Imitation GameSelmaThe Theory of EverythingWhiplashPERFORMANCE By An Actor In A Leading Role
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything
Steve Carell, FoxcatcherBradley Cooper, American SniperBenedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation GameMichael Keaton, BirdmanPERFORMANCE By An Actress In A Leading Role
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One NightFelicity Jones, The Theory Of EverythingRosamund Pike, Gone GirlReese Witherspoon, WildPERFORMANCE By An Actor In A Supporting Role
Jk Simmons, Whiplash
Robert Duvall, The JudgeEthan Hawke, BoyhoodEdward Norton, BirdmanMark Ruffalo...
By The Numbers
4 - Birdman4 - The Grand Budapest Hotel3 - Whiplash1 - American Sniper, Boyhood, The Imitation Game, Interstellar, Selma, Still Alice, The Theory of EverythingBEST Motion Picture Of The Year
Birdman: Alejandro G Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, producers
BoyhoodThe Grand Budapest HotelThe Imitation GameSelmaThe Theory of EverythingWhiplashPERFORMANCE By An Actor In A Leading Role
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything
Steve Carell, FoxcatcherBradley Cooper, American SniperBenedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation GameMichael Keaton, BirdmanPERFORMANCE By An Actress In A Leading Role
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One NightFelicity Jones, The Theory Of EverythingRosamund Pike, Gone GirlReese Witherspoon, WildPERFORMANCE By An Actor In A Supporting Role
Jk Simmons, Whiplash
Robert Duvall, The JudgeEthan Hawke, BoyhoodEdward Norton, BirdmanMark Ruffalo...
- 2/23/2015
- ScreenDaily
A memorable 87th annual Academy Awards for Fox Searchlight saw Birdman claim best film, director and two other statuettes to tie with The Grand Budapest Hotel’s four-strong haul.
Boyhood, which entered the evening on six nominations and had been expected to push Birdman in several of the senior categories on Sunday night, won a sole best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette.
The film’s time in the Oscar ceremony spotlight will not be forgotten, however, as Arquette paid tribute to her “Boyhood family” and made an impassioned plea for wage equality that spread like wildfire across social media.
Eddie Redmayne from The Theory Of Everything prevailed in a tight best actor contest to deny Michael Keaton another success for Birdman. The popular victory had the British actor jumping with excitement on stage at the Dolby Theatre.
Julianne Moore finally converted her fifth Academy Award nomination into a win for her performance in Still Alice in what...
Boyhood, which entered the evening on six nominations and had been expected to push Birdman in several of the senior categories on Sunday night, won a sole best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette.
The film’s time in the Oscar ceremony spotlight will not be forgotten, however, as Arquette paid tribute to her “Boyhood family” and made an impassioned plea for wage equality that spread like wildfire across social media.
Eddie Redmayne from The Theory Of Everything prevailed in a tight best actor contest to deny Michael Keaton another success for Birdman. The popular victory had the British actor jumping with excitement on stage at the Dolby Theatre.
Julianne Moore finally converted her fifth Academy Award nomination into a win for her performance in Still Alice in what...
- 2/23/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Oscars are over and so here is the full list of winners from The 87th Oscars.
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Costume Design
Milena Canonero – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mark Bridges – Inherent Vice
Colleen Atwood – Into The Woods
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive – Maleficent
Jacqueline Durran – Mr. Turner
Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
Guardians Of The Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Foreign Language Film
Ida – Poland; Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan – Russia; Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines – Estonia; Directed by Zaza Urushadze
Timbuktu – Mauritania; Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales – Argentina; Directed by Damián Szifron
Short Film (Live Action)
Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo And Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak...
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Costume Design
Milena Canonero – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mark Bridges – Inherent Vice
Colleen Atwood – Into The Woods
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive – Maleficent
Jacqueline Durran – Mr. Turner
Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
Guardians Of The Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Foreign Language Film
Ida – Poland; Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan – Russia; Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines – Estonia; Directed by Zaza Urushadze
Timbuktu – Mauritania; Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Wild Tales – Argentina; Directed by Damián Szifron
Short Film (Live Action)
Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo And Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak...
- 2/23/2015
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Oscar 2015 winners (photo: Chris Pratt during Oscar 2015 rehearsals) The complete list of Oscar 2015 winners and nominees can be found below. See also: Oscar 2015 presenters and performers. Now, a little Oscar 2015 trivia. If you know a bit about the history of the Academy Awards, you'll have noticed several little curiosities about this year's nominations. For instance, there are quite a few first-time nominees in the acting and directing categories. In fact, nine of the nominated actors and three of the nominated directors are Oscar newcomers. Here's the list in the acting categories: Eddie Redmayne. Michael Keaton. Steve Carell. Benedict Cumberbatch. Felicity Jones. Rosamund Pike. J.K. Simmons. Emma Stone. Patricia Arquette. The three directors are: Morten Tyldum. Richard Linklater. Wes Anderson. Oscar 2015 comebacks Oscar 2015 also marks the Academy Awards' "comeback" of several performers and directors last nominated years ago. Marion Cotillard and Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress Oscars for, respectively, Olivier Dahan...
- 2/22/2015
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
All the winners from Sunday’s 87th Academy Awards.
Show host Harris signs off with a chirpy, “Buenos noches!”
Sean Penn walks on. It’s time for the big one. Best film. Will it be Birdman or Boyhood? It’s Birdman! The movie ends the night tied with The Grand Budapest Hotel on four Oscars. Inarritu, referring to his pal Alfonso Cuaron who enjoyed success with Gravity at last year’s show, says, “Two Mexicans in a row. That’s suspicious, I guess.” Slightly more seriously, Agi also calls on his fellow Mexicans to help build a strong future for his beloved country. Wow, a good night for Birdman and a surprisingly barren one for Boyhood. Pirates indeed, Ethan Hawke, but glorious pirates.
And now Matthew McConaughey saunters on stage to announce best actress. Julianne Moore, five times a nominee at the Oscars is the favourite. Will she get it this time for Still Alice? Yes she’s got...
Show host Harris signs off with a chirpy, “Buenos noches!”
Sean Penn walks on. It’s time for the big one. Best film. Will it be Birdman or Boyhood? It’s Birdman! The movie ends the night tied with The Grand Budapest Hotel on four Oscars. Inarritu, referring to his pal Alfonso Cuaron who enjoyed success with Gravity at last year’s show, says, “Two Mexicans in a row. That’s suspicious, I guess.” Slightly more seriously, Agi also calls on his fellow Mexicans to help build a strong future for his beloved country. Wow, a good night for Birdman and a surprisingly barren one for Boyhood. Pirates indeed, Ethan Hawke, but glorious pirates.
And now Matthew McConaughey saunters on stage to announce best actress. Julianne Moore, five times a nominee at the Oscars is the favourite. Will she get it this time for Still Alice? Yes she’s got...
- 2/22/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Chicago – Oscar! Oscar! Oscar! Say it three times to win it, and you’ll win every Academy Award pool you enter – at least for the nine categories covered here – if you follow the advice of the HollywoodChicago.com “experts.” We have the Oscar magic, so if you believe in it, then we deliver.
Three film writers of HollywoodChicago.com – Patrick McDonald, Nick Allen and Spike Walters – will not only predict Sunday’s big night, but will suggest choreography to Neil Patrick Harris for his opening number. The crew will opine on Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress and Director. As in previous years, the prognostications are broken down into thoughts on who Will Win, Should Win and Should Have Been Nominated (for one last gasp of dissent). The predictors will also take on a wild card guess for several other categories, and the latest odds on the rest of...
Three film writers of HollywoodChicago.com – Patrick McDonald, Nick Allen and Spike Walters – will not only predict Sunday’s big night, but will suggest choreography to Neil Patrick Harris for his opening number. The crew will opine on Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress and Director. As in previous years, the prognostications are broken down into thoughts on who Will Win, Should Win and Should Have Been Nominated (for one last gasp of dissent). The predictors will also take on a wild card guess for several other categories, and the latest odds on the rest of...
- 2/21/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
When the first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929, at an Academy banquet in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, movies had just begun to talk. The attendance was 270 and guest tickets cost $5. It was a long banquet, filled with speeches, but presentation of the statuettes was handled expeditiously by Academy President Douglas Fairbanks.
The suspense that now touches most of the world at Oscar time was not always a characteristic of the Awards presentation. That first year, the award recipients were announced to the public three months ahead of the ceremony.
Today, Oscar pundits and fans alike avidly watch the precursor and guild awards to ultimately make their predictions in the 24 categories. Academy members have cast their ballots, so now it’s our turn for our Oscar picks.
Need some help in that office Oscar pool or at the party you’re throwing at home? Wamg is here to help.
The suspense that now touches most of the world at Oscar time was not always a characteristic of the Awards presentation. That first year, the award recipients were announced to the public three months ahead of the ceremony.
Today, Oscar pundits and fans alike avidly watch the precursor and guild awards to ultimately make their predictions in the 24 categories. Academy members have cast their ballots, so now it’s our turn for our Oscar picks.
Need some help in that office Oscar pool or at the party you’re throwing at home? Wamg is here to help.
- 2/19/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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By Melissa Thompson, Gary Salem and Michelle McCue
Oscar Week 2015 has arrived. The week kicked off with the filmmakers of the Oscar nominated short films.
Actor Sean Astin hosted the Academy’s “Oscar Celebrates: Shorts” event on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Astin was a perfect choice. His short film Kangaroo Court was nominated for an Oscar back in 1995, and its quite obvious he has a passion for the genre.
He spoke about what it was like when he was nominated in that category and being excited about the possibility of winning (It was actually a tie between 2 shorts that year, and his film was not one of them). Said Astin wryly, “I told myself we probably came in 3rd.”
He was very engaging in Q&A panel and asked the perfect smart and brief questions to keep things moving along.
By Melissa Thompson, Gary Salem and Michelle McCue
Oscar Week 2015 has arrived. The week kicked off with the filmmakers of the Oscar nominated short films.
Actor Sean Astin hosted the Academy’s “Oscar Celebrates: Shorts” event on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Astin was a perfect choice. His short film Kangaroo Court was nominated for an Oscar back in 1995, and its quite obvious he has a passion for the genre.
He spoke about what it was like when he was nominated in that category and being excited about the possibility of winning (It was actually a tie between 2 shorts that year, and his film was not one of them). Said Astin wryly, “I told myself we probably came in 3rd.”
He was very engaging in Q&A panel and asked the perfect smart and brief questions to keep things moving along.
- 2/18/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The guilds, British Academy (BAFTA) and critics have all had their say. We're now four days from the 87th annual Academy Awards, so it's time to finally analyze the race for the wins. Most categories are fairly predictable, but there are some wildcards. While I expect "The Grand Budapest Hotel" to take more than its share of craft categories, with "American Sniper" and possibly "Birdman" doing well, too, it's fair to say we won't be seeing a year like last year, where "Gravity" took six of 10 categories, and "The Great Gatsby" took two more. More interesting is what I suspect will be a trend of repeat Oscar winners. I'm guessing the winners in most categories (Cinematography, Costume Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects) will have already thanked the Academy before. While most of these winners would be deserving, several big names will still be waiting for their first statuettes.
- 2/18/2015
- by Gerard Kennedy
- Hitfix
With the Oscars just around the corner, it’s time to lay down my predictions for all 24 categories. While, as usual, most categories seem like a pretty solid lock, there’s always the possibility of a surprise or two, so let’s get right to it.
Best Animated Short Film
“The Bigger Picture” Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
“The Dam Keeper” Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
“Feast” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
“Me and My Moulton” Torill Kove
“A Single Life” Joris Oprins
Best Live Action Short Film
“Aya” Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
“Boogaloo and Graham” Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
“Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)” Hu Wei and Julien Féret
“Parvaneh” Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
“The Phone Call” Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
“Joanna” Aneta Kopacz
“Our Curse” Tomasz Sliwinski...
Best Animated Short Film
“The Bigger Picture” Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
“The Dam Keeper” Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
“Feast” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
“Me and My Moulton” Torill Kove
“A Single Life” Joris Oprins
Best Live Action Short Film
“Aya” Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
“Boogaloo and Graham” Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
“Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)” Hu Wei and Julien Féret
“Parvaneh” Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
“The Phone Call” Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Best Documentary Short Subject
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
“Joanna” Aneta Kopacz
“Our Curse” Tomasz Sliwinski...
- 2/18/2015
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Although Disney's "Feast" has been the presumptive frontrunner for its inventive technique and hilarious story, don't be surprised if "The Bigger Picture" wins the Oscar. It's got a clever hand-drawn/stop-motion look and a funny and poignant story about two estranged brothers coping with their aging mom. 1. "The Bigger Picture" (Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees): Jacobs learned how to paint watching her late grandmother, Eileen, who mentored her, and this short is a beautiful tribute to her gran. Dark emotions take on animated importance as tea keeps on pouring and filling the room and a Hoover sucks up everything. "The painting and animation comes naturally. What was harder was incorporating the stop-motion element because we’d have quite a lot of things we were focusing on with the animation: characters were speaking, their hands were going in and out, picking things up as well, two of them at the same time,...
- 2/16/2015
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
Over the weekend I watched all of this year's Oscar-nominated short films in the live action, animated and documentary categories. Well, actually, I watched almost all of them as there was one documentary short I had zero interest in watching beyond its opening credits. More on that in a second, but let's begin with the live action short films. And remember, these are predictions, not a ranking of my favorites, though I will be giving an opinionated take on each of the films. Live Action Cheryl Graf and Nissa Kashani in Parvaneh Of the three categories I'd say the live action lot had the largest selection of films I actually enjoyed. Of the bunch, only The Phone Call rubbed me the wrong way. It really doesn't accomplish much other than hammer home the melancholy as Sally Hawkins plays a crisis hotline worker who receives a call from a man (Jim Broadbent...
- 2/16/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
With the Shorts HD package of Oscar-nominated short films out in release, you've probably run into plenty of analysis pieces breaking down the three categories. Here is ours, in case you missed it. In the meantime, though, Shorts HD has really stepped things up on the overall presence of this program. Included below is a video playlist of a number of this year's nominees talking in some detail about their films. This is a lovely bit of insight into a trio of categories that, even with media coverage of the theatrical package, can remain a bit of a mystery to readers. I find myself going in a couple of different directions on these lately. The Best Animated Short Film category, for instance, features a number of enticing choices. My instinct has been "The Dam Keeper" since I first got a look at everything a few months ago, but of course...
- 2/14/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
The 2015 Oscar Nominated Animation Shorts are currently playing in St. Louis at Landmark’s The Tivoli Theater
Another Oscar ceremony coming up and another batch of wondrous short subjects animated in a variety of styles.
A Single Life by Job, Joris and Marieke is a very funny, clever and even touching computer animation in which a 45 rpm record becomes a time machine and can boost the listener, a single woman, into the past or future depending on where the needle is dropped on the record. An entire, single life in less than 3 minutes.
A Bus Story by Tali is from the National Film Board of Canada and is somewhat similar to the animated films Norman McClaren used to produce for them. A shy, wistful woman dreams of being a bus driver and “waving to everybody.” Her dream job rapidly escalates into a series of nightmarish episodes. Not to worry, everything...
Another Oscar ceremony coming up and another batch of wondrous short subjects animated in a variety of styles.
A Single Life by Job, Joris and Marieke is a very funny, clever and even touching computer animation in which a 45 rpm record becomes a time machine and can boost the listener, a single woman, into the past or future depending on where the needle is dropped on the record. An entire, single life in less than 3 minutes.
A Bus Story by Tali is from the National Film Board of Canada and is somewhat similar to the animated films Norman McClaren used to produce for them. A shy, wistful woman dreams of being a bus driver and “waving to everybody.” Her dream job rapidly escalates into a series of nightmarish episodes. Not to worry, everything...
- 2/13/2015
- by Sam Moffitt
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
From BAFTA to DGA, the Latest Winners this Awards Season
With the Oscars upon us, the awards season is almost over! But the last trek to the Academy Awards include many guild awards and of course, BAFTA! So here.s the latest congratulatory awards list of the winners from BAFTA to DGA, from Annie to Ace and everything in between!
Your full BAFTA winners (winners are highlighted):
Best Film
Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
The Imitation Game Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
The Theory Of Everything Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
Director
Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Boyhood Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
The Theory Of Everything James Marsh
Whiplash Damien Chazelle
Leading Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch The Imitation Game
Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything...
With the Oscars upon us, the awards season is almost over! But the last trek to the Academy Awards include many guild awards and of course, BAFTA! So here.s the latest congratulatory awards list of the winners from BAFTA to DGA, from Annie to Ace and everything in between!
Your full BAFTA winners (winners are highlighted):
Best Film
Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
The Imitation Game Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
The Theory Of Everything Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten
Director
Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Boyhood Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
The Theory Of Everything James Marsh
Whiplash Damien Chazelle
Leading Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch The Imitation Game
Eddie Redmayne The Theory of Everything...
- 2/9/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Royal Opera House in London was the place to be on Sunday (February 8) as the 2015 BAFTA Film Awards took over with a host of huge stars.
While there were many deserving hopefuls in each and every category, only one lucky winner got to take home the hardware and thereby claim BAFTA prominence.
The night’s big victories included Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor for “The Theory of Everything”), Julianne Moore (Best Actress for “Still Alice”) and “Boyhood” (Best Film). “The Theory of Everything” also won Best British Film, while “The Grand Budapest Hotel” took home a total of five awards including Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
The complete list of 2015 BAFTA Film Awards winners is:
Best film
Birdman
Boyhood - Winner
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Outstanding British film
'71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
The Theory of Everything - Winner
Under The Skin...
While there were many deserving hopefuls in each and every category, only one lucky winner got to take home the hardware and thereby claim BAFTA prominence.
The night’s big victories included Eddie Redmayne (Best Actor for “The Theory of Everything”), Julianne Moore (Best Actress for “Still Alice”) and “Boyhood” (Best Film). “The Theory of Everything” also won Best British Film, while “The Grand Budapest Hotel” took home a total of five awards including Best Costume Design and Best Production Design.
The complete list of 2015 BAFTA Film Awards winners is:
Best film
Birdman
Boyhood - Winner
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Outstanding British film
'71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
The Theory of Everything - Winner
Under The Skin...
- 2/9/2015
- GossipCenter
BAFTA/Marc Hoberman
Known as the British Oscars, the Ee British Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday.
Boyhood was the big winner at the BAFTAs with wins for Best Film, Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette).
The Theory Of Everything took Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay and Leading Actor – Eddie Redmayne. Julianne Moore won Leading Actress for Still Alice.
Three wins went to Whiplash for Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, Editing and Sound.
The Grand Budapest Hotel won five awards for Costume Design, Production Design, Make Up & Hair and Original Music, with Wes Anderson winning his first BAFTA for Original Screenplay.
Emmanuel Lubezki received the BAFTA for Cinematography for Birdman, having won this category twice previously, most recently in 2014. On Saturday, Inarritu took home the top prize at the Directors’ Guild of America Awards for Birdman.
The Lego Movie received the BAFTA for Animated Film, and...
Known as the British Oscars, the Ee British Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday.
Boyhood was the big winner at the BAFTAs with wins for Best Film, Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette).
The Theory Of Everything took Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay and Leading Actor – Eddie Redmayne. Julianne Moore won Leading Actress for Still Alice.
Three wins went to Whiplash for Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, Editing and Sound.
The Grand Budapest Hotel won five awards for Costume Design, Production Design, Make Up & Hair and Original Music, with Wes Anderson winning his first BAFTA for Original Screenplay.
Emmanuel Lubezki received the BAFTA for Cinematography for Birdman, having won this category twice previously, most recently in 2014. On Saturday, Inarritu took home the top prize at the Directors’ Guild of America Awards for Birdman.
The Lego Movie received the BAFTA for Animated Film, and...
- 2/8/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Ee British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) are hailed as the British Oscars, and on Sunday, Feb. 8, Hollywood's biggest stars gathered across the pond in London, England to see who would be taking home statues. Is this a foreshadow as to what we can expect at this year's Academy Awards?
Photos: And the Oscar Nominees Are...
Here's the full list of winners from the big awards show, held at the Royal Opera House.
Best Film: Boyhood
Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Leading Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
News: 7 Oscar Nominations We Actually Wanted to See Happen
Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Outstanding British Film: The Theory of Everything
Video: 2015 Oscar Nominees Play 'Would You Rather?'
Original Music: The Grand Budapest Hotel
British Short Animation: The Bigger Picture
British Short Film: Boogaloo And Graham
Documentary: Citizenfour
Video: Channing Tatum, Reese Witherspoon Reveal Childhood Nicknames
Editing: Whiplash
Production Design: The Grand...
Photos: And the Oscar Nominees Are...
Here's the full list of winners from the big awards show, held at the Royal Opera House.
Best Film: Boyhood
Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Leading Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
News: 7 Oscar Nominations We Actually Wanted to See Happen
Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Outstanding British Film: The Theory of Everything
Video: 2015 Oscar Nominees Play 'Would You Rather?'
Original Music: The Grand Budapest Hotel
British Short Animation: The Bigger Picture
British Short Film: Boogaloo And Graham
Documentary: Citizenfour
Video: Channing Tatum, Reese Witherspoon Reveal Childhood Nicknames
Editing: Whiplash
Production Design: The Grand...
- 2/8/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
Hosted by Stephen Fry, the 2015 BAFTA British Film Awards have been handed out. Here's the full list of gongage beneficiaries...
Please note: don't read if you're following the ceremony on the BBC. The TV transmission is some way behind...
This evening brought with it Britain's biggest annual film award show, the annual BAFTA Film Awards (sponsored by a mobile phone company who we think is now owned by BT, but we've lost track). Presented once more by Stephen Fry, the evening proved a good one for the likes of The Grand Budapest Hotel, Boyhood, Whiplash, the mighty Pride and The Theory Of Everything. Plus, Britain got one up on the Academy, by remembering that The Lego Movie is, indeed, awesome.
Here's the full list of winners from this evening's gongathon...
Best Film Boyhood
Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
Leading Actress Julianne Moore
Still Alice
Leading Actor Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything...
Please note: don't read if you're following the ceremony on the BBC. The TV transmission is some way behind...
This evening brought with it Britain's biggest annual film award show, the annual BAFTA Film Awards (sponsored by a mobile phone company who we think is now owned by BT, but we've lost track). Presented once more by Stephen Fry, the evening proved a good one for the likes of The Grand Budapest Hotel, Boyhood, Whiplash, the mighty Pride and The Theory Of Everything. Plus, Britain got one up on the Academy, by remembering that The Lego Movie is, indeed, awesome.
Here's the full list of winners from this evening's gongathon...
Best Film Boyhood
Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
Leading Actress Julianne Moore
Still Alice
Leading Actor Eddie Redmayne
The Theory of Everything...
- 2/8/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
The 2015 Ee BAFTA Awards were handed out in London Sunday night and while the broadcast aired hours later in the United States, it didn't stop us from chronicling the twists and turns of a show often seen as a bellwether for the Academy Awards. It took home only three BAFTAs, but "Boyhood" was the biggest winner of the night as it won Best Film and Richard Linklater earned Director honors. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" took home five statues including Original Screenplay for Wes Anderson, Production Design, Costumes, Original Music and Make Up & Hair. "Whiplash" earned three BAFTAs including J.K. Simmons for Supporting Actor, Editing and a somewhat surprising win in Sound. Expected Oscar winners Julianne Moore took Leading Actress and Patricia Arquette took Supporting Actress. Eddie Redmayne earned a key win over rival Michael Keaton by claiming the Lead Actor BAFTA for "The Theory of Everything." The latter also won...
- 2/8/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Today saw the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) handing out their awards for achievements in film for 2014, giving top honors to Boyhood, which also received Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. This means that, for the first time in six years, it looks as though BAFTA and AMPAS will disagree, what with the near-certainty of the latter going with Birdman for Best Picture (its wins with the PGA, DGA, and SAG have made it impossible to deny).
Aside from that, we can expect a few other changes, including Best Director, which will almost certainly be going to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman, a prediction strongly supported by the fact that the DGA winner wins the corresponding Oscar about 90% of the time. You can also expect Best Original Screenplay, awarded to The Grand Budapest Hotel by BAFTA, to switch over to Birdman for the Oscars (a Golden Globe...
Aside from that, we can expect a few other changes, including Best Director, which will almost certainly be going to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman, a prediction strongly supported by the fact that the DGA winner wins the corresponding Oscar about 90% of the time. You can also expect Best Original Screenplay, awarded to The Grand Budapest Hotel by BAFTA, to switch over to Birdman for the Oscars (a Golden Globe...
- 2/8/2015
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
The results are in. Find out who picked up the top prizes at the BAFTAs.
By The Numbers
5 - The Grand Budapest Hotel3 - Boyhood3 - The Theory of Everything3 - Whiplash1 - Birdman1 - Ida1 - Interstellar1 - The Lego Movie1 - PrideBEST Film
Boyhood - Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game The Theory Of Everything Director
Boyhood - Richard Linklater
Birdman Alejandro G. IñárrituThe Grand Budapest Hotel Wes AndersonThe Theory Of Everything James MarshWhiplash Damien ChazelleLEADING Actor
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory Of Everything
Benedict Cumberbatch The Imitation GameJake Gyllenhaal NightcrawlerMichael Keaton BirdmanRalph Fiennes The Grand Budapest HotelSUPPORTING Actor
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Edward Norton BirdmanEthan Hawke BoyhoodMark Ruffalo FoxcatcherSteve Carell FoxcatcherLEADING Actress
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Amy Adams Big EyesFelicity Jones The Theory Of EverythingReese Witherspoon WildRosamund Pike Gone GirlOUTSTANDING British Film
The Theory Of Everything
James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, [link...
By The Numbers
5 - The Grand Budapest Hotel3 - Boyhood3 - The Theory of Everything3 - Whiplash1 - Birdman1 - Ida1 - Interstellar1 - The Lego Movie1 - PrideBEST Film
Boyhood - Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game The Theory Of Everything Director
Boyhood - Richard Linklater
Birdman Alejandro G. IñárrituThe Grand Budapest Hotel Wes AndersonThe Theory Of Everything James MarshWhiplash Damien ChazelleLEADING Actor
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory Of Everything
Benedict Cumberbatch The Imitation GameJake Gyllenhaal NightcrawlerMichael Keaton BirdmanRalph Fiennes The Grand Budapest HotelSUPPORTING Actor
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
Edward Norton BirdmanEthan Hawke BoyhoodMark Ruffalo FoxcatcherSteve Carell FoxcatcherLEADING Actress
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Amy Adams Big EyesFelicity Jones The Theory Of EverythingReese Witherspoon WildRosamund Pike Gone GirlOUTSTANDING British Film
The Theory Of Everything
James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, [link...
- 2/8/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Screen is at the awards ceremony in London, updating the winners as they are announced.
After months of voting and campaigning, the Ee British Academy Film Awards are finally here.
As the statues are handed out at London’s Royal Opera House, hosted by Stephen Fry, we will update the list below with the winners. The ceremony has begun! The most recent award will appear first… [refresh the page for the latest results]
By The Numbers
5 - The Grand Budapest Hotel3 - Whiplash2 - The Theory of Everything1 - Boyhood1 - Birdman1 - Ida1 - Interstellar1 - The Lego Movie1 - PrideCOSTUME Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Milena Canonero
The Imitation Game Sammy Sheldon DifferInto The Woods Colleen AtwoodMr. Turner Jacqueline DurranThe Theory Of Everything Steven NobleADAPTED Screenplay
The Theory Of Everything Anthony Mccarten
American Sniper Jason HallGone Girl Gillian FlynnThe Imitation Game Graham MoorePaddington Paul KingFILM Not In The English Language
Ida - Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, [link...
After months of voting and campaigning, the Ee British Academy Film Awards are finally here.
As the statues are handed out at London’s Royal Opera House, hosted by Stephen Fry, we will update the list below with the winners. The ceremony has begun! The most recent award will appear first… [refresh the page for the latest results]
By The Numbers
5 - The Grand Budapest Hotel3 - Whiplash2 - The Theory of Everything1 - Boyhood1 - Birdman1 - Ida1 - Interstellar1 - The Lego Movie1 - PrideCOSTUME Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Milena Canonero
The Imitation Game Sammy Sheldon DifferInto The Woods Colleen AtwoodMr. Turner Jacqueline DurranThe Theory Of Everything Steven NobleADAPTED Screenplay
The Theory Of Everything Anthony Mccarten
American Sniper Jason HallGone Girl Gillian FlynnThe Imitation Game Graham MoorePaddington Paul KingFILM Not In The English Language
Ida - Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, [link...
- 2/8/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Screen is at the awards ceremony in London, updating the winners as they are announced.
After months of voting and campaigning, the Ee British Academy Film Awards are finally here.
As the statues are handed out at London’s Royal Opera House, hosted by Stephen Fry, we will update the list below with the winners. The ceremony is due to begin at 6.45pm (GMT).
With 11 nods, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel has the most nominations for the British Academy Film Awards, just edging favourites The Theory of Everything and Birdman (with 10 apiece); and The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, with nine.
2014 Nominations
(presented in 2015)Best Film
Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
The Imitation Game Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
The Theory Of Everything Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, [link...
After months of voting and campaigning, the Ee British Academy Film Awards are finally here.
As the statues are handed out at London’s Royal Opera House, hosted by Stephen Fry, we will update the list below with the winners. The ceremony is due to begin at 6.45pm (GMT).
With 11 nods, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel has the most nominations for the British Academy Film Awards, just edging favourites The Theory of Everything and Birdman (with 10 apiece); and The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, with nine.
2014 Nominations
(presented in 2015)Best Film
Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
The Imitation Game Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
The Theory Of Everything Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, [link...
- 2/8/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Beverly Hills — This year's Oscar-nominated actors and filmmakers convened at the Beverly Hills Hotel Monday afternoon for the Academy's annual Nominees Luncheon. It's a unique event that often finds a number of talented circuit staples in the same room for the first time as relationships are rekindled, new ones are forged and the reality of Oscar dreams really begins to crystallize. Take "Whiplash" writer/director Damien Chazelle, for instance, nominated for his screenplay. Here is a young man who was an Oscar geek for years, following the race annually, reading sites like In Contention (he was a big fan of the Oscar Talk podcast and skewered me over the weekend for folding it). Now he's standing on a set of risers next to Oprah Winfrey as…an Oscar nominee. His mind must have been blown. "Song of the Sea" director Tomm Moore, nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, was grinning...
- 2/3/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
In the deeply moving “The Bigger Picture,” Daisy Jacobs uses a fresh and unique animation style to tell a story that is full of humanity. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It is extraordinary, the emotion that can be captured in smudges of color. I’ll be stunned if Daisy Jacobs’s deeply moving “The Bigger Picture” [IMDb] doesn’t win this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Short. A tale of two adult brothers coping with their elderly mother’s decline, this offers a fresh and unusual combination of moving paintings on flat surfaces interacting with 3D objects (and sometimes stretching into a third dimension themselves) to create a film that is full of humanity. Grief, anger, jealousy, rage, fear, pity, and love blend in a tapestry of feeling that beautifully captures the confused emotional...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It is extraordinary, the emotion that can be captured in smudges of color. I’ll be stunned if Daisy Jacobs’s deeply moving “The Bigger Picture” [IMDb] doesn’t win this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Short. A tale of two adult brothers coping with their elderly mother’s decline, this offers a fresh and unusual combination of moving paintings on flat surfaces interacting with 3D objects (and sometimes stretching into a third dimension themselves) to create a film that is full of humanity. Grief, anger, jealousy, rage, fear, pity, and love blend in a tapestry of feeling that beautifully captures the confused emotional...
- 2/2/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Is everyone finally ready to move on from the "Selma" vs. "American Sniper" throwdown? It seems so, not just because the ideological battle between them is artificial and increasingly irrelevant, but also because so much else was going on this week -- Blizzard Juno, the Sundance Film Festival, the Super Bowl. No doubt movie partisans were relieved to have something else to talk about. And besides, there was plenty going on in the Oscar race. Oscar office pool bettors: take note.
Among this week's Oscar race developments:
o. The big winners Friday night at the 65th Annual Ace Eddie Awards, given to film and TV editors, were "Boyhood" (Best Drama), "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (Best Comedy), "The Lego Movie" (Best Animated Feature), and "Citizenfour" (Best Documentary). Why should you care? Not just so you can fill out the Editing category in your office Oscar pool (where "Boyhood" and "Budapest" are competing against "American Sniper,...
Among this week's Oscar race developments:
o. The big winners Friday night at the 65th Annual Ace Eddie Awards, given to film and TV editors, were "Boyhood" (Best Drama), "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (Best Comedy), "The Lego Movie" (Best Animated Feature), and "Citizenfour" (Best Documentary). Why should you care? Not just so you can fill out the Editing category in your office Oscar pool (where "Boyhood" and "Budapest" are competing against "American Sniper,...
- 2/2/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
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