Thompson On Hollywood
- Cinema Eye Honors Nominees: ‘American Utopia’ and ‘City So Real’ Top Broadcast Categories
Wednesday - 10/20/2021 - 06:08 PM"City So Real" and "American Utopia" lead the Cinema Eye Honors broadcast nominations list with three nods apiece.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Bergman Island’: How Mia Hansen-Løve Found Herself (And Her Work) in Her Most Personal Film Yet
Thursday - 10/14/2021 - 10:30 AMMia Hansen-Løve had long wanted to make an autofiction about married auteurs, but as she tells IndieWire, it didn't quite click until Ingmar Bergman died.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘The First Wave’: Why Were Film Festivals Too Scared to Show Matthew Heineman’s Covid Doc?
Wednesday - 10/06/2021 - 02:00 PMThe Hamptons stepped up to show audiences the Oscar nominee's latest film, which makes viewers weep.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - We Need the Academy Awards to Save the Movies That Only Get Made Because Oscars Exist
Thursday - 09/30/2021 - 03:00 PMThe Oscars are much more than shallow red carpets and entitled narcissists; the film industry’s ecosystem is at stake.
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Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 10:00 AMThe Academy finally built its museum.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet Matt Dillon, Slow Filmmaker: Documentary ‘The Great Fellove’ Was Worth the Wait
Friday - 09/17/2021 - 09:00 AMIt took the actor more than two decades to make music documentary "The Grand Fellove," which has a Buena Vista Social Club-level soundtrack.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TIFF Winners Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Denis Villeneuve Build Oscar Momentum
Saturday - 09/11/2021 - 02:39 PMAs usual, Toronto is a crucial gateway en route to the Oscars, as Joaquin Phoenix, Taika Waititi, Chloé Zhao, Roger Deakins, and Anthony Hopkins will attest.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Benedict Cumberbatch and Kristen Stewart Could Win Their First Oscars
Sunday - 09/05/2021 - 01:59 PMTelluride: "The Power of the Dog" stars Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee, and director Jane Campion, are also in the running, as is composer MVP Jonny Greenwood.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NatGeo Unveils Four Documentaries at Telluride, from ‘Fauci’ to ‘Becoming Cousteau’
Wednesday - 09/01/2021 - 11:30 AMPlus, check out the exclusive poster and trailer for "Becoming Cousteau" from Liz Garbus, as well as the trailer for "Fauci."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oscars 2022: Best Actress Predictions
Thursday - 08/26/2021 - 01:31 PMUpcoming Oscar biopics showcase Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker, and Lady Gaga as a murderous fashionista.
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- Denis Villeneuve Changed His Tune with ‘Dune’ — ‘I Wanted This Movie to Be My Best Pop Movie’
Monday - 10/18/2021 - 03:30 PMWith Timothee Chalamet as his "hypersensitive" hero, the director wanted "Dune" to be more audience-friendly than his "Blade Runner 2049."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Titane’ Wins Tight Race to Become France’s Official Oscar Submission
Tuesday - 10/12/2021 - 01:23 PMIn a three-way contest, the French committee picked Julia Ducournau's polarizing Cannes Palme d'Or winner to contend for Best International Feature Film.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet the New, Revamped Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 105 Members Strong
Friday - 10/01/2021 - 11:00 AMFinally, the HFPA has entered the modern world, even if they did so kicking and screaming.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sundance Hires New CEO: Joana Vicente Will Leave TIFF to Succeed Keri Putnam
Wednesday - 09/29/2021 - 12:15 PMVicente takes the Sundance reins at a turbulent time of change for the American independent film community.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Oscar Race Gets Clearer After the Toronto International Film Festival
Sunday - 09/19/2021 - 04:23 PMToronto amplifies buzz from Venice and Telluride, and intros new players into the awards mix.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Fever Dream’: Claudia Llosa’s South American Thriller Is a Likely Oscar Submission — Trailer Exclusive
Thursday - 09/16/2021 - 10:05 AMThe Peruvian director's South American movie is a local Netflix Original.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Telluride 2021 Recharged the Film World and Anointed 2022 Awards Contenders
Wednesday - 09/08/2021 - 09:15 AMTelluride went off with a few hitches, but the festival built a groundswell for several fall players heading toward the Oscars.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meet Your New Oscar Contenders: Will Smith, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and So Many More
Saturday - 09/04/2021 - 09:00 AMDon't forget Peter Dinklage, Olivia Colman, and the crafts of "Dune." Telluride and Venice have just begun, but awards season is already in full swing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Fact and Fiction of CinemaCon 2021, from Dying Arthouses to Consumer Confidence
Friday - 08/27/2021 - 06:18 PMTheater owners licked their wounds and rallied around movies that will lure audiences, from "No Time to Die" to day-and-date "Dune."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - At CinemaCon, Embattled Film Industry Leaders Rally the Troops with Hopes of a Comeback
Tuesday - 08/24/2021 - 05:14 PM"Simultaneous release DOES. NOT. WORK.
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- From Alex Gibney to Steve James, 19 Documentarians Will Make You Ache for the Loss of Diane Weyermann
Tuesday - 10/19/2021 - 09:30 AM“She changed the face of the documentary." After losing her battle with cancer, Weyermann's champions sent IndieWire a flood of tributes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oscars 2022: Best International Feature Film Predictions
Saturday - 10/09/2021 - 10:25 AMThe international feature committee voters will have a short window for watching the contenders, in the second year they can watch at home.
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Monday - 10/04/2021 - 04:09 PMOscar perennials vie against newcomers in a competitive race.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘The Guilty’: How Jake Gyllenhaal Used His Broadway Chops to Pull Off a Pandemic Thriller in 11 Days
Tuesday - 09/28/2021 - 12:30 PMWhat's next?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Enters Oscar Race with Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 07:30 PMJoel Coen's Shakespeare adaptation is a contender: Best Picture, actor Denzel Washington, actress Frances McDormand, Director, and more.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inside Christopher Nolan’s Move to Universal, the Only Studio That Made Sense for His Atom Bomb Movie
Tuesday - 09/14/2021 - 06:00 PMHow far will Universal bend to give Nolan the theatrical run that he wants?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As Paramount Chief Jim Gianopulos Leaves the Studio, We Also Say Goodbye to Old Hollywood
Friday - 09/10/2021 - 05:00 PMAs studios eagerly feed their movies to the gaping streaming maw, they risk losing the magic of theaters and the branding that comes with it.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Festival Season Rolls Out Awards Contenders at Venice and Telluride, from ‘Belfast’ to ‘King Richard’
Friday - 09/03/2021 - 09:00 AMA feast of awards contenders are unspooling over this week, as media and press try to keep up with them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oscars 2022: Best Supporting Actress Predictions
Sunday - 08/29/2021 - 10:38 AMVeteran winners vie for Oscars against newcomers in a crowded field.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How ‘WandaVision’ Showrunner Jac Schaeffer Joined the Marvel Brain Trust
Monday - 08/23/2021 - 03:45 PM"WandaVision" is a Marvel of complicated characters and world building that juggles time, space, marital bliss, grief, and existential dread.
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