Monthly Archives: November 2012

Those Oscar Missed: Best Production Design

Posted on November 18, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Production Design is one of my favorite Oscar categories. This is the category where artists can shine the most. There’s been so much great work over the years that was thankfully nominated (and most of … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Anna Karenina

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Leave it to director Joe Wright to turn a work of timelessness into a bravura exercise of over-the-top theatricality. An intoxicating film of vision and ambition, in Wright’s hands Anna Karenina looks like an impressionist painting that pays homage to … Continue reading →

Posted in Anna Karenina, Films, Movies, Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged Anna Karenina, Atonement, cinema, Cinemtagraphy, Costumes, Films, Georges Seurat, Hanna, Impressionist, Joe Wright, Mary Cassatt, Max Ophuls, Movies, oscars, Reviews, Seamus McGarvey, Wang Kar-Wai | 8 Comments

Criterion Announces Chronicle of a Summer

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

“Chronicling” far more than only a summer, Jean Rouch’s 1960 documentary remains the definitive nonfiction project to probe the nature of moviemaking, acting, performance, and perspective. What a novel idea to film a group of random subjects, screen their footage … Continue reading →

Posted in Chronicle of a Summer, Criterion Collection, Documentary, Films, Movies, Uncategorized | Tagged 1960, Blu-ray, Chronicle of a Summer, cinema, criterion collection, documentary, Edgar Morin, Films, Jean Rouch, Movies, Nonfiction | Leave a comment

Fincher and Netflix Unveil House of Cards Preview

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

When the best show on “television” actually streams from the Internet, wins an Emmy for Best Drama, and the nation can’t stop talking about it, will the game be officially changed? It’s impossible not to think about this watching the … Continue reading →

Posted in House of Cards, Netflix, Television | Tagged cinema, david fincher, Emmys, Films, House of Cards, Kevin Spacey, Movies, Netflix, television | Leave a comment

Variety’s Ten Greatest Scores

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

In a recent music-centric article, Variety polled 40 composers about the best scores of all time. The article also contains nice tidbits about this year’s Oscar race – including write-ups about Benh Zeitlin’s “Gumbo” style in Beast of the Southern … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Original Score, Films, Movies, Oscar Talk | Tagged Academy Awards, Bernard Herrmann, best original score, Chinatown, cinema, E.T., Ennio Morricone, Films, Jerry Goldsmith, john williams, Movies, Once Upon A Time In The West, oscars, Plaet of the Apes, Psycho, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Mission, The Shawshank Redemption, Vertigo | Leave a comment

OSCAR FORECAST: Best Picture 2013

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Best Picture Predictions (as of 11-14-12): Argo Silver Linings Playbook Lincoln Les Misérables Life of Pi Django Unchained Moonrise Kingdom Hitchcock Considering all the great movies that have appeared since I last wrote about Best Picture, there’s surprisingly little change … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Picture, Films, Movies, Oscar Talk, Uncategorized | Tagged Academy Awards, Amour, Anna Karenina, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, best picture, cinema, Django Unchained, film, Flight, Hitchcock, Les Miserables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Moonrise Kingdom, Movies, oscars, predictions, The Master, The Sessions, The Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty | 1 Comment

Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies Trailer

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

It’s not usually the kind of film I look forward to, but staring ahead at early next year, the most interesting release might be Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies. Levine’s 50/50 was a surprise blend of comedy and drama with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Movies, Trailers, Uncategorized, Warm Bodies | Tagged 2013, 50/50, A Single Man, About A Boy, cinema, film, jonathan levine, Movies, Nicholas Hault, Teresa Palmer, The Wackness, trailers, Warm Bodies | 1 Comment

Homeland, Ep. 207: The Clearing

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

As if slowly letting the helium out of a balloon, “The Clearing” diffuses the tension that made the past three episodes high points of the series and replaces them with divergent subplots that, for the moment, have little immediate pay … Continue reading →

Posted in Homeland, Reviews, Television, Uncategorized | Tagged Brody, Calire Danes, Carrie, cinema, Damien Lewis, Emmys, Films, Homeland, Movies, Reviews, Saul, Showtime, television | Leave a comment

REVIEW: West of Memphis

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Amy Berg’s West of Memphis sets out to be the definitive account of a case that has lingered in the public psyche for close to a quarter of a century. An introduction by Peter Jackson (the film’s producer and major … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Park Five, Documentary, Films, Movies, Reviews, Uncategorized, West of Memphis | Tagged Amy Berg, cinema, Damien Echols, documentary, Eddie Vedder, Films, Henry Rollins, Jason Baldwin, Jeffrey Misskelley, Ken Burns, Nonfiction, oscars, Paradise Lost, Peter Jackson, The Central Park Five, West of Memphis | 4 Comments

Those Oscar Missed: Best Original Song

Posted on November 12, 2012 by filmscorehunter

CONTRIBUTED BY JAKE THOMPSON Best Original Song has always been a bit of an odd category to me. I have found that terrible movies that still get Oscar nominations will fall into two categories. If it’s a bad big budget, … Continue reading →

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