Playwright Arthur Miller vs. Red Scare paranoia: The Crucible and the Salem witch hunts demythologize the concept of ‘American exceptionalism.’
Daniel Day-Lewis
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Kristen Stewart and Daniel Radcliffe with Oscar-winning production designer Rick Carter. Kristen Stewart & Daniel Radcliffe: Bella Swan & Harry Potter together at last Kristen Stewart and Daniel Radcliffe – …
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What is an indie movie? Silver Linings Playbook with Jennifer Lawrence. What is an indie movie? All-star Harvey Weinstein release tops Spirit Awards As expected, Silver Linings Playbook was the …
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Anne Hathaway Les Misérables. SAG Awards winners 2013 Anne Hathaway & Tommy Lee Jones The SAG Awards 2013 are currently being held at the Shrine Exposition Center, just south of …
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SAG Awards: Cotillard to Lead French Charge?
14 minutes readSAG Awards: Marion Cotillard to Lead French invasion? Other Screen Actors Guild Award possibilities range from Jennifer Lawrence to Meryl Streep.
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Amour & Zero Dark Thirty Awards Season Favorites
15 minutes readAmour and Zero Dark Thirty are awards season faves + Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises among Top 10 but Anne Hathaway shoo-in for another film.
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NYFCC Awards: Rachel Weisz Is Major Best Actress surprise + Sally Field Breaks and Daniel Day-Lewis Ties New York Film Critics Circle records.
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Ann Roth: Costume Designer Lifetime Achievement Award + Mega-Rich Powerhouses Richard Gere & Susan Sarandon
13 minutes readAnn Roth. Ann Roth: Academy Award-winning costume designer to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at The Hamptons Film Festival Ann Roth, an Academy Award-winning costume designer for The English Patient, will …
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Lincoln: Daniel Day-Lewis’ Third Best Actor Oscar?
6 minutes readDaniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln: Daniel Day-Lewis for Oscar 2013? Ever since it was announced that Steven Spielberg was going to direct an Abraham Lincoln biopic, film pundits, bloggers, …
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Martin Scorsese: Oscars’ Top Actors’ Directors
4 minutes readUnless things change dramatically (apart from environmental chaos and apocalyptic wars), 30 or 40 years from now Martin Scorsese is going to be the best-remembered name of the current top-five …
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Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer + Betty White: SAG Awards
28 minutes readSAG Award honoree Betty White. In addition to Betty White’s and Sandra Bullock’s speeches, another highlight at the SAG Awards ceremony was much less polished though quite memorable nevertheless. That …
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Sandra Bullock & Meryl Streep Kiss Seals Best Actress Tie
25 minutes read“It’s sort of surreal,” The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow told journalists backstage when asked about her Critics Choice Award victory over former husband James Cameron, in the running for …
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Meryl Streep + Sandra Bullock Have Best Box Office Year
10 minutes readIn terms of box office allure, Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock are enjoying one of the best years – possibly the best year – of their film careers.
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Bill Condon’s Dreamgirls, a shoo-in for one of the five Best Picture slots in 2006 (a shoo-in that failed to make the cut), will be screened as the next feature …
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Gangs of New York Academy Screening
3 minutes readGangs of New York with Leonardo DiCaprio. Martin Scorsese’s gripping 2002 Best Picture nominee Gangs of New York is the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and …
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Javier Bardem Oscar Winner, Kristin Chenoweth singing That’s How You Know and composer Dario Marianelli at the Academy Awards.
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Oscar Ceremony Biggest Surprises Include 20-Time Loser
17 minutes readAs the saying goes, it’s not over until the fat lady sings. Since Amy Adams is anything but fat, that meant another three hours of Oscar give-aways after her rendition …
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Lee Majors + James McAvoy + Keira Knightley: BAFTA Awards
9 minutes readThose looking for hints for the upcoming Academy Awards will be disappointed with the results of the pompous-sounding Orange British Academy of Film & Television Arts. (But check out images …
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Marion Cotillard + Daniel Day-Lewis: British Award Winners
19 minutes readMarion Cotillard & Daniel Day-Lewis among British award winners 2008 London Film Critics’ Circle Award nominations: Dec. 14. 2008 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: Grosvenor House Hotel on Feb. …
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Oscar Predictions: Death & Destruction + Feel-Good Teen Pregnancy Movie & 85-Year-Old Veteran
14 minutes readOscar Predictions: Death and mayhem + feel-good teen pregnancy movie and an 85-year-old veteran actress in her first Academy Awards race.
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Golden Globe Awards: Non-English-Language Non-Ceremony Surprises
15 minutes readGolden Globe Awards: Non-English-Language non-ceremony shockers as less commercial non-Hollywood movies top several major categories.
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‘Critical Thinking’ & Oscar Influence + Eclectic Critics’ Poll
15 minutes readCritical Thinking and Oscar Influence: Can a correlation be attested throughout the years? Are American critics’ favorites Academy Award frontrunners?
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More Critics’ Award Winners: Julie Christie + Daniel Day-Lewis
14 minutes readJulie Christie and Daniel Day-Lewis + Amy Ryan and the Coen Brothers: More Critics winners include Oscar fave Javier Bardem + inspirational French drama.
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Julie Christie Best Actress: 1965 Oscar Winner Is Back
15 minutes readJulie Christie Best Actress: 1965 Oscar Winner Returns while brutal violence is early awards season favorites thanks to bloody Joel and Ethan Coen thriller.
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Gangs of New York (2002) review: Daniel Day-Lewis is the engrossingly cruel heart of Martin Scorsese’s period revenge drama.
Chastain + Day-Lewis + Lawrence: Awards Season Front-Runners
Jessica Chastain + Daniel Day-Lewis: Awards Season Front-Runners along with Best Actress competitor Jennifer Lawrence but with possible French upset.
Killing Them Softly Box Office: Worst Brad Pitt Debut Ever
Killing Them Softly: Brad Pitt has worst wide box office debut ever in Andrew Dominik thriller while latest Twilight three-peats + passes milestone.
Renowned stage and film performer Pete Postlethwaite, who received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Jim Sheridan’s 1993 political drama In the Name of the Father, died at a …
Gotham Awards: Jealous Chilean Maid Surprises + Spanish-Titled Drama Tops Chinese Cinema Night
Gotham Awards: Catalina Saavedra in The Maid. Gotham Awards winners “Kudos to you, great performance,” Rosie Perez told Willem Dafoe, after saying that Lars von Trier’s Antichrist, a dark, sex-filled …
Jon McLaughlin & Kristin Chenoweth: ‘So Close’ & ‘That’s How You Know’: Academy Awards Images
Jon McLaughlin ‘So Close.’ Enchanted song. Jon McLaughlin ‘So Close’: Oscar ceremony At the 2008 Academy Awards ceremony, singer Jon McLaughlin performed “So Close,” the Oscar-nominated song from Kevin Lima’s …
Top Ten Film Villains
Jack Palance in Shane. Philip French in The Guardian: “From the start, the movies welcomed into their midst the mustachioed villain of Victorian melodrama, leaving subtler antagonists to literary fiction …
No Country for Old Men Awards: Top Best Film Choice
No Country for Old Men Awards: Joel and Ethan Coen violent thriller is US critics’ Best Film + More Winners and Top Ten Undistributed Films.