6 items from 2012
22 February 2012 1:02 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Emmanuel Lubezki won the top prize from the American Society of Cinematographers for lensing "The Tree of Life." He also claimed top honors from both the Gotham and L.A. film critics for his lensing of this Terrence Malick film and is the frontrunner in Best Cinematography Malick's last three movies -- "Days of Heaven" (1978), "The Thin Red Line" (1998), and "The New World" (2005) -- were all recognized in this race with "Days" winning. Lubezki lensed "The New World" and has contended at the Oscars three other times: "A Little Princess" (1995); "Sleepy Hollow" (1999); and "Children of Men" (2006) which also won him the Asc prize. Robert Richardson reaped his seventh Oscar nomination for "Hugo." He won in 2004 for another Martin Scorsese film "The Aviator" and earned his first Oscar for "JFK" (1991). His most recent »
13 February 2012 4:02 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life Following numerous Us-based critics' citations, Emmanuel Lubezki's work on Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life has earned him the American Society of Cinematographers' Award at the Asc's 26th annual awards. The ceremony was held Sunday night at the Hollywood and Highland Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles. An Oscar nominee for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Cinematography, The Tree of Life is a complex family drama starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and Jessica Chastain. The film marked the second time the Mexican-born Lubezki took home the Asc Award; he had previously won for Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men (2006). An earlier Asc nomination for Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (1999) preceded Lubezki two victories. Additionally, Lubezki has been nominated for five Academy Awards. Besides his three Asc movies, he was also shortlisted for Cuarón's A Little Princess (1995) and Malick's The New World. »
- Andre Soares
13 February 2012 3:25 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
In 1991, director Terry Gilliam turned from grand spectacle to moving drama with The Fisher King. Andrew looks back at a well-acted, visually stunning movie…
Effects-laden visual feasts of the imagination are all very well and brilliant, but they are also, apparently, a total hassle to make. Coupled with the levels of studio interference, hostility, and arguments that ensued, Terry Gilliam found himself in the position of just wanting to make something relatively simple. Hence The Fisher King, released in 1991. A budget of $24 million returned a box office of roughly $42 million; it was as critically acclaimed as ever, but a very different beast from the director's previous films.
Written by Richard Lagravenese (writer of Cuaron's A Little Princess, Eastwood's The Bridges Of Madison County, and, sadly, writer and director of two-hour guff fest Ps. I Love You), The Fisher King is a very 90s (fashion, music, yuppie culture, Jeff Bridges' »
12 February 2012 10:13 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Emmanuel Lubezki won the top prize from the American Society of Cinematographers for lensing;"The Tree of Life." He has already won top honors with both the Gotham and L.A. film critics for his lensing of this Terrence Malick movie and is one of the five Oscar nominees. He won this award in 2006 for "Children of Men" and contended in 1999 for "Sleepy Hollow." He reaped Oscar bids for those two films, as well as "A Little Princess" (1995) and "A New World," his last collaboration with Malick, but has yet to prevail at the Academy Awards. Lubezki's strongest competiton at the Oscars may well be Robert Richardson. He reaped his 10th Asc nom for the 3D filming of "Hugo." While Richardson has won two of his previous six Oscar races -- "JFK" (1991) and "The Aviator" (2005) -- he has yet to win over his guild. Make Your Oscar Predictions: What will win Best Cinematograph. »
20 January 2012 9:00 AM, PST | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
Some of my favorite movies happen to feature wonderful child actors, such as A Little Princess (the Cuarón version), About a Boy, Mostly Martha and Little Miss Sunshine. I say that to preface this statement: I can't recall the last time I've been so annoyed by a child actor as I was during the preview screening of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. This is a problem, as precocious Oskar Schell (played by newbie Thomas Horn) is in most of the film. And it may have been the character as much as (if not more than) the actor that made me want to walk out of the theatre halfway through.
Oskar is a very troubled child. His father Thomas (Tom Hanks) was killed on 9/11, and they had an extremely close relationship. Thomas had told his son about a lost sixth borough of New York, and Oskar began investigating what had happened to it. »
- Elizabeth Stoddard
11 January 2012 8:08 AM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Wednesday's announcement of the five contenders for the American Society of Cinematographers prize in the feature film category is topped by Emmanuel Lubezki for "The Tree of Life." He has already won top honors with both the Gotham and L.A. film critics for his lensing of this Terrence Malick movie. He won this award in 2006 for "Children of Men" and contended in 1999 for "Sleepy Hollow." He reaped Oscar bids for those two films, as well as "A Little Princess" (1995) and "A New World," his last collaboration with Malick, but has yet to prevail at the Academy Awards. Lubezki's strongest competiton may well be Robert Richardson who reaped his 10th bid for the 3D filming of "Hugo." While Richardson has won two of his six Oscar races -- "JFK" (1991) and "The Aviator" (2005) -- he has yet to win over his guild. Make Your Oscar Predictions: Which films be nominated »
6 items from 2012
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