Best of the Week: Indie Spirit Noms Shake Up Awards Race, Things I Learned at First ‘American Hustle’ Screening, Oscar Contender Interviews and More
Best of the Week: Indie Spirit Noms Shake Up Awards Race, Things I Learned at First 'American Hustle' Screening, Oscar Contender Interviews and More
TOH!
Nov 30, 2013 2:39 pm
The top stories of the week from TOH!
Awards:
Documentary Nominations Roundup: Which Films Are Leading the Pack?
Indie Spirit Nominees, Frontrunners, Disappointments, Oscar Impact: “12 Years a Slave,” “Nebraska,” “All Is Lost” Lead the Pack
Box Office:
“Philomena” Off to Strong Start, “Nebraska” Second Weekend Lags
Weekend Top Ten: “Catching Fire” and “Frozen” Take Off
Features:
50th Anniversary of JFK Assassination: Why It Was Only Lee Harvey Oswald Who Shot President Kennedy (VIDEO)
“Best Man Holiday,” “Black Nativity” and “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas” Join Banner Year for Black Filmmakers
Crafts Roundup: The Year of Cinematographers Capturing Turmoil On Screen
Happy Thanksgiving! Ten Dysfunctional Family Films to Bring You All Together — Or Not
On Landing My First Job in the Business on Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets”
Interviews:
After Years in Shadow, Indie Spirit Nominee “20 Years from Stardom” Lets Backup Singers Take Center Stage (UPDATED)
Breaking Down How “Catching Fire” Became a Record-Breaking Blockbuster
Christian Bale Holds His Roles to a High Standard, from “American Hustle” to “Out of the Furnace”
Composer Nicholas Britell Talks the Powerful Spiritual-Field Songs in “12 Years a Slave”
Emma Thompson Talks Oscars, Herpes, “Saving Mr. Banks,” and Talking Back to Ang Lee in “A Life in Pictures” BAFTA Q&A
Emmanuel Lubezki Talks the Virtual Cinematography of “Gravity,” How a Peter Gabriel Concert Helped Him Visualize the Film and More
The Liberation of Harrison Ford, Character Actor: “It’s risky every time you go out” (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)
News:
“Charlie Countryman” and “Wolf of Wall Street” Make Sex Scene Trims for R Rating; Evan Rachel Wood Vents Against MPAA
Things I Learned at the First Screening of David O. Russell’s “American Hustle”
Weinsteins Go New Media with “August: Osage County” as Streep Limits Press Access, Pursue Awards Influencers in New Way (STREEP TALKS VIDEO)
Reviews:
Book Review: “A Life of Barbara Stanwyck,” at 1000 Pages, Builds a Living Thing
Indie Spirit Nominated “After Tiller” Is an Observant, Even-Handed Portrait of the Country’s Remaining Third-Trimester Abortion Doctors
Indie Spirit Nominated “Crystal Fairy”: Michael Cera and Gabby Hoffmann Take a Psychoactive Voyage
This Holiday Weekend, See Musicals “Black Nativity” and “Frozen”
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