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Best of the Week: Reviews of ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Lone Survivor,’ and ‘Out of the Furnace,’ Behind the Scenes at Studio Ghibli & More

Nov 16, 2013 3:06 pm

The top stories of the week from TOH!

Anne Thompson’s Updated Oscar Predictions 2014

Awards Circuit: AFI FEST “Out of the Furnace” Review, BAFTA Britannia Awards to Clooney & Elba, Thompson & Penn Sing ‘Mary Poppins’ (VIDEO)

Arthouse Audit: “Book Thief” Survives Critics, Oscar-Contender “Wind Rises” Sells Out Two Theaters

Weekend Top Ten: “Thor” Bashes Box Office, “Ender’s Game” Collapses

CINE-LIST: Five Essential Must-See Chaplin Films (CLIPS)

AFI Fest Review: With Charmingly Offbeat “Our Sunhi,” Is Hong Sang-soo the Next Woody Allen?

“Broken Circle Breakdown” Heads for Foreign-Language Oscar, Director Felix van Groeningen Q & A

“Crash Reel” Documentarian Lucy Walker Knows Where She’s Going

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes at Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki’s Oscar Contender “The Wind Rises”

Immersed in Movies: Cinematographer Ballhaus Talks “The Book Thief”

Indie Icon John Sayles Insists on His Right to Make a Black Female Buddy Picture If He Wants To (“Go For Sisters” TRAILER)

“The Unknown Known” Review and Q&A: Errol Morris vs. Donald Rumsfeld

Immersed in Movies: Bond Settlement Paves the Way for Return of Blofeld

Media Players Make Moves: NYT Loses Stelter to CNN, Adds Hoberman, Deadline Adapts to Finke’s Departure

Behind the Scenes of Russia’s Oscar Entry “Stalingrad,” Plus Early Reviews

“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” Review: Darker, More Drastic and Suitably Thrilling

Is Vince Vaughn Asset or Liability on “Delivery Man”? (REVIEW ROUNDUP)

Peter Berg’s “Lone Survivor” Is Harrowing Portrait of Men at War; Wahlberg’s Q & A Outburst VIDEO (Review and Roundup)

This Weekend: See “Nebraska” and “The Great Beauty,” While “Best Man Holiday,” LaBeouf’s “Charlie Countryman” Also Hit Theaters

TV IS THE NEW CINEMA: Episode 7 Brings ‘Masters of Sex’ Into Focus

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