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Best of the Week: Top Ten Tom Hanks Performances, Talking Original Score Contenders, ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ and More

Dec 21, 2013 1:44 pm

The top stories of the week from TOH!

Academy Narrows Foreign Language List to Nine

“Bethlehem”: Talking Israel’s Oscar Entry and Exploring the Fine Line Between Friend and Foe

“Philomena,” Harvey Weinstein’s Best Oscar Hope, Comes on Strong; Why Coogan Dared to Be Sincere

Why “20 Feet from Stardom” Leads the Oscar Doc Pack

“American Hustle” Scores Year’s Best NY/LA Launch, Softer “Saving Mr. Banks” Hits More Cities

Weekend Top Ten: Number One “Hobbit” Underperforms as “American Hustle,” “Frozen” and “Catching Fire” Sizzle

Features:

CINE-LIST: Ten Great Movie Quotes from 2013

Crafts Roundup: Best Original Score Contenders Talk Creating Music for Survival, Reinvention and Spiritual Uplift

For Your Streaming Consideration: Eight Unsung Male Performances from 2013

From “Big” to “Captain Phillips,” TOH! Ranks Tom Hanks’ Ten Best Performances

TOH! Ranks the Worst Films of 2013

Festivals:

“Grand Budapest Hotel” Opens Berlinale in February; Is Wes Anderson the Ultimate Euro-Auteur?

25 Years After Playing Young Tom Hanks in “Big,” David Moscow Looks Back on Child Stardom, Penny Marshall’s Direction, and the Making of a Classic

Alexandre Desplat Talks Embracing Humor Through Music in “Philomena” Score

David O. Russell Talks “American Hustle” in Dubai, Redemption, Scorsese and Embracing “Muscular” Cinema

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass Talk Powerful Final Scene from “Captain Phillips”

Why the San Francisco and New York Film Societies Seek New Leaders

“Her” Review: Spike Jonze Returns with a Vengeance with Tech Romance (Q&A)

Review: In Oscar Shortlisted “The Hunt,” Mikkelsen Plays a Man Wrongly Accused of Society’s Worst Crime

Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” a Wild Drug-Addled Tragicomedy with DiCaprio Going for Broke

This Weekend: Don’t Miss “Her,” “The Past” and “The Selfish Giant”; “Anchorman 2” Also Arrives

TV IS THE NEW CINEMA: Shocking “Homeland” Season Three Finale Admits Failure (SPOILERS)

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