New Theater In T-Ride?/Independent Spirit/Oscar Matters/TFF 39 Films/Two Directors

Good Thursday to Everyone!

A NEW THEATER FOR TELLURIDE?

The Telluride town council appears to moving forward with plans to convert The Haney Pavilion in Town Park to an enclosed facility (with financial help from the Festival) which is intended to have it ready as a new theater space for the 5 day 40th anniversary festival next Labor Day.  Here's the story from The Telluride Daily Planet:

http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2012/11/26/news/doc50b393bbb660c659837852.txt

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT

The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced earlier this week.  Here's a list of the nominees via Awards Daily:

2013 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

BEST FEATURE
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Keep the Lights On
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
Fill the Void
Gimme the Loot
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void
Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed
Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank
Rashida Jones & Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever
Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Breakfast with Curtis, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Laura Colella
Middle of Nowhere, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ava DuVernay, PRODUCERS: Howard Barish, Paul Garnes,
Mosquita y Mari, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Aurora Guerrero, PRODUCER: Chad Burris
Starlet, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sean Baker, PRODUCERS: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Francesca Silvestri
The Color Wheel, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alex Ross Perry, WRITER: Carlen Altman

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Linda Cardellini, Return
Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

BEST MALE LEAD
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On
Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
Wendell Pierce, Four

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice
Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere
Michael Péna, End of Watch
Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths
Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints
Lol Crawley, Here
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch
Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)
How to Survive a Plague
DIRECTOR: David France
PRODUCERS: David France, Howard Gertler

Marina Abramoviæ: The Artist is Present
DIRECTOR: Matthew Akers
PRODUCERS: Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre

The Central Park Five
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon

The Invisible War
DIRECTOR: Kirby Dick
PRODUCERS: Tanner King Barklow, Amy Ziering

The Waiting Room
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Peter Nicks
PRODUCERS: Linda Davis, William B. Hirsch

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)
Amour
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Rust And Bone
Sister
War Witch

16th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 16th annual Piaget Producers
Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources
demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce
quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted
grant funded by Piaget.

Nobody Walks PRODUCER: Alicia Van Couvering
Prince Avalanche, PRODUCER: Derrick Tseng
Stones in the Sun, PRODUCER: Mynette Louie

19th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 19th annual Someone to Watch
Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet
received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000
unrestricted grant.

Pincus, DIRECTOR: David Fenster
Gimme the Loot, DIRECTOR: Adam Leon
Electrick Children, DIRECTOR: Rebecca Thomas

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 18th annual Truer Than
Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features
who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a
$25,000 unrestricted grant.

Leviathan
DIRECTOR: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
The Waiting Room, DIRECTOR: Peter Nicks
Only the Young, DIRECTOR: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and
its ensemble cast)
Starlet, Director: Sean Baker

Telluride connections included nominations for "The Central Park Five", "Amour", and "Rust and Bone".

Also I have included links to posts for the Indy Spirits from Awards Daily, InContention and Movie City News:

http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2012/11/27/film-independent-spirit-awards-coming-at-10am-pacific/

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/2013-independent-spirit-awards-nominees

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/the-28th-annual-film-independent-spirit-award-nominations-announced/


OSCAR MATTERS

     AWARDS DAILY OSCAR PODCAST

http://www.awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode9.mp3

     ROPE OF SILICON OSCAR PODCAST

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/podcast-talking-oscars-award-screeners-ending-of-life-of-pi-and-new-dvds-and-blu-rays/

     THIS WEEK'S "FEW MINUTES WITH FEINBERG"

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/a-few-minutes-feinberg-voters-394080


     ROGER EBERT'S OSCAR PREDICTIONS (FROM HOS BLOG)

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2012/11/and_the_nominees_are.html

     THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER DIRECTORS' ROUND TABLE:  AFFLECK, TARANTINO, VAN SANT, LEE, RUSSELL AND HOOPER

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ben-affleck-quentin-tarantino-4-394576



TFF #39 FILMS IN THE NEWS

     "HYDE PARK ON HUDSON" AND BILL MURRAY

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-murray-talks-fdr-comparison-395151

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/movies/bill-murray-star-of-hyde-park-on-hudson.html?_r=1&

     "RUST AND BONE" AND MARION COTILLARD

http://www.hulu.com/watch/428816#i0,p0,d1

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118062441/

     "THE GATEKEEPERS"

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/dror-moreh-q-a-the-gatekeepers-pops-the-lid-off-israeli-arab-conflict


TWO TFF DIRECTORS WITH ONE STONE



I loved Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" which showed at the SHOW in 2010 and I also loved Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" and "127 Hours" which SHOWED in 2008 and 2010 respectively...so when I saw that this had happened...well...

Aronofsky and Boyle discuss directing in the same interview that Fox Searchlight had put together in 2008 when the two men were in the midst of "Slumdog" and Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" so I had to provide the link:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/darren-aronofsky-danny-boyle-interview-each-other-on-directing/?uid=6e9c63f1183d2627a911d0de9748ed1c04590c8c


That's going to have to do it for today.  I'll get a new "Coming Attractions" segment on Monday's post.  More then...

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FAC Update/Oscar Matters/Rust and Royal

Good Post-Thanksgiving Monday to Everyone!


FAC UPDATE:  PICTURE, SCREENPLAYS, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EDITING



BEST PICTURE

The release of "Lincoln" and preview screenings of "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" have shaken the landscape of the Best Picture race...But again, for the second straight week the top 15 stay the same with movement within them.


The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":

Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery

 As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].

1) Argo (1)  
2) Lincoln (2)
3) Les Miserables (5)***
4) Silver Linings Playbook (3)
5) Life of Pi (4)
6) The Master (6)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) Zero Dark Thirty (10)***
9) Amour (8)
10) Flight (9)
11) Moonrise Kingdom (11)
12) Hitchcock (13)
13) Django Unchained (12)
14) The Sessions (14)
15) The Impossible (15)

Comments:  "Lincoln" stays at #2...barely.  The Spielberg film has eaten away at "Argo's" lead.  I really expect that it will overtake "Argo" by next week's update.  Substantial moves for "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" as well.

I saw "Lincoln" this past weekend and, frankly, I think it's likely to win Best Picture.  I still have a lot to see before the season is over, but that's where I'd put my money right now.  I also saw Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" and was not remotely blown away in the fashion that many others have been.  It's beautifully shot but the transcendent journey that it wants to take you on seems awfully flat to me...no transcendence for this guy.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) Lincoln (3)***
2) Argo (1)
3) Silver Linings Playbook (2)
4) Beasts of the Southern Wild (4)
5) Life of Pi (6)
6) Les Miserables (7)
7) The Sessions (5)###
8) Anna Karenina (8)
9) On the Road (9)
10) The Hobbit (New)***

Dropping Out: Hitchcock

Comments: Adapted Screenplay shows the same trends as Best Picture.


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1) The Master (1)
2) Moonrise Kingdom (2)
3) Amour (3)
4) Zero Dark Thirty (5)
5) Django Unchained (4)
6) Flight (8)***
7) Looper (7)
8) Promised Land (6)###
9) Arbitrage (10)
10) Middle of Nowhere (New)***

Dropping Out: Seven Psychopaths

Comments: Still getting one prediction for "The Sessions" in this category and now I am seeing "The Intouchables" show up in both Adapted and Original categories.  If these experts could decide where it belongs it could be sniffing at being on one chart or the other.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1) Life of Pi (1)
2) The Master (2)
3) Skyfall (10)***
4) Lincoln (3)
5) Les Miserables (5)
6) Anna Karenina (4)###
7) Django Unchained (6)
8) Beasts of the Southern wild (7)
9) Cloud Atlas (9)
10) The Dark Knight Rises (8)###

Comments:  With its release, Roger Deakins filming of "Skyfall" has rocketed him from a "barely on the chart" possibility to very nearly a lock for a nomination...wow.


BEST FILM EDITING

1) Argo (1)
2) Lincoln (2)
3) Les Miserables (4)
4) Zero Dark Thirty (3)
5) Silver Linings Playbook (8)***
6) Life of Pi (6)
7) The Master (5)###
8) The Dark Knight Rises (7)
9) Skyfall (New)***
10) Cloud Atlas (New)***

Dropping Out: Django Unchained, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Comments:  A lot of movement in this category since I last surveyed the experts with "Silver Linings" benefiting the most.  As I and many others have pointed out before, there's a weird symbiotic relationship between Best Picture wins and film editing nominations...to win the big prize a film almost always has to be at least nominated for editing...

Final Thought:  It seems that this year's Oscar race may be a three headed beast: "Argo", "Lincoln" and "Les Miz" with "Pi" and "Silver Linings" as possible interlopers into that mixture.  As I said above...my bet is on "Lincoln" at least for the time being.


OSCAR MATTERS

As if to underscore my point about "Lincoln", Dave Poland posted a new Gurus of Gold Best Picture chart yesterday...with "Lincoln" in the lead for the first time (albeit by the smallest of margins).  Look here:

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/gurus-o-gold-thanks-about-to-be-given-the-last-3-films/

Scott Feinberg's latest Feinberg Forecast from The Hollywood Reporter:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/les-miserables-zero-dark-thirty-392127

RUST AND BONE

Gold Derby also has a new video interview with "Rust and Bone" star and likely Best Actress nominee (and TFF #39 tributee) Marion Cotillard:

http://www.goldderby.com/news/3625/marion-cotillard-on-'rust-and-bone'-tragedy-can-bring-rebirth-%5bvideo%5d.html


A ROYAL AFFAIR

Anne Thompson interviews the screenwriters of Denmark's Foreign Language film entry for Oscar consideration (which stars another TFF 339 tributee-Mads Mikkelsen) as well as providing links to interviews with Mikkelsen and Alicia Vikander here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/nicolaj-arcels-a-royal-affair

More on Thursday...

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A Mystery/Oscar Matters/Ginger, Rust, Amour and Royal/Coming Attractions

Happy Thanksgiving Telluride Film Festival fans!

As promised, I have a new blog post up this morning...before I get down to the serious business of thanking and eating...Turkey!  Pie!  Cranberry!  Did I mention pie?

A MYSTERY

A friend from San Francisco sent along an intriguing note this week.  He'd received an email from the TFF folks and it read, in part:

In keeping with our tradition, the Telluride Film Festival's special private screening on Saturday, December 8 will be kept a secret until the showing.  Of course we have been getting a lot of questions and though we cannot give amy clues that will help you guess what the movie is, we would like to provide some useful information.

This is the first showing in North America and there will be no others this year.  It opens in July 2013 at theaters so you will truly experience a sneak preview.

The film's director has previously brought a movie to the Telluride Film Festival and its writer and one of the stars have each been the recipient of Telluride Tributes.

The film has not yet been rated but we expect it will get an "R" for nudity.

The email also included a digital invitation with details and RSVP info.  My friend forwarded it to me to see if I might have any ideas what the film might be.  I'm still kicking it around...but haven't figured it out as yet.  Anyone have any ideas, guesses or wild speculation...comment or email me (mpgort@gmail.com).  

OSCAR MATTERS

     The latest Feinberg Forecast is here:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/feinberg-forecast-updated-projections-14-389670

     The Hollywood Reporter's Actress roundtable with a number of probable/possible nominees is here:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-hathaway-amy-adams-marion-391797

    And some further discussion of the THR actress roundtable from Anne Thompson here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/actresses-cotillard-watts-hathaway-weisz-field-hunt-adams-talk-fear-anger-nudity-gender-at-thr-roundtable


GINGER AND ROSA

Examiner.com talked to the director and actresses:

http://www.examiner.com/article/elle-fanning-alessandro-nivola-director-sally-potter-talk-ginger-rosa

RUST AND BONE

The New York Times talks to Marion Cotillard:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/movies/marion-cotillard-on-rust-and-bone-from-jacques-audiard.html

Jacques Audiard talks to The Playlist:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/jacques-audiard-matthias-schoenaerts-talk-love-balance-bon-iver-in-the-making-of-rust-bone-20121121


AMOUR

Amour has its own website up and running here:

http://www.sonyclassics.com/amour/


A ROYAL AFFAIR

Alicia Vikander of "A Royal Affair" talks to IndieWire:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/alicia-vikander-talks-a-royal-affair-anna-karenina


COMING ATTRACTIONS

Word from Darren Aronofsky (via Twitter) that his new project "Noah" has wrapped.  Which led me to include it as this week's coming attraction.  Aronofsky had great success with his foray to Telluride with "Black Swan" in 2010.  It ended up with a a handful for Oscar nominations and a win for Natalie Portman.  So you'd think that his latest project might be a possibility.  Here are the several links from the past few months for "Noah":

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/back-to-back-terrence-malick-movies-means-no-noah-for-christian-bale-will-michael-fassbender-take-over

http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2011/12/1/darren-aronofsky-wants-michael-fassbender-for-noah.html

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/russell-crowe-liam-neeson-circle-darren-aronofskys-noah-biblical-epic

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/darren-aronofskys-noah-greenlit-with-july-start-date-russell-crowe-locked-in-to-star

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/emma-watson-gets-biblical-with-darren-aronofskys-noah-20120607

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/an-evil-cloud-ray-winstone-looking-to-take-villain-role-in-darren-aronofskys-noah-20120611

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/jennifer-connelly-officially-in-talks-for-darren-aronofskys-noah-20120618?utm_source=dlvr.it

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/anthony-hopkins-is-methuselah-in-darren-aronofskys-noah-20120709

http://www.hitfix.com/news/darren-aronofsky-tweets-photo-from-epic-noah-set

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/darren-aronofsky-finds-his-cain-abel-for-noah-20120730

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-look-russell-crowe-in-darren-aronofskys-noah/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/new-pic-from-noah-reveals-darren-aronofskys-ark-has-a-lot-snakes-in-it-20120925

http://www.justjared.com/2012/10/17/emma-watson-noah-set-with-russell-crowe/

"Noah's" IMDb entry is here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959490/


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FAC Update: Picture & Supporting/Oscar Matters/Amour and Rust and Bone News

Good Monday Everyone...I don't know about you, but I'm staring down a Turkey!

Watched Part One of Ken Burns' "The Dust Bowl" last night on PBS.  It will come as no surprise that it's terrific and very moving.  Also, I liked seeing the credits at the end that included me and the CEO.  Part Two is tonight.

THE FAC UPDATE: BEST PICTURE AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS AND ACTOR

BEST PICTURE

For the first time this season...absolutely no changes in the top 15 films from last week.


The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":

Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery

 As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].

1) Argo (1)
2) Lincoln (2)
3) Silver Linings Playbook (3)
4) Life of Pi (4)
5) Les Miserables (5)
6) The Master (6)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) Amour (8)
9) Flight (9)
10) Zero Dark Thirty (10)
11) Moonrise Kingdom (11)
12) Django Unchained (12)
13) Hitchcock (13)
14) The Sessions (14)
15) The Impossible (15)

Comment:  Talk about a stable race.  Pretty good chance that I'm going to get about 3-4 of these in this week. Excited.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

1) Anne Hathaway/Les Miserables (3)***
2) Helen Hunt/The Sessions (2)
3) Amy Adams/The Master (1)###
4) Sally Field/Lincoln (4)
5) Maggie Smith/Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5)
6) Samantha Barks/Les Miserables (6)
7) Kerry Washington/Django Unchained (9)***
8) Judi Dench/Skyfall (New)***
9) Jacki Weaver/Silver Linings Playbook (8)
10) Kelly Reilly/Flight (new)***

Dropping Out: Scarlett Johannson/Hitchcock and Ann Dowd/Compliance

Comments: Anne Hathaway momentum has moved her to #1 and the favorite to probably win, although the top four women are incredibly tightly bunched as of this check.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

1) Philip Seymour Hoffman/The Master (1)
2) Tommy Lee Jones/Lincoln (2)
3) Robert DeNiro/Silver Linings Playbook (5)***
4) Alan Arkin/Argo (3)
5) Leonardo DiCaprio/Django Unchained (4)
6) Russell Crowe/Les Miserables (6)
7) Matthew McConnaughey (8)
8) John Goodman/Argo (New-ish)***
9) Bryan Cranston/Argo (10)
10) Dwight Henry/Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)###

Dropping Out: Ewan MacGregor/The Impossible

Comments: DeNiro is sliding up and all three "Argo" boys are in the mix this week for the first time.  The "Oscar Underground" candidate is Bryan Cranston!  Dwight Henry cam perilously close to sliding off the top ten altogether.

Next Week I'll update the screenwriting categories as well as cinematography and film editing...and in two weeks, I'll go down ballot and take our first look at technical categories, music, foreign, documentaries and such.

OSCAR MATTERS

     OSCAR TALK WITH KRIS TAPLEY AND ANNE THOMPSON:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar-talk-makeup

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/oscar-talk-ep-96-thanksgiving-on-the-way-anna-karenina-and-silver-linings-open

     A FEW MINUTES WITH (SCOTT) FEINBERG:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/a-few-minutes-feinberg-studios-390757

     OSCAR PODCAST WITH SASHA STONE:

http://www.awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode8.mp3

     MCN:15 WEEKS TO GO:

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/20w2o-15-weeks-to-go-who-really-wants-it/

     THR'S FOREIGN FILM DIRECTORY

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/academy-awards-2013-foreign-oscar-390689

     THR'S WRITER'S ROUNDTABLE (VIA ANNE THOMPSON):

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/thr-writers-roundtable-tackles-politics-death-life-historical-accuracy-with-haneke-boal-apatow-magee-terrio-krasinski

AMOUR NEWS

Michael Haneke's meditation on love and aging is Sight and Sounds Film of the Week:

http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/film-week-amour

Review from The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/nov/18/amour-michael-haneke-review?CMP=twt_gu

RUST AND BONE NEWS

Matthias Schoenarts and Marion Cotillard are interviewed by Young Hollywood.com:

http://www.younghollywood.com/videos/yhstudio/november/marion-cotillard-and-matthias-schoenaerts-reveal-favorite-american-things.html

Marion Cotillard is featured by W magazine:

http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2012/12/marion-cotillard-actress-rust-and-bone-cover-story

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Amour/Rust/Argo News/Oscar Matters/Coming Attractions

Good Thursday Everybody!


AMOUR

Sony Pictures Classics continues its dual roll out of Michael Haneke's "Amour" and Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" with interviews stills and such.  Here's the latest on "Amour":

http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2012/11/13/haneke-handles-octogenarian-love-and-loss-in-amour.html

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amour/366356313450679

http://www.goldderby.com/films/news/3542/michael-hanake-amour-entertainment-news-528174926.html


RUST AND BONE

And also a couple of new posts for "Rust and Bone"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btt7jqfLzLI&feature=youtu.be

http://www.hitfix.com/awards-campaign/marion-cotillard-says-katy-perrys-firework-helped-her-performance-in-rust-and-bone


ARGO NEWS

"Argo" director Ben Affleck will be honored at the Santa Barbara Film Festival as the heat continues to build:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/argos-ben-affleck-be-crowned-389706



OSCAR MATTERS

A couple of Oscar predictors with their podcasts have posted since my last blog entry on Monday.

Here's Derby Talk with Tom O'Neil (Gold Derby) and Thelma Adams (Yahoo):

http://www.goldderby.com/films/news/3589/lincoln-flight-denzel-washington-joaquin-phoenix-movies-entertainment-news-4167093852.html

also from Rope of Silicon:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/podcast-oscar-talk-twilight-pixar-vs-disney-new-dvds-and-blu-rays-and-more/


And The Hollywood Reporter has an actor's roundtable posted with a bunch of the possible Best Actor (and Supporting) nominees involved.  Find that here:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/arkin-damon-foxx-gere-hawkes-and-washington-kick-it-around-in-thrs-actor-roundtable


COMING ATTRACTIONS

Werner Herzog's "Queen of the Desert" is a very real Telluride possibility because it's Herzog.  A couple of caveats...it's a long way away (think TFF #41 at the earliest)  and maybe it gets made, maybe not.  Here are a couple of items:

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35680

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/jude-law-joins-werner-herzogs-queen-of-the-desert-with-naomi-watts-robert-pattinson-20121102


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FAC Update/Oscarologists/Royal Treatment/This and That/New Theater News

Good Monday to All...hope it was a good weekend...

FAC UPDATE: PICTURE, ACTRESS, ACTOR

Here's this week's updated look at some of the major categories in contention for Oscar glory.


The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":

Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery

 As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].

BEST PICTURE

1) Argo (1)
2) Lincoln (3)
3) Silver Linings Playbook (2)
4) Life of Pi (4)
5) Les Miserables (5)
6) The Master (6)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) Amour (8)
9) Flight (10)
10) Zero Dark Thirty (11)
11) Moonrise Kingdom (13)***
12) Django Unchained (12)
13) Hitchcock (9)###
14) The Sessions (14)
15) The Impossible (New)***

Dropping Out (again): Promised Land

Comments: Moonrise Kingdom continues its two week rise up the chart.  As I said last week, I think that's because people have been reminded of it due to its DVD/VOD release.  "Lincoln" is getting a little lift as it gets more exposure via screenings and a limited opening this past weekend.  It opens across the country on Friday.  Will that be enough of a boost to catch "Argo"?  Doubtful, but it could/should close the gap a bit.  "The Impossible" is this week's new addition at the bottom of the chart.  It, along with "Anna Karenina", "Promised Land" and "The Sessions" have danced around that spot for a good long time.

"Hitchcock" has lost some steam. The "buzz" seems to be coalescing around the notion that Hopkins and Mirren are serious contenders for acting nominations but that the Sacha Gervasi film has an uphill climb for a Best Picture nomination.


BEST ACTRESS

1) Jennifer Lawrence/Silver Linings Playbook (1)
2) Quevenzhane Wallis/Beasts of the Southern Wild (2)
3) Emanuelle Riva/Amour (4)
4) Marion Cotillard/Rust and Bone (3)
5) Helen Mirren/Hitchcock (6)
6) Naomi Watts/The Impossible (5)
7) Keira Knightley/Anna Karenina (7)

8) Jessica Chastain/Zero Dark Thirty (8)

9) Mary Elizabeth Winstead/Smashed (9)

10) Judi Dench/Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (New-ish)

Dropping Out:  Meryl Streep/Hope Springs

Comments:  Not a lot of movement the last two weeks since my latest update for this category.  I was surprised that Jessica Chastain didn't pick up some momentum as all the predictors had her appropriately in this category rather than Best Supporting Actress...but that didn't happen.  She stayed right at #8.

BEST ACTOR

1) Daniel Day Lewis/Lincoln (2)

2) Joaquin Phoenix/The Master (1)

3) John Hawkes /The Sessions (4)

4) Denzel Washington/Flight (3)

5) Anthony Hopkins (5)

6) Bradley Cooper (6)

7) Hugh Jackman (7)

8) Jean Louis Tritignant/Amour (8)

9) Richard Gere/Arbitrage (9)

10) Jamie Foxx/Django Unchained (New)***

Dropping Out: Matt Damon/Promised Land

Comments: Also not a lot of movement in this category either.  It is, perhaps, significant that Day Lewis and Phoenix have traded spots at the top which may reflect "Lincoln's" momentum as well as some reaction to Phoenix's recent disparagement of the awards process and Oscar.  Though more recent reports indicate that Phoenix may have walked back his criticism...

Also, Jamie Foxx cracks the top ten and Christoph Waltz (of "Django Unchained")got some votes after it was announced this week that "Lead Actor" would be the category that The Weinstein Company would campaign him in.  It's widely believed that TWC made the decision to clear the path for a possible Supporting nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio's role in the same film.

Next Monday I'll update Best Picture and the Supporting Acting categories.

OSCAROLOGISTS

     OSCAR TALK (Tapley and Thompson):

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/oscar-talk-ep-95-everyones-predicting-lincoln-and-skyfall-land

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar-talk-lincoln-premiere-dissecting-gurus-o-gold-cinematography

     OSCAR POKER (Jeff Wells):

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/11/return_of_kenny.php

     OSCAR PREDICTIONS (Tom O'Neil):

http://ec.libsyn.com/p/9/8/c/98cc572d76a546ce/imdb_2_1.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01cd8530d3ce5eb4f6&c_id=5131562

     NEW FEINBERG FORECAST:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/lincoln-les-miserables-silver-linings-386582




ROYAL TREATMENT

Director Nikolaj Arcel's "A Royal Affair" that showed at this year's SHOW as part of the Mads Mikkelsen tribute (along with his Cannes Best Actor winning turn in "The Hunt") has been awarded the audience prize from its appearance at the AFI (American Film Institute) Fest.  "A Royal Affair" is Denmark;s entry for the Foreign Language Oscar and stars Alicia Vikander alongside Mikkelsen.  "A Royal Affair" focuses on an illicit love affair that leads to revolution...

As a result of its award it showed up in  a number of posts/stories this week:

http://www.hitfix.com/awards-campaign/discover-the-next-big-thing-alicia-vikander-of-a-royal-affair-and-anna-karenina

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/roundup-oscar-hopeful-a-royal-affair-wins-big-at-afi-fest#W0g5k3QEdvj2qjfb.99

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/denmarks-a-royal-affair-takes-387899

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/the-gronvall-files-a-royal-affair-to-remember-with-filmmaker-nikolaj-arcel/

http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Mads-Mikkelsen-raises-profile-with-film-TV-roles-4023608.php

"A Royal Affair's" IMDb entry is here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276419/


THIS AND THAT: VARIOUS POSTS

Taking a look at posts from here and there about other TFF #39 films that appeared around the web this week.

     ARGO

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/night-life/argo-believe-the-hype/article_244d68ec-2bb6-11e2-b780-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-8ball-argo-ben-affleck-20121108,0,4778557.story


     AMOUR

Amour has a new U.S. trailer...

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/watch-trailer-for-michael-hanekes-cannes-palme-dor-winner-amour/


     PAPERMAN

The short from Disney makes the final cut to 10 as does another TFF #39 short "Tram":

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disneys-paperman-10-short-animated-388199


     LOVE, MARILYN

The Hollywood Reporter interviews one of the standouts from the Liz Garbus documentary:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/amy-greene-love-marilyn-385836


     RUST AND BONE

Sony Pictures Classics has added new stills from the Jacques Audiard film to its Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.139236132888135.39961.139234772888271&type=3


NEW THEATER NEWS

A few weeks back, I (think) I broke the story that the Telluride Film Festival was desirous of a new theater and had offered to aid in the project to enclose and update the Haney Pavilion in Town Park as a means to that end.  My understanding is that the TFF folks would like it to be ready for TFF #40.

The Telluride Daily Planet posted an update on that process this week:


http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2012/11/11/news/doc509ff41250c2e575274148.txt

More on Thursday...have a good week!

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Rust and Bone/Amour/Paperman/Oscar Take/Coming Attractions

Good Thursday Everyone...

RUST AND BONE

Jacques Audiard's film starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenearts is two weeks away from its U.S. open and has certainly kept Cotillard in the thick of the conversation for a Best Actress Oscar nomination.  Sony Pictures Classics is accelerating publicity for the film and I have posted some of this week's material for you.

Included is new video from The Playlist and Thompson on Hollywood:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/marion-cotillard-matthias-schoenaerts-talk-rust-and-bone-creating-characters-with-jaques-audiard-video-interview#.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-cotillard-the-whale-new-clip-from-rust-and-bone-20121105

AMOUR

Michael Haneke's "Amour" starring Jean Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva...both of whom are getting some Oscar mention as is Haneke and the film itself...is not set for U.S. release for another month, but SPC is keeping its promotional efforts underway.

The Hollywood Reporter logged this interview with Haneke this week:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-2012-amour-director-michael-386893

And "Amour" has its own Facebook page as of this week here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amour/366356313450679


PAPERMAN

Among the highlights of the Annecy Animation presentation at this year's Telluride fest was Disney's "Paperman" which may be the frontrunner for Animated Short Oscar glory.  The film is now preceding the giant "Wreck It Ralph" in theaters and enchanting audiences across the country as it did in Colorado.

Serge Bromberg, who brought the annual animation presentation to TFF #39 told me that the Disney folks had let him have a sneak peak and that he had begged them to allow him to include it in the Telluride program...which is what happened.

Kris Tapley at InContention/HitFix takes a look at the possible Oscar favorite:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/disneys-paperman-an-early-favorite-for-the-best-animated-short-oscar


OSCAR TAKE

Movie City News has just posted (as of this morning) their latest Gurus of Gold Oscar forecast.  You can find that here:

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/gurus-o-gold-the-first-returns-are-in/


Brad Brevet has updated a number of his Oscar predictions.  Take a look at those from Rope of Silicon here:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions-update-picture-director-actor-animated-and-more/


COMING ATTRACTIONS

TFF #38's Best Film may well have been Asghar Farhadi's Oscar winning "A Separation".  The Iranian film maker was well received at Telluride 14 months ago and rode that wave of good feeling to tremendous success.  I have to believe that he's very likely on the radar for future Telluride inclusion which leads to this week's "Coming Attraction" which is poetically currently titled "The Untitled Asghar Farhadi Project".  I suspect he'll come up with something better.

The film was originally set to star Marion Cotillard, but that changed due to scheduling conflicts and it is now said to have "The Artist" star Berenice Bejo in the role.

IMDb says it's filming and is planned for a 2013 release.

Limited information is available, but here's what I have, all from The Playlist:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/marion-cotillard-to-star-in-asghar-farhadis-next-paris-set-feature-matthias-schoenaerts-lines-up-thriller-the-treatment-20120517

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-artist-star-berenice-bejo-replaces-marion-cotillard-in-a-separation-director-asghar-farhadis-next-film-20120823

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/tahar-rahim-to-star-opposite-marion-cotillard-in-a-separation-helmer-asghar-farhadis-upcoming-french-language-effort-20120521

Its IMDb entry is here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404461/


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FAC Update: Picture, Director/EFA's = Telluride/Amour and Royal/

Good Monday to Everybody!  Hope it was a good weekend.

The most hilarious tidbit I ran across this weekend was the news that John Cusack is putting together a biopic about Rush Limbaugh.  And, you know, I couldn't resist.  I have begun suggesting titles for the film via Twitter.  Look for the hashtag #rushlimbaughmovietitles.  No word yet from John Cusack's people if they like my suggestions...Here's one of them: "Life of (eating) Pie"...

FAC UPDATE: PICTURE/DIRECTOR

After last week's massive 10 category post to update the Film Awards Clearinghouse, I'm back to updating 2-3 categories per week.  I expect to drop another full view of the Big Ten categories sometime between Thanksgiving and the end of the year.


The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":

Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery

 As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].

BEST PICTURE

1) Argo (1)
2) Silver Linings Playbook (2)
3) Lincoln (3)
4) Life of Pi (4) (see above Rush Limbaugh biopic joke)
5) Les Miserables (5)
6) The Master (6)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) Amour (8)
9) Hitchcock (9)
10) Flight (10)
11) Zero Dark Thirty (11)
12) Django Unchained (12)
13) Moonrise Kingdom (New-ish)***
14) The Sessions (13)
15) Promised Land (14)

Dropping out (again) Anna Karenina

Comments;

As you'd expect, a lot of stability as the prognosticators positions harden and a s there are fewer and fewer films that have yet to be seen (no changes in the 1 thru 12 spots).   "Moonrise" probably is getting a little kick from its DVD/VOD release last week (I finally saw it and thought it was terrific...very Wes Anderson-y...which I usually like).  Joe Wright's "Anna Karenina" is the film the suffers from that.

BEST DIRECTION

1) Ben Affleck/Argo (1)
2) Steven Spielberg/Lincoln (2)
3) Ang Lee/Life of Pi (3)
4) David O. Russell/Silver Linings Playbook (4)
5) Paul Thomas Anderson/The Master (5)
6) Tom Hooper/Les Miserables (6)
7) Michael Haneke/Amour (7)
8 ) Kathryn Bigelow/Zero Dark Thirty (8)
9) Benh Zeitlin/Beasts of the Southern Wild (9)
10) Sacha Gervasi/Hitchcock (10)

Comment: No changes at all here from last week.

Next week I'll update Picture and the Best Actress and Best Actor races.


EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS AND TELLURIDE

"Amour" director Michael Haneke

It isn't a secret that there is usually a good deal of European cinema represented from year to year at Telluride. Cannes titles sprout like weeds and there is also usually a decent representation from the Berlin Festival.  Those connections were forcefully underscored this last weekend with the announcement of nominations for the European Film Awards...Here's what I mean...

EFA Best Picture includes: "Amour", "Shame", "The Hunt" and "Barbara"..4 of 6 nominees have Telluride pedigrees...

Best Direction: Haneke/Amour, Vinterberg/The Hunt, McQueen/Shame (3 of 5)

Best Actor: Fassbender/Shame, Mikkelsen/The Hunt, Trintignant/Amour (3 of 5)

Best Actress: Hoss/Barbara, Riva/Amour, Tiesel/Paradise Love (3 of 5)

Screenwriter: "Amour" and "The Hunt" (2 of 5)

Cinematography: "Amour" and "Shame" (2 of 5)

Editor: "Shame" and "The Hunt" (2 of 3)

Production Design: "A Royal Affair" (1 of 3)

Composer: "A Royal Affair" (1 of 4)

Overall 21 Telluride nominations in these 9 categories out of 41 possible nominations.

The Hollywood Reporter posted this story about the EFA's this weekend:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-hanekes-amour-steve-mcqueens-386205

The complete field of EFA nominees can be found here:
http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/nominations/films


AMOUR AND ROYAL

Interviews with "Amour" writer/director Michael Haneke with Gold Derby and Alicia Vikander of "A Royal Affair"  with David Poland of The Movie City News:

Haneke: http://www.goldderby.com/films/news/3542/michael-hanake-amour-entertainment-news-528174926.html

Vikander: http://moviecitynews.com/2012/10/dp30-alicia-vikander-actor-a-royal-affairanna-karenina/

And speaking of "A Royal Affair" (btw...met Mads Mikkelsen at The New Sheridan on the Saturday night of the festival...very quiet and unassuming...which was great.  He was flying under the radar, but when "Hannibal" starts airing on NBC with him as the title character, Hannibal Lecter himself, I suspect his days of U.S. anonymity are soon to be over), here's a post from The Hollywood Reporter with a clip from the film:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/a-royal-affair-sneak-peek-384862


OSCAR ANALYSIS

Both Film Experience and Deadline.com have posted Oscar analysis for where we are at this point in the season.  Check those out here:

Film Ex: http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2012/11/4/november-oscar-updates.html

Deadline: http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/awards-season-oscars-campaigns-toronto-telluride-sundance-cannes/

Kris Tapley and Anne Thompson's Oscar Talk podcast is here:
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/oscar-talk-ep-94-disney-buys-lucasfilm-as-hitchcock-opens-afi-fest

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar-talk
 
Sasha Stone and Erik Anderson have their Oscar Podcast up here:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode6.mp3

Jeff Wells and Ed Douglas have their Oscar Poker up here:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/11/return_of_dougl.php

And here's the latest Feinberg Forecast of the Oscar race from THR analyst Scott Feinberg:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/afflecks-argo-spielbergs-lincoln-oscar-386198

More on Thursday...

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Final Jog/Rust and Bone/The Gatekeepers/Act of Killing/Oscar Time/In Nebraska: Coming Attractions...sort of

Good Thursday Everyone!  One more blog post to come before election day...exercise your franchise!

FINAL JOG

"The Jogger" wraps in OKC

Friend pf the blog, Casey Twenter has wrapped primary photography on his (co-director/co-writer) feature film "The Jogger".  "The Jogger" still has a few days to go on its Kickstarter clock to put together money for post-production extras.  You can toss "The Jogger" a buck or two here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1277883372/the-jogger

RUST AND BONE

Getting closer to its U.S. release (limited on Nov. 23), Rust and Bone and SPC are stepping up the PR around the film including an official website here:

http://sonyclassics.com/rustandbone/

Also, here are links to interviews with Best Actress Oscar contender Marion Cotillard:

http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/73009826/Entertainment/Marion-Cotillard-at-the-2012-Hollywood-Film-Awards

And director Jacques Audiard:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/oct/24/jacques-audiard-interview-rust-bone?newsfeed=true

THE GATEKEEPERS

Dror Moreh's look at the Israeli intelligence community made big waves at Telluride this year and has continued to do so post-festival.  The Jewish Daily Forward sat down with the filmmaker for this interview:

http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/164529/talking-to-israels-secret-police/

THE ACT OF KILLING

Big buzz generating documentary "The Act of Killing" is also creating a good deal of heat/news as you can see below with links to the news that Drafthouse Films will distribute the film:

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/31/4951783/drafthouse-films-to-unleash-breakout.html

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/get-in-on-the-act-of-killing/

http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/drafthouse-films-acquires-us-rights-to-the-act-of-killing/5048411.article

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/indonesian-death-squad-doc-act-384853

Also director Joshua Oppenheimer talks to RealScreen.com about the film:

http://realscreen.com/2012/10/30/mixing-the-real-and-the-surreal-in-the-act-of-killing/

OSCAR TIME

Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter offers his first assessment of the Oscar season at this post bat THR:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/todd-mccarthys-first-oscar-picks-384613

Also, Tom O'Neil (Gold Derby) and Thelma Adams stroll through their Oscar Update here:

http://ec.libsyn.com/p/6/5/c/65c6c068e83ac370/Thelma_Adams_Oscars_news.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01cd8631d9c05d91a4&c_id=5093665

AND FINALLY, IN NEBRASKA...

Last week my "Coming Attraction" was Alexander Payne's "Nebraska".  This week I jumped the gun and put up George Clooney's emerging "The Monuments Men" on Monday instead of waiting for its normal slot today...so...here is a quick addition of updates to both of those films.

First, a story of Payne returning to rural Nebraska to work on the film of the same name:

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121024/GO/710249971/1707#

And a few more links from stories that have posted since Monday's early MTFB post for "The Monuments Men":

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/clooney-will-direct-and-co-star-with-blanchett-murray-in-monuments-men-for-sony-fox

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/george-clooneys-monuments-men-fills-out-with-daniel-craig-cate-blanchett-jean-dujardin-and-more

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/daniel-craig-john-goodman-hugh-bonneville-join-george-clooneys-the-monuments-men-bill-murray-cate-blanchett-confirmed-20121029

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