Thursday, December 27, 2012

Oscar Matters/Django Funchained/No/Gatekeepers/Coming Attractions:Birdman

Good Thursday Everyone.   I hope that everyone that celebrates Christmas has had a wonderful, safe and healthy holiday.

You can tell it's the holiday season as most everyone that plays in the internet world of film has dialed their coverage back a bit over the last week or so.  Consequently, this morning's post is a bit under-sized.


OSCAR MATTERS

Awards Daily's/Sasha Stone's last 2012 Oscar Podcast

http://www.awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode13.mp3



DJANGO FUNCHAINED




I got a little crazy yesterday and had some fun vis-a-vis the success of Quentin Tarantino's latest "Django Unchained".  If you have an interest check Twitter and the hashtag #tarantinosequels.




NO

Pablo Larrain's film about the power of media in a political campaign continues toward what is a likely Best Foreign Film nomination in 2 weeks.



Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood Talks "No" with director Pablo Larrain and star Gael Garcia Bernal:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/gael-garcia-bernal-no


THE GATEKEEPERS

Another likely Oscar nominee for Best Documentary, "The Gatekeepers" deals with the inside machinations of Israel's intelligence community.

Jeff Wells/Hollywood Elsewhere talks about and endorses the documentary:

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/12/a_riveting_docu.php






COMING ATTRACTIONS:   BIRDMAN






News was bandied about three weeks ago that writer/director and frequent Telluride Film Festival player (Babel, Biutiful) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu has been attached to co-write and direct a comedy, of all things.  Filming reportedly will begin in March which means that should Inarritu make his third straight film that is a part of The SHOW we shouldn't expect to see it until TFF #41 in 2014.



Here are posts from Variety, The Playlist and The Hollywood Reporter:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118063310.html/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-to-direct-awesome-sounding-comedy-birdman-20121207

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-going-funny-399326

Birdman's very thin IMDb entry is here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2562232/



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More on Monday...have a good weekend everyone!


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