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Review: 'Meek's Cutoff' Shows The Foibles Of Man & Helplessness Of Women On The Forgotten Frontier

  • By Gabe Toro
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  • April 8, 2011 2:42 AM
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  • 3 Comments
"Meek's Cutoff" takes place in the open fields of the midwest, the year 1845, the land untouched, civilization slowly being built, but where the film feels contemporary, with its period-specific detail, all thick bonnets and dirt-stained wagons, is in its intimacy. Director Kelly Reichardt has made a film where a deadly showdown between "Cowboy" and "Indian" has the same weight as a close-up shot of the strained knuckles of a traveler who has tied down too many ropes nightly.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Review, Kelly Reichardt, Meek's Cutoff, Bruce Greenwood, Michelle Williams

Keepin It Real: Kelly Reichardt Called Bullshit On Modern Equipment For Anti-Western 'Meek's Cutoff'

  • By Christopher Bell
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  • April 5, 2011 6:50 AM
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  • 1 Comment
And 7 Other Things We Learned From Michelle Williams, Zoe Kazan & The Director Who Kept Her Actors In The Dark Back in September of 2009, we heard the quiet rumblings of a new Kelly Reichardt film, thanks to an interview with confidante/sometimes-producer Larry Fessenden with the A.V. Club. The film sounded like a micro-budgeted, anti-Western and we set it high on our anticipated list, waiting patiently for more inklings of news.
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More: Films, Actresses, Interview, Kelly Reichardt, Meek's Cutoff, Michelle Williams, Zoe Kazan

The Playlist Foolishly, and Prematurely, Tries To Predict Best Actor & Actress At The 2012 Oscars

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • March 2, 2011 8:14 AM
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  • 16 Comments
Yesterday, we took a look at the 10 films we think will be battling it out at the Kodak Theatre for the Oscar roughly 11 months and 3 weeks from now. Today, we've made our picks for the acting categories. In this piece: Best Actor and Actress, and coming up tomorrow, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress.
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More: Actors, Actresses, Feature, Gary Oldman, Michael Fassbender, Peter Mullan, Charlize Theron, Michelle Williams, Tilda Swinton, Rooney Mara

10 Pleasant Surprises From The 2011 Oscar Nominations

  • By Edward Davis
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  • January 25, 2011 5:44 AM
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  • 7 Comments
Alright, the 83rd Annual Academy Award nominations are in. Now it's time to analyze, bitch and moan, celebrate, postulate and what have you, depending on your subjective opinion of the way the noms turned out (it's honestly amusing watching the Oscar "expert" bloggers quiver in their boots about the diminishing shine on "The Social Network" even though it still has a great shot at Best Picture; worlds have been accordingly rocked.).
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Foreign Films, Another Year, Animated Films, True Grit, John Hawkes, Jacki Weaver, Michelle Williams, Trent Reznor, Dogtooth, The Illusionist

2011 Oscar Nominations: 'The King's Speech' Leads The Pack With 12 Nominations

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 25, 2011 1:50 AM
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  • 34 Comments
"The King's Speech" sits on the throne this morning, earning 12 Oscar nominations and looking like the film to beat at the 83rd Academy Awards, while "True Grit" follows with 10 nods and "The Social Network" with 8. Not much in the way of shockers this year, but some pleasant surprises in the mix as well as few snubs.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Composers, Musicians, Foreign Films, Coen Brothers, David O. Russell, The King's Speech, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Animated Films, True Grit, The Fighter, Black Swan, The Kids Are All Right, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, James Franco, Geoffrey Rush, John Hawkes, Jesse Eisenberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Jacki Weaver, Melissa Leo, Michelle Williams, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Hailee Steinfeld, Alexandre Desplat, A.R. Rahman, Hans Zimmer, Trent Reznor, Incendies, Dogtooth, The Illusionist, How To Train Your Dragon, Toy Story 3

Exclusive: Ryan Gosling Talks 'Blue Valentine' While Wearing Gloves ("Haters Give Me Strength")

  • By Erik McClanahan
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  • December 29, 2010 6:15 AM
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  • 4 Comments
Actor Talks Becoming 'Blue', The Sweet Nature of Forgiving Girls, And Clooney's 'Ides of March'
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Derek Cianfrance, Blue Valentine, Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams

Review: 'Blue Valentine' Delivers With A Prickly, Raw & Devastating Punch

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 29, 2010 2:39 AM
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  • 0 Comments
This review originally ran during the Cannes Film Festival.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Review, Derek Cianfrance, Blue Valentine, Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams, Derek Cianfrance Talk Surprise Improv, MPAA & Sex Scenes On 'Blue Valentine'

  • By Erik McClanahan
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  • December 28, 2010 11:20 AM
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  • 0 Comments
The devastating but beautiful love/breakup story mashup "Blue Valentine" has taken a long time to come to fruition. When we recently sat down with star Michelle Williams, who gives an award-worthy performance in the film, she spoke of her passion for the project, and how she wanted to make it for more than six years after reading the script by co-writer and director Derek Cianfrance (two other writers are credited, Joey Curtis and Cami Delavigne). But Cianfrance had other plans once shooting began.
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Watch: Ryan Gosling Contemplates Love At First Sight In Clip From 'Blue Valentine'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 23, 2010 4:20 AM
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  • 1 Comment
With a newly stamped R-rating, and a fresh release date bump, excitement is building for the Derek Cianfrance drama "Blue Valentine."
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Blue Valentine, Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams

'Blue Valentine' Will Break Your Heart Two Days Earlier Than Planned, Hits Theaters On December 29th

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 22, 2010 4:33 AM
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  • 0 Comments
Now that the whole ratings brouhaha has been resolved and "Blue Valentine" has received the much more reasonable and fair R-rating instead of the reactionary original NC-17 tag, The Weinstein Company can focus on the task at hand: getting asses into seats for what they hope will be an Oscar contender come February.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Blue Valentine, Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams

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