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HBO Docs President Sheila Nevins Talks West Memphis Three, New Oscar Rules, Sundance, Abramovic

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HBO Documentary Films czar Sheila Nevins is a force to be reckoned with. After 30 years in the entertainment industry, she knows how to adapt. I sat down with her at the Sundance Film Festival to talk about HBO's Sundance docs as well as ongoing changes in Oscar doc rules.
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  • By Anne Thompson
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  • February 22, 2012
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More: Awards, Documentaries, HBO, Sundance, Michael Moore, Academy Awards, Oscars, Awards, Interviews, Interviews, Sundance 2012 Interviews, Sundance 2012

Immersed in Movies: Ren Klyce Talks Sound and Subways for 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'

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For David Fincher, the sounds of silence are equally as disturbing as loud noises. This is clearly evident in sound designer Ren Klyce's Oscar-nominated work for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." Indeed, the underlying soundscape is a freezing, unsettling horror that perfectly complements the disturbing, graphic imagery.
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  • By Bill Desowitz
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  • February 22, 2012
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More: Sound and Score, Interviews, David Fincher, Girl with Dragon Tattoo, Oscars, Awards

Oscar Video: Oprah Winfrey Interviews Viola Davis on Success, Isolation, and Acting

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During Oprah's Oscar Special on Wednesday, Winfrey at her best evoked heartfelt emotion from "The Help" Best Actress nominee Viola Davis. The Tony-winning theater and film actress was previously nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "Doubt" in 2008, opposite her 2012 Oscar rival Meryl Streep.
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  • By Maggie Lange
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  • February 18, 2012
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More: Viola Davis, Jonah Hill, Academy Awards, Awards, Awards, Oscars, Interviews, Video, Video

Weekly Wrap: Weekend Preview, Interviews, Festival Updates, Post-BAFTA Oscar Analysis, In the Works and More

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  • By TOH!
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  • February 18, 2012
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More: Oscars, Interviews, IN THE WORKS, Reviews, Media, Festivals, BAFTA

Terry George Talks Oscar Short 'The Shore,' Michael Mann's 'Luck'

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Last week in New York, Irish writer-director Terry George and I met at the fabled Monkey Bar off Fifth Avenue to talk about his Oscar-nominated short, "The Shore." The Irish filmmaker was nominated for writing "In the Name of the Father" and "Hotel Rwanda" and directed Don Cheadle to an acting nomination in that film.
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  • By Anne Thompson
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  • February 17, 2012
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More: Academy Awards, Awards, Awards, Oscars, Shorts, Interviews

Oscar Watch: Five Questions with 'Footnote' Foreign-Language Nominee Director Joseph Cedar

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The universe of Joseph Cedar's "Footnote," Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film, couldn't be more specific. It's a father-son comedy/morality tale set in the world of Israel's Talmudic academia. It doesn't sound hilarious, but it is...
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  • By Sophia Savage
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  • February 17, 2012
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More: Interviews, Interviews, Academy Awards, Oscars, Awards, Awards, Directors, Genres

Santa Barbara Film Fest Screenwriters Panel: Personal Experience Informs Both Adaptations and Originals, from 'The Help' to 'Margin Call'

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Per usual, this year's screenwriters delivered at my "It Starts with the Script" panel at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Both Writers Guild nominee Will Reiser ("50/50") and Indie Spirit nominee Mike Mills ("Beginners") were digging into their own lives for their often painful and self-revelatory fictionalized stories.
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  • By Anne Thompson
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  • February 16, 2012
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More: Festivals, Screenwriters, Interviews

Berlin Fest: Juliette Binoche Talks 'Elles,' Masturbation & her Upcoming Portrayal of Camille Claudel

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If there’s one theme running through Juliette Binoche’s impressive and varied resume, it’s her desire to confound preconceived notions about the predominantly challenging women she portrays. That’s true of her latest film, "Elles," in which she plays a journalist and mother juggling domestic routines while toiling on an expose about prostitutes.
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  • By Matt Mueller
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  • February 15, 2012
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More: Juliette Binoche, Berlin International Film Festival, Interviews, Festivals, Festivals

Oscar Watch: Indie King Woody Allen PBS Doc Streams Online; Sister-Producer Letty Aronson Talks Overseas Shoots

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Sony Pictures Classics has kept Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," not only his highest-grossing film ever, but also the year's most successful indie release, in theaters for almost nine months. And SPC is still campaigning to win a few Oscars (the likeliest is Best Original Screenplay) to add to Allen's three wins to date.
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  • By Anne Thompson
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  • February 15, 2012
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More: Woody Allen, Documentaries, Online, Interviews, Interviews, Academy Awards, Awards, Awards, Oscars

Oscar Watch: 'Bullhead' Director Roskam & Star Schoenaerts Talk the Edgiest of Foreign-Language Contenders

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"Bullhead," hailing from Belgium, is by far the edgiest of this year's Best Foreign Language Oscar nominees. The film, a tragic allegory set in the world of Belgium's bovine hormone-mafia, has won numerous awards at film festivals since its debut at Fantastic Fest 2011, where it won Best Picture in the Next Wave spotlight and was acquired for US distribution by Tim League's Drafthouse Films. It's hard to believe, but "Bullhead" is writer-director Michael Roskam's first feature film.
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  • By Sophia Savage
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  • February 15, 2012
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More: Interviews, Interviews, Academy Awards, Oscars, Foreign, Directors

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