Showing: Oscars
Season Spotlight: “Argo”
With an impressive run of wins at the Golden Globes, PGA, SAG, and DGA Awards, Ben Affleck's latest is shaping up to be the film to beat going into the 85th Academy Awards. Read why and watch video from our Q&A with Affleck last fall.
SXSW Lineup, Barbra Streisand to Sing at Oscars
South by Southwest reveals the 109 feature films in this year's festival, Streisand will perform at the Academy Awards for the first time in 36 years, Ben Affleck's Argo picks up momentum with major wins at the PGA and SAG Awards, and more news in our FilmLinc Digest!
Gilded by the Guild Awards
We round up the nominations for the Directors, Writers, Producers, and Screen Actors Guild Awards in anticipation of tomorrow's announcement of the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. What surprises are in store this year?
The Thin Gold Line: The Oscar Doc Race
UPDATE: Shortlist announced! We look back at the controversial history of the Oscar Best Documentary Feature award leading up to this year's new eligibility requirements and preview some of this year's potential contenders.
Ben There, Done That
From Academy Award-winning screenwriter to Hollywood leading man to critically acclaimed director, Ben Affleck has proven to be a man of many cinematic talents.
Melodrama and Adaption: The Films of Joe Wright
A quick look back at Wright's small but stellar body of work makes clear why his fifth feature, Anna Karenina, promises to be one of the best films of awards season. See it first tomorrow at Film Society followed by an extended conversation with Wright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard.
Three More NYFF Films Submitted to Oscars
Rama Burshtein's Fill the Void (Israel), Pablo Larrain's No (Chile) and Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's Caesar Must Die (Italy) bring the total number of NYFF films representing their countries in the Best Foreign Language Film race to eight.
NYFF Films Find Distribution; Marshall to Direct Rodman Doc
Iran calls for Muslim nations to join its boycott of the 84th Academy Awards, Ginger and Rosa and You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet get picked up, Penny Marshall boasts her love of the insane (er... game), and more!
“Hitchcock” Joins Oscar Race; Polanski to Adapt “Venus in Fur”
Fox Searchlight has moved up the release of the Anthony Hopkins-starring film about the master of suspense; Roman Polanski will take on the Broadway sensation before his anticipated D; and more cinema news.
France & Canada Announce Their Oscar Submissions
The ever-growing list of entries in the Best Foreign Language Film category added two major films yesterday: Eric Tolenado and Olivier Nakache's The Intouchables and Kim Nguyen's War Witch.
