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True Detective's Cary Fukunaga directs British star in the first competition film to screen at this year's Venice film festival — and the first awards contender from Netflix's new cinema division
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«Maze Runner: The Death Cure» is the highest grossing film of the weekend, but according to studio estimates Sunday, many moviegoers also chose the first weekend after Oscar nominations to catch up with some awards contenders like «The Shape of Water» which had its highest grossing frame with $ 5.7 million.
The first clip and poster for Wonderstruck, based on Brian Selznick's critically - acclaimed novel of the same name, have been officially released today, and it's shaping up to be one of this year's most promising awards contenders.
Sam Elliott gets the role of his long acting career in The Hero, and as he told a packed audience at Deadline's 7th annual The Contenders awards - season event last month, the biggest surprise of all for him was that he actually got to play an actor for the first time.
The first film out of the gate that could be a major contender at the Academy Awards next year is Snowden.
The star of the awards season contender «Molly's Game» grew emotional in recalling her first trip to the festival five years earlier, telling a story of spying on Oldman while he was eating lunch.
The animated family adventure film The Adventures of Tintin arrives first on December 23rd, followed by what appears to be his awards contender for the year, the dramatic and uplifting War Horse.
Then, we revisit two interviews with first - time directors who could win major awards on Sunday: Yance Ford, whose film Strong Island is up for Best Documentary, and Greta Gerwig, a contender for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Lady Bird.
It feels like an obvious Critics» Choice contender / frontrunner for lead actor and series in the comedy races, especially since this is the same voting body who has repeatedly awarded a showrunner / star like Louis CK and even championed Glover's first show Community.
British audiences proved this past weekend that they have an appetite for serious films, putting three of the year's top awards contenders in the first three spots on the box office chart.
Regardless of how much big - screen work they've done before, they make up one of the best ensemble casts of the year, but standing first among them is Tessa Thompson, who gives a revelatory performance that in a just world would be a serious awards contender.
Yes, «La La Land» — the top contender with 14 nominations — had to wait a nerve - wracking two - and - a-half-hours before claiming its first award for cinematography.
The first trailer has almost everything required of an Oscar contender, and audiences might be dissuaded from seeing a movie they believe is purely meant to capitalize on awards potential.
After narrowly missing out on a spot in the top ten back in 2012 with Moonrise Kingdom, acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson makes our end of year list for the first time with his star - studded awards contender The Grand Budapest Hotel, which topped two of our writers» individual lists and just managed to sneak into sixth place ahead of The Winter Soldier by a solitary point in the voting.
As a potential blip, or maybe as a sign of things to come, this was the first of recent years not to have an obvious Academy Awards contender (previous years produced Hugo [2011], Life of Pi [2012], Gravity [2013]-RRB-.
«Get Out» is a best picture contender, and the first - time filmmaker was nominated for directing and screenwriting awards.
As first reported (exclusively) by Variety, several high - profile Oscar contenders will not find a boost from the Writers Guild of America as they have been deemed ineligible for its awards.
Because, in the first place, as I mentioned before, Oscar loves a powerhouse drama, and second, the other major contenders for this award, Penelope Cruz and Maggie Gyllenhaal, while each clearly strong performances, do not measure up to the grit and Oscar - worthiness of Mo'Nique's performance nor to Precious.
The first trailer for new Steven Spielberg drama The Post has been released uniting an impressive cast in what looks to be a surefire awards contender in the forthcoming season.
For the first time in the five - year history of Deadline's annual big awards - season event The Contenders Presented By Deadline, I got to host an all - female panel thanks to Focus Features, which spotlighted two contenders: The Danish Girl and SuContenders Presented By Deadline, I got to host an all - female panel thanks to Focus Features, which spotlighted two contenders: The Danish Girl and Sucontenders: The Danish Girl and Suffragette.
First of all, it's a terrific movie, one of my favorites of 2015 so far, and a legitimate Academy Award contender.
David Michod «s The Rover (with stars Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce in attendance), Kasimir Burgess «Fell and Amiel Courtin - Wilson and Michael Cody's Ruin will vie for the award against a host of high - profile contenders, including opening night selection 20,000 Days on Earth, Berlinale winner Black Coal, Thin Ice, Richard Linklater «s time capsule Boyhood, Tom Hardy vehicle Locke, Two Days, One Night from the Dardennes brothers, and Bong Joon - Ho «s first English - language feature, Snowpiercer.
But plenty more of the latter movies are just around the corner, and Netflix has just debuted the first teaser trailer for what could turn out to be a major contender for Academy Awards.
This is a must - see film with strong performances that promises to be among this year's strong Oscar contenders and Netflix's first feature to compete at the Academy Awards.
First up, The Hollywood Reporter has delivered another one of their awards - themed roundtable discussions, this time with a focus on some of the Best Actor contenders from this awards season.
The first official stop on awards season trail, the Gotham Awards have become a great way of gauging which Oscar contenders to keep an eye on, with previous top Gotham winners Moonlight, Spotlight, and Birdman leaping to the top of the Oscar baawards season trail, the Gotham Awards have become a great way of gauging which Oscar contenders to keep an eye on, with previous top Gotham winners Moonlight, Spotlight, and Birdman leaping to the top of the Oscar baAwards have become a great way of gauging which Oscar contenders to keep an eye on, with previous top Gotham winners Moonlight, Spotlight, and Birdman leaping to the top of the Oscar ballots.
But Yance Ford, the trans male director of documentary feature contender «Strong Island,» is the first transgender filmmaker to compete for an Academy Award.
The National Board of Review, a group of New York - based academics and film enthusiasts, may have little overlap with the Hollywood industry members who choose the Academy Awards — but they also have an established track record for sussing out top Oscar contenders, and being the first to do it.
The wins for The Revenant mark the movie's first big wins in this year's awards race, which until now has looked like an also - ran to supposedly stronger contenders like Spotlight and The Big Short.
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