Posts Tagged ‘awards’
 

 

CRITICS AWARDS: The National Board of Review’s Day

  The National Board of Review is an organization whose members are largely unknown (and the opinions of whom are of zero interest), with an existence that gets noticed on exactly one day of the year, like that one groundh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

: GOLDEN GLOBES Live Blog

  This year’s GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS should be even more interesting than usual.  On the Film side, although there are favorites in most major categories (Boyhood, Birdman, Eddie Redmayne, Michael Keaton, Julianne Mo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Anna Karenina”

  ANNA KARENINA – Watch It At Home – Beautiful But Overconceptualized Version of the Tolstoy Classic Joe Wright was introduced to the world with his film of Pride and Prejudice, and it seems like he’s b...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZ OSCAR WATCH: Producer and Art Director Guilds Weigh In

  Two of the Guilds whose memberships overlap with the Motion Picture Academy issued their nominations yesterday.  The first and by far more important (and most eager–they accelerated their announcement by 24 hours,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Golden Globes Live-Blog @ 5PM PST Tonight!

  The leak on the red carpet has been mopped up, the gowns and tuxes have been scrutinized by at least two networks and a bevy of bloggers, and it’s time for the Golden Globes! In a year crowded with Oscar contenders...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Shame”

> Although Fox Searchlight didn’t actually acquire Steve McQueen’s film Shame until last Saturday, in a sense the marketing campaign for the film began when the producers made it clear that the film would not be edi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

COUNTING TO 10: The Tonys

> The Tony Awards aren’t quite like any other televised awards show.  They’re happily, unapologetically insular (and so are the ratings–thank god for CBS, where “young” audience is a relative ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

OSCARBALL: The Critics’ Choice Nominations

  The Broadcast Film Critics Association is one of those organizations that wants everyone to be happy, including the television network (CW) that carries its yearly telecast, so it gives out a number of MTV-like silly awa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Weekend in Critics Awards

  The big prizes this weekend were the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, LAFCA has a habit of showcasing its iconoclasm (the organization has only given its Best Picture prize to the eventual Oscar winner once i...
by Mitch Salem