Tag: Cold War
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‘A Quiet Place’ Tops BBC Culture’s List of 2018’s Best Movies
What’s that, you say? You haven’t been treated to enough best-of lists? Good news, dear reader: BBC Culture has revealed its 10 favorite movies of the year, and “Roma” is nowhere to be found. That’s an anomaly, as Alfonso Cuarón’s black-and-white drama topped IndieWire’s staff list and poll of more than 240 critics, is 2018’s…
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‘Cold War’: Why Black and White Was Essential For This Story of Love and Oppression
It’s not often that we get two gorgeous black-and-white movies in the same year. Yet with “Roma” and “Cold War,” we can feast on two very different monochromatic (and digital) gems.But while Alfonso Cuarón (serving as his own cinematographer) created a new large-format aesthetic with his childhood recollection, Pawel Pawlikowski and cinematographer Lukasz Zal expanded…
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‘Cold War’ Dominates 2018 European Film Awards Taking Four Prizes
Pawel Pawlikowski’s celebrated drama “Cold War” may have been snubbed by the Hollywood Foreign Press, but the Polish filmmaker’s European peers crowned it European Film of the Year and honored it with three other awards. Not bad for a film many also thought should have won the Palme d’Or last May.Read More: “Cold War” is…
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‘Cold War’ Wins Big at the European Film Awards
Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Cold War” has been named the best European film of 2018 at the European Film Awards, which were handed out on Saturday in Seville, Spain.The decade-spanning drama, which was inspired by the stormy relationship between Pawlikowski’s parents, also won awards for its director, screenplay, lead actress (Joanna Kulig) and editor.Marcello Fonte won the…
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‘Cold War’ Is the Big Winner at the European Film Awards, Picking Up Oscar Momentum
“Cold War” was the big winner at the European Film Awards, picking up the prizes for Best European Film, Actress (Joanna Kulig), Director, and Screenwriter (both Paweł Pawlikowski). Best actor went to Marcello Fonte of “Dogman,” while Armando Iannucci’s “The Death of Stalin” was named Best European Comedy.“Cold War” also led all films with five…
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‘The Favourite,’ ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Among Screenplays Not Eligible for WGA Awards (Exclusive)
Fox Searchlight’s “The Favourite,” Annapurna’s “Sorry to Bother You” and “The Sisters Brothers” and A24’s “Hereditary” are among the films that will not be competing for the upcoming Writers Guild Awards nominations, Variety has learned. They and a slew of other titles are not eligible due to the guild’s strictures stipulating conformity to the its…
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‘The Favourite,’ ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Among Screenplays Not Eligible for WGA Awards (Exclusive)
Fox Searchlight’s “The Favourite,” Annapurna’s “Sorry to Bother You” and “The Sisters Brothers” and A24’s “Hereditary” are among the films that will not be competing for the upcoming Writers Guild Awards nominations, Variety has learned. They and a slew of other titles are not eligible due to the guild’s strictures stipulating conformity to the its…
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Korea’s ‘The Fortress’ wins top prize at 2018 Camerimage
Cold War, Roma also win awards.The Fortress cinematographer Ji-yong Kim won the Golden Frog in main competition at Camerimage, the international film festival for the art of cinematography.Scroll down for full list of winnersThe 26th edition was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 10 – 17.The Fortress, directed by Dong-hyuk Hwang, tells the story of…
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Camerimage: ‘The Fortress’ Wins the Golden Frog at the Cinematography Festival
Camerimage, the weeklong celebration of cinematography in Bydgoszcz, Poland, comes to a close today by handing out its prestigious Frog prizes. The big winner was South Korean drama “The Fortress,” which won the top prize, the Golden Frog, in the Main Competition. The film directed by Dong-Hyuk Hwang and lensed by Ji Yong Kim was…
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Ji Yong Kim Wins at EnergaCamerimage With ‘The Fortress’
South Korean cinematographer Ji Yong Kim won the EnergaCamerimage fest top prize, the Golden Frog, on Saturday for the sweeping imagery of his Renaissance-era war story “The Fortress” by director Dong-Hyuk Hwang. Juror David Gropman, a production designer, praised the film’s “staggering beauty and epic scale.”Poland’s own rising-star Dp Lukasz Zal won the Silver Frog…