Tag: Marriage Story
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‘Parasite’ Voted Best Picture by New York Film Critics Online
Parasite has been named best picture of the year by New York Film Critics Online (Nyfco). The vote took place Saturday. In addition, Bong Joon Ho was tapped as best director for his work on the film, which also garnered best screenplay honors.Us’ Lupita Nyong’o was named best actress and Joker star Joaquin Phoenix was chosen…
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‘Marriage Story’ Sweeps Gotham Awards, Winning Best Feature
“Marriage Story,” a drama about a painful divorce between a loving Hollywood couple, won best feature at the Gotham Awards in downtown Manhattan on Monday night.The annual event in early December, hosted by the Independent Filmmakers Project, resembles the Iowa caucus as the first stop on the long and tangled road of awards season. And…
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‘Marriage Story’s’ Big Night at Gotham Awards Could Mean More Oscar, Golden Globe Traction
“Marriage Story” just took another giant step down the aisle to the Oscars.While the Gotham Awards aren’t always a precursor of what’s to come at the Academy Awards, Monday night’s “Marriage Story” sweep of four wins at the Independent Filmmakers Project’s annual awards gala should provide even more momentum for the Netflix title.“Marriage Story” took…
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Gotham Awards 2019 Live Stream: Watch the Indie Film Awards Online
The 2019-2020 awards season gets its biggest boost yet with the airing of the Gotham Independent Film Awards tonight. The awards ceremony, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), is made up of 10 awards given to independent features and television series. The show will be live streamed exclusively on Variety.com (page will go live…
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Seven Ways to Produce an Oscar Contender, From ‘The Irishman’ to ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
It’s so easy to make a bad movie, and so hard to produce a great one. Two producers this year each managed the rare feat of producing not one, but two movies that are in the race for 2020 Oscars. Emma Tillinger Koskoff produced Martin Scorsese’s big-budget period epic “The Irishman” as well as Todd…
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What’s Coming to Netflix in December 2019
As Christmas nears, Netflix will ring in this holiday season with new Kris Kringle-themed films including “A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish,” “Home for Christmas” and “A Family Reunion Christmas.”Tiffany Haddish, meanwhile, will be celebrating Hanukkah with her newest stand-up special “Black Mitzvah,” in which she shares how she’s embracing her roots after discovering her father’s…
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Here’s Why Netflix and Amazon Don’t Report Box Office, and Probably Never Will
It’s the holidays, which means it’s another season in which Netflix won’t say how much money their movies make. “The Irishman” and “Marriage Story,” like “Roma” last year, are playing major theaters in some cities. Amazon followed suit and slated “The Report” for a brief, non-reported theatrical run before making the film available for streaming…
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Whose Side Is ‘Marriage Story’ On? (Column)
Do we choose sides when we watch “Marriage Story,” Noah Baumbach’s brilliant and wrenching drama of divorce? The question, on the face of it, sounds facile in a dozen ways the movie isn’t. Rarely are there winners in divorce, and there are two sides to every breakup. “Marriage Story” is a movie that reflects that…
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‘Waves’ Makes Box Office Splash as Amazon and Netflix Stay Quiet
As Oscar contender “Ford v Ferrari” (20th Century Fox) opened well to adults around the country, A24 launched its own claim for awards consideration for specialty family drama “Waves,” starring Emmy-winner Sterling K. Brown. Of course, the point is to get audiences interested so the film can build.Amazon opened CIA drama “The Report,” starring Adam…
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‘Follies’: Stephen Sondheim Musical Getting Film Treatment From ‘On Chesil Beach’ Director Dominic Cooke, Heyday, BBC Films
Follies, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical, is being adapted into a feature film by On Chesil Beach filmmaker Dominic Cooke.Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Marriage Story producer David Heyman is overseeing the project with Rosie Alison at their banner Heyday Films. Rose Garnett of BBC Films is executive producer.Four-time Olivier…