Tag: The English Patient
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French Oscar Hopeful ‘The Pot-au-Feu’ With Juliette Binoche Gets New Title Ahead of U.S. Release (Exclusive)
The French drama “The Pot-au-Feu,” one of the breakout hits at the Cannes Film Festival and one of the movies that could represent France at the Academy Awards, has received a new title, Variety has learned exclusively.Now under its new title — “The Taste of Things” – the movie will also have a qualifying run…
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The Worst Best Picture Winner Was Also the First Sound Picture to Win
Discussions about what is the worst movie to ever win the Best Picture Oscar tend to go in very predictable directions, though not necessarily for the wrong reasons. Green Book and Crash are often the go-to answers to that question, while A Beautiful Mind, The English Patient, and The Greatest Show on Earth are also…
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Juliette Binoche on Working Naked With Jean-Luc Godard, Growing Old, Going For the New
“You have to know how to reject roles so as not to enter into a system in which women are only seen in a certain way,” said French actor Juliette Binoche on Sunday.Binoche spoke up for women whilst answering questions from the press at the San Sebastián Film Festival where she is a recipient this…
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Oscars 2023: Best Cinematography Predictions
“As previously noted, the Oscar crafts contenders embrace a wide range of genres, periods, subjects, themes, and settings this season, with a particular emphasis on the movies, music, and political/social activism. This definitely affects the cinematography race, which shines a light on the remarkable looks that help drive visual storytelling.This season, three-time winner Emmanuel “Chivo”…
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Juliette Binoche Would Work With “Commercial” Directors Like Spielberg & Scorsese Even Though “Their Films Lack Women”
Juliette Binoche is one of the most accomplished actors working today. She’s won an Oscar for “The English Patient” and has starred in numerous acclaimed films. However, very rarely does she work on high-profile blockbusters such as her role in “Ghost in the Shell.” That doesn’t mean Binoche is anti-blockbuster and refuses to do more…
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New ‘The English Patient’ Adaptation in the Works and as ‘Seinfeld’ Predicted, It Will Be Longer
There was a time in the 1990s when not liking Anthony Minghella’s Oscar-winning film, The English Patient, could lead to social ostracization, at least for sitcom characters on a show called Seinfeld. Now comes word that the BBC is developing a television adaptation of the Michael Ondaatje novel that provided the source material for The…
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Oscar ‘Sweepers’ May Be Thing of the Past
The great sweeper, the film that runs away with the evening’s awards, has a strong history at the Oscars. Three films have won 11 Oscars in one night: “Ben-Hur” (1959), “Titanic” (1997) and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003). Depending on where you stand on those movies, you could love…
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Oscars 2021: Best Costume Design Predictions
The Oscar race for costume design is more competitive than ever, with five Black-themed period pieces vying for nominations along with the black-and-white “Mank,” the opulent “Mulan,” and the eye-popping “Emma.”However, George C. Wolfe’s August Wilson adaptation, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” is the clear frontrunner, given Viola Davis’ powerful performance as the trailblazing ’20s blues…
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Joker was criticised for ripping off old classics. So why does 1917 get a pass?
With its showy camerawork, comforting heroism and nostalgia for a noble Britain, Sam Mendes’ film is anything but originalThis year, 1917, the faux one-shot, first world war thriller directed by Sam Mendes, is tipped to join the club of worthy Anglo period drama the Academy likes to reward. This generation’s Chariots of Fire, say, or…
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Why ‘1917’ Is the Last Film That Should Be Winning the Oscar (Column)
There’s a feeling I always get at the end of a long Oscar night when the movie that won isn’t a terrible choice, but it’s the safe, blah, Mor predictable choice, the one that conforms to the dullest conventional wisdom about the kinds of movies Oscar voters prefer, because in the core of their being…