Tag: The Fabelmans
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Cord Jefferson’s ‘American Fiction’ Wins Toronto Film Festival Audience Award
“American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson’s blistering satire of race and media, captured the Toronto International Film Festival’s people’s choice award, bolstering its Oscars chances.TIFF’s people’s choice award is considered to be among the best predictors of eventual awards success, though the 2023 festival hosted a weaker lineup than most years due to the writers and actors…
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‘As a kid, I’d cry every day seeing homeless people’: Paul Dano on money, fatherhood and being shaved by Brian Cox
With the release of his new film Dumb Money, the endlessly versatile actor talks about turning his back on blockbusters, struggling to lie – and exploring his dark sideThere is versatility in acting and then there is Paul Dano. No sooner had he been seen last year as the masked, panting, clingfilm-wrapped Riddler, who dispatches…
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TIFF Audience Award Predictions: What Movie Will Get an Oscar Boost?
What will the people choose?In its final stretch, on Sunday, the Toronto International Film Festival will announce the film chosen by the public for the People’s Choice Award of its 48th edition. After “Poor Things” took home the Golden Lion at Venice, we look to the Canadian awards season staple to boost a film in…
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Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Made Good Use Of A Simple Styrofoam Cup
With “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” Steven Spielberg and George Lucas delved into their characters more than with their previous two Indy efforts. The film is ostensibly centered around the search for the Holy Grail, but is really about a man and his father’s search for reconciliation and a bond that has eluded them…
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Steven Spielberg’s Favorite Movies: 28 Films the Director Wants You to See
The highest grossing director of all time, Steven Spielberg enjoys high-brow classics as much as crowd-pleasing blockbusters. Known for “Jurassic Park,” “Indiana Jones,” “Jaws,” “West Side Story” (2021), and more favorites, the beloved American filmmaker premiered his semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans” in theaters last November.The movie, nominated for seven Oscars (winning none), tells the story of…
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Amblin Partners, Universal Enter New First-Look Deal, Steven Spielberg’s Company Will No Longer Independently Finance Movies
Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and Universal Pictures have changed the terms of their partnership as part of a new multi-year deal. Under the new pact, Amblin will no longer fully finance its own films, as it has in the past. Instead, Universal will provide backing for any Amblin movie it opts to produce.There will be…
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This 2017 Horror Comedy Is the Best Movie About Making Movies
There’s something special about movies, specifically something special about making them, that drives people to do strange things. From screenwriters honing their craft creating works that they hope could one day become real, to actors spending hours and hours on set getting scenes just right, to everyone else in the production doing so much to…
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How to Watch the Art Directors Guild’s Panel With Oscar-Nominated Production Designers
Production designers from the Oscar-nominated films “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Babylon,” “The Fabelmans” and “Elvis” are joining the Art Directors Guild (Adg) and Set Decorators Society of America (Sdsa) for an in-person panel on Saturday at 3 p.m. Pt, which will also be available to stream.Sponsored by Variety,…
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Smoking Still Hogs the Spotlight at the Oscars (Guest Column)
Has a cigarette ever saved the the world, stopped a zombie apocalypse, made the best-dressed list, or helped the hero and heroine live happily ever after? No … not ever.That is why it is cause for concern for Project Truth Initiative and other public health organizations to see tobacco continuing to play a supporting role…
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Casting Society honours work on ‘Banshees,’ ‘Matilda,’ ‘Fabelmans’
Special awards go to the UK’s United Agents and late German casting director Simone Bar.Casting directors from Matilda The Musical, The Banshees Of Inisherin and The Fabelmans were among winners of the 38th Annual Artios Awards, presented by the Casting Society (CSA) at ceremonies in Los Angeles, New York and London on Thursday (March 9).Matilda’s…