Tag: The Tragedy of Macbeth
-
Greig Fraser Takes Top 2022 ASC Award For ‘Dune’
It’s the middle of Oscar voting, “Coda’s” win at the PGA Awards has everyone buzzing and we’re exactly one week away from the big show. Sunday, March 20 features the last day of guild honors. The American Society of Cinematographers was the last to hand out their awards and, not surprisingly, the top prize went…
-
ASC Awards: ‘Dune’ Gets Oscar Momentum with Feature Cinematography Win
Powerhouse “Dune” cinematographer Greig Fraser won the feature film prize Sunday night at the 36th annual ASC Awards (held at the organization’s clubhouse in Hollywood). This marks Fraser’s second ASC win after his Oscar-nominated “Lion.” He triumphed over Bruno Delbonnel (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Dan Laustsen (“Nightmare Alley”), Ari Wegner (“The Power of the Dog”),…
-
‘The Lost Daughter’ and ‘Dopesick’ Win USC Libraries Scripter Awards for Adapted Screenplay
The USC Libraries revealed the winners for the 34th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award on Saturday as a virtual event, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations (along with the works on which they are based). This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.…
-
NAACP Image Awards 2022 Full Winners List: ‘The Harder They Fall,’ Jennifer Hudson and Will Smith Take Top Honors
The 2022 NAACP Image Awards were presented on BET tonight, with Jennifer Hudson emerging as a top winner, taking home both the coveted Entertainer of the Year and Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture awards. Will Smith also emerged as Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, with “The Harder They Fall” winning Outstanding Motion Picture.…
-
23 Stunning Shots from This Year’s Oscar Nominees
The 2022 Oscar nominees are nothing if not eclectic. From science-fiction blockbusters to semi-autobiographical period pieces from beloved auteurs, the best films of 2021 span the entire spectrum of what is possible in cinema. Any year that features a neo-noir from Guillermo del Toro and a hangout movie from Paul Thomas Anderson is a good…
-
Sound and Visionaries ’22: Our Picks for Awards Season’s Most Exciting Below-the-Line Artists
Filmmaker‘s current print edition contains our annual section devoted to the below-the-line artists that excited us through this Fall’s awards season. Read below profiles by Abby Bender, Scott Macaulay, Matt Mulcahey, Vikram Murthri and Vadim Rizov, and, if you haven’t checked out these films, we recommend you do! Cinematography: Passing‘s Edu Grau, by Matt Mulcahey.…
-
Denzel Washington and Corey Hawkins on Training for ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’s’ Sword Fighting and That Mind-Blowing Ending
Spoiler Alert: Do not read unless you have watched Apple and A24’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” which is now playing in select theaters and streaming on Apple TV Plus.In “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Denzel Washington plays the titular Lord Macbeth — a Scottish nobleman whose last grasp at power ultimately leads to his downfall.In addition…
-
‘Dune’, ‘Belfast’ among ASC nominees, Ari Wegner earns rare female nod for ‘The Power Of The Dog’
Faya Dayi, Cusp in running for documentary prize.Dune and Belfast are in the running for the feature film prize at the American Society Of Cinematographer’s 36th ASC Awards as Ari Wegner became only the second woman to be nominated by the guild for her work on The Power Of The Dog.Greig Fraser is recognised for…
-
Trippingly On The Tongue: Denzel Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, And Why Americanized Shakespeare Works
Though not especially common, we’ve seen it done before: an unassuming man steps up to the spotlight of a celluloid Shakespeare adaptation and, instead of the heightened English affectation we’ve come to expect, we’re greeted with an American dialect that isn’t fussy and gets straight to the point. There’s something really intriguing about it, and…
-
Actor Kathryn Hunter: ‘I gravitated towards male roles because men are given more interesting things to do’
The theatre star on the car crash that transformed her life, changing her name for work – and playing all three witches in Joel Coen’s new film of MacbethKathryn Hunter, 64, is an actor who has done more than make a name for herself in theatre. In shows for Complicité, Shared Experience and the RSC…