Tag: Women Talking
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Telluride 2023 Produced Many Winners, with One Taking the Oscars Lead
The Telluride Film Festival has launched many Oscar Best Picture winners, from “The King’s Speech” and “Slumdog Millionaire” to “12 Years a Slave” and “Moonlight.” Oscar campaigners bring their films here to build critical reaction and positive buzz, often amplifying awareness at subsequent festivals in Toronto, New York, and London. Last year, “Tár” and “Women…
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What’s New on Prime Video in August 2023
From bears doing copious amounts of drugs, the love story between the president’s son and a royal prince, and a ragtag band of thieves pulling off their greatest most daring heist to date, August looks to be another great month of exciting titles on Prime Video. Recent hit films such as Elizabeth Banks’ horror-comedy Cocaine…
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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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USC Scripter Awards Win Gives ‘Women Talking’ The Spotlight
One of the more revealing moments of the 2023 Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon was the very warm standing ovation Sarah Polley and the cast of “Women Talking” received. The film was honored with the Robert Altman Award which is given to the director, cast and its casting director (in this case Polley’s brother John…
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How This Year’s Best Picture Oscar Nominees Fight the Power
From the most commercial movies to the artiest of arthouse fare, all of the year’s best picture Oscar nominees have one thing in common: themes of power struggles and an anti-authoritarian streak. This reporter spoke with the filmmakers behind “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Elvis,”…
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How to Watch the 2023 SAG Awards Online
The 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards, celebrating TV and film’s top performers, will take place Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. It will stream on Netflix’s YouTube channel at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt.The SAG Awards will hand out awards to actors across 13 categories in TV and film,…
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Oscars 2023: Best Adapted Screenplay Predictions
We keep updating these predictions through the awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2023 Oscar picks. Final voting is March 2 through 7, 2023. The 95th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 12 and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.See IndieWire’s previous Oscars Predictions for…
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Steven Spielberg: ‘The Dark Knight’ Should Have Been First Blockbuster Nominated for Best Picture
According to Steven Spielberg, you either die a critically ignored blockbuster or live long enough to see a Best Picture nomination.The “Fabelmans” director, who landed his first Best Original Screenplay nomination for the 2023 Oscars, reflected on the expanded Best Picture category. The semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans” is also up for Best Picture, and the category…
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Hildur Guðnadóttir Thinks ‘Tár’ Has a Happy Ending
The following contains spoilers for the endings of “Tár” and “Women Talking”Few film endings this year were as funny or as ambiguous as the ending to Todd Field’s “Tár,” which saw the titular character (played by Cate Blanchett), “canceled” following revelations of improper relationships with younger women, working as a conductor for live performances of…
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Brendan Fraser’s ‘The Whale’ Passes 10 Million at Domestic Box Office
A24’s drama “The Whale” surpassed 10 million at the domestic box office, a notable milestone for an indie movie in the pandemic era.In pre-covid times, those ticket sales wouldn’t be particularly impressive. But the arthouse sector has struggled to rebound as adult audiences remain selective as ever about movie choices.Turnout for prestige dramas, like “Tár”…