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Director Kirby Dick Fights The Invisible War
Documentaries can celebrate the true stories of people's lives, follow mankind's momentous events, even take us to exotic locations that we may never visit in person, but perhaps the most valuable use of the documentary form is its ability to expose systemic wrongs in an effort to make things right. Oscar contender The Invisible... »
David O. Russell: Storytelling as a Magnificent Dance
Leave it to director David O. Russell to make a film with a playbook on how to get through the madness and absurdity of life and receive an Academy Award nomination for best motion picture of the year along with nominations for his directing, for his adapted screenplay, for the editing – Jay Cassidy... »
Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2013 in Theaters February
The Short Movie Channel, working with Magnolia Pictures, will release The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013 in over 260 theaters across the United States, Canada and Europe on Feb. 1. This is the eighth year of the Oscar Nominated Short Film Theatrical Release. The announcement comes on the heels of last year’s record-breaking release,... »
Watch a Live Q&A with the Cast of Silver Linings Playbook
Please join us this evening at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST for a live Q&A with the cast of Silver Linings Playbook, including Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham and Julia Stiles. »
Contender – Director of Photography Robert Richardson, Django Unchained
Django Unchained, a controversial mash-up of Italian “spaghetti westerns” and the horrors of slavery, is the fourth film multi-Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson has lensed for Quentin Tarantino. Over the span of a decade – encompassing the two martial arts pastiches Kill Bill I and II and Inglourious Basterds, a sly revisionist take on World... »
Contenders – Editors Chris Dickens and Melanie Oliver, Les Misérables
For the new movie version of the hit theatrical show Les Misérables, the filmmakers engaged in a rigorous 70-day shoot with musical sequences realized live on set. Aboard from the beginning was editor Chris Dickens who faced the technical challenges of cutting a production without the traditional method of editing a musical by syncing... »
Sacha Gervasi Explores the Dark Complexities of Hitchcock
"Shocked!" is how director Sacha Gervasi felt the first time he saw Psycho as a 14-year-old kid at a film club. "I couldn't see it for another 20 years," exclaimed Gervasi. Years later, studying at UCLA in the 1990s, the budding screenwriter rediscovered Alfred Hitchcock. "I was a huge fan of his and then... »
Contender – Sound Mixer Simon Hayes, Les Misérables
The buzz around town reported by some press has been that the singing in Les Misérables was unique because it was recorded live, something that had never been done before in a movie musical. Production sound mixer Simon Hayes wants to set the record straight. “That’s not what we’re claiming, and we never did... »
Contender – Production Designer Adam Stockhausen, Moonrise Kingdom
My opening question for production designer Adam Stockhausen was whether one could politely refer to Moonrise Kingdom as a “little” film. Apparently, one can, possibly because it enjoyed an exceptionally positive critical response and success at the box office. This modesty of scale makes Stockhausen's work as production designer even more interesting, because Moonrise... »
Contender – Sound Editor Wylie Stateman, Django Unchained
For Quentin Tarantino, sound is extremely important. He has stated that even before he starts writing, he selects an opening credit theme song, and that starts the writing process. According to Wylie Stateman, supervising sound editor on Tarantino’s new picture Django Unchained, “Quentin has a very holistic view about filmmaking. That begins with his... »