 David O. Russell’s next film, Silver Linings Playbook starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, and Jacki Weaver, is set to have its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this month. The poster has just dropped showcasing the half-faces of hearthrobs Jen and Brad (isn’t that a throwback, eh?).
While many pundits, including myself, have backed off the film as far as Oscar prospects are concerned, the film could still surprise in a big way and get lots of people on board especially for Lead Actor hopeful Bradley Cooper. Jennifer Lawrence will be competing in a weak category but also has herself as competition for the Spring hit, The Hunger Games. There is still some hope for her with Lionsgate putting a lot of emphasis and push for her.
Check out the full poster after the jump and discuss your thoughts on its Oscar chances. Read more on Cooper and Lawrence in the forefront for “Silver Linings Playbook” Poster!…
Categories: Poster Tags: Bradley Cooper, David O. Russell, Entertainment/Culture, Film, Jacki Weaver, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar, Robert DeNiro, The Hunger Games, The Silver Linings Playbook, the Toronto Film Festival
 Got these from Guy Lodge from In Contention. Venice has just announced its winners. Paul Thomas Anderson takes Best Director while both Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix win Best Actor for The Master from the Weinstein Company. The film also took home the Special Jury Prize. Are the Weinstein’s already gearing up for a powerful Oscar campaign and breakthrough for the film? We shall see.
Check out the full list of winners below and after the jump.
Golden Lion: “Pieta,” Kim Ki-duk
Silver Lion (Best Director): Ulrich Seidl, “Paradise: Faith”
Special Jury Prize: “The Master,” Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
Best Actress: Hadas Yaron, “Fill the Void”
Best Screenplay: “Something in the Air,” Olivier Assayas Read more on Venice: Hoffman and Phoenix both take Actor prize, Anderson wins Director…
Phoenix and Hoffman shine bright in “The Master”
THE MASTER (****)
The single most anticipated film of the festival is Paul Thomas Anderson’s powerful The Master, which at once leaps into award consideration in several categories, and will no doubt alarm the hard-core Scientologists in Hollywood including Mr. Cruise who has already seem the film, and made clear his feelings. At one point early in the film Lancaster Dodd (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), known as the Master is challenged at a party with his beliefs and pseudo religion, the Cause by a man who tells him straight out he believes what is being created is a cult. Enraged Dodd, flares up showing perhaps what lies underneath the surface of the charm, the smiles and caring. It for me was a strong reminder that blind faith in a single man can be dangerous. As far back as Christ people have followed a single man, and sometimes it can work, if that person is Gandhi, but if they are Hitler or Jim Jones the results can be terrifying. There can be no denying that this film is based on L. Ron Hubbard and his Church of Scientology, to the extent of the members passing out flyers on the streets urging people to come in and listen. Watching the film, we see how membership in such a cult (and that is what it is) can be dangerous. Read more on TIFF: “Argo” and “The Master” land on Oscar’s Official Radar…
Read more on TIFF: “Argo” and “The Master” land on Oscar’s Official Radar…
Categories: Article Tags: Amy Adams, Argo, Ben Affleck, Cinema of the United States, Film, Good Will Hunting, Joaquin Phoenix, John Goodman, Oscar, Oscar hopefuls, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master, the weinstein company, TIFF, TIFF 2012, Toronto Film Festival, Warner Brothers
John Hawkes and Helen Hunt deliver in Ben Lewin’s “The Sessions”
Everything we have heard about The Sessions is true. The film is a miracle of a movie, the sort of film that enables cinema in every way. The capacity press screening sat and were with the film throughout, laughing when they should have, weeping when it was necessary and felt moved when they needed too. How do I know this? I listened to the comments on the way out of the theater and saw more than one damp eye. Fox has every right to be confident of where this film is going, and its target is the Oscar for Best Picture.
This soul stroking film is the sort of film that enables cinema in every way, from the superb performances of the actors, the gentle direction and excellent, compassionate screenplay that pulls no punches and yet manages to be deeply moving. What I found remarkable about the work was that it explored how people should treat one another, how kindnesses are not difficult, and actually bring out the best in humanity. Read more on TIFF: The Sessions (****)…
Categories: Article, Film Reviews Tags: As Good As It Gets, Ben Lewin, Best, Best Director, Best Makeup, best picture, Deadwood, Entertainment/Culture, Fox Searchlight Pictures, HBO & Company, Helen Hunt, John Hawkes, Oscar, oscars 2013, the Oscar, The Sessions, TIFF, TIFF 2012, William H. Macy
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