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Oscar 8-Ball: David O. Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Academy voters don't particularly like to reward comedies, but they are nuts about movies spotlighting characters battling their not-so-beautiful minds. How will that dichotomy affect David O. Russell's exuberant "Silver Linings Playbook," which deals...
Tags: The Fighter (movie), Film Festivals, Denzel Washington, Steven Spielberg, John Hawkes
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Directors Roundtable: Six filmmakers discuss first shooting days [Video]
In Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock," director Alfred Hitchcock begins the production of "Psycho" by having his cast and crew swear an oath not to divulge any of the film's secrets. The first day of filming of "Hitchcock" itself followed a different route,...Tags: Psycho (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Kathryn Bigelow, Les Miserables (musical)
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'Silver Linings' ' Bradley Cooper: 'That attic became very special'
David O. Russell rewrote "Silver Linings Playbook" more than 20 times, honing the material so it would feel completely real and natural, a vibe he values most in his filmmaking. In this excerpt from the Envelope Screening Series, Russell and lead...
Tags: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Movies, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Gold Standard Incorporated
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The risks and rewards of 'auteur' filmmaking
Nicholas Jarecki was in trouble: He couldn't come up with the perfect line for Susan Sarandon to say to Richard Gere for a particular scene in "Arbitrage." He needed a catchphrase a business tycoon would have invented. But as a film writer and director...
Tags: Michael Haneke, Amour (movie), Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Authors, Celebrities
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'Beasts,' 'Moonrise' top Indie Spirit noms: 'Silver Linings,' 'Sessions' also grab key nods
VarietyIndependent film Goliaths strode tall at Tuesday's nominations for the 28th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, but a few Davids were still able to slingshot their way to success. "Moonrise Kingdom" and "Silver Linings Playbook" led the way with five...Tags: Arts, Sam Rockwell, Prince (music artist), Robert Altman, Sundance Film Festival
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At Gotham Awards, money, passion and Bingham Ray
NEW YORK -- The concept of money--filmmakers' need for it, their freedom without it--infused Monday night's Gotham Independent Film Awards, one of the first major shows of the burgeoning season. Benh Zeitlin, the director of the Southern magical-realist...
Tags: Drama (genre), Marion Cotillard, Sarah Palin, Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Your Sister's Sister (movie)
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'Moonrise Kingdom' wins best film at Gotham Awards
Wes Anderson's quirky coming-of-age comedy "Moonrise Kingdom" was named best film of 2012 Monday evening at the 22nd annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. Anderson did not attend the awards, presented at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, because...
Tags: Marion Cotillard, Terrence Malick, Christopher Plummer, The Hurt Locker (movie), Moonrise Kingdom (movie)
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'Silver Linings Playbook' director David O. Russell returns to themes of neighborhood, family
Opening Nov. 21, "Silver Linings Playbook" is the latest teeming organism from writer and director David O. Russell, whose films include "Flirting With Disaster," "Three Kings" and, two years ago, "The Fighter," for which Christian Bale and Melissa Leo...
Tags: The Fighter (movie), Film Festivals, Harvey Weinstein, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Christian Bale
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Chicago International Film Festival gets a digital face-lift
The biggest changes afoot in this year's Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF), the 48th edition, are on the screen, yet they're not part of the programming. As the worldwide cinema industries push actual film — meaning celluloid — into...
Tags: Holy Motors (movie), Film Festivals, Rome (Italy), Room 237 (movie), Foreign Language (Movie Genre)
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'Silver Linings Playbook' review: A wonderful romantic comedy about mental health?
***1/2 (out of four) I don’t love the title. Yet I’m highly in favor of almost everything else about “Silver Linings Playbook,” which turns grief and mental illness into rich fodder for warmth, connection and comedy. That’s...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Stevie Wonder
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Tom Hardy game for 'Splinter Cell' movie: Ubisoft's 'Tom Clancy' pic based on popular videogame
VarietyTom Hardy has signed on to star in "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell," Ubisoft's film adaptation of its popular videogame franchise that Eric Warren Singer ("The International") will write for the company. Project is the second major movie based on one of its...Tags: The International (movie), Nickelodeon (tv network), Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper, Michael Fassbender
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