#CDGA Awards: ‘Barbie,’ ‘Poor Things,’ ‘Saltburn’ Among Winners

#CDGA Awards: ‘Barbie,’ ‘Poor Things,’ ‘Saltburn’ Among Winners

Barbie, Poor Things and Saltburn were among the winners at the 2024 Costume Designers Guild Awards. Barbie‘s Jacqueline Durran won excellence in sci-fi/fantasy film while Poor Things‘ Holly Waddington took the excellence in period film award, and Saltburn‘s Sophie Canale received the excellence in contemporary film trophy. Both Barbie and Poor Things are nominated for…

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#Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘Poor Things,’ His Friendship with Emma Stone, Unleashing Mark Ruffalo and Why He Doesn’t Like Labels

#Yorgos Lanthimos on ‘Poor Things,’ His Friendship with Emma Stone, Unleashing Mark Ruffalo and Why He Doesn’t Like Labels

His friendship with Emma Stone, unleashing new sides of Mark Ruffalo and Colin Farrell, his next film and the limitations of language. Those were just some of the topics that Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos discussed during an onstage interview organized by the British Film Institute (BFI) in London on Wednesday evening. “I don’t really…

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#Will Big Ensembles Clog the Supporting Oscar Categories?

#Will Big Ensembles Clog the Supporting Oscar Categories?

In 2023, a number of outstanding ensembles dominated the year’s most celebrated films. As such, this season has delivered Oscar-worthy performances from two (or more) supporting actors and actresses in each film — which could result in the Academy nominating more than one supporting actor and/or actress from their respective features. Frontrunners include Danielle Brooks…

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#Robert Downey Jr., Paul Giamatti and the THR Actor Roundtable – The Hollywood Reporter

#Robert Downey Jr., Paul Giamatti and the THR Actor Roundtable – The Hollywood Reporter

There aren’t many places where one might encounter two Avengers, three chameleons and a hot priest. But that’s precisely who gathered in mid-November for THR’s Actor Roundtable at The Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer), Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things), Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction), Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers), Colman Domingo (Rustin) and Andrew…

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#20 Sexiest Movies, Ranked – The Hollywood Reporter

#20 Sexiest Movies, Ranked – The Hollywood Reporter

“Why do people not just do this all the time?” That incredulous question comes from Emma Stone’s Bella Baxter midway through Poor Things, following a vigorous introductory bout of copulation with Mark Ruffalo’s caddish lawyer, Duncan Wedderburn. Yorgos Lanthimos’ imaginative riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein charts a deceased Victorian woman’s reanimation with the brain of…

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#Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe Praise ‘Poor Things’ Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos: “He’s a Beautiful Director”

#Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe Praise ‘Poor Things’ Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos: “He’s a Beautiful Director”

The cast and crew of Yorgos Lanthimos‘ Poor Things made their way onto one final red carpet ahead of the film’s theatrical release. Stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Margaret Qualley and Kathryn Hunter, among others, joined Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara for the New York City premiere of the film on…

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#Camerimage: ‘The New Boy’ Claims Golden Frog

#Camerimage: ‘The New Boy’ Claims Golden Frog

The New Boy — the story of a young Aboriginal Australian orphan boy that was written, directed and lensed by Warwick Thornton — collected the Golden Frog in the main competition of the 31st EnergaCamerimage international cinematography film festival, which closed Saturday night in Torún, Poland. Cinematographer Ed Lachman received the Silver Frog for Pablo…

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#Telluride Awards Analysis: For ‘Poor Things,’ Emma Stone Will Make a Run at a Second Best Actress Oscar

#Telluride Awards Analysis: For ‘Poor Things,’ Emma Stone Will Make a Run at a Second Best Actress Oscar

When the Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos last brought a film from the Venice Film Festival to the Telluride Film Festival, the Searchlight title, which counted Tony McNamara as a writer and Emma Stone as the biggest name in its cast, was greeted with rave reviews; went on to double-digits of Oscar nominations, including picture, directing…

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