The Road To Oscar Annual Series

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Friday, Feb. 6, 2015

Editors Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach Reflect On "American Sniper"

Art and commerce aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive. In fact they can flourish in tandem as evidenced by the performance of American Sniper (Warner Bros. Pictures), which has broken through as a box...

Friday, Jan. 30, 2015

The Art Of Collaboration: "Birdman," "Boyhood," "Grand Budapest Hotel," "Interstellar," "Virunga"

“This was not a normal film,” assessed Alejandro González Iñárritu, director, producer and co-writer of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). “All the processes--all the departments, from editing to production design--had to approach things in an adventurous way. It was so...

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015

Emmanuel Lubezki Reflects On "Birdman," His 7th Best Cinematography Oscar Nomination

On the basis of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Emmanuel Lubezki ASC, AMC earned his seventh career Best Cinematography Oscar nomination and fifth nom for the ASC Award recognizing...

Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015

In Sync With And Bucking History: "Foxcatcher" Director Bennett Miller

On one hand, director Bennett Miller was in line with history when he earned a Best Director Oscar nomination today for Foxcatcher despite not being one of the DGA Award nominees named earlier in the week. Only five times in the 67 years of the DGA Awards...

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015

Cinematographers Reflect On Shooting "The Theory of Everything," "Wild"

Cinematographer Benoit Delhomme’s first collaboration with director James Marsh (a Best Feature Documentary Oscar winner in 2009 for Man On Wire) has yielded The Theory of Everything...

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014

Artists Share Insights Into Costume Design For "Inherent Vice," Music For "The Imitation Game"

An Oscar and BAFTA Film Award winner in 2012 for his costume design in Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist, Mark Bridges now finds himself again in the awards conversation, this time for the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed...

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014

Production Design Perspectives On "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "The Imitation Game"

Adam Stockhausen--who earlier this year earned a Best Achievement in Production Design Oscar nomination (shared with set decorator Alice Baker) for 12 Years a Slave--is off to a fast start this awards season for his work on director Wes Anderson’s...

Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014

Director/Writer J.C. Chandor Reflects On "A Most Violent Year"

Crisis would seem to be a central theme in writer/director J.C. Chandor’s feature filmography, from his debut movie Margin Call (which earned him a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination in 2012) to All Is Lost (a Film Independent Spirit Award...

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014

Auteur POVs: Linklater, Scott, Fincher, Tyldum, Vallee, Marshall, Et Al

This installment of our The Road To Oscar Series garners insights from leading directors and cinematographers on their films ranging from a unique coming-of-age story to a Biblical story for the ages, from a twisted suspense thriller to a historical yet highly personal portrait, from a...

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014

A-List Start For "B" Movies: "Boyhood," "Birdman" Score Key Early Awards Recognition

Director Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) are the early headliners on the awards show circuit, thus far spanning the Film Independent...