In April, The Weinstein Company released one of the Toronto Film Festival's biggest hits "The Railway Man." The movie had been anticipated as it was by director Jonathan Teplitzky, an acclaimed Australian director. The anticipation grew when the Weinstein Company announced that it had acquired US distribution rights and many pundits positioned it as an Oscar contender.
Begin Again, starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, was one of the most expensive acquisitions at the Toronto Film festival, but flopped at the box office, even though the movie obtained rave reviews. Yet, Knightley and Ruffalo received stellar receptions from critics. Do the two movie stars deserve Oscar nominations at the 2015 Academy Awards?
Earlier this weekend, Jon Stewart's directorial debut "Rosewater" opened to rave reviews and scored Mexican-born actor Gael Garcia Bernal some of the best reviews of his career.However, the opening lacked Oscar buzz and struggled to garner a big audience. Will that change?
Tilda Swinton is arguably one of the most versatile actors her generation and has worked with numerous auteurs and blockbusters. Will her work in 'Snowpiercer' be enough to net her an Academy Award at the 2015 Oscars?
Daniel Ribeiro, one of Brazil's hottest movie directors, speaks to Latin Post.com about his experience making his new movie "The Way He Looks", its chances at the 2015 Oscars and the surprises its has brought along the way.
Tom Hardy is considered one of the most talented actors of his generation and has also become an icon as Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises" and Mad Max in the upcoming film.
Landing a role in "Cantinflas," a biopic about Mario Moreno, the most beloved comedic actor in Mexico was monumental for Mexican actress Gabriela De La Garza. In an exclusive interview with Latin Post, the Mexico City actress discusses how she challenged herself linguistically and physically for the role and her experience acting in the Oscar-buzzed film, which was released by Pantelion Films and will be available on DVD Dec. 2, 2014.
A24 has had one of the best years of 2014 with many films that could obtain Oscar nominations. One of those films is "Under the Skin," the critically-acclaimed science fiction feature, starring Scarlett Johansson, by Jonathan Glazer.
With awards season having officially started, there are number of early releases that were critically acclaimed and which will most likely be ignored during the season. As a result, throughout the next month these Oscar pieces will be dedicated to arguing why the Oscars should consider these films.
With "Interstellar" having premiered and critics being a bit mixed on the film, there is speculation on whether it will be a 2015 Oscar contender or not.
Mexico's most beloved comedic film star of all time, Cantinflas (played by Mario Moreno) was considered to be "the best comedian alive," according to the great Charlie Chaplin. Today, his influence continues to thrive not only with Pantelion Films' recent release of his biopic, "Cantinflas," but with modern-day Latino comedic actors, such as Cheech Marin who recalled meeting Moreno in a Latin Post exclusive interview.
On Thursday Oct. 23, the Gotham Awards will announce its annual nominations. The IFP awards are one of the first precursor awards of the season which focuses on independent awards. However, it is not the best Oscar prognosticator.
Yet another film will join the already overcrowded Oscar race. This time, Relativity will release the highly-acclaimed film "Black or White" which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to Oscar buzz.
Harris posted a video in which he crosses of hosting the Oscars from his bucket list. The actor will host the show, having hosted the Emmys and Tony award shows before. The Oscars will air on Feb. 22.
Every year studios find themselves with overcrowded slates by the end of the year as they are attempting to qualify and compete for the Academy Awards. But this Oscars strategy hardly ever works, and here's why.
With 77 countries having submitted for consideration in Foreign Film Category at the 2015 Academy Awards, the Academy will now have to look through all the films and narrow it down to nine before announcing the five final Oscar nominees. Which Latin American contenders will actually get nominated?
All in all, this film could have opportunities in multiple categories, but it will all be dependent on critics and how they react to the film. It will also be dependent on how well it does on the awards circuit.
