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“The Power of the Dog” (The Criterion Collection): Jane Campion’s Academy Award–winning adaptation of Thomas Savage’s dark novel is reminiscent of her earlier acclaimed film, “The Piano.” Both are stories of trouble people in troubled landscapes, but here Campion’s attention is on men and the ways they wield power over each other. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-Mcphee, it’s the story of men who don’t understand their own desires and the violence that can result. This handsome Criterion edition in 4K provides all the usual bonus extras dedicated cinephiles have come to expect from the label.
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“Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon” (Shout Factory): A vibrant animated feature about a young girl determined to save her rainforest home.
“Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons” (DC/Warner Bros): The tween superkids of...
“The Power of the Dog” (The Criterion Collection): Jane Campion’s Academy Award–winning adaptation of Thomas Savage’s dark novel is reminiscent of her earlier acclaimed film, “The Piano.” Both are stories of trouble people in troubled landscapes, but here Campion’s attention is on men and the ways they wield power over each other. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Benedict Cumberbatch and Kodi Smit-Mcphee, it’s the story of men who don’t understand their own desires and the violence that can result. This handsome Criterion edition in 4K provides all the usual bonus extras dedicated cinephiles have come to expect from the label.
Also available:
“Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon” (Shout Factory): A vibrant animated feature about a young girl determined to save her rainforest home.
“Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons” (DC/Warner Bros): The tween superkids of...
- 11/9/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Jane Campion's film "The Power of the Dog," adapted from the novel by Thomas Savage, was first announced to the public in a 2019 article in Variety. Later that year, Paul Dano was announced to star, with Moss dropping out because filming conflicted with her schedule on the hit TV series "The Handmaid's Tale." The cast would eventually include Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst in the Dano and Moss roles. (Benedict Cumberbatch was set to star all along.) "The Power of the Dog" ended up being nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor (twice), and Best Supporting Actress...
The post Elisabeth Moss Opens Up About Missing Out on The Power of the Dog appeared first on /Film.
The post Elisabeth Moss Opens Up About Missing Out on The Power of the Dog appeared first on /Film.
- 4/14/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
For the awards-obsessed writers and editors of Gold Derby, the Oscars are like every Christmas, birthday and wedding rolled into one. We eagerly await the announcements of the winners in every category, analyze the surprises and snubs, celebrate our own savvy predictions, and bemoan those whose predictions showed us up.
Below are our collective thoughts on the highs, lows and Wtf moments of the 2022 Oscars ceremony on Sunday night. And check out the complete list of winners here.
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The hosts! After years of going hostless, many were skeptical if Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes would have the chemistry to light up the screen. Their skits were funny and each of them made me laugh with their own unique delivery – Denton Davidson
It’s never happened before that my favorite movie of the year won the Best Picture Oscar, so I did a double take when Lucille Two announced the word “Coda.
Below are our collective thoughts on the highs, lows and Wtf moments of the 2022 Oscars ceremony on Sunday night. And check out the complete list of winners here.
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The hosts! After years of going hostless, many were skeptical if Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes would have the chemistry to light up the screen. Their skits were funny and each of them made me laugh with their own unique delivery – Denton Davidson
It’s never happened before that my favorite movie of the year won the Best Picture Oscar, so I did a double take when Lucille Two announced the word “Coda.
- 3/28/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
The Best Director category made history again at Sunday night’s Academy Awards with The Power of the Dog helmer Jane Campion taking home the prize, marking the first time in Oscar history that a woman has won the award in back-to-back years.
Chloe Zhao took home the prize last year for Nomadland, a film that would go on to sweep the Oscars including wins for Best Picture. Kathryn Bigelow was the first female director to land the coveted award for her 2010 war thriller The Hurt Locker.
Campion had long been the favorite after winning with the Critics Choice and DGA prizes.
She accepted the award from Kevin Costner, who gave a rousing speech about directing, and thanked him for how dramatic his speech was and went on talking about how she loves directing so much.
“I love directing because it’s a deep dive into story, and yet the...
Chloe Zhao took home the prize last year for Nomadland, a film that would go on to sweep the Oscars including wins for Best Picture. Kathryn Bigelow was the first female director to land the coveted award for her 2010 war thriller The Hurt Locker.
Campion had long been the favorite after winning with the Critics Choice and DGA prizes.
She accepted the award from Kevin Costner, who gave a rousing speech about directing, and thanked him for how dramatic his speech was and went on talking about how she loves directing so much.
“I love directing because it’s a deep dive into story, and yet the...
- 3/28/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
For the second year in a row, a woman has won the Oscar for best director.
Jane Campion took home the Academy Award for best director for “The Power of the Dog,” a searing Western drama about a hardened rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) who torments his brother’s wife and her son.
“I just wanted to say big love to my fellow nominees. I love you all, you’re all so extraordinarily talented, and it could have been any of you,” Campion said in her acceptance speech. “I love directing because it’s a deep dive into story, yet the task of creating a world can be overwhelming. On ‘The Power of the Dog,’ I worked with actors I’m moved to call my friends. They met the challenge of the story with the depth of their gifts.”
After thanking the actors in the film and her family, Campion offered one...
Jane Campion took home the Academy Award for best director for “The Power of the Dog,” a searing Western drama about a hardened rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) who torments his brother’s wife and her son.
“I just wanted to say big love to my fellow nominees. I love you all, you’re all so extraordinarily talented, and it could have been any of you,” Campion said in her acceptance speech. “I love directing because it’s a deep dive into story, yet the task of creating a world can be overwhelming. On ‘The Power of the Dog,’ I worked with actors I’m moved to call my friends. They met the challenge of the story with the depth of their gifts.”
After thanking the actors in the film and her family, Campion offered one...
- 3/28/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin and Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
It’s a fitting end for an extended awards season that so often saw “The Power of the Dog” director Jane Campion running off with award after award: The Kiwi filmmaker has won the Oscar for Best Director for her work on the lauded Western drama. The award makes Campion only the third woman to pick up the accolade; she follows Chloé Zhao’s win last year for her “Nomadland” and the first female winner, Kathryn Bigelow, who won for 2009’s “The Hurt Locker.” During an emotional speech, she thanked her cast, crew, family, and Netflix, along with the Academy for “the lifetime honor.”
Campion faced off against Kenneth Branagh, Ryuske Hamaguchi, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Steven Spielberg in the stacked category. Campion and Spielberg were previously nominated together in the category back in 1991.
The filmmaker has long been viewed as the frontrunner in this category, and was also nominated...
Campion faced off against Kenneth Branagh, Ryuske Hamaguchi, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Steven Spielberg in the stacked category. Campion and Spielberg were previously nominated together in the category back in 1991.
The filmmaker has long been viewed as the frontrunner in this category, and was also nominated...
- 3/28/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Campion wins her second Oscar, becoming the third female winner of the best director award
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Jane Campion has won the Oscar for best director at the 94th Academy Awards, currently under way at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles. Campion becomes the third woman to win the award, after Chloé Zhao in 2021 and Kathryn Bigelow in 2010.
Campion won the award for the western The Power of the Dog, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Kirsten Dunst; it is adapted from the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage about two brothers whose relationship deteriorates when one of them gets married.
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Jane Campion has won the Oscar for best director at the 94th Academy Awards, currently under way at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles. Campion becomes the third woman to win the award, after Chloé Zhao in 2021 and Kathryn Bigelow in 2010.
Campion won the award for the western The Power of the Dog, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Kirsten Dunst; it is adapted from the 1967 novel by Thomas Savage about two brothers whose relationship deteriorates when one of them gets married.
- 3/28/2022
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar nominee profile: Jane Campion (‘The Power of the Dog’) would be 3rd woman to win Best Director
Nearly three decades ago, Jane Campion made history as the second female Best Director Oscar nominee after Lina Wertmüller. The film that brought her this recognition was 1993’s “The Piano,” for which she ended up winning Best Original Screenplay. In the time since, Kathryn Bigelow has blazed a trail as the first woman to win the directing prize, and Chloe Zhao followed in her footsteps just last year. Campion’s current nomination for helming “The Power of the Dog” establishes her as the only woman with two in the category and could lead to its first instance of back-to-back female victories.
See 2022 Oscar nominations: Full list of nominees in all 23 categories
Campion’s challengers in the current directing race are Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”), Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”), Ryusuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”) and Steven Spielberg (“West Side Story”). All but Hamaguchi have been recognized here before. Spielberg boasts the...
See 2022 Oscar nominations: Full list of nominees in all 23 categories
Campion’s challengers in the current directing race are Paul Thomas Anderson (“Licorice Pizza”), Kenneth Branagh (“Belfast”), Ryusuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”) and Steven Spielberg (“West Side Story”). All but Hamaguchi have been recognized here before. Spielberg boasts the...
- 3/26/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
“The Power of the Dog” has been the talk of Tinseltown ever since it debuted last fall, but to the masses it may still be something of an enigma. It’s the first film from Oscar-winning “The Piano” and “Bright Star” filmmaker Jane Campion in over a decade, and boasts Oscar-nominated performances from the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
With the film poised to be a major presence at Sundays Oscars, you may be wondering what it’s about and where to watch it. All your questions answered below.
Where Is “The Power of the Dog” Streaming?
“The Power of the Dog” is streaming exclusively on Netflix, and is a Netflix original film.
What Is “The Power of the Dog” About?
Based on the 1967 Thomas Savage novel of the same name, “The Power of the Dog” takes place in 1925 Montana and opens as the story of two brothers.
With the film poised to be a major presence at Sundays Oscars, you may be wondering what it’s about and where to watch it. All your questions answered below.
Where Is “The Power of the Dog” Streaming?
“The Power of the Dog” is streaming exclusively on Netflix, and is a Netflix original film.
What Is “The Power of the Dog” About?
Based on the 1967 Thomas Savage novel of the same name, “The Power of the Dog” takes place in 1925 Montana and opens as the story of two brothers.
- 3/26/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards take place at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre.
Heading into Sunday’s (March 27) 94th Academy Awards, Netflix’s psychological western The Power Of The Dog leads the nominations on 12, followed by Legendary/Warner Bros’ sci-fi Dune on 10.
The Power Of The Dog directed by Jane Campion and Apple TV+’s Coda directed by Sian Heder have been the joint favourites for the best picture prize with Coda possibly edging ahead after recent wins at the PGA and WGA awards. Focus Features’ Belfast from Kenneth Branagh is just behind the two frontrunners and it remains to be...
Heading into Sunday’s (March 27) 94th Academy Awards, Netflix’s psychological western The Power Of The Dog leads the nominations on 12, followed by Legendary/Warner Bros’ sci-fi Dune on 10.
The Power Of The Dog directed by Jane Campion and Apple TV+’s Coda directed by Sian Heder have been the joint favourites for the best picture prize with Coda possibly edging ahead after recent wins at the PGA and WGA awards. Focus Features’ Belfast from Kenneth Branagh is just behind the two frontrunners and it remains to be...
- 3/25/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards take place at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre.
Heading into Sunday’s (March 27) 94th Academy Awards, Netflix’s psychological western The Power Of The Dog leads the nominations on 12, followed by Legendary/Warner Bros’ sci-fi Dune on 10.
The Power Of The Dog directed by Jane Campion and Apple TV+’s Coda directed by Sian Heder are neck-and-neck in the best picture contest with Coda possibly edging ahead last week following its PGA and WGA triumphs. Focus Features’ Belfast from Kenneth Branagh is just behind in third place. Should Coda or The Power Of The Dog win...
Heading into Sunday’s (March 27) 94th Academy Awards, Netflix’s psychological western The Power Of The Dog leads the nominations on 12, followed by Legendary/Warner Bros’ sci-fi Dune on 10.
The Power Of The Dog directed by Jane Campion and Apple TV+’s Coda directed by Sian Heder are neck-and-neck in the best picture contest with Coda possibly edging ahead last week following its PGA and WGA triumphs. Focus Features’ Belfast from Kenneth Branagh is just behind in third place. Should Coda or The Power Of The Dog win...
- 3/25/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Will Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards deliver first best picture winner from a streamer?
Heading into Sunday’s (March 27) 94th Academy Awards Netflix’s psychological western The Power Of The Dog leads the nominations on 12, followed by Legendary/Warner Bros’ sci-fi Dune on 10.
The Power Of The Dog directed by Jane Campion and Apple TV+’s Coda directed by Sian Heder are neck-and-neck in the best picture contest with Coda possibly edging ahead last week following its PGA and WGA triumphs. Focus Features’ Belfast from Kenneth Branagh is just behind in third place. Should Coda or The Power Of The Dog...
Heading into Sunday’s (March 27) 94th Academy Awards Netflix’s psychological western The Power Of The Dog leads the nominations on 12, followed by Legendary/Warner Bros’ sci-fi Dune on 10.
The Power Of The Dog directed by Jane Campion and Apple TV+’s Coda directed by Sian Heder are neck-and-neck in the best picture contest with Coda possibly edging ahead last week following its PGA and WGA triumphs. Focus Features’ Belfast from Kenneth Branagh is just behind in third place. Should Coda or The Power Of The Dog...
- 3/25/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Going into this year’s Oscars, Jane Campion is currently expected to win Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Power of the Dog” with 7/2 odds according to Gold Derby’s combined predictions as of this writing. However, she recently ended up losing that award at BAFTA to Siân Heder for “Coda” in quite an upset. Last year, “The Father” managed to beat the eventual Best Picture winner, “Nomadland,” for Best Adapted Screenplay at BAFTA before going on to repeat at the Oscars. Could “Coda” be on a similar trajectory?
“Coda” follows Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones), a child of deaf adults, otherwise known as a Coda, as she is the only hearing person in her family. Her parents, Frank (Troy Kotsur) and Jackie (Marlee Matlin), as well as her older brother, Leo (Daniel Durant), are all deaf. Ruby works alongside Frank and Leo in their fishing business. Though when she discovers a passion for singing,...
“Coda” follows Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones), a child of deaf adults, otherwise known as a Coda, as she is the only hearing person in her family. Her parents, Frank (Troy Kotsur) and Jackie (Marlee Matlin), as well as her older brother, Leo (Daniel Durant), are all deaf. Ruby works alongside Frank and Leo in their fishing business. Though when she discovers a passion for singing,...
- 3/22/2022
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Ahead of tonight’s Producers Guild of America awards ceremony, the annual breakfast with the nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award at the Skirball Cultural Center.
The theme of the panel, moderated by PGA president Lisa Fisher, was Steven Spielberg, nominated as one of the producers for his musical “West Side Story.”
During the conversation, the two-time Oscar-winning director — for “Schindler’s List” (1993) and “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) — shared with the audience that he’ll never direct another musical in his career, although he’ll be involved as a producer on some. He’s currently co-producing the musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” with Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks in the lead roles. He helmed the 1985 Alice Walker adaptation, which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won him his first DGA prize, though he failed score an Oscar nomination for best director.
The adoration for Spielberg and the overall gratitude from...
The theme of the panel, moderated by PGA president Lisa Fisher, was Steven Spielberg, nominated as one of the producers for his musical “West Side Story.”
During the conversation, the two-time Oscar-winning director — for “Schindler’s List” (1993) and “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) — shared with the audience that he’ll never direct another musical in his career, although he’ll be involved as a producer on some. He’s currently co-producing the musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” with Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks in the lead roles. He helmed the 1985 Alice Walker adaptation, which was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won him his first DGA prize, though he failed score an Oscar nomination for best director.
The adoration for Spielberg and the overall gratitude from...
- 3/19/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Jane Campion won big at the 2022 Gold Derby Film Awards on Wednesday, March 16, claiming prizes for producing, directing and writing “The Power of the Dog,” Netflix’s neo-Western film set in 1925 Montana. The New Zealand helmer is also up for those same three categories — Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay — at the upcoming Oscars. See the complete winners list and view Campion’s speech at the 24:24 mark.
“It’s with a deep amount of gratitude that I thank you for that,” Campion declared in her Gold Derby Awards acceptance speech video (watch above). “It means so much to all of us who were involved in the work, that it has resonated with audiences here and around the world.”
See Gold Derby Film Awards: Every Best Picture Winner
Campion added that “The Power of the Dog” is a story “that really got under my skin, and I think...
“It’s with a deep amount of gratitude that I thank you for that,” Campion declared in her Gold Derby Awards acceptance speech video (watch above). “It means so much to all of us who were involved in the work, that it has resonated with audiences here and around the world.”
See Gold Derby Film Awards: Every Best Picture Winner
Campion added that “The Power of the Dog” is a story “that really got under my skin, and I think...
- 3/18/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
[Editor’s note: This article was originally published in December 2021 and has been updated. It includes some mild spoilers about the plot of “The Power of the Dog.”]
What is Peter thinking? You never quite know with Oscar nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee’s beguiling and full-bodied performance in Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” He has venom in his marrow, but a kindliness and surgical precision in the way he crafts paper flowers for his mother Rose (Kirsten Dunst). He collects anthrax with the laser focus of an epidemiologist. He walks and moves at an otherworldly tempo, stalking the edges of cinematographer Ari Wegner’s frames like a fox — and that’s by design, as the actor chose the sly, bushy-tailed creature as his animal archetype while building his character.
“They’re very light on their feet. They’re very nimble, but they can also be quite fatal. And the way that they hunt is actually kind of cute in a way. But very vicious in the final moment,” the 25-year-old Australian actor told IndieWire, Zooming from...
What is Peter thinking? You never quite know with Oscar nominee Kodi Smit-McPhee’s beguiling and full-bodied performance in Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” He has venom in his marrow, but a kindliness and surgical precision in the way he crafts paper flowers for his mother Rose (Kirsten Dunst). He collects anthrax with the laser focus of an epidemiologist. He walks and moves at an otherworldly tempo, stalking the edges of cinematographer Ari Wegner’s frames like a fox — and that’s by design, as the actor chose the sly, bushy-tailed creature as his animal archetype while building his character.
“They’re very light on their feet. They’re very nimble, but they can also be quite fatal. And the way that they hunt is actually kind of cute in a way. But very vicious in the final moment,” the 25-year-old Australian actor told IndieWire, Zooming from...
- 3/18/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Jane Campion fought through tears last night accepting the Best Director award for The Power Of The Dog at the New York Film Critics Circle ceremony last night after a moving intro from Martin Scorsese.
He first met Campion in 1990 at the Venice premiere An Angel At My Table “and my admiration has only increased over the years. I wish she would make more pictures, but every one that you do get to make really counts,” he said. “It’s a precious thing to have an artistic voice as powerful as Jane’s developing over time.”
Scorsese is currently editing his own western crime drama, upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon. He said Campion’s The Power of the Dog, based on a 1967 novel written by Thomas Savage, turned the genre inside out. “What is strength and who is the strongest?” In Campion’s film, ‘there is a battle, right,...
He first met Campion in 1990 at the Venice premiere An Angel At My Table “and my admiration has only increased over the years. I wish she would make more pictures, but every one that you do get to make really counts,” he said. “It’s a precious thing to have an artistic voice as powerful as Jane’s developing over time.”
Scorsese is currently editing his own western crime drama, upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon. He said Campion’s The Power of the Dog, based on a 1967 novel written by Thomas Savage, turned the genre inside out. “What is strength and who is the strongest?” In Campion’s film, ‘there is a battle, right,...
- 3/17/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
For his The Power of the Dog role of Phil Burbank—a hyper-masculine, repressed rancher in Montana— Benedict Cumberbatch went to ‘dude school’ to learn such old world cowboy skills as roping, taxidermy and even banjo playing. It was vital to him that he deeply embody the world of Thomas Savage’s 1967 based-on-truth novel, brought to the screen by writer-director Jane Campion. When Phil’s brother George (Jesse Plemons) marries Rose (Kirsten Dunst), Phil torments Rose and her son Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee), but Phil finds himself drawn to the young boy, forming a relationship that ultimately results in his downfall.
Deadline: The Power of the Dog got 12 Oscar nominations, including your own individual one. That has to feel pretty good.
Benedict Cumberbatch: It’s just insane, and it’s wonderful. It’s such an amazing validation of what I first saw. Once I took the blinkers off of the...
Deadline: The Power of the Dog got 12 Oscar nominations, including your own individual one. That has to feel pretty good.
Benedict Cumberbatch: It’s just insane, and it’s wonderful. It’s such an amazing validation of what I first saw. Once I took the blinkers off of the...
- 3/17/2022
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonny Greenwood achieves a masterful reinvention with his Oscar-nominated score for Jane Campion’s psychological western “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix). Inspired by the repression and savagery of rancher Phil (Benedict Cumberbatch), Greenwood bends orchestral instruments into off-kilter sounds to convey his troubled psyche. The cello becomes a banjo to express Phil’s loneliness, the detuned piano symbolizes chaos, and French horns with reverb underscore his yearning for the past.
Having enjoyed Campion’s moody and unpredictable “Top of the Lake” series, Greenwood was drawn to “The Power of the Dog” for her deconstruction of the western, set against the 1925 backdrop of a beautiful, inviting Montana landscape and a dark, oppressive ranch house. “I fancied working on something with the same complexity of tone, and the script for ‘Power of the Dog’ certainly promised that,” he told IndieWire via email. “Phil is both a brutal rancher and a thoughtful,...
Having enjoyed Campion’s moody and unpredictable “Top of the Lake” series, Greenwood was drawn to “The Power of the Dog” for her deconstruction of the western, set against the 1925 backdrop of a beautiful, inviting Montana landscape and a dark, oppressive ranch house. “I fancied working on something with the same complexity of tone, and the script for ‘Power of the Dog’ certainly promised that,” he told IndieWire via email. “Phil is both a brutal rancher and a thoughtful,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Updated with winners list: Netflix’s The Power of the Dog was named the Best Film on Sunday at the Ee British Academy Film Awards. The victory in BAFTA’s marquee category, along with a win by Jane Campion as Best Director, helped cement the Western as a front-runner in the race for the Oscar.
The in-person ceremony at Royal Albert Hall in London and hosted by Rebel Wilson saw Warner Bros’ Dune dominated in the crafts categories, finishing with a leading five trophies: for Production Design, Special Visual Effects, Cinematography, Sound and Original Score. No other film had more that two wins.
Dune, thought, lost out to Dog in the Best Film race that also included Focus Features’ Belfast, which won the Outstanding British Film award tonight; Licorice Pizza, which took the Original Screenplay prize for Paul Thomas Anderson; and Netflix’s satire Don’t Look Up.
“Everyone has the right to be seen,...
The in-person ceremony at Royal Albert Hall in London and hosted by Rebel Wilson saw Warner Bros’ Dune dominated in the crafts categories, finishing with a leading five trophies: for Production Design, Special Visual Effects, Cinematography, Sound and Original Score. No other film had more that two wins.
Dune, thought, lost out to Dog in the Best Film race that also included Focus Features’ Belfast, which won the Outstanding British Film award tonight; Licorice Pizza, which took the Original Screenplay prize for Paul Thomas Anderson; and Netflix’s satire Don’t Look Up.
“Everyone has the right to be seen,...
- 3/13/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The “Power of the Dog” debate continues as star Kodi Smit-McPhee weighed in on Sam Elliott’s homophobic criticisms of the Academy Award-nominated film.
Smit-McPhee, who is Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor, told Variety that he has “nothing” to say to Elliott’s previous claims on Marc Maron’s “Wtf Podcast” that the film is a “piece of shit.”
“‘Cause I’m a mature being and I’m passionate about what I do, and I don’t really give energy to anything outside of that,” Smit-McPhee said about ignoring the “1883” star’s comments. “Good luck to him.”
Elliott compared Jane Campion’s Montana-set Western to a Chippendales show, saying the cowboys are “all running around in chaps and no shirts.” The drama also includes the main storyline of fictional character Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) coming to terms with his repressed sexual identity.
“There’s all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the fucking movie,...
Smit-McPhee, who is Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actor, told Variety that he has “nothing” to say to Elliott’s previous claims on Marc Maron’s “Wtf Podcast” that the film is a “piece of shit.”
“‘Cause I’m a mature being and I’m passionate about what I do, and I don’t really give energy to anything outside of that,” Smit-McPhee said about ignoring the “1883” star’s comments. “Good luck to him.”
Elliott compared Jane Campion’s Montana-set Western to a Chippendales show, saying the cowboys are “all running around in chaps and no shirts.” The drama also includes the main storyline of fictional character Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) coming to terms with his repressed sexual identity.
“There’s all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the fucking movie,...
- 3/8/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
[Editor’s note: The following post contains some spoilers for “The Power of the Dog.”]
Sam Elliott, an actor who has built a career in Westerns that celebrate American masculinity, has taken issue with “The Power of the Dog,” a film that challenges the way Westerns celebrate American masculinity. While his recent comments on Marc Maron’s “Wtf Podcast” reek of sexism and homophobia, the irony of his wild tirade is that he basically understood the point of the film — almost.
Directed by Jane Campion (whom Elliott gets to later), “The Power of the Dog” uses the Western form to explore the stifling ways expectations around masculinity inflict damage on the men tasked with upholding it. Judging from the sharp edge in his signature growl, Elliott is also a casualty of these restrictive rules around masculinity, as his vitriol at its unraveling would attest.
“You want to talk about that piece of shit?,” Elliott begins his tirade, before railing against an ad in the LA...
Sam Elliott, an actor who has built a career in Westerns that celebrate American masculinity, has taken issue with “The Power of the Dog,” a film that challenges the way Westerns celebrate American masculinity. While his recent comments on Marc Maron’s “Wtf Podcast” reek of sexism and homophobia, the irony of his wild tirade is that he basically understood the point of the film — almost.
Directed by Jane Campion (whom Elliott gets to later), “The Power of the Dog” uses the Western form to explore the stifling ways expectations around masculinity inflict damage on the men tasked with upholding it. Judging from the sharp edge in his signature growl, Elliott is also a casualty of these restrictive rules around masculinity, as his vitriol at its unraveling would attest.
“You want to talk about that piece of shit?,” Elliott begins his tirade, before railing against an ad in the LA...
- 3/2/2022
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Twelve years elapsed in the time between Jane Campion’s last movie and “The Power of the Dog,” which has now earned 12 Academy Award nominations — one for every year that we spent waiting to see if the Oscar-winning director of “The Piano” would ever return to the big screen. And boy has she ever (at least for those of us lucky to see Netflix’s latest Best Picture contender at a festival or during its brief theatrical run). Adapted from Thomas Savage’s semi-autobiographical 1967 novel of the same name, this poison-tipped Western finds Campion at the absolute top of her lake, not to mention the top of critics’ lists around the world.
It remains to be seen if “The Power of the Dog” has the support it needs to succeed where the likes of “Roma” and “The Irishman” fell short and finally earn Netflix the prize that’s eluded it...
It remains to be seen if “The Power of the Dog” has the support it needs to succeed where the likes of “Roma” and “The Irishman” fell short and finally earn Netflix the prize that’s eluded it...
- 3/2/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Jane Campion made history this month when she became the first woman to be nominated twice for Best Director. She earned her first bid for 1993’s “The Piano” and followed it up this year with a nomination for “The Power of the Dog.” However, there will be much more at stake when the Oscars are handed out on March 27.
In addition to her bid for directing, Campion is also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for penning a script based on Thomas Savage’s novel of the same name, while the film, on which Campion is a producer, snagged a Best Picture nom as well, meaning Campion could take home awards for directing, writing and producing in the same year. Should that come to pass, she’ll become the first woman in history to do it. Chloé Zhao fell just shy in her attempt last year when she won the Oscar...
In addition to her bid for directing, Campion is also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for penning a script based on Thomas Savage’s novel of the same name, while the film, on which Campion is a producer, snagged a Best Picture nom as well, meaning Campion could take home awards for directing, writing and producing in the same year. Should that come to pass, she’ll become the first woman in history to do it. Chloé Zhao fell just shy in her attempt last year when she won the Oscar...
- 3/1/2022
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
by Nathaniel R
Gyllenhaal at a screeing for The Lost Daughter in December
The USC Scripter Awards are an annual event that is a gala fundraiser for the USC Libraries. This year Maggie Gyllenhaal was the big winner in what some might regard as an upset over Jane Campion. We think it's less than surprising though since the Scripters also recognize the author of the source material and Elena Ferrante would hold much more appeal to current voters than Thomas Savage for a book that isn't as famous as its cinematic counterpoint. Whether Gyllenhaal can upset at the Oscars is a different story...
Gyllenhaal at a screeing for The Lost Daughter in December
The USC Scripter Awards are an annual event that is a gala fundraiser for the USC Libraries. This year Maggie Gyllenhaal was the big winner in what some might regard as an upset over Jane Campion. We think it's less than surprising though since the Scripters also recognize the author of the source material and Elena Ferrante would hold much more appeal to current voters than Thomas Savage for a book that isn't as famous as its cinematic counterpoint. Whether Gyllenhaal can upset at the Oscars is a different story...
- 2/27/2022
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The USC Libraries revealed the winners for the 34th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award on Saturday as a virtual event, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations (along with the works on which they are based). This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix) won the film award, while the television prize went to author Beth Macy and screenwriter Danny Strong for the Hulu series “Dopesick.”
Of the five finalist writers for film adaptation, three are also Oscar nominees. Rebecca Hall (Nella Larsen’s “Passing”) and Joel Coen (William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth”) did not make that cut. “The Lost Daughter,” therefore, advances in the Oscar race ahead of “Dune” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures and Ace) screenwriters Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve,...
Of the five finalist writers for film adaptation, three are also Oscar nominees. Rebecca Hall (Nella Larsen’s “Passing”) and Joel Coen (William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth”) did not make that cut. “The Lost Daughter,” therefore, advances in the Oscar race ahead of “Dune” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures and Ace) screenwriters Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve,...
- 2/27/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The USC Libraries revealed the winners for the 34th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award on Saturday as a virtual event, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations (along with the works on which they are based). This group of academics, industry professionals, and critics is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix) won the film award, while the television prize went to author Beth Macy and screenwriter Danny Strong for the Hulu series “Dopesick.”
Of the five finalist writers for film adaptation, three are also Oscar nominees. Rebecca Hall (Nella Larsen’s “Passing”) and Joel Coen (William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth”) did not make that cut. “The Lost Daughter,” therefore, advances in the Oscar race ahead of “Dune” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures and Ace) screenwriters Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve,...
Of the five finalist writers for film adaptation, three are also Oscar nominees. Rebecca Hall (Nella Larsen’s “Passing”) and Joel Coen (William Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth”) did not make that cut. “The Lost Daughter,” therefore, advances in the Oscar race ahead of “Dune” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures and Ace) screenwriters Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve,...
- 2/27/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The top prizes at the 2022 USC Scripter Awards went to screenwriter Maggie Gyllenhaal and novelist Elena Ferrante for Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter” and scripter Danny Strong and author Beth Macy for Netflix’s “Dopesick” during Saturday’s virtual ceremony.
As in past years, the awards go to both the scriptwriters and the writers of the original source material.
“The Lost Daughter” is based on Ferrante’s 2006 novel. Gyllenhaal happily toasted the win with a glass of champagne, noting that this award “means so much to me particularly because it is chosen and voted for by writers.” The director and writer of the Oscar-nominated film described Ferrante as her “north star” for the project, adding that the author has been “a truly wise and generous guide.”
The “Dopesick” duo won for the episode “The People vs. Purdue Pharma.” Macy gave thanks to all families who helped her as well as...
As in past years, the awards go to both the scriptwriters and the writers of the original source material.
“The Lost Daughter” is based on Ferrante’s 2006 novel. Gyllenhaal happily toasted the win with a glass of champagne, noting that this award “means so much to me particularly because it is chosen and voted for by writers.” The director and writer of the Oscar-nominated film described Ferrante as her “north star” for the project, adding that the author has been “a truly wise and generous guide.”
The “Dopesick” duo won for the episode “The People vs. Purdue Pharma.” Macy gave thanks to all families who helped her as well as...
- 2/27/2022
- by Sharareh Drury
- Variety Film + TV
The Netflix drama “The Lost Daughter” has won the 34th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award as the best screen adaptation of 2021, with the award going to writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal and to an Italian author who writes under the pseudonym Elena Ferrante.
The Scripter Award goes to both the writer of the screenplay and the author of the work on which it is based, so Gyllenhaal shares the honor with the prolific author who published the novel in 2006 and whose refusal to reveal her true identity has sparked a number of investigations into who she (?) might actually be. Ferrante did send Gyllenhaal a thank-you statement to read at the ceremony.
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” an adaptation of a 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, was considered the Scripter favorite. The win by “The Lost Daughter” was a rare case of Campion’s film faltering in the awards race, where...
The Scripter Award goes to both the writer of the screenplay and the author of the work on which it is based, so Gyllenhaal shares the honor with the prolific author who published the novel in 2006 and whose refusal to reveal her true identity has sparked a number of investigations into who she (?) might actually be. Ferrante did send Gyllenhaal a thank-you statement to read at the ceremony.
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” an adaptation of a 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, was considered the Scripter favorite. The win by “The Lost Daughter” was a rare case of Campion’s film faltering in the awards race, where...
- 2/27/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Jonny Greenwood’s Oscar-nominated score for “The Power of the Dog” will receive a special live-to-screen performance March 10 with Wordless Music Orchestra at the helm. The performance will take place at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
“Over the last 15 years, Jonny Greenwood’s music for film has become as influential and unmistakable as his work with Radiohead,” Wordless Music Orchestra founder Ronen Givony said in a statement. The orchestra is a house band specializing in combining classical music with various disparate genres such as electronic and rock music. Added Givony, “It’s an honor to perform the world premiere of his original score for Jane Campion’s ‘The Power of the Dog’ for a live audience in Los Angeles, in partnership with Netflix and Kcrw.”
Tickets will be free to the public beginning March. 1.
Greenwood, who rose to fame as lead guitarist for the alternative rock band Radiohead,...
“Over the last 15 years, Jonny Greenwood’s music for film has become as influential and unmistakable as his work with Radiohead,” Wordless Music Orchestra founder Ronen Givony said in a statement. The orchestra is a house band specializing in combining classical music with various disparate genres such as electronic and rock music. Added Givony, “It’s an honor to perform the world premiere of his original score for Jane Campion’s ‘The Power of the Dog’ for a live audience in Los Angeles, in partnership with Netflix and Kcrw.”
Tickets will be free to the public beginning March. 1.
Greenwood, who rose to fame as lead guitarist for the alternative rock band Radiohead,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
“The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion’s enticing slow-burn of a Western, is riding into the 94th Oscars with 12 nominations, the most of any film. It’s the culmination to a very celebratory journey for the drama, which premiered to raves at the Venice Film Festival last September and has captured critical and awards attention ever since. “The Power of the Dog” has won praise for Campion’s script and direction — if she wins the Oscar for Best Director, she’ll become only the third woman to do so — as well as its score (by Jonny Greenwood) and performances from Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Jesse Plemons. Before you transport yourself back to 1925 Montana to spend time on the Burbank brothers’ ranch, here’s what you need to know about how you can watch “The Power of the Dog.”
How do I watch “The Power of the Dog...
How do I watch “The Power of the Dog...
- 2/25/2022
- by Jessica Derschowitz
- Gold Derby
Spoiler alert: This article discusses the ending of the book and the film “The Power of the Dog.”
There has been a buzzy discussion among audiences who have seen Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” It has to do with the artful, understated ending of the film, which has inspired collective questions of “What just happened?” even from those who paid close attention to the dark, subtle shifts in the plot and the violence buried just under the topsoil of the story’s surface.
But that final moment you see in the movie wasn’t always what Campion envisioned at first for the her Western, the clear front runner in this year’s Oscar race with a dozen nominations. Yes, a murder is committed at the end of the movie (as described here in this explainer), but it’s hidden in plain sight instead of being spelled out...
There has been a buzzy discussion among audiences who have seen Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog.” It has to do with the artful, understated ending of the film, which has inspired collective questions of “What just happened?” even from those who paid close attention to the dark, subtle shifts in the plot and the violence buried just under the topsoil of the story’s surface.
But that final moment you see in the movie wasn’t always what Campion envisioned at first for the her Western, the clear front runner in this year’s Oscar race with a dozen nominations. Yes, a murder is committed at the end of the movie (as described here in this explainer), but it’s hidden in plain sight instead of being spelled out...
- 2/18/2022
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
After being overlooked by the industry outside of her Emmy-nominated work on FX’s anthology series “Fargo,” Kirsten Dunst has finally scooped up her first individual Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for her turn as the fragile, anxiety-ridden widowed proprietress Rose Gordon in Jane Campion‘s Western psychological drama “The Power of the Dog.” This individual recognition for the Netflix film comes fives years after Dunst won the ensemble prize as part of the “Hidden Figures” cast.
In the supporting actress category, she finds herself in the company of three other actors who accrued their maiden solo citations this year: Caitríona Balfe (“Belfast”), Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”) and Netflix companion Ruth Negga (“Passing”). Of this bunch, Balfe is the only one with a corresponding ensemble nomination for her film. Rounding out the lineup is 17-time nominee Cate Blanchett (“Nightmare Alley”), who has three victories to her name: one as...
In the supporting actress category, she finds herself in the company of three other actors who accrued their maiden solo citations this year: Caitríona Balfe (“Belfast”), Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”) and Netflix companion Ruth Negga (“Passing”). Of this bunch, Balfe is the only one with a corresponding ensemble nomination for her film. Rounding out the lineup is 17-time nominee Cate Blanchett (“Nightmare Alley”), who has three victories to her name: one as...
- 2/17/2022
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
After Jane Campion‘s Western psychological drama “The Power of the Dog” cuts to the end credits, it’s Kodi Smit-McPhee‘s revelatory turn as the cunning, mysterious Peter Gordon that will linger in your mind long afterwards. The young Australian actor gives one of the most inspired performances of the year in the Netflix film, which has now earned him his first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
In the supporting actor race, Smit-McPhee isn’t the only nominee to earn recognition from the guild for the first time. Troy Kotsur is in the same boat, breaking through with Apple TV+’s Sundance acquisition “Coda,” for which the actor netted a second nom as a member of its ensemble. Though Ben Affleck, too, bagged his first solo bid this year for his charming work in Amazon’s “The Tender Bar,” he was previously nominated as a member of the ensembles...
In the supporting actor race, Smit-McPhee isn’t the only nominee to earn recognition from the guild for the first time. Troy Kotsur is in the same boat, breaking through with Apple TV+’s Sundance acquisition “Coda,” for which the actor netted a second nom as a member of its ensemble. Though Ben Affleck, too, bagged his first solo bid this year for his charming work in Amazon’s “The Tender Bar,” he was previously nominated as a member of the ensembles...
- 2/16/2022
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Netflix doesn’t have the box office to boast about when it comes to this year’s Oscar nominees The Power of the Dog, and Don’t Look Up, but it has the streaming viewership it can beat the drum about.
After Power of the Dog scored the most Oscar noms this year at 12 including Best Picture, Jane Campion’s feature adaptation of Thomas Savage’s 1967 Western novel popped back into Netflix’s top 10 most watched films chart for the week of February 7-13 with 5.46 million hours watched. The movie hit the service December 1 and ranked as the No. 1 most-watched movie in its first week with 27.2M hours watched, followed by another 13.28M hours watched in its second week (Dec. 6-12) before dropping out of the top 10 — that is until last week. Netflix doesn’t keep a running total of hours watched for its movies after they drop out of the top 10.
In addition,...
After Power of the Dog scored the most Oscar noms this year at 12 including Best Picture, Jane Campion’s feature adaptation of Thomas Savage’s 1967 Western novel popped back into Netflix’s top 10 most watched films chart for the week of February 7-13 with 5.46 million hours watched. The movie hit the service December 1 and ranked as the No. 1 most-watched movie in its first week with 27.2M hours watched, followed by another 13.28M hours watched in its second week (Dec. 6-12) before dropping out of the top 10 — that is until last week. Netflix doesn’t keep a running total of hours watched for its movies after they drop out of the top 10.
In addition,...
- 2/15/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
I’ll start by stressing that this is not a predictions piece. You can find out who is considered the front-runner in each category here based on the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users. Instead, I’m going through each category to discuss the merits of each of the nominees and why they should be considered by academy voters before ticking off a box.
This year is an especially prestigious and varied Best Director category with a number of veterans (four of the five are previous nominees), as well as an up-and-coming international filmmaker who burst onto the scene this year after being a respected film festival regular for many years before that.
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This year is an especially prestigious and varied Best Director category with a number of veterans (four of the five are previous nominees), as well as an up-and-coming international filmmaker who burst onto the scene this year after being a respected film festival regular for many years before that.
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- 2/15/2022
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Jane Campion‘s Western psychological drama “The Power of the Dog” is one of the most decorated films of the season, due in part to Benedict Cumberbatch‘s haunting turn as rough-and-tumble rancher Phil Burbank, which earned the performer a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actor. This is the seventh career citation for the British actor, who will take home his first guild victory (and make Bronco Henry very proud) should he triumph for the Netflix film on Feb. 27.
In his category, Cumberbatch finds himself in the company of Netflix and MCU colleague Andrew Garfield, as well as Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”), Will Smith (“King Richard”) and Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”). Of the bunch, four-time nominee Bardem has the most SAG Award victories to his name, having bagged two statuettes for individual and ensemble acting for “No Country for Old Men” (2007). The only other previous champion is eight-time nominee Washington,...
In his category, Cumberbatch finds himself in the company of Netflix and MCU colleague Andrew Garfield, as well as Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”), Will Smith (“King Richard”) and Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”). Of the bunch, four-time nominee Bardem has the most SAG Award victories to his name, having bagged two statuettes for individual and ensemble acting for “No Country for Old Men” (2007). The only other previous champion is eight-time nominee Washington,...
- 2/14/2022
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
As usual, contenders in the Adapted Screenplay category are a varied bunch, with movies of all shapes and sizes adapted from prior material, whether novels, short stories, or a prior film. As always, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters.
Literary adaptations
While David Lynch and Alejandro Jodorowsky may have been defeated by big-screen adaptations of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction novel “Dune” (Warner Bros./HBO Max), Oscar-nominated French-Canadian auteur Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”) embraced the chance to bring his trademark visual panache to the sci-fi epic, which will come in two parts. Part One was whittled down from the sprawling novel by the director, veteran Oscar-winner Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump”), and Jon Spaihts. Oscar Isaac’s Duke Leto Atreides and Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica travel with their son Paul (Timothée Chalamet) to dangerous desert planet Arrakis, which supplies the universe with the valuable spice melange. After pandemic delays, the movie...
Literary adaptations
While David Lynch and Alejandro Jodorowsky may have been defeated by big-screen adaptations of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction novel “Dune” (Warner Bros./HBO Max), Oscar-nominated French-Canadian auteur Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”) embraced the chance to bring his trademark visual panache to the sci-fi epic, which will come in two parts. Part One was whittled down from the sprawling novel by the director, veteran Oscar-winner Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump”), and Jon Spaihts. Oscar Isaac’s Duke Leto Atreides and Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica travel with their son Paul (Timothée Chalamet) to dangerous desert planet Arrakis, which supplies the universe with the valuable spice melange. After pandemic delays, the movie...
- 2/12/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
As usual, contenders in the Adapted Screenplay category are a varied bunch, with movies of all shapes and sizes adapted from prior material, whether novels, short stories, or a prior film. As always, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters.
Literary adaptations
While David Lynch and Alejandro Jodorowsky may have been defeated by big-screen adaptations of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction novel “Dune” (Warner Bros./HBO Max), Oscar-nominated French-Canadian auteur Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”) embraced the chance to bring his trademark visual panache to the sci-fi epic, which will come in two parts. Part One was whittled down from the sprawling novel by the director, veteran Oscar-winner Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump”), and Jon Spaihts. Oscar Isaac’s Duke Leto Atreides and Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica travel with their son Paul (Timothée Chalamet) to dangerous desert planet Arrakis, which supplies the universe with the valuable spice melange. After pandemic delays, the movie...
Literary adaptations
While David Lynch and Alejandro Jodorowsky may have been defeated by big-screen adaptations of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction novel “Dune” (Warner Bros./HBO Max), Oscar-nominated French-Canadian auteur Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival”) embraced the chance to bring his trademark visual panache to the sci-fi epic, which will come in two parts. Part One was whittled down from the sprawling novel by the director, veteran Oscar-winner Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump”), and Jon Spaihts. Oscar Isaac’s Duke Leto Atreides and Rebecca Ferguson’s Lady Jessica travel with their son Paul (Timothée Chalamet) to dangerous desert planet Arrakis, which supplies the universe with the valuable spice melange. After pandemic delays, the movie...
- 2/12/2022
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Nearly three decades have passed since Jane Campion reaped a pair of Oscar bids for directing and writing “The Piano.” She was the second woman to pull off this double play after Lina Wertmüller. Campion won Best Original Screenplay but lost Best Director to Steven Spielberg (“Schindler’s List”).
Now, she and Spielberg face off in a long-awaited rematch, having earned nominations for helming “The Power of the Dog” and “West Side Story,” respectively. She is now the first two-time female nominee in the history of the Best Director category. The prize has only gone to two women in the past, and it took 82 years for that glass ceiling to be broken. Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”) achieved that historical feat in 2010, and Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) followed in her footsteps just last year.
In addition to Wertmüller, the directing category’s small group of female also-rans consists of Sofia Coppola, Greta Gerwig,...
Now, she and Spielberg face off in a long-awaited rematch, having earned nominations for helming “The Power of the Dog” and “West Side Story,” respectively. She is now the first two-time female nominee in the history of the Best Director category. The prize has only gone to two women in the past, and it took 82 years for that glass ceiling to be broken. Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”) achieved that historical feat in 2010, and Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) followed in her footsteps just last year.
In addition to Wertmüller, the directing category’s small group of female also-rans consists of Sofia Coppola, Greta Gerwig,...
- 2/9/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
This article contains spoilers for the new Jane Campion film “The Power of the Dog.”
Director Jane Campion’s new Western “The Power of the Dog” packs a punch that has won it wide acclaim since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2021, including 12 Oscar nominations. But some viewers might be confused by the quiet, understated ending — which relies on careful attention to clues that Campion has quietly seeded throughout the film in order to digest the full impact.
The film, based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel and set in 1925 Montana, focuses on two rancher brothers who become increasingly estranged after the younger (Jesse Plemons) marries a widow (Kirsten Dunst) with a nearly grown son who’s studying to be a surgeon (Kodi Smit-McPhee). The older brother, a hard-charging rancher played by Benedict Cumberbatch, is witheringly cruel to both his sister-in-law (who increasingly turns to alcohol to numb her anxiety) and her son,...
Director Jane Campion’s new Western “The Power of the Dog” packs a punch that has won it wide acclaim since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2021, including 12 Oscar nominations. But some viewers might be confused by the quiet, understated ending — which relies on careful attention to clues that Campion has quietly seeded throughout the film in order to digest the full impact.
The film, based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel and set in 1925 Montana, focuses on two rancher brothers who become increasingly estranged after the younger (Jesse Plemons) marries a widow (Kirsten Dunst) with a nearly grown son who’s studying to be a surgeon (Kodi Smit-McPhee). The older brother, a hard-charging rancher played by Benedict Cumberbatch, is witheringly cruel to both his sister-in-law (who increasingly turns to alcohol to numb her anxiety) and her son,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Benedict Cumberbatch can’t stop laughing. Speaking to Deadline on Tuesday morning after receiving his Oscar nomination — one of a whopping 12 total noms for Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog — he confessed he had a “nauseating grin” on his face. “It’s such a weird, heightened thing,” he said.
Netflix film The Power of the Dog, adapted by Campion from Thomas Savage’s novel, sees Cumberbatch playing Phil, a deeply repressed rancher who holds a torch for his long-dead cowboy mentor. The outwardly hyper-masculine and bullying Phil unexpectedly develops feelings for Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee) when his mother (Kirsten Dunst) marries Phil’s brother George (Jesse Plemons).
Oscars Nominations Analysis: The Movies Are Good, But Is This Now ‘The Power Of The Dog’ & Netflix’s Race To Lose?
Cumberbatch explained his deep admiration for Campion and her ability to connect with her actors. “She saw me in the way that she saw the character,...
Netflix film The Power of the Dog, adapted by Campion from Thomas Savage’s novel, sees Cumberbatch playing Phil, a deeply repressed rancher who holds a torch for his long-dead cowboy mentor. The outwardly hyper-masculine and bullying Phil unexpectedly develops feelings for Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee) when his mother (Kirsten Dunst) marries Phil’s brother George (Jesse Plemons).
Oscars Nominations Analysis: The Movies Are Good, But Is This Now ‘The Power Of The Dog’ & Netflix’s Race To Lose?
Cumberbatch explained his deep admiration for Campion and her ability to connect with her actors. “She saw me in the way that she saw the character,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
The Power of the Dog’s Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee earned their first Oscar nominations on Tuesday for their turns in the Jane Campion film, speaking with Deadline about its stellar reception and upcoming projects including the action epic Civil War, which the former is starring in for Alex Garland, and the Untitled Elvis Presley Project from Baz Luhrmann in which the latter shot a role.
While Dunst wouldn’t disclose specifics as to the story of Civil War, she shared that the film will enter production in Atlanta in March. And while Smit-McPhee admits he only has “a small part” in Luhrmann’s Elvis film, he said he took away from it the same “reward of being challenged” that he’d found on The Power of the Dog.
Dunst said that going forward, she’d “like to work with Paul Thomas Anderson,” with Smit-McPhee expressing an interest in...
While Dunst wouldn’t disclose specifics as to the story of Civil War, she shared that the film will enter production in Atlanta in March. And while Smit-McPhee admits he only has “a small part” in Luhrmann’s Elvis film, he said he took away from it the same “reward of being challenged” that he’d found on The Power of the Dog.
Dunst said that going forward, she’d “like to work with Paul Thomas Anderson,” with Smit-McPhee expressing an interest in...
- 2/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
For the first time in its nearly hundred-year history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nominated the same female filmmaker for the Best Director honors for a second time. Jane Campion, who was previously nominated in the category for 1993’s “The Piano”, picked up a record-breaking second Oscar nom for her work on awards season favorite “The Power of the Dog.”
Campion, long viewed as the frontrunner in this category after picking up a bevy of awards already this season, was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Campion was also nominated for Best Picture as a producer of “The Power of the Dog.”
Campion will face off against Kenneth Branagh, Ryuske Hamaguchi, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Steven Spielberg in the stacked category.
In the Academy Awards’ 94-year history, only seven women have ever been nominated for Best Director alongside Campion: Lina Wertmüller (1976′s “Seven Beauties”), Sofia Coppola...
Campion, long viewed as the frontrunner in this category after picking up a bevy of awards already this season, was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Campion was also nominated for Best Picture as a producer of “The Power of the Dog.”
Campion will face off against Kenneth Branagh, Ryuske Hamaguchi, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Steven Spielberg in the stacked category.
In the Academy Awards’ 94-year history, only seven women have ever been nominated for Best Director alongside Campion: Lina Wertmüller (1976′s “Seven Beauties”), Sofia Coppola...
- 2/8/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Jane Campion has entered the Oscars history books following the 2022 nominations, as the New Zealand helmer is now the first woman filmmaker to boast two career nominations in the best director category.
Campion is nominated for directing this year thanks to her acclaimed work on the Netflix-backed “The Power of the Dog,” which also won her the directing prize at last year’s Venice Film Festival and nabbed her a nomination at the Directors Guild of America Awards. Campion’s first Oscar nomination for directing came in 1994 when she was nominated for “The Piano” at the 66th Academy Awards. She won the Oscar for original screenplay that year.
In addition to directing, “The Power of the Dog” picked up several Oscar nominations this year in categories such as best picture, actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actress for Kristen Dunst, supporting actor for Kodi Smitt-McPhee and Jesse Plemons, adapted screenplay,...
Campion is nominated for directing this year thanks to her acclaimed work on the Netflix-backed “The Power of the Dog,” which also won her the directing prize at last year’s Venice Film Festival and nabbed her a nomination at the Directors Guild of America Awards. Campion’s first Oscar nomination for directing came in 1994 when she was nominated for “The Piano” at the 66th Academy Awards. She won the Oscar for original screenplay that year.
In addition to directing, “The Power of the Dog” picked up several Oscar nominations this year in categories such as best picture, actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actress for Kristen Dunst, supporting actor for Kodi Smitt-McPhee and Jesse Plemons, adapted screenplay,...
- 2/8/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
On Tuesday, The Power of the Dog‘s Ari Wegner became the second woman ever to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography.
Wegner’s recognition comes on the heels of Rachel Morrison’s nom back in 2018 for her work on Dee Rees’ historical Netflix drama Mudbound, which did not result in a win.
The Power of the Dog also claimed nominations this morning for Best Picture, Director (Jane Campion), Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Supporting Actress (Kirsten Dunst), Supporting Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons), Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Original Score. Wegner is joined in her category by Dune‘s Greig Fraser, Nightmare Alley‘s Dan Laustsen, The Tragedy of Macbeth‘s Bruno Delbonnel and West Side Story’s Janusz Kaminski.
Campion’s acclaimed Western drama for Netflix is based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name. It centers on Phil Burbank (Cumberbatch), a charismatic...
Wegner’s recognition comes on the heels of Rachel Morrison’s nom back in 2018 for her work on Dee Rees’ historical Netflix drama Mudbound, which did not result in a win.
The Power of the Dog also claimed nominations this morning for Best Picture, Director (Jane Campion), Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Supporting Actress (Kirsten Dunst), Supporting Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons), Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Cinematography, Editing, Sound and Original Score. Wegner is joined in her category by Dune‘s Greig Fraser, Nightmare Alley‘s Dan Laustsen, The Tragedy of Macbeth‘s Bruno Delbonnel and West Side Story’s Janusz Kaminski.
Campion’s acclaimed Western drama for Netflix is based on Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name. It centers on Phil Burbank (Cumberbatch), a charismatic...
- 2/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2022 Oscars will take place on March 27.
Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog leads the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards, closely followed by Denis Villeneuve’s Dune.
Netflix-backed The Power Of The Dog secured 12 nods including best picture, directing and cinematography as well as four acting nominations for lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smith-McPhee, and actress Kirsten Dunst.
New Zealand filmmaker Campion is now the first woman to have secured two nominations in the best director category, after The Piano in 1994 for which she won the Oscar for original screenplay. She...
Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog leads the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards, closely followed by Denis Villeneuve’s Dune.
Netflix-backed The Power Of The Dog secured 12 nods including best picture, directing and cinematography as well as four acting nominations for lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch, supporting actors Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smith-McPhee, and actress Kirsten Dunst.
New Zealand filmmaker Campion is now the first woman to have secured two nominations in the best director category, after The Piano in 1994 for which she won the Oscar for original screenplay. She...
- 2/8/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
As Hollywood eagerly anticipates this Tuesday’s Oscar nominations, all signs to continue to point towards a strong showing for “The Power of the Dog.” Jane Campion’s western, adapted from the Thomas Savage novel of the same name, continues to earn rave reviews for its minimalist script and committed performances from its cast.
Benedict Cumberbatch has earned particular praise for the method acting that he utilized in his performance, going so far as to practice castrating bulls and smoking so many cigarettes on set that he gave himself nicotine poisoning. The effort was certainly worth it, as his performance as brutal rancher Phil Burbank is the heart of the film and has propelled him towards Oscar buzz.
The London Critics’ Circle Film Awards ceremony was held in London on Sunday night and the evening was all about “The Power of the Dog.” The movie was named Film of the...
Benedict Cumberbatch has earned particular praise for the method acting that he utilized in his performance, going so far as to practice castrating bulls and smoking so many cigarettes on set that he gave himself nicotine poisoning. The effort was certainly worth it, as his performance as brutal rancher Phil Burbank is the heart of the film and has propelled him towards Oscar buzz.
The London Critics’ Circle Film Awards ceremony was held in London on Sunday night and the evening was all about “The Power of the Dog.” The movie was named Film of the...
- 2/6/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
There are many different types of existing works from which a film’s screenplay can be adapted, and Oscar voters have honored scripts built from just about every source material imaginable. Voters typically reveal their preferences by consistently choosing scripts based on certain source materials over others. Examining the most recent Best Adapted Screenplay lineups is the most effective way of predicting the next one. Here is a list of the category’s nominees and winners, as well as their sources of origin, from the last five years:
2021:
Winner: “The Father” – Play
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” – Existing film
“Nomadland” – Nonfiction book
“One Night in Miami” – Play
“The White Tiger” – Novel
2020:
Winner: “Jojo Rabbit” – Novel
“The Irishman” – Nonfiction book
“Joker” – Comic books
“Little Women” – Novel
“The Two Popes” – Play
2019:
Winner: “BlacKkKlansman” – Memoir
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” – Short stories
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” – Memoir
“If Beale Street Could Talk...
2021:
Winner: “The Father” – Play
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” – Existing film
“Nomadland” – Nonfiction book
“One Night in Miami” – Play
“The White Tiger” – Novel
2020:
Winner: “Jojo Rabbit” – Novel
“The Irishman” – Nonfiction book
“Joker” – Comic books
“Little Women” – Novel
“The Two Popes” – Play
2019:
Winner: “BlacKkKlansman” – Memoir
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” – Short stories
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” – Memoir
“If Beale Street Could Talk...
- 2/4/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
The following contains spoilers for "The Power of the Dog" (film and novel) and "Brokeback Mountain" (film and short story).
Early in Thomas Savage's 1967 novel "The Power of the Dog," a fascinating sentence appears: "Phil had never seen a moving picture and by God never would, but these young fellows had magazines about the moving pictures in the bunkhouse, and a fellow name of W.S. Hart had got to be sort of their God." This would be William S. Hart, a silent film superstar who helped popularize Westerns as a genre. Through a happy accident, he...
The post What Queer Westerns The Power of the Dog and Brokeback Mountain Owe to a Silent Movie Star appeared first on /Film.
Early in Thomas Savage's 1967 novel "The Power of the Dog," a fascinating sentence appears: "Phil had never seen a moving picture and by God never would, but these young fellows had magazines about the moving pictures in the bunkhouse, and a fellow name of W.S. Hart had got to be sort of their God." This would be William S. Hart, a silent film superstar who helped popularize Westerns as a genre. Through a happy accident, he...
The post What Queer Westerns The Power of the Dog and Brokeback Mountain Owe to a Silent Movie Star appeared first on /Film.
- 1/28/2022
- by La Donna Pietra
- Slash Film
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