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    May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Critic's Pick: 'Kon-Tiki' stays true to a legendary adventure

    There's a big, raw-boned appeal to "Kon-Tiki," the Norwegian film based on its native son explorer Thor Heyerdahl and the 100-plus days he and a crew of six spent on a balsa wood raft crossing the Pacific to prove a point. Carried by currents from Peru to the Polynesian islands, the journey was already legendary, the subject of Heyerdahl's 1948 book and his 1951 Oscar-winning doc. Directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg's dramatic version all these years later was Norway's Oscar entry earlier this year. Starring a towering and unsinkable Pal Sverre Hagen as Thor, this is just the sort of sprawling adventure that is a perfect warm-up to summer. It begins with Heyerdahl's obsession, follows the story through construction of the boat from materials and techniques that indigenous people would have used and finally takes us on the harrowing journey itself. In hewing so closely to the history and by eschewing the sort of 3-D technology that we've come to expect in films like these, the directors have given us a piece of history that looks, well, historic &mdash; as if it survived the 1947 journey right alongside Thor<em>.</em>
    There's a big, raw-boned appeal to "Kon-Tiki," the Norwegian film based on its native son explorer Thor Heyerdahl and the 100-plus days he and a crew of six spent on a balsa wood raft crossing the Pacific to prove a point. Carried by currents from Peru to...

    Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, Indigenous People, Norway

    2. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Review: 'Kon-Tiki' a tale retold of determined seafarers

    "Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that gripped the world's imagination &mdash; and launched a thousand tiki bars.
    "Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that gripped the world's imagination — and launched a...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Amour (movie), Entertainment, Movies, Sports Illustrated

    3. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| LAT - HOLD Archive

  3. Oscars winners and nominees 2013: Complete list

    Ben Affleck's film "Argo" took the best picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Other marquee winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for lead actor for &ldquo;Lincoln,&rdquo; Jennifer Lawrence for lead actress for &ldquo;Silver Linings Playbook,&rdquo; and Ang Lee for director for &ldquo;Life of Pi,&rdquo; which won four Oscars, the most for any film.
    Ben Affleck's film "Argo" took the best picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Other marquee winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for lead actor for “Lincoln,” Jennifer Lawrence for lead actress for “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Ang...

    Tags: ParaNorman (movie), The Gatekeepers (movie), War Witch (movie), Poetry, Chasing Ice (movie)

    4. Feb 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Oscars 2013: 'Amour' wins for foreign language film

    As the French might say, the victory of "Amour" for foreign language film at the Oscars on Sunday was practically a <em>fait accompli</em>.
    As the French might say, the victory of "Amour" for foreign language film at the Oscars on Sunday was practically a fait accompli. Pourquoi, you ask? Well, Michael Haneke's beautiful, elegiac film about a sudden crisis threatening an octogenarian...

    Tags: Movies, Entertainment, France, Michael Haneke, Golden Globe Awards

    5. Feb 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Oscar predictions 2013: Animation, documentary, foreign film

    <em>Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. If you missed previous entries, you can find the shorts races <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-predictions-shorts-categories-20130219,0,6533957.story">here</a>, the sound categories <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-predictions-sound-categories-20130219,0,1098044.story">here</a>, visual crafts right <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-predictions-cinematography-costumes-visual-effects20130220,0,4919179.story">here</a>, the Adele-rific song and score <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-predictions-song-score-20130221,0,452147.story">here</a> and screenplays and editing <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-predictions-screenplay-editing-20130221,0,4536753.story">here</a>. Now: On to the animation, documentary and foreign-language contenders.</em>
    Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. If you missed previous entries, you can find the shorts races here, the...

    Tags: Frankenweenie (movie), Photography and Video, The Invisible War (movie), Gold Standard Incorporated, ParaNorman (movie)

    6. Jan 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Palm Springs International Film Festival announces awards

    The Golden Globes aren't the only awards being presented Sunday: The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival announced its winners on Sunday afternoon.
    This post has been corrected, as detailed below.
    The Golden Globes aren't the only awards being presented Sunday: The 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival announced its winners on Sunday afternoon. Wayne Blair's "The Sapphires," an Australian musical-drama about an all-female...

    Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Blancanieves (movie), John Schlesinger, Jump (movie)

    7. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Oscars 2013: 'Amour' in, 'Intouchables' out for foreign language

    Academy voters showed their love for Austria's "Amour" on Thursday morning, with the deep and intimate look at an aging couple facing the end of life together being nominated not just for best foreign language film, but also for best picture and in three other categories.&nbsp;
    Academy voters showed their love for Austria's "Amour" on Thursday morning, with the deep and intimate look at an aging couple facing the end of life together being nominated not just for best foreign language film, but also for best picture and in...

    Tags: Jean Dujardin, Movies, Language, Michael Haneke, Mads Mikkelsen

    8. Jan 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. The difficult path to a foreign-language film Oscar

    Something like a glammed-up re-imagining of the United Nations, year-in, year-out the foreign-language film category at the Oscars is a home to diplomacy, drama, intrigue and heartbreak. And that's just the process to secure a nomination and then the award, to say nothing of the actual storytelling portrayed on-screen.
    Something like a glammed-up re-imagining of the United Nations, year-in, year-out the foreign-language film category at the Oscars is a home to diplomacy, drama, intrigue and heartbreak. And that's just the process to secure a nomination and then the...

    Tags: Movies, Michael Haneke, Romania, United Nations, Rust and Bone (movie)

    9. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. The Cinematheque celebrates the beauty of film

    The American Cinematheque welcomes 2013 with "Motion Picturesque: Cinema at Its Most Beautiful" festival, which shines the spotlight on the visual splendor of motion pictures.
    The American Cinematheque welcomes 2013 with "Motion Picturesque: Cinema at Its Most Beautiful" festival, which shines the spotlight on the visual splendor of motion pictures. The series opens Thursday at the Egyptian with Fritz Lang's influential...

    Tags: Movies, Jack Klugman, Vincente Minnelli, Christopher Nolan, Celebrities

    10. Dec 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 'Amour,' 'Intouchables' make academy's foreign language film shortlist

    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday moved forward with nine potential nominated movies for the next round of voting in the foreign language film category for the 85th Academy Awards, narrowing the field from 71 qualifying films.
    The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday moved forward with nine potential nominated movies for the next round of voting in the foreign language film category for the 85th Academy Awards, narrowing the field from 71 qualifying films....

    Tags: Movies, Entertainment, France, Mads Mikkelsen, Austria

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