Omar
‘Leviathan’ Wins Poland’s Camerimage Festival
Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Cannes winner is Russia's official entry for the 2015 foreign-language Oscar race
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Brutally Honest Oscar Voter Ballot No. 3
A member of the Academy's executives branch talks THR's Scott Feinberg through his picks: "Gravity" is "spiritual," I'm voting for "the 'Captain Phillips' guy" and "Dallas Buyers" makeup succeeds in making stars "look like they're really dying!"
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Oscars: Foreign Film Shortlist Breakdown
Academy voters, brace yourselves. Nine films have been selected, and there's not a comedy among them -- but there's plenty of suffering, from the dislocations of World War II to violence on the Israel-Palestine border.
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Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Palestine’s ‘Omar’ Wins Best Film
China's Zhang Ziyi won best actress for her performance in Wong Kar Wai's "The Grandmaster," Korean star Lee Byung-hun took best actor, and Singapore's Anthony Chen was named best director for "Ilo Ilo."
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Omar: Cannes Review
Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad, known for his portrait of suicide bombers in "Paradise Now," is back with another strong story from the region.
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