Jane Campion wins directing Oscar for ‘Power of the Dog’
March 28, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jane Campion’s sabbatical from moviemaking left the respect and admiration of her peers undiminished.
Campion, whose last feature film was 2009’s “Bright Star,” was honored as best director at Sunday’s Academy Awards for the unconventional Western “The Power of the Dog.”
List of 2022 Oscar winners
March 28, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Winners at the Academy Awards on Sunday:
Ari Wegner: The other woman behind ‘The Power of the Dog’
March 20, 2022 GMTNext week, Ari Wegner could make Oscar history. The 37-year-old Australian has a very good shot at being the first woman to win an Academy Award for best cinematography for helping create the indelible images of “The Power of the Dog” alongside director Jane Campion.
How (and where) to watch the 2022 Oscar nominees online
March 18, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Looking to watch top Oscar nominees before the 94th Academy Awards air on March 27?
‘The Power of the Dog’ wins best picture at UK’s BAFTAs
March 14, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Sci-fi epic “Dune” won five prizes and brooding Western “The Power of the Dog” was named best picture as the British Academy Film Awards returned Sunday with a live, black-tie ceremony after a pandemic-curtailed event in 2021.
List of winners of the 2022 British Academy Film Awards
March 13, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Winners of the 2022 British Academy Film Awards, announced Sunday:
How (and where) to watch the 2022 Oscar nominees online
February 9, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Looking to watch top Oscar nominees before the 94th Academy Awards air on March 27?
‘Power of the Dog’ tops Oscar noms with 12; ‘Dune’ nabs 10
February 8, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — After a pandemic year that hobbled movie theaters and saw streaming services make new inroads into Hollywood, the Academy Awards put its strongest support Tuesday behind two films made with big-screen grandeur that were also streamed into homes: Jane Campion's gothic western “The Power of the Dog” and Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic “Dune.”
List of nominees for the 94th Academy Awards
February 8, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Nominees for the 94th Academy Awards, which were announced Tuesday. Winners will be announced on March 27 in Los Angeles.
‘Dune’ director out, KStew in and more Oscars surprises
February 8, 2022 GMTThe 94th Oscar nominations were full of surprises in both satisfying and disappointing ways, but when there are only five nominees in most categories, it's almost guaranteed that a few favorites will miss the cut.
‘Dune,’ ‘The Power Of The Dog’ lead BAFTA nominations
February 3, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Sci-fi epic blockbuster “Dune" and Jane Campion's dark Western “The Power Of The Dog” lead the nominations for this year's British Academy Film Awards, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lady Gaga among those up for leading actor awards.
Golden Globe Awards carry on, without stars or a telecast
January 10, 2022 GMTThe Golden Globe Awards, Hollywood’s so-called biggest party that regularly drew 18 million television viewers, was reduced to a live-blog Sunday night for its 79th edition.
The embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association proceeded with its film awards Sunday night without a telecast, nominees, a red carpet, a host, press or even a livestream.
LA film critics pick ‘Drive My Car’ as year’s best
December 19, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a showdown between Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” and Jane Campion’s “ The Power of the Dog ” for members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, but the group managed to give top honors to both on Saturday.
‘Dune,’ ‘CODA,’ ‘West Side Story’ make AFI’s 2021 top 10
December 8, 2021 GMTThe American Film Institute lined up behind many of the end-of-year Oscar contenders, naming Steven Spielberg's “West Side Story,” Jane Campion's “The Power of the Dog” and Adam McKay's “Don't Look Up” among the year's 10 best films.
New York film critics name ‘Drive My Car’ best film of 2021
December 3, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday named “Drive My Car,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi's intimate three-hour epic and Haruki Murakami’s short story adaptation, the best film of the year.
New this week: ‘Power of the Dog,’ ‘Annie’ live and Kenny G
November 29, 2021 GMTHere’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
Review: ‘The Power of the Dog’ is a sublime gothic Western
November 17, 2021 GMTTracking shots of a solitary figure striding across a Western plain, seen from within the darkened interiors of a home, bookend Jane Campion's “The Power of the Dog." As the man walks, with wrinkled foothills behind him, the camera glides through the house.
Q&A: Jane Campion and Kirsten Dunst, together at last
November 16, 2021 GMTJane Campion and Kirsten Dunst admired one another before they’d ever met, but it was Campion who made the first move.
She was enamored of Sofia Coppola’s “The Virgin Suicides” and wrote Dunst a letter.
Audrey Diwan eager to bring Venice winner ‘Happening’ to US
October 11, 2021 GMTFrench filmmaker Audrey Diwan’s life changed forever when her sophomore film “Happening” won the top award at the Venice International Film Festival exactly one month ago.
French abortion drama ‘Happening’ tops Venice Film Festival
September 11, 2021 GMTAudrey Diwan’s 1960s abortion drama “L’Evenement” (“Happening”) won the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, while the runner up honor went to Paolo Sorrentino’s semi-autobiographical “The Hand of God.”
After over a decade, Jane Campion returns to film
September 2, 2021 GMTJane Campion has not made a feature since 2009, but after a few years working in television she found herself drawn back to the romance of the two-hour story.
Campion’s grand return to the form is the period piece “The Power of the Dog,” a sweeping but intimate family drama set in the isolated hills of 1925 Montana.
At the Venice Film Festival, cinema’s future looks hopeful
September 1, 2021 GMTVENICE, Italy (AP) — Hope for the future of cinema was front of mind for many as the Venice International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday on the Lido.
Stars advocate for progress at honorary Oscars event
October 28, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Inequality in the film industry got a high-profile spotlight at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 11th annual Governors Awards, where Cherokee actor Wes Studi, Italian director Lina Wertmüller and filmmaker David Lynch all received honorary Oscars on Sunday...