SEPT 16
Why Spotlight Is the Best Picture Front-Runner
Slate Magazine (blog) - 1 hour ago
This article originally appeared in Vulture. I recently had dinner with a top film publicist who remarked that the start of Oscar season feels a little quieter than usual. A lot of the presumptive contenders have started screening to so-so reviews, she ...
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- YES! Director of Spotlight goes after Vatican
- Reactions to Spotlight are in and, WOW!
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- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted.@MarkRuffalo joined us for SPOTLIGHT & #Periscope'd his view from the #TIFF15 red carpet http://ow.ly/Sd627
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedWrote about SPOTLIGHT, which I loved, loved, loved. My favorite movie of the year so far. #TIFF15 http://uproxx.it/1FaONEx
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedI think we've got a Best Picture frontrunner now, and it's the terrific SPOTLIGHT. My take: http://bit.ly/1VYztPA
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedSPOTLIGHT is flawless: A rigorous, humane investigation story that left this lapsed Catholic (and child of newspaper people) teary. #TIFF15
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedWow, SPOTLIGHT is spellbinding. Easily one of the best movies of the year, not just #TIFF2015 & best journalism film since President's Men.
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedSO PROUD of our friend @briandarcyjames, who gives a superb, game-changing performance in @SpotlightMovie ##TIFF
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedSPOLIGHT is picking up awards buzz by the hour at #TIFF. As the lights go down on the public screening, my review: http://mashable.com/2015/09/14/spotlight-review-toronto-international-film-festival-boston-globe-catholic-church/#CYVU8jxDGPkt …
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted'Spotlight' movie review: A thrilling dive into masterful journalism http://on.mash.to/1QB9v1D
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedSPOTLIGHT is not only a terrific movie with an amazing cast, but it has a rare understanding of how newspapers actually work. #TIFF15
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedLong, long lineup for #Spotlight. Around the block, across the street, down another block. #TIFF15
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweeted
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedA roundup of "Spotlight" movie reaction from critics at the Toronto International Film Festival http://bos.gl/63nCisK
- SPOTLIGHT Movie retweetedSPOTLIGHT could easily win a whole bunch of awards http://vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/09/spotlight-toronto-review-oscars … #tiff15
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Michael Keaton is back in the Oscar-season Spotlight
Entertainment Weekly - 4 hours ago
When director Tom McCarthy told Walter “Robby” Robinson that Michael Keaton would be playing him in Spotlight, the true story of the Boston Globe reporters who exposed the Roman Catholic Church's sex-abuse scandal in 2002, the veteran journalist was ...
‘Danish Girl,’ ‘Spotlight” to open Mill Valley Film Fest http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Danish-Girl-Spotlight-to-open-Mill-6504305.php?cmpid=twitter-tablet … via @SFGate @spotlightmovie @MVFilmfest #spotlightmovie
- The sad, sad news biz: Even as #SpotlightMovie celebrates @BostonGlobe , 12 journos there let go. http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2015/09/15/boston-dot-com-layoffs/ …
- Investigative journalism and perseverance. #SpotlightMovie shines as a #TIFF favorite. http://iTunes.com/TIFF
Jim Rainey
iTunes Movies
‘Spotlight’ movie reaction from critics in Toronto http://www.bostonglobe.com/2015/09/14/spotlight-movie-reaction-from-critics-toronto/8psNrWFrCNUNb3RBMWm95M/story.html?event=event25 … via @BostonGlobe @SpotlightMovie #SpotlightMovie @Participant
- #SpotlightMovie is superb and a surefire Oscar contender. Our review: http://screencrush.com/spotlight-review-tiff/ … #TIFF15
ScreenCrush Did Pope Francis Pick Philly Over Beantown To Avoid The Abuse 'Spotlight'?
BOSTON (MA)
WGBH
It was January 2002 when the Boston Globe’s spotlight team broke the stunning news about widespread sexual abuse in the Catholic Church — dozens of priests accused of molesting children, and rather than confront the problem, the church instead moved those priests from parish to parish, hiding their pasts from unsuspecting new victims.
James Porter, Paul Shanley and John Geoghan were three priests who were said to have had as many as 100 victims each — victims whose parents complained to the Boston Archdiocese. At the time, Boston Cardinal Bernard Law admitted he knew John Geoghan had been accused of molesting children, saying:
“I was aware of the case. I was aware of the way the case was being handled. I was aware of the advice that was being given… and as I have indicated before — in retrospect — mistakes were made … I’ve acknowledged that the policy was flawed.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 2:25 PM
WGBH
It was January 2002 when the Boston Globe’s spotlight team broke the stunning news about widespread sexual abuse in the Catholic Church — dozens of priests accused of molesting children, and rather than confront the problem, the church instead moved those priests from parish to parish, hiding their pasts from unsuspecting new victims.
James Porter, Paul Shanley and John Geoghan were three priests who were said to have had as many as 100 victims each — victims whose parents complained to the Boston Archdiocese. At the time, Boston Cardinal Bernard Law admitted he knew John Geoghan had been accused of molesting children, saying:
“I was aware of the case. I was aware of the way the case was being handled. I was aware of the advice that was being given… and as I have indicated before — in retrospect — mistakes were made … I’ve acknowledged that the policy was flawed.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 2:25 PM
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September 7, 2015
Spotlight, the Catholic Sex-Abuse Drama, Is a Worst-to-First Triumph
UNITED STATES
GQ
By Scott Tobias
In the 16 years I've been attending the Toronto International Film Festival, Tom McCarthy's The Cobbler may be the single worst movie I've seen here. And during that time, I'm typically seeing four or five movies a day over seven to ten days, so conservatively speaking, I've seen somewhere around 500 movies. Many of them are terrible: Bloated awards-trawlers, impenetrable navel-gazers, "discoveries" by first-time/last-time directors, and those random slot-fillers that yield a masterpiece two percent of the time and a dud the other ninety-eight. But The Cobbler was a special kind of misfire, a magical realist comedy featuring unsettling racial overtones, Adam Sandler at his most clinically depressed, and a shocking series of third-act misjudgments.
As I wrote at the time, "The Cobbler is a paradox: A film that must be seen to be believe, but mustn't be seen." One year later, however, McCarthy is back with Spotlight, a gripping account of the Boston Globe's comprehensive investigation of child sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, and among people who report on Best Picture frontrunners, it has been declared the Best Picture frontrunner. As worst-to-first comebacks go, pick your analogy: The 1991 Minnesota Twins, '80s Neil Young to '90s Neil Young, 1941 to Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's tempting to say that The Cobbler is the sort of terrible movie that only a great director could make, but McCarthy isn't some cinematic visionary. His other films—The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win—are all small-scale, accessible, meat-and-potatoes dramas that rely on well-honed performances and empathetic storytelling. With The Cobbler, he made the mistake of trying to sing in a higher octave.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 6:34 AM
GQ
By Scott Tobias
In the 16 years I've been attending the Toronto International Film Festival, Tom McCarthy's The Cobbler may be the single worst movie I've seen here. And during that time, I'm typically seeing four or five movies a day over seven to ten days, so conservatively speaking, I've seen somewhere around 500 movies. Many of them are terrible: Bloated awards-trawlers, impenetrable navel-gazers, "discoveries" by first-time/last-time directors, and those random slot-fillers that yield a masterpiece two percent of the time and a dud the other ninety-eight. But The Cobbler was a special kind of misfire, a magical realist comedy featuring unsettling racial overtones, Adam Sandler at his most clinically depressed, and a shocking series of third-act misjudgments.
As I wrote at the time, "The Cobbler is a paradox: A film that must be seen to be believe, but mustn't be seen." One year later, however, McCarthy is back with Spotlight, a gripping account of the Boston Globe's comprehensive investigation of child sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, and among people who report on Best Picture frontrunners, it has been declared the Best Picture frontrunner. As worst-to-first comebacks go, pick your analogy: The 1991 Minnesota Twins, '80s Neil Young to '90s Neil Young, 1941 to Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's tempting to say that The Cobbler is the sort of terrible movie that only a great director could make, but McCarthy isn't some cinematic visionary. His other films—The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win—are all small-scale, accessible, meat-and-potatoes dramas that rely on well-honed performances and empathetic storytelling. With The Cobbler, he made the mistake of trying to sing in a higher octave.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 6:34 AM
'Spotlight' And 'Truth' Shine Brighter Than 'Trumbo' At The Toronto Film Festival
Tom McCarthy's “Spotlight” chronicles the Boston Globe reporters who ... Michael Rezendez (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and ..
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'Carol' and 'Spotlight' Will Be HIFF Centerpiece Films
East Hampton Star (blog)-3 hours ago
Tom McCarthy directed Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, and Stanley Tucci in the film, ...
MOVIE BLOG: Fall movie preview
The Sentinel (blog)-Sep 17, 2015
... “Spotlight” starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams as journalists investigating child molestation and the Catholic church; ...
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'Spotlight,' 'Carol' will feature in Hamptons film fest
Newsday - 16 hours ago
"Spotlight," the festival's Saturday centerpiece film, tells the story of The Boston Globe investigation that broke open the worldwide child-sex scandal within the Catholic Church. The cast includes Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams.
More Sept. 21
- how does the country root out pedophilia at its core if we ignore those in power who enable it. #SpotlightMovie http://cityofangels12.blogspot.com/2015/09/reporters-do-not-connect-dots-even.html …
- Great to hear #roomthemovie and #SpotlightMovie took the two top awards at #TIFF15 - well-deserved. Both will be major Oscar contenders.
- #SpotlightMovie is second runner-up of the People's Choice Award at #TIFF15 Awards: http://tiff.net/whats-on/news-events/room-pca-winner …
Kay Ebeling 
JoBlo.com 
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