12 Years a Slave
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12 Years a Slave director Sir Steve McQueen receives knighthood, reveals details of new film Blitz to Princess Anne
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Brad Pitt is poised to win an Oscar on Sunday — but it wouldn't be his first
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SXSW: A Jimi Hendrix movie without Jimi Hendrix music?
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'12 Years a Slave,' 'Elephant Man' costume designer Patricia Norris dies at 83
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Column: Why can't Lupita Nyong'o find a role worthy of her?
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How the Oscars affected the weekend box office numbers
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'12 Years a Slave' screenwriter John Ridley talks supposed beef with Steve McQueen
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ANALYSIS: '12 Years a Slave' breaks Oscar trend of playing it safe
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The Oscars: At last, a show that no one can complain about (though, of course, they still will)
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Oscars 2014 review: Who were the real heroes of an endless night?
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'12 Years a Slave' plans theatrical expansion after Best Picture win
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'12 Years a Slave' violence: Why 'Schindler's List' got a pass
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Inside the Best Picture Nominees: A deep dive into '12 Years a Slave'
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'12 Years a Slave' to be distributed at high schools
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'12 Years a Slave' nabs Satellite Awards for Best Picture, Director
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Lupita Nyong'o: Oscar nominee talks about her wild ride in the spotlight
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Oscars 2014: Best Director Nominations
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Oscars 2014: Best Actor Nominations
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Oscars 2014: Best Supporting Actor Nominations
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'Gravity' and '12 Years a Slave' tie for Best Picture at Producers Guild Awards
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'12 Years a Slave' director Steve McQueen 'ecstatic' over Oscar noms
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Oscars 2014: And the nominees for best costume design are...
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Oscars 2014: Nominees react
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Oscars 2014: Lupita Nyong'o is living in a heightened reality
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Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2014: The winners list
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David O. Russell on 'Hunger Games': '12 years of slavery' for J. Law
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Golden Globes: What they mean for the Oscar race -- ANALYSIS
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Golden Globes 2014: '12 Years a Slave' wins Best Drama
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Globes Behind the Scenes: What you WON'T see on television
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'Gravity', 'American Hustle', '12 Years a Slave' lead BAFTA nominations
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Chiwetel Ejiofor Shines in the Darkness of '12 Years'
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Lupita Nyong'O
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'12 Years a Slave''s Fearsome Face-Off
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'12 Years a Slave' sets Oscar-pegged re-release date
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'12 Years A Slave' and 'American Hustle' lead Critics' Choice Movie Awards
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Golden Globes: First-time nominee Lupita Nyong'o reacts
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Golden Globes: Double nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor reacts
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Golden Globe nominations: '12 Years' and 'American Hustle' lead the way
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Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: 'Gravity' ties with 'Her' for Best Picture, James Franco ties with Jared Leto
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L.A., New York, and Boston Critics awards roundup
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This Week's Cover: The Top 10 best everything of 2013
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'12 Years a Slave': The reactions that make Steve McQueen thankful
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'12 Years a Slave': Steve McQueen on his epic's message of love
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Independent Spirit Awards honor '12 Years a Slave' and 'Nebraska'
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Movies: November 29, 2013
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White House denies report, will continue screening movies
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Is '12 Years' the New 'Brokeback'?
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Oscar Bugg: Costuming '12 Years'
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John Legend, Hans Zimmer talk connection to '12 Years A Slave'
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'12 Years a Slave': The reviews are in...
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'X-Men' trailer leans on Hans Zimmer's 'Thin Red Line' score
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'12 Years a Slave' leads Gotham nominations
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'12 Years a Slave': See Chiwetel Ejiofor's ordeal begin
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''I'm Going to be Forever Affected by Walking in That Woman's Shoes''
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Brad Pitt would 'absolutely' show '12 Years a Slave' to his kids
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Michael Fassbender won't campaign for '12 Years' Oscar nom
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'12 Years a Slave' has special homecoming at New York Film Festival
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'12 Years a Slave' wins Toronto People's Choice Award
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Our Critic's Take on Toronto
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'12 Years a Slave' - and its rave reviews - are the talk of Toronto
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Toronto 2013: '12 Years a Slave' is a landmark of cruelty and transcendence
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Toronto: '12 Years a Slave' makes a devastating impression, with Oscar nominations a certainty
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Toronto 2013: The quality movie season on steroids