Biggest Oscar Snubs #3c: 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS
Laura Vasiliu, Anamaria Marinca in 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (IFC First Take)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Biggest Oscar Snubs #3b: Pedro Almodóvar’s VOLVER
A harrowing drama about a young woman (Laura Vasiliu) trying to get an abortion with the help of her friend (Anamaria Marinca) in Nicolae Ceausescu’s Communist Romania, Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days won the Palme d’Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was as much a shoo-in for the best foreign language film Oscar as a film has the right to be.
"First, this movie should be enjoyed. Later, marveled at," wrote Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle. "And then, once the excitement has faded, 4 [...]
by Andre Soares | January 17, 2010
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Tags: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Academy Awards, Anamaria Marinca, Cristian Mungiu, Film Awards, Foreign Language Film Category, Josh Rosenblatt, Laura Vasiliu, Mick LaSalle, Oscar 2007, Oscar Snubs, Roger Ebert, Scott Foundas
Biggest Oscar Snubs #3: Foreign Language Films
Penelope Cruz, Yohana Cobo in Volver (Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics)
Oscar Nomination Snub #3
Foreign Language Film Category
City of God (2002)
Volver (2006)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Gomorrah (2008)
Biggest Oscar Snubs #4: Barbra Streisand – YENTL, THE PRINCE OF TIDES
I’ve always had a personal grudge against the Academy’s rules & regulations for the Best Foreign Language Film category. I know I’m not the only one.
Time and again, deserving films aren’t nominated not because Academy voters have different tastes than yours truly, but because they don’t even have the chance to watch the potential contenders. Voters in this special category, for instance, are not allowed to watch movies [...]
by Andre Soares | January 16, 2010
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Tags: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Academy Awards, City of God, Film Awards, Foreign Language Film Category, Foreign Language Films, Gomorrah, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Oscar Snubs, Richard Corliss, Three Colors: Red, Volver
Central Ohio Film Critics Awards 2009
2009 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Central Ohio Film Critics award winners: Jan. 9, 2009
WALL-E by Andrew Stanton
Best Film: WALL·E
Runners-up:
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Frozen River
4. The Dark Knight
5. Frost/Nixon
6. Milk
7. The Wrestler
8. Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
9. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
10. In Bruges
Best Foreign Language Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile)
Runner-Up: Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Runner-Up: American Teen
Best Animated Film: WALL·E
Runner-Up: Kung Fu Panda
Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Runner-Up: Andrew Stanton (WALL·E)
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Runner-Up: Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Actress: Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
Runner-Up: Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Supporting Actor: [...]
by Deborah Arthur | January 9, 2009
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Tags: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Central Ohio Film Critics Awards, Danny Boyle, Film Awards, Heath Ledger, Man on Wire, Marisa Tomei, Melissa Leo, Mickey Rourke, WALL·E
New York Film Critics Online Awards 2008
2008 New York Film Critics Online Awards
2008 New York Film Critics Online Award winners: December 14, 2008
Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Top Ten Films (in alphabetical order)
Che
A Christmas Tale
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
The Wrestler
Best Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu
Best Documentary: Man on Wire by James Marsh
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E by Andrew Stanton
Best Director: Danny Boyle (with Loveleen Tandan) – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Sean Penn – Milk
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
Best [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 14, 2008
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Tags: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Danny Boyle, Film Awards, Heath Ledger, Man on Wire, New York Film Critics Online Awards, Penélope Cruz, Sally Hawkins, Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, WALL-E
2008 New York Film Critics Winners
There were no major surprises in the list of the New York Film Critics Circle’s 2008 winners — unless you count last year’s Romanian abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days being chosen this year’s best foreign film. (Last year, the New York critics’ picked the German drama The Lives of Others — released in Los Angeles in 2006 — as their top foreign film; the previous year, their choice was the French underground drama Army of Shadows, a 1969 release in its country of origin.)
Milk was voted best film, Sean Penn (above) was the best actor for his performance as slain gay leader Harvey Milk, and Josh Brolin was chosen best supporting actor for the same film. [...]
by Andre Soares | December 10, 2008
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Tags: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Film Awards, Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh, Milk, New York Film Critics Awards, Penélope Cruz, Sally Hawkins, Sean Penn, WALL-E