Agnieszka Holland Articles
A SEPARATION, PINA, IN DARKNESS: Nine Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Semi-Finalists
Anders W. Berthelsen, Paprika Steen, Sebastián Estevanez in Ole Christian Madsen's SuperClásico The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of nine films still in contention for the 2012 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Sixty-three films had originally qualified in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam, director; Canada, Monsieur Lazhar, [...]
Oscar 2012: Ten Female Directors on Best Foreign Language Film List
Nadine Labaki, Where Do We Go Now? Today it was announced that Patty Jenkins, whose Monster earned Charlize Theron a Best Actress Oscar in early 2004, will be directing Thor 2. Officially, Perkins is the first woman director at the helm of a big-budget, Hollywood superhero movie. Below you'll find ten movies directed by female filmmakers that are among the 63 contenders for nominations for [...]
Agnieszka Holland Retrospective at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art's ongoing Agnieszka Holland retrospective in New York City continues until January 5, 2009. Holland, best known for her World War II era drama Europa Europa, The Secret Garden (above, lower photo), Washington Square, and Total Eclipse (top photo, with Leonardo DiCaprio), directed and wrote a number of lesser-known films in her native Poland. Among the upcoming MoMA screenings are several [...]