Albert Brooks Articles

Shahab Hosseini in Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation The National Society of Film Critics, among whose members are the majority of the United States’ most influential and respected film commentators, has — as usual — taken a (mostly) different route than your average US-based critics’ group. For every The Social Network or The Hurt Locker there’s a Mulholland Dr. or a Yi Yi. This year, the [...]

Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgård, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melancholia MELANCHOLIA, A SEPARATION Screenplay, Jeannie Berlin: National Society of Film Critics’ Surprises BEST PICTURE 1. Melancholia – 29 (Lars von Trier) 2. The Tree of Life – 28 (Terrence Malick) 3. A Separation – 20 (Asghar Farhadi) BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 1. A Separation – 67 (Asghar Farhadi) 2. Mysteries of Lisbon – 28 (Raoul Ruiz) [...]

Lee Byung-hun, I Saw the Devil This year, the Austin Film Critics went for some unusual — though not exactly "surprising" — choices. Well, with one exception: Jee-woon Kim’s revenge thriller I Saw the Devil, their Best Foreign Language Film. To date, US-based critics have gone instead for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In, Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation, or Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins. Earlier [...]

Asa Butterfield, Sacha Baron Cohen, Hugo I SAW THE DEVIL: Austin Film Critics Biggest Surprise Winner Best Film Hugo, directed by Martin Scoresese Top Ten Films (runners-up) Drive by Nicolas Winding Ref Take Shelter by Jeff Nichols Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen Attack the Block by Joe Cornish The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius Martha Marcy May Marlene by Sean Durkin I Saw the Devil [...]