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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; An Education</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/an-education/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Carey Mulligan to Star in David Fincher&#039;s THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/carey-mulligan-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/carey-mulligan-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:52:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24043</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan An Education (top); Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (bottom) Carey Mulligan, not Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman, or Keira Knightley, is now rumored to star in David Fincher's Hollywood version of Niels Arden Oplev's Swedish blockbuster The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (in the original, Men Who Hate Women). Mulligan, a near-total unknown until late last year, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/carey-mulligan-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Spirit Awards Go Mainstream in Their Choice of Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/spirit-awards-mainstream-winners-901/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/spirit-awards-mainstream-winners-901/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:45:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22742</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan in An Education PRECIOUS Sweeps 25th Spirits Awards The Spirit Award nominations are selected by several groups of film professionals, scholars, and critics, depending on the categories. That explains how something like Alvarez's micro-budgeted Easier with Practice received two nominations, including Best First Film. Or how Cary Fukunaga's Spanish-language Sin Nombre, one of the best-received films last year, was in the running for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/spirit-awards-mainstream-winners-901/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Roger Ebert Gets Standing Ovation, Gabourey Sidibe Wins: Spirit Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/roger-ebert-gabourey-sidibe-spirit-awards-189/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/roger-ebert-gabourey-sidibe-spirit-awards-189/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:22:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22726</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gabourey Sidibe in Lee Daniels' Precious John Cassavetes Award winner Lynn Shelton, Best First Film Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper, and Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher all shed tears when accepting their awards. But the most emotional moment of the evening was the standing ovation given to Roger Ebert, who presented the Chaz and Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction award to Bill Ross and Turner Ross' [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/roger-ebert-gabourey-sidibe-spirit-awards-189/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BAFTA 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bafta-2010-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bafta-2010-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:25:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21137</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) BEST FILM Avatar – James Cameron, Jon Landau An Education – Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer * The Hurt Locker – Nominees TBC Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness Up In the Air – Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM An Education – Amanda Posey, Finola [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bafta-2010-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan, Mo&#039;Nique, Christoph Waltz: 2010 London Film Critics&#039; Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-christoph-waltz-31908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-christoph-waltz-31908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:14:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22110</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank A PROPHET Beats AVATAR Curiously, even though A Prophet was also in the running in the London Film Critics' Foreign Language Film of the Year category, it lost to Tomas Alfredson's vampire drama Let the One Right In, which received a whole array of US critics' awards early last year. (The film opened in the US in 2008.) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-christoph-waltz-31908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CRAZY HEART: Oscar Nominations Box-Office Effect</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/crazy-heart-oscar-nominations-56891/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/crazy-heart-oscar-nominations-56891/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:55:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22012</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart It's hard to tell if the Academy Award nominations have done much for most of the nominated films. Several Oscar nominees had a minor box-office increase the day the nominations were announced and smaller ones on the following day or so, but with perhaps four or five exceptions &#8212; The Blind Side, A Single Man, An Education, Up [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/crazy-heart-oscar-nominations-56891/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: AVATAR, New Releases, Oscar Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-dear-john-oscar-movies-18769/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-dear-john-oscar-movies-18769/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:12:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21776</guid> <description><![CDATA[Channing Tatum in Lasse Hallström's Dear John (top); John Travolta, Melissa Mars, Jonathan Rhys Meyers in From Paris with Love (bottom) According to estimates provided by Box Office Mojo, Lasse Hallström’s romantic tearjerker Dear John, starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, topped the domestic box-office this weekend, with $32.4 million in ticket sales. Avatar came at a distance second, with $23.6 million. James Cameron's 3D [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/box-office-dear-john-oscar-movies-18769/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER Lead the Pack</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-avatar-the-hurt-locker-908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-avatar-the-hurt-locker-908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:15:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21542</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar (top) and The Hurt Locker (above, lower photo, with Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie) are the leaders at the 2010 Academy Awards. James Cameron's sci-fi adventure and Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War drama received nine nominations apiece, including best picture, best director, and best original screenplay. Curiously, Cameron and Bigelow were married for a couple of years about two decades ago. The other best picture [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-avatar-the-hurt-locker-908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions 2010: Best Adapted Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-adapted-screenplay-338/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-adapted-screenplay-338/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21496</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell An Education, Nick Hornby Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Other possibilities: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche, In the Loop; Nora Ephron, Julie &#38; Julia; Anthony [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-adapted-screenplay-338/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-picture-891/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-picture-891/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:05:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21387</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 Oscar Predictions Best Picture Avatar (Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington), James Cameron Broken Embraces (Penelope Cruz), Pedro Almodóvar District 9, Neill Blomkamp An Education (Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard), Lone Scherfig The Hurt Locker (Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie), Kathryn Bigelow Inglourious Basterds (Melanie Laurent), Quentin Tarantino Nine (Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Fergie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren), Rob Marshall Precious (Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-picture-891/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SAG Awards 2010 Prediction: THE HURT LOCKER, Best Cast</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-the-hurt-locker-best-cast-998/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-the-hurt-locker-best-cast-998/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:15:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19965</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 SAG Award Prediction Best Cast in a Motion Picture The Hurt Locker &#8212; Christian Camargo, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Renner Many consider the Screen Actors Guild's Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Award as SAG' best film equivalent. Generally speaking, that ain't true. A &#34;cast,&#34; or &#34;ensemble,&#34; is exactly what the name implies: a group of performers interacting with one another [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sag-awards-2010-the-hurt-locker-best-cast-998/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER, AN EDUCATION: BAFTA 2010 Nominees</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-an-education-bafta-2010-889/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-an-education-bafta-2010-889/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:10:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21136</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some people complain that the Hollywood Academy is enamored of British productions and talent. Well, then perhaps Hollywood and the United Kingdom should switch academies, for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts can't get enough of Hollywood fare. (See full list of BAFTA nominations here.) James Cameron's Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker, and Lone Scherfig's British-made coming-of-age [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-an-education-bafta-2010-889/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Viggo Mortensen: BAFTA 2010 Longlists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/carey-mulligan-meryl-streep-viggo-mortensen-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/carey-mulligan-meryl-streep-viggo-mortensen-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:26:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20517</guid> <description><![CDATA[AN EDUCATION, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, AVATAR: BAFTA 2010 Longlists Things get a little more international in the BAFTAs' acting categories. Talent in non-Hollywood films include Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish (Bright Star, above), Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, and Dominic Cooper (An Education), Andy Serkis (Sex &#38; Drugs &#38; Rock &#38; Roll), Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer (The Last Station), Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/carey-mulligan-meryl-streep-viggo-mortensen-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AN EDUCATION, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, AVATAR: BAFTA 2010 Longlists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-avatar-bafta-2010-longlists-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-avatar-bafta-2010-longlists-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:25:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20516</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); James Cameron's Avatar (ILM / 20th Century Fox) by (middle); Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (Apparition) (bottom) With 17 mentions, Lone Scherfig's An Education leads the 2010 British Academy of Film and Television Arts award longlists. Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is next with 15 mentions, followed by Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-avatar-bafta-2010-longlists-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DISTRICT 9, UP IN THE AIR, PRECIOUS: Scripter Award Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/district-9-up-in-the-air-precious-scripter-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/district-9-up-in-the-air-precious-scripter-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:54:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20407</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) (bottom) Crazy Heart, District 9, An Education, Precious, and Up in the Air are this year's five USC Libraries Scripter Award nominees, as reported by Steve Pond in The Wrap. For the last 22 years, the Scripter Award has gone [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/district-9-up-in-the-air-precious-scripter-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan: US Critics&#039; Best Actresses of 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-carey-mulligan-best-actress-889/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-carey-mulligan-best-actress-889/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:22:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20215</guid> <description><![CDATA[Meryl Streep in Julie &#38; Julia (Columbia Pictures) (top); Carey Mulligan in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Only two actresses delivered great performances in 2009, at least as far as most US-based critics' groups were concerned: veteran Meryl Streep as Julia Child in Julie &#38; Julia, and newcomer Carey Mulligan as a daring schoolgirl in 1960s London in An Education. The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/meryl-streep-carey-mulligan-best-actress-889/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AN EDUCATION Leads London Film Critics&#039; Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-london-film-critics-nominations-776/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-london-film-critics-nominations-776/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:08:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19879</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) London critics (and several other international voting groups as well) split achievement categories between &#34;Film of the Year&#34; or &#34;Actor of the Year&#34; and &#34;British Film of the Year&#34; or &#34;British Actor of the Year.&#34; That always makes it look as if the British productions are inferior to the international fare. For instance, Carey [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-london-film-critics-nominations-776/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Satellite Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/satellite-awards-2009-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/satellite-awards-2009-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:20:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18958</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 Satellite Awards International Press Academy's 2009 Satellite Award nominations: Nov. 29, 2009 2009 Satellite Award winners: Dec. 20, 2009 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Judi Dench, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine (David James / The Weinstein Co.) &#160; Best Motion Picture (Drama) Bright Star An Education * The Hurt Locker [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/satellite-awards-2009-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR Gets Three Nods, No Ensemble, at SAG Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-sag-awards-2010-8940/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-sag-awards-2010-8940/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:32:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19717</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 2010 SAG Award nominations have been announced. The biggest surprise among the feature nominees was that I got 13 out of the 15 names right. The two that got away were Diane Kruger as best supporting actress for Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Lone Scherfig's An Education for best ensemble. I had the former in the &#34;less likely&#34; list; the latter in the &#34;strong [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-sag-awards-2010-8940/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR, George Clooney, Carey Mulligan Win in Washington</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-washington-critics-awards-248/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-washington-critics-awards-248/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19206</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (top); Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard in An Education (middle); Anthony Mackie, Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (bottom) Carey Mulligan, playing a 1960s London teenager eager to lose her virginity with the help of a man more than twice her age (Peter Sarsgaard) in An Education, won her third award today: she [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-washington-critics-awards-248/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>British Independent Film Awards 2009: Carey Mulligan, Tom Hardy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/british-independent-film-awards-2009-carey-mulligan-493/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/british-independent-film-awards-2009-carey-mulligan-493/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:03:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19195</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan in An Education (top); Tom Hardy in Bronson (bottom) MOON Wins 2009 British Independent Film Award At the British Independent Film Awards, National Board of Review winner Carey Mulligan (above) bagged her second best actress award this awards season &#8212; which has just begun. Had Mulligan been eligible for the Gotham Awards, she'd have given The Maid's Catalina Saavedra a run for her [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/british-independent-film-awards-2009-carey-mulligan-493/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>British Independent Film Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/british-independent-film-awards-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/british-independent-film-awards-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:15:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17900</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 British Independent Film Awards 2009 British Independent Film Award nominations: Oct. 26, 2009 2009 British Independent Film Award winners: The Brewery in London on Dec. 6, 2009 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Sam Rockwell in Moon &#160; BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM An Education Fish Tank In the Loop * Moon Nowhere Boy BEST FOREIGN FILM Il Divo The Hurt Locker * [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/british-independent-film-awards-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Golden Globes 2010 Predictions &#8211; Best Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-predictions-best-screenplay-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-predictions-best-screenplay-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:20:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18837</guid> <description><![CDATA[Golden Globes 2010 Predictions &#8211; Best Screenplay Jane Campion, Bright Star (above, Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw) A poet's brief and tragic love affair Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (above, Paula Patton) An illiterate pregnant teen, her teacher, her social worker &#38; her mother Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, The Lovely Bones (above, Saoirse Ronan) A murdered girl among angels [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-predictions-best-screenplay-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Golden Globes 2010 Predictions &#8211; Best Supporting Actress</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-predictions-best-supporting-actress-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-predictions-best-supporting-actress-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:46:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18796</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 Golden Globe Predictions: Best Supporting Actress Mariah Carey, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (with Gabourey Sidibe) An unglamorous social worker Penélope Cruz, Nine A film director’s seductive mistress Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (with Gabourey Sidibe) A Mom from Hell Julianne Moore, A Single Man A married alcoholic in love with a distraught gay professor Emma Thompson, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-predictions-best-supporting-actress-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2009 British Independent Film Award Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-british-independent-film-award-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-british-independent-film-award-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:47:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17909</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank (top); Sam Rockwell in Moon (middle); Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper in An Education (bottom) Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank leads the list of 2009 British Independent Film Award nominees. The tale of a rough teenager (Katie Jarvis) whose life is upended after her mother gets a new boyfriend, Fish Tank was shortlisted in eight categories including best independent British film, best [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-british-independent-film-award-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Supporting Actress</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-supporting-actress/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-supporting-actress/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:56:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17556</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Supporting Actress Penélope Cruz, Nine A film director's seductive mistress (if she's half as tantalizing in the film as she is in the above photo, Cruz deserves not only a nod but the golden statuette itself) Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air A professional downsizer's trainee Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire A pregnant, illiterate teen's Mom from Hell Julianne Moore, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-supporting-actress/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>13</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Supporting Actor</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-supporting-actor/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-supporting-actor/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:29:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17486</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Supporting Actor Alfred Molina, An Education (with Cara Seymour, Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard) An overprotective father worries about his wayward daughter in 1960s London. Christopher Plummer, The Last Station (with Helen Mirren) Initially touted as a potential best actor contender, Plummer is getting the supporting treatment for his performance as the elderly Leo Tolstoy. In that category, the veteran actor has a much better [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-supporting-actor/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Actress</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-actress/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-actress/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:53:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17448</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Actress Abbie Cornish, Bright Star Frances 'Fanny' Brawne has a relatively brief but intense love affair with poet John Keats Carey Mulligan, An Education In 1960s London, a schoolgirl falls for a man in his 30s Michelle Pfeiffer, Cheri An older courtesan introduces a young man to the art of lovemaking Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire An abused [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-actress/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>19</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Picture</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-picture/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-picture/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:40:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=5354</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Daniels, Lou Taylor Pucci in The Dream of Romans (top); Emma Thompson, Carey Mulligan in An Education (bottom) Perhaps it's just my impression, but the 25th edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 15-25, 2009, in Park City, Utah, seems to be focused on more commercial fare. If so, that's understandable considering that for the most part Sundance films have been [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/sundance-2009-film-line-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
