2006 National Society of Film Critics Awards Winners
The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), composed of 58 U.S. critics mostly based in New York City and Los Angeles, has chosen Guillermo del Toro’s Spanish-language dark fantasy Pan’s Labyrinth as the best film of 2006.
Set in 1940s Spain, Pan’s Labyrinth tells the story of a girl (Ivana Baquero) who finds herself living in two worlds: One of Fascist horror above ground, one of dark magic below ground. Also in the cast are Sergi López, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, and Maribel Verdú, none of whom made the NSFC’s list of winners or top runners-up. (In the last couple of decades, acting categories have tended to be restricted to English-speaking roles.)
The last time the NSFC chose a foreign-language [...]
by Andre Soares | January 6, 2007
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Tags: Anne Hathaway, Army of Shadows, Cristi Puiu, Film Awards, Guillermo del Toro, Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, Pan's Labyrinth, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The Devil Wears Prada
2006 New York Film Critics Award Winners
U.S. film critics continue to make a few curious choices.
At the 2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced earlier today, the most interesting winner was the best foreign language film: the somber 1969 French Resistance drama L’Armée des ombres / Army of Shadows, adapted for the screen (from a novel by Joseph Kessel) and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Both Melville (born Grumbach) and Kessel were French Jews who joined the Resistance in 1941.
Though made more than 35 years ago, L’Armée des ombres was only this year released in the United States. Yesterday, the film won a Special Mention from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. In the cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Simone Signoret [...]
by Andre Soares | December 10, 2006
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Tags: Army of Shadows, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jean-Pierre Melville, Martin Scorsese, Simone Signoret, The Departed, The Queen, United 93
New York Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 10, 2006
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up: The Queen directed by Stephen Frears; The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Best Foreign-Language Film: L’Armée des ombres / Army of Shadows directed by Jean-Pierre Melville†
Runners-up: Volver directed by Pedro Almodóvar; Moartea domnului Lazarescu / The Death of Mr. Lazarescu directed by Cristi Puiu
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Runners-up: Stephen Frears, The Queen; Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Runners-up: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson; Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runners-up: Judi Dench, Notes [...]
by Andre Soares | December 10, 2006
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Tags: Army of Shadows, Deliver Us from Evil, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jackie Earle Haley, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Scorsese, Peter Morgan, United 93