Bright Star Articles
London Film Critics Awards 2010
2010 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards 2010 London Film Critics’ nominations: Dec. 21, 2009 2010 London Film Critics’ winners: Feb. 18, 2010 ("*" denotes the winner in each category) Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) FILM OF THE YEAR Avatar The Hurt Locker * A Prophet The White Ribbon Up in the Air THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: [...]
EVENING STANDARD Film Award Nominations 2010
Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (Apparition) The winners of London’s Evening Standard awards will be announced at the London Film Museum on Monday, Feb. 8. Curiously, all three best picture nominees were either directed or co-directed by women: Jane Campion’s Bright Star, about the love affair between John Keats and Fanny Brawne; Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, in which a teenager rebels against her [...]
Oscar 2010: Those with Fewer Nominations Than Expected
Clint Eastwood’s Invictus was expected to land a Best Picture Oscar nod and was a possibility for Best Director. The sentimental political drama’s only two Oscar 2010 nominations were for best actor Morgan Freeman (above) and best supporting actor Matt Damon. "We didn’t get a best picture nomination? Well that’s a big letdown. Well there you go. That’s my problem, I thought we should get [...]
BAFTA 2010: Audrey Tautou, THE HANGOVER; But No Sandra Bullock
Hollywood Dominates BAFTAs 2010 Among the BAFTA 2010 curiosities are best actress nominee Audrey Tautou for Coco Before Chanel, best actor nominee Andy Serkis for Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, best supporting actor Alec Baldwin for It’s Complicated (above, with Meryl Streep), a best original screenplay nod for The Hangover, only one nomination for Nine (for makeup and hair), the total absence of [...]