Families in Conflict, Psychotic Murderers, Anti-Semitism, Censorship: Berlin 2010

Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck in The Killer Inside Me (Berlin Film Festival) (top); Lene Maria Christensen, Johan Philip Asbæk in A Family (Zentropa / Rolf Konow) (middle, upper); Moritz Bleibtreu, Tobias Moretti in Jud Süss — Film Without a Conscience (Petro Domenigg / Concorde Film) (middle, lower); Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island (Paramount) (bottom)

THE GHOST WRITER at 60th Berlin Film Festival
Also of note at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival are Michael Winterbottom’s violent crime drama The Killer Inside Me, starring Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson, which caused a furor at the Sundance Film Festival due to its graphic depiction of violence against women; Thomas Vinterberg’s Submarino, the story of two estranged, downtrodden brothers; and 2006 Golden [...]

by Arthur Leander | February 1, 2010   
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National Society of Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards
2008 National Society of Film Critics award winners: New York City on January 5, 2008
The numbers in parentheses represent the points earned by each individual/film.
 

Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
 

Best Picture
There Will Be Blood (48) – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (28) – Julian Schnabel
No Country for Old Men (27) – Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Foreign-Language Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (57) – Cristian Mungiu
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (42) – Julian Schnabel
Persepolis (18) – Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (47) – There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen (29) – No Country for Old Men
Julian [...]

by Andre Soares | January 6, 2008   
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Oscar 2008 Predictions: Acting Categories

George Clooney in Michael Clayton

Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Film, Director, Foreign Language Film
Best Actor:

George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Possibly: Denzel Washington, American Gangster; Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening; James McAvoy, Atonement; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild; Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl; Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
 

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Best Actress:

Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page, Juno
Angelina Jolie, A [...]

by Andre Soares | January 3, 2008   
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St. Louis Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
2007 St. Louis Film Critics award nominations: December 17, 2007
2007 St. Louis Film Critics award winners: December 21, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
 

BEST PICTURE
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
* No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Sweeney Todd
Atonement
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
The Host
The Kite Runner
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
Persepolis
BEST DOCUMENTARY
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters
Manufactured Landscapes
No End in Sight
* Sicko by Michael Moore
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – There [...]

by Andre Soares | December 21, 2007   
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Satellite Awards 2007

2007 Satellite Awards
International Press Academy’s 2007 Satellite Award nominations: November 30, 2007
2007 Satellite Award winners: December 16, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

 

MOTION PICTURE
Motion Picture, Drama
The Lookout Miramax Films
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Thinkfilm
Away from Her Lionsgate
Eastern Promises Focus Features
* No Country for Old Men Miramax Films
3:10 To Yuma Lionsgate
Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Hairspray New Line Cinema
* Juno Fox Searchlight
Shoot ‘Em Up New Line Cinema
Lars and the Real Girl MGM
Knocked Up Universal Pictures
Margot at the Wedding Paramount Vantage
Motion Picture, Foreign Film
Ten Canoes Australia Palm Pictures
Offside Iran Sony Pictures Classics
La Vie en Rose France Picturehouse
* Lust, Caution China Focus Features
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Romania IFC Films
The Orphanage Spain Picturehouse
Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Persepolis Sony Pictures [...]

by Andre Soares | December 10, 2007   
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