Emmanuel Lubezki Articles
WAR HORSE Bypassed; HUGO, THE ARTIST In: American Cinematographers Nominations

Asa Butterfield, Chloë Moretz, Hugo Guillaume Schiffman, AFC (The Artist), Jeff Cronenweth, ASC (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Robert Richardson, ASC (Hugo), Hoyte van Hoytema, FSF, NSC (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (The Tree of Life) are the five nominees for the 2012 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards, now in their 26th year. The winner will be announced at [...]
MELANCHOLIA, A SEPARATION Screenplay, Runner-Up Jeannie Berlin: National Society of Film Critics Surprises

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 [...]
THE TREE OF LIFE Wins Five Online Film Critics Awards, Martin Scorsese/Jessica Chastain Singled Out

Laramie Eppler, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, The Tree of Life Terrence Malick's Cannes winner The Tree of Life, a "cosmic" family drama starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, and Sean Penn, topped the Online Film Critics Society's list of 2011 winners. The Tree of Life won five of its seven nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Chastain), Best Editing (Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel [...]
I SAW THE DEVIL: Austin Film Critics Biggest Surprise Winner

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 [...]