Susan Sarandon: Lifetime Achievement Award at Stockholm Festival
Susan Sarandon will be the recipient of the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 to be presented at the 20th Stockholm International Film Festival, which runs Nov. 18-29. Sarandon will be accepting the honor in person.
As per the Stockholm Film Festival’s press release, "the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to honor and acknowledge a longstanding career and an outstanding achievement in cinema. The prestigious award, in the shape of a 16 lb Bronze Horse (the heaviest film award in the world), is a paraphrase on the Swedish Dala horse, designed by designer Fredrik Swärd."
Previous recipients of the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award include Lauren Bacall, Charlotte Rampling, David Lynch, Oliver Stone, Jean-Luc Godard, Erland Josephson, and Paul Schrader.
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by Andre Soares | October 22, 2009
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Oscar 2008 Nominations
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
A few brief remarks about the Oscar 2008 nominations:
The top nominees are: There Will Be Blood (8 nominations), No Country for Old Men (8), Atonement (7), Michael Clayton (7), Ratatouille (5), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (4), Juno (4).
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Whether in dramas or in comedies, dark themes dominated in just about every category:
greed (There Will Be Blood, American Gangster),
murder (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Sweeney Todd, Eastern Promises, No Country for Old Men, In the Valley of Elah),
corruption (Michael Clayton, Sicko, Charlie Wilson’s War),
war (No End in Sight, War/Dance, Beaufort, Katyn),
illness (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Savages, Away from Her),
political/religious [...]
by Andre Soares | January 22, 2008
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Tags: 2008 Oscar, Academy Awards, Alan Menken, Atonement, Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Enchanted, Film Awards, Javier Bardem, Julie Christie, No Country for Old Men
Oscar 2008: Best Song Longlist
Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey in Enchanted. Three songs from this romantic fantasy have been shortlisted.
Fifty-nine songs from eligible feature films will be vying for a Best Original Song nomination at the 2008 Academy Awards.
In all honesty, I don’t think I know any of those songs. Some of the titles, however, are quite something, e.g., "Atkozott Egy Elet," "I Was Zapped by the Lucky Super Rainbow," "The Tale of the Horny Frog," "The Devil’s Lonely Fire," "First Amendment Blues." I’m just not sure if they make me more or less willing to hear the melody and lyrics.
According to the Academy’s press release, "on Tuesday, January 15, the Academy will screen clips featuring each song, in random order, for [...]
by Andre Soares | December 12, 2007
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Tags: 2008 Oscar, Academy Awards, American Gangster, Amy Adams, Beowulf, Enchanted, Film Awards, Larry Flynt: The Right To Be Left Alone, Nicole Kidman, Shrek the Third