Frozen River Articles

2008 AFI Awards 2008 AFI Awards: Dec. 14, 2008   Christian Bale in The Dark Knight   FILM THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DARK KNIGHT FROST/NIXON FROZEN RIVER GRAN TORINO IRON MAN MILK WALL•E WENDY AND LUCY THE WRESTLER   TELEVISION BREAKING BAD IN TREATMENT JOHN ADAMS LIFE LOST MAD MEN THE OFFICE RECOUNT THE SHIELD THE WIRE   AFI AWARDS 2008 JURORS [...]

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: Dec. 10, 2008   Best Picture: Milk directed by Gus Van Sant Runners-up: Rachel Getting Married; Happy-Go-Lucky and Slumdog Millionaire (tie) Best Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days directed by Cristian Mungiu Runners-up: A Christmas Tale; The Class Best First Film: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River Runners-up: Ballast; [...]

2008 Gotham Awards 2008 Gotham Independent Film Award nominations: October 20, 2008 2008 Gotham Award winners: December 2, 2008, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Melissa Leo in Frozen River   Best Feature Ballast Lance Hammer, director; Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh, producers (Alluvial Film Company) * Frozen River Courtney Hunt, director; Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan, [...]

Courtney Hunt's Frozen River, a thriller about two economically strapped women (Melissa Leo and Misty Upham, above) who turn to immigrant-smuggling at the US-Canada border, was chosen best American narrative feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. (In the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan calls Leo and Upham "magnificent," adding that Frozen River is a "powerful story that makes strong emotional connections.") Tia Lessin and [...]