Gotham Awards Articles

George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, The Descendants Alexander Payne’s George Clooney vehicle The Descendants and Sean Durkin’s thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene earned three nominations each for the 2011 Gotham Awards. Mike Mills‘ family comedy-drama Beginners and Jeff Nichols‘ psychological drama Take Shelter followed suit with two nominations apiece. [List of 2011 Gotham Award Nominations.] Beginners, The Descendants, and Take Shelter are up for both Best [...]

Rebecca Hall, Amanda Peet in Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give Eligibility rules for the New York-based Gotham Awards and the Los Angeles-based Spirit Awards aren’t the same. Voting committees — the people who select the nominees — aren’t the same. Categories are different as well. All that helps to explain the discrepancies found among the nominations of those two award groups dedicated to promoting the cause [...]

Jennifer Lawrence in Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone Winners designated by "*"   Best Feature Black Swan Darren Aronofsky, director; Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance, director; Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, producers (The Weinstein Company) The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko, director; Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin [...]

Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), which bills itself the United States’ "oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers," announced today the nominees for the 20th Gotham Independent Film Awards. A total of 26 films, among them early awards-season favorites The Kids Are All Right, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, and Winter’s Bone, were shortlisted. The Gotham Awards [...]