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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Heath Ledger</title>
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		<title>AFI FEST 2009: SOMETHING&#8217;S GONNA LIVE, ABOUT ELLY, DOCTOR PARNASSUS</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-somethings-gonna-live-doctor-parnassus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (top); A Lake by Philippe Grandrieux (middle); Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest (bottom)

AFI FEST 2009 highlights, Nov. 2:

Daniel Raim&#8217;s documentary Something&#8217;s Gonna Live, which features interviews with several behind-the-scenes veterans, including Robert Boyle, Conrad Hall, and Haskell Wexler
Terry Gilliam&#8217;s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which marks Heath Ledger&#8217;s last film appearance
Asghar Farhadi&#8217;s drama About Elly, winner of the Silver Bear for best director at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival
Andrea Arnold&#8217;s family drama Fish Tank, winner of the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
Bahman Ghobadi&#8217;s No One Knows About Persian Cats, about the obstacles faced by a couple of Iranian teenagers trying to form a rock band [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFI FEST 2009: Heath Ledger, PRECIOUS, FANTASTIC MR. FOX</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson (top); Gabourey Sidibe in Precious (middle); Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (bottom)

AFI FEST 2009, the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, kicks off next Friday, Oct. 30, with a screening of Wes Anderson&#8217;s animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox, featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, and Owen Wilson, among others.
Other gala presentations include Terry Gilliam&#8217;s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, starring Christopher Plummer &#8212; who&#8217;ll be the recipient of this year&#8217;s AFI FEST Lifetime Achievement Award &#8212; and featuring Heath Ledger&#8217;s last performance; Kirk Jones&#8216; Everybody&#8217;s Fine, starring Robert De Niro in this remake of Giuseppe Tornatore&#8217;s melodrama about a widower on his way to meet his family; and Sundance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Worlds Collide: The Science of Movies</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/when-worlds-collide-the-science-of-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (top); Tobey Maguire in Spider Man 3 (bottom)

&#34;When Worlds Collide: The  Science of Movies&#34; is the title of the Academy&#8217;s  Science and Technology Council&#8217;s program about the  physics behind some of Hollywood’s best-known action and science-fiction  scenes. &#34;When Worlds Collide&#34; will be presented on  Thursday, August 6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel  Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. 
The evening  will be hosted by author Adam Weiner (Don’t Try This at Home! The Physics of Hollywood Movies)  and will feature film clips and a panel discussion with  Oscar-winning visual effects artists Robert Legato (Titanic) and  Scott Stokdyk (Spider-Man 2), Oscar-nominated visual effects artists  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturn Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/saturn-awards-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Saturn Awards
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy &#038; Horror Films&#8217; 2009 Saturn Award winners: June 25, 2009
(&#8221;*&#8221; denotes the winner in each category)
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Iron Man (top); Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2nd from top); Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2nd from bottom); Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight (bottom)
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FEATURE FILMS
Best Science Fiction Film
  The Day the Earth Stood Still 
  Eagle Eye 
  The Incredible Hulk 
  Indiana Jones &#38; the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 
*  Iron Man 
  Jumper 
Best Fantasy Film
  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 
*  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
  Hancock 
  The Spiderwick Chronicles 
  Twilight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannes 2009: Heath Ledger in THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/heath-ledger-the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 21:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator>
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Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian:
&#34;Heath Ledger takes a poignant final bow in Terry Gilliam&#8217;s loopy, sweet-natured but madly self-indulgent fantasia The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, showing here  at the Cannes film festival out of competition. Halfway through shooting, Ledger had made a  desperately sad early exit, so the director ingeniously re-invented his  character as a series of personae. Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp gamely stepped into the breach.
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&#34;When Gilliam shoots off into his surreal wonderland, his film has a  kind of helium-filled jollity and spectacle. &#8230;  But the film&#8217;s convoluted curlicues  are tiring, insisting too loudly on how &#8216;imaginative&#8217; everything is.  And when it descends into the real world – Lucy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannes 2009: Out of Competition Films, Special Screenings</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-out-of-competition-films/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator>
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Cannes 2009: Out of Competition Films / Special Screenings
Below is a sample of out-of-competition films, special screenings, and midnight screenings at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
Click on the photos to enlarge them.
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Pete DOCTER, UP (Opening Night Film)

Anne AGHION,  MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER

 Alejandro AMENABAR,  AGORA

 Terry GILLIAM,  THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

 Robert GUÉDIGUIAN,  L&#8217;ARMÉE DU CRIME   (The Army of crime)

Sam RAIMI, DRAG ME TO HELL

 Marina de VAN,  NE TE RETOURNE PAS  (Don&#8217;t look back)

Jan KOUNEN, COCO CHANEL &#38; IGOR STRAVINSKY (Closing Night Film)
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Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes

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		<title>Lucy Gordon</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/lucy-gordon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 23:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Lucy Gordon, a young British actress perhaps best known for a small role in Spider-Man 3, was found dead in her Paris apartment yesterday, May 20. Gordon&#8217;s death was an apparent suicide. She is supposed to have hanged herself while her boyfriend, cinematographer Jérôme Alméras, slept. Gordon would have turned 29 tomorrow, May 22.
The Oxford-born Gordon worked as a model before making her feature-film debut in the little-seen Perfume in 2001.
Among her other screen credits are the romantic comedy  Serendipity, with John Cusack; The Four Feathers,  opposite Heath Ledger;  Steve Clark&#8217;s dramatic comedy Frost, starring Jason Behr; Russian Dolls, with Romain Duris; and  John Krasinski&#8217;s  Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, which was screened at this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAG Awards 2009: Meryl Streep, Penélope Cruz, Anthony Hopkins</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/meryl-streep-penelope-cruz-anthony-hopkins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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  Anthony Hopkins and Slumdog Millionaire cast

Penélope Cruz, Meryl Streep

  Kristin Scott Thomas, Gary Oldman accepting Heath Ledger&#8217;s best supporting actor award
Photos: Michael Caulfield (Oldman/Scott Thomas), Michael Caulfield (Hopkins/Slumdog cast), Dimitrios Kambouris (Streep/Cruz)
Click on the photos to enlarge them.

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		<title>SAG Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Screen Actors Guild of America (SAG) Awards
2009 SAG Award nominations: December 18, 2008
2009 SAG Award winners: January 25, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
SAG Awards 2009 photos
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THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
  RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale &#8211; THE VISITOR (Overture Films)
  FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon &#8211; FROST/NIXON (Universal Pictures)
* SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk &#8211; MILK (Focus Features)
  BRAD PITT / Benjamin Button &#8211; THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
  MICKEY ROURKE / Randy &#8211; THE WRESTLER (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
  ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym &#8211; RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Sony Pictures Classics)
  ANGELINA JOLIE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2009 Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2009

Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S.

Most nominated films
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (13 nods)
Slumdog Millionaire (10)
Milk and The Dark Knight (8)
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The Oscar record-tier
Meryl Streep, nominated for Doubt, ties Katharine Hepburn&#8217;s 12 best actress nominations. 
Streep has been the overall Oscar record-holder for acting since 2002, when she received her 13th nomination (for best supporting actress in Adaptation). She currently has 15 Oscar nominations &#8212; including two wins &#8212; under her belt.
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Posthumous Oscar nomination
Heath Ledger for his Joker in The Dark Knight, exactly one year after his death.
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Double Oscar nominations
Not Kate Winslet &#8212; but Doubt, with two performers competing against one another in the best supporting actress category: Amy Adams (right) and Viola Davis.
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The big comeback
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler.
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The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Online Film Critics Society Awards
2009 Online Film Critics Society award winners: Jan. 19, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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WALL-E by Andrew Stanton
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BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
* WALL-E
The Wrestler
BEST FOREIGN FILM
A Christmas Tale
The Counterfeiters
I&#8217;ve Loved You So Long
* Let the Right One In
Waltz with Bashir
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father
Encounters at the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
* Man On Wire
My Winnipeg
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Bolt
Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who
Kung Fu Panda
* WALL-E
Waltz with Bashir
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
BEST ACTOR
  Benicio Del Toro, Che
  Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
  Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Texas Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/north-texas-film-critics-awards-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 North Texas Film Critics Association Awards
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Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In
Best Documentary: Young @ Heart
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Frank Langella, in Frost/Nixon
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, in Doubt
 Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, in The Dark Knight
 Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, in Doubt
 Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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North Texas Film Critics Association Awards: 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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		<title>Iowa Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/iowa-film-critics-awards-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/iowa-film-critics-awards-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2009 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Iowa Film Critics Association award winners: Jan. 13, 2009
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Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
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Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Doubt
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Best Picture Yet to Open in Iowa: The Wrestler
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 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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		<title>Vancouver Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/vancouver-film-critics-awards-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/vancouver-film-critics-awards-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
2009 Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nominations: Jan. 4, 2009
2009 Vancouver Film Critics Circle award winners:  The Railway Club in Vancouver, Jan. 12, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Sean Penn in Milk
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BEST FILM 
* Milk 
  Slumdog Millionaire 
WALL-E 
BEST CANADIAN   FILM
* C’est pas moi, je le jure!
  Heaven on Earth
The Necessities of   Life
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Edge of   Heaven
Let the Right One In 
Tell No One
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA   FILM
* Fifty Dead Men Walking
Edison and Leo 
Stone of   Destiny
BEST   DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog   Millionaire
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus   Van Sant, Milk
BEST DIRECTOR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Golden Globe Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-golden-globe-winners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Kate Winslet, Leonardio DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road (top); Winslet, David Kross in The Reader (bottom)

There were few surprises among the 2009 Golden Globe winners.
The biggest one was Kate Winslet&#8217;s best actress, drama, win for Revolutionary Road. Pundits everywhere &#8212; including those in this blog &#8212; were predicting either Anne Hathaway or Meryl Streep.
Sally Hawkins&#8216; best actress, comedy or musical, win may have caught some by surprise &#8212; those who were expecting Meryl Streep for the box-office hit Mamma Mia!. But considering that Hawkins has been a critical favorite (New York, Los Angeles, National Society of Film Critics) and that she&#8217;s a likely Oscar contender, Golden Globe prognosticators shouldn&#8217;t have been too shocked, even though Happy-Go-Lucky is hardly what one would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Globes 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2009 Golden Globes
Hollywood Foreign Press Association&#8217;s 2009 Golden Globe nominations: December 11, 2008
 2009 Golden Globe winners: January 11, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
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MOTION PICTURES
Best Motion Picture, Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
* Slumdog Millionaire
Best Motion Picture &#8211; Musical or Comedy
Burn After Reading
In Bruges
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mamma Mia!
* Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Ari Folman &#8211; &#169; HFPA / 66th Golden Globe&#174; Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany
Everlasting Moments, Sweden / Denmark
Gomorrah, Italy
I&#8217;ve Loved You So Long, France
* Waltz with Bashir, Israel
Best Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
* WALL-E
Best Director
* Danny Boyle &#8211; Slumdog Millionaire
Steven Daldry &#8211; The Reader
David Fincher &#8211; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard &#8211; Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes &#8211; Revolutionary Road
Best Actor, Drama
Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Central Ohio Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ohio-film-critics-awards-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ohio-film-critics-awards-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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 2009 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Central Ohio Film Critics award winners: Jan. 9, 2009
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WALL-E by Andrew Stanton
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Best Film: WALL·E
Runners-up:
 2. Slumdog Millionaire
  3. Frozen River
  4. The Dark Knight
  5. Frost/Nixon
  6. Milk
  7. The Wrestler
  8. Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
  9. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  10. In Bruges
Best Foreign Language Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile)
Runner-Up: Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Runner-Up: American Teen
Best Animated Film: WALL·E
Runner-Up: Kung Fu Panda
Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Runner-Up: Andrew Stanton (WALL·E)
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Runner-Up: Sean Penn (Milk)
Best Actress: Melissa Leo (Frozen River)
Runner-Up: Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Supporting Actor: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Critics Choice Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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The biggest Critics&#8217; Choice 2009 winner was Slumdog Millionaire, which received five awards: best film, best director (Danny Boyle), best young actor (Dev Patel), best writer (Simon Beaufoy), and best composer (A. R. Rahman). As for the biggest loser, that was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which lost every single one of its eight nominations.
Milk fared a little better, with  two wins &#8212; best actor for Sean Penn and best ensemble &#8212; out of eight nods.
Expect the Academy&#8217;s choices to be quite similar &#8212; perhaps even identical &#8212; to the Broadcast Critics&#8217; choices in just about every category, from best film to best song. Do not, however, expect a tie for the two The Devil Wears Prada co-stars. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadcast Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Critics&#8217; Choice Awards
2009 Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics&#8217; Choice Award nominations: December 9, 2008
2009 Critics&#8217; Choice winners:  Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 8, 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
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BEST PICTURE
  Changeling
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  The Dark Knight
  Doubt
  Frost/Nixon
  Milk
  The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire
  Wall-E
The Wrestler
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  A Christmas Tale
  Gomorrah
  I&#8217;ve Loved You So Long
  Let the Right One In
  Mongol
* Waltz With Bashir
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  I.O.U.S.A.
* Man on Wire
  Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
  Standard Operating Procedure
  Young at Heart
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
  Bolt
  Kung Fu Panda
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heath Ledger&#8217;s Potential Posthumous Oscar</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/heath-ledger-posthumous-oscar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/heath-ledger-posthumous-oscar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

With Heath Ledger in mind,  Scott Feinberg remembers the various posthumous Oscar nominations and wins &#8212; 53 individuals for a total of 70 nominations and 13  wins, as per Feinberg&#8217;s count &#8212; in his Los Angeles Times blog:
&#34;As you may recall, the  announcement of last year&#8217;s Oscar nominations was quickly overshadowed  by the tragic news that broke later that same day: Heath Ledger,  the actor best known for his Oscar-nominated performance in Brokeback  Mountain (2005), had been found dead of an accidental drug overdose at  the age of 28. It&#8217;s a terrible shame that Ledger will not be alive on  nomination day this year, because his name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas City Film Critics Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kansas-city-film-critics-awards-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2009 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2009 Kansas City Film Critics Circle award winners: January 5, 2009
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Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In (Sweden)
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
 Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Darren Aronofsky &#8211; The Wrestler
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke &#8211; The Wrestler
Best Actress: Meryl Streep &#8211; Doubt
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger &#8211; The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz &#8211; Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Original Screenplay: Robert Siegel &#8211; The Wrestler
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy &#8211; Slumdog Millionaire
Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film: The Dark Knight
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Kansas City Film Critics Circle Site
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Films of 2008: LA WEEKLY/VILLAGE VOICE Poll</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-films-of-2008-la-weekly-village-voice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-films-of-2008-la-weekly-village-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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J.  Hoberman in The Village Voice:
&#34;All hail Andrew Stanton’s WALL-E — even  us! Sometimes,  the movies really are universal.  And so a major studio’s  mainstream,  multiplex,  mega-million-dollar-grossing,  Oscar-friendly  “summer movie” resoundingly won the ninth annual Village Voice–L. A.  Weekly poll of (mainly) alt-press critics,  named on 35 of 80 ballots. 
&#34;Unlike last year,  when Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood materialized in late December to snatch the prize from the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men and David Fincher’s Zodiac,   there was no groupthink stampede.  Critics had months in which to  cogitate over the eventual poll winner.  Pass the popcorn,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>indieWIRE&#8217;s Critics&#8217; Poll: Top Ten</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve in A Christmas Tale

Best Films of 2008: indieWIRE&#8217;s Critics&#8217; Poll


#
BEST FILM
Points
Mentions


1
The Flight of the Red Balloon
495
43


2
A Christmas Tale
454
38


3
WALL-E
368
32


4
Wendy and Lucy
366
36


5
Happy-Go-Lucky
346
31


6
Paranoid Park
335
31


7
Still Life
330
31


8
Silent Light
310
26


9
Synecdoche, New York
290
25


10
Waltz with Bashir
283
27


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Asia Argento in The Last Mistress



#
BEST PERFORMANCE
Points
Mentions


1
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
548
49


2
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
514
46


3
Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy
462
46


4
Sean Penn, Milk
424
41


5
Juliette Binoche, The Flight of the Red Balloon
404
38


6
Asia Argento, Boarding Gate, Mother of Tears, The Last Mistress
152
15


7
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
120
12


8
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
114
12


9
Guillaume Depardieu, The Duchess of Langeais
104
11


10
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Synecdoche, New York
98
10



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		<title>Best Films of 2008: indieWIRE&#8217;s Critics&#8217; Poll</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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The most curious thing about indieWIRE&#8217;s 2008 poll of 105 North American film critics is that thus far only six of those critics&#8217; top-ten films have gone on to win awards (film/director/screenplay) from US/Canada critics&#8217; groups. 
WALL-E has been the top choice in the animated feature category and was even voted the best film of 2008 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, which, spreading the wealth, also gave Waltz with Bashir their best animated feature prize. Happy-Go-Lucky took best director and best screenplay honors from, respectively, the New York and the Los Angeles critics; Still Life was chosen best foreign-language film in Los Angeles; Synecdoche, New York won a couple of best screenplay awards; while Wendy and Lucy was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Josh Brolin in Milk

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin (Milk)
  Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)
Though about as much a lead in The Dark Knight as Christian Bale, Heath Ledger is (almost) for sure the one who&#8217;ll win the best supporting actor Oscar come next February.
Philip Seymour Hoffman should get included  for Doubt and Robert Downey Jr. for his politically incorrect actor in Tropic Thunder.
Of the extensive supporting cast in Milk, Josh Brolin is the most likely contender, while Dev Patel, who apparently supports himself in Slumdog Millionaire, should also make the cut thanks to his film&#8217;s popularity.
Runners-up:  Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon), as much a lead as Frank Langella, is being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2008 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2008 Oklahoma Film Critics winners: December 23, 2008
&#160;

Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire
&#160;

Best Film of 2008: Slumdog Millionaire dir. Danny Boyle
Top Ten Films (listed alphabetically):
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  The Dark Knight
  Doubt
  Frost/Nixon
  Happy-Go-Lucky
  Milk
  Rachel Getting Married
  Slumdog Millionaire
  WALL-E
  The Wrestler
Best Foreign Film: Let the Right One In, dir. Tomas Alfredson
Best First Feature: Synecdoche, New York, dir. Charlie Kaufman
Best Documentary: Man on Wire, dir. James Marsh
Best Animated Film: WALL-E dir. Andrew Stanton
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Original Screenplay: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African-American Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2008 African-American Film Critics Association Awards
2008 African-American Film Critics winners: Dec. 19, 2008
&#160;

&#160;

Best Film:  The Dark Knight
Runners-up:
2.  Slumdog Millionaire
    3.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    4. (tie)  The Secret Life of Bees and  Cadillac Records
    6.  Miracle at St. Anna
    7.  Milk
    8.  Seven Pounds
    9.  Doubt
10.  Iron Man
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Lead Actor: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Best Lead Actress: Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt
Special Achievement Award: Melvin Van Pebbles
&#160;
African-American Film Critics Association site
African-American Film Critics Association Awards: 2008
Film Awards: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2008 Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Utah Film Critics winners: December 19, 2008
&#160;

Christian Bale, Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

&#160;
 Best Picture: The Dark Knight
Runner-up: Rachel Getting Married
Best Non-English Language Feature: Let the Right One In
Runner-up: Waltz With Bashir
Best Documentary Feature: Man on Wire
Runners-up: Encounters at the End of the World; Waltz With Bashir
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Runner-up: Kung Fu Panda
Best Director: Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
Runner-up: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best  Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Runners-up: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor; Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress: Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Runner-up: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Best Supporting  Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (no runner-up)
Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel  Getting Married
Runners-up: Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading;  Misty Upham, Frozen River; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
2008 Detroit Film Critics nominations: December 10, 2008
2008 Detroit Film Critics winners: December 19, 2008
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
&#160;

&#160;

Best film
The Dark Knight
* Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
The Wrestler
Frost/Nixon
Best director
Darren Aronofsky for The Wrestler
* Danny  Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton for WALL-E
Best actor
Josh Brolin for W.
Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn for  Milk
* Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
Best actress
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt
* Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road
Best supporting actor
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic  Thunder
James Franco for Milk
* Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Eddie Marsan for Happy-Go-Lucky
Michael Sheen for Frost/Nixon
Best supporting actress
Amy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Las Vegas Film Critics Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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2008 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2008 Las Vegas Film Critics winners: December 18, 2008
&#160;

Michael Sheen, Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon

&#160;
Best Picture: Frost/Nixon
Best Foreign Film: Mongol
Best Documentary: Man on Wire 
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
Best Director: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Best Actor: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon 
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road and The Reader 
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight 
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler 
Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon 
Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
Best Film Editing: Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill, Frost/Nixon 
Best Score: James Newton Howard, Defiance 
Best Song: &#34;Another Way to Die,&#34;  Quantum of Solace 
Best Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Costume Design: The Curious Case [...]]]></description>
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