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Topol in Joseph Losey's Galileo (top); Maggie Cheung in Zhang Yimou's Hero (middle); Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut in Truffaut's L'Enfant sauvage / The Wild Child (bottom) According to London's bfi Southbank site, filmmaker Joseph Losey, a victim of the Red Scare who settled in England in the '50s, had already directed Bertold Brecht’s play Galileo in 1947 in Los Angeles. In the 1974 film version [...]

A man is dead. Who among the greedy, ruthless, amoral singing-and-dancing suspects stuck in the snowbound countryside mansion has done it? 8 women is an acquired taste, bien sûr. What seems silly the first time around becomes increasingly wittier and funnier — though no less bizarre — with each repeated viewing. Beautifully shot by Jeanne Lapoirie and chock-full of bitingly sardonic lines and situations (adapted [...]

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Best Film Before Sunset * Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Michel Gondry Garden State The Incredibles Sideways Best Foreign Language Film * Hero by Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers Maria Full of Grace The Motorcycle Diaries A Very Long Engagement Best Documentary Control Room * Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore Metallica: Some [...]

Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby Best Film: Million Dollar Baby directed by Clint Eastwood Runners-up: Sideways, Before Sunset Best Foreign Language Film: Moolaadé directed by Ousmane Sembene Runners-up: House of Flying Daggers directed by Zhang Yimou, Notre musique directed by Jean-Luc Godard Best Director: Zhang Yimou, House of Flying Daggers and Hero Runners-up: Alexander Payne Sideways, Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby Best Actor: [...]