Hal Ashby Academy Schedule
Marki Bey, Beau Bridges in The Landlord
Hal Ashby Tribute
The schedule/synopses below are from the Academy’s press release:
Friday, June 26, 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater
The Landlord (1970)
Ashby made his directorial debut with this poignant comedy in which a wealthy young man buys a Brooklyn apartment building and plans to displace the mostly black tenants, before personal relationships cause him to rethink his intentions.
Cast: Beau Bridges, Pearl Bailey, Diana Sands, Louis Gossett, Lee Grant
Academy Award nominee: Actress in a Supporting Role (Grant)
Shampoo (1975)
This classic tale of womanizing and blowouts in the fast lane of the swinging ‘60s was written by the film’s star, Warren Beatty, and the Oscar-winning writer of Chinatown, Robert [...]
by Andre Soares | June 16, 2009
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Tags: Beau Bridges, Being There, Classic Movies, Hal Ashby, Jack Nicholson, Los Angeles Screenings, Peter Sellers, The Landlord, The Last Detail
CLOVERFIELD Crushes Box-Office Competitors
With an estimated US$41 million take, Cloverfield destroyed its competition at the North American box office this weekend.
Paramount’s monster movie directed by Matt Reeves and produced by J. J. Abrams soared past the $35 million record opening of the Star Wars 1997 rerelease. Cloverfield focuses on a small group of friends trying to escape Manhattan while a massive creature rips through the city.
New entry 27 Dresses (above, with James Marsden and Malin Akerman) ranked in second, pulling in $22.4 million from ticket sales at 3,057 locations. The Anne Fletcher-directed romantic comedy stars Katherine Heigl as a passionate bridesmaid who’s asked to arrange her sister’s wedding to the man (Edward Burns) she’s secretly in love with.
Last week’s winner, [...]
by Franck Tabouring | January 20, 2008
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Tags: 27 Dresses, Box Office, Cloverfield, Diane Keaton, Ellen Page, Helen Mirren, Jack Nicholson, James Marsden, Jason Bateman, Juno, Mad Money
Oscar 2007 Presenters
Catherine Deneuve in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
AMPAS has announced the — supposedly complete — roster of presenters at the upcoming Oscar ceremony, which will be held next Sunday, February 25, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
The updated list consists of: Ben Affleck, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jessica Biel, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz,Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr., and Kirsten Dunst.
Also, Will Ferrell, Jodie Foster, Al Gore, Eva Green, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hugh Jackman, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Greg Kinnear, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez, James McAvoy, Tobey Maguire,Clive Owen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jerry Seinfeld, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Meryl Streep, John [...]
by Andre Soares | February 21, 2007
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Tags: 2007 Oscar, Academy Awards, Catherine Deneuve, Diane Keaton, Film Awards, Helen Mirren, Jack Nicholson, Oscar Ceremony 2007
Austin Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Austin Film Critics Association award winners: January 2, 2007
Best Film: United 93 by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up: The Departed, Pan’s Labyrinth, Children of Men, Brick, Borat, Little Children, The Queen, The Prestige, The Fountain
Best Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Best Documentary: This Film Is Not Yet Rated directed by Kirby Dick
Best Animated Film: Cars by John Lasseter and Joe Ranft
Best First Film: Rian Johnson, Brick
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Hard Candy
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel [...]
by Andre Soares | January 2, 2007
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Tags: Alfonso Cuarón, Ellen Page, Film Awards, Guillermo del Toro, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pan's Labyrinth, Rinko Kikuchi, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, United 93
Florida Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Florida Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 22, 2006
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed
Best Film: The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Best Foreign-Language Film: Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Best Screenplay: William Monahan, The Departed
Best Non-Fiction Film: An Inconvenient Truth by Davis Guggenheim
Best Animated Film: Monster House directed by Gil Kenan
Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro, Pan’s Labyrinth
Pauline Kael Breakout Award: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Golden Orange for Outstanding Contribution to Film: Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman, director and producer [...]
by Andre Soares | December 22, 2006
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Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Cate Blanchett, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Monster House, Pan's Labyrinth, The Departed
Phoenix Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2006 Phoenix Film Critics Society award winners: December 19, 2006.
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up (in alphabetical order):
Babel
Bobby
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
The Last King of Scotland
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Best Foreign-Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim
Best Animated Film: Flushed Away directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay: [...]
by Andre Soares | December 19, 2006
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Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Cate Blanchett, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jack Nicholson, Letters from Iwo Jima, Martin Scorsese, Michael Arndt, United 93
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2006 Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners: December 10, 2006
Perhaps hoping to lure more major Hollywood productions to their hometown, the Boston Society of Film Critics picked Martin Scorsese’s Warner Bros. gangster thriller The Departed as the best film of the year. This inane tale of moles and rats in both the Boston police force and that city’s underworld, was adapted by William Monahan from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak’s 2002 Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs. The Departed also (undeservedly) won in the best director, best screenplay, and best supporting actor (Mark Wahlberg) categories, but at least the Boston critics had enough sense to keep Jack Nicholson’s horrendous caricature (above, [...]
by Andre Soares | December 12, 2006
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Tags: Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Pan's Labyrinth, Shareeka Epps, The Departed
