James Longley Articles

Best Makeup Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Ve Neill and Martin Samuel Of the three nominees, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End boasts the showiest example of movie makeup. For the record, the other two nominees are La Vie en Rose, in which gorgeous Marion Cotillard was transformed into plain Edith Piaf, and Norbit.   Best Documentary Short Sari's Mother, James Longley [...]

Oscar 2007 Nominations: Part I Among those foreign invaders from across the Atlantic are best direction nominees Stephen Frears (for The Queen, which is also up for a best film nod) and Paul Greengrass (for United 93); best actress nominees Helen Mirren (right, for The Queen), Kate Winslet (for Little Children), and Judi Dench (for Notes on a Scandal); best original screenplay nominee Peter Morgan [...]

2006 Sundance Film Festival Awards 2006 Sundance Film Festival: Park City, Utah, January 19-29, 2006 2006 Sundance Winners   Jesse Garcia, Emily Rios in Quinceañera   Dramatic Grand Jury Prize (U.S.): Quinceañera directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer Documentary Grand Jury Prize(U.S.): God Grew Tired of Us directed by Christopher Quinn World Dramatic Grand Jury Prize: 13 Tzameti (France) directed by Géla Babluani World [...]

Sundance 2006: Documentary Lineup   Iraq in Fragments by James Longley   A LION IN THE HOUSE (Directors: Steven Bogner, Julia Reichert) – Five diverse families – each with a child fighting cancer – navigate the ups and downs of treatment over six years, while maintaining hope in this complex portrait of human resilience. World Premiere. AMERICAN BLACKOUT (Director: Ian Inaba) – A stylish hard [...]