Javier Bardem Articles

Javier Bardem, Oscar nominee for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Mexican-Spanish co-production Biutiful, arrives with Penélope Cruz for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Javier Bardem lost the Best Actor Oscar to Colin Firth for The King’s Speech. Bardem has been previously nominated as Best Actor for Before Night Falls (2000) and [...]

Javier Bardem in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Biutiful Best Foreign Language Film: Biutiful A tough category, as only a relatively small group of Academy voters — usually older ones, with lots of free time — picks the winner. Those tend to be sentimental dramas. Biutiful (Mexico; though it’s actually a Mexican-Spanish co-production) is about an ex-con who doesn’t have long to live, but who finds redemption [...]

Annette Bening (top); Cate Blanchett (bottom) Annette Bening, Cate Blanchett, and Javier Bardem are three more presenters at the 2011 Oscar ceremony. Academy governor Annette Bening is also a Best Actress nominee this year for Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right. She received her first nomination for her supporting role in The Grifters (1990); additionally, Bening was nominated in the Best Actress category for [...]

MAR ADENTRO / THE SEA INSIDE (2004) Direction: Alejandro Amenábar Screenplay: Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil Cast: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera, Celso Bugallo, Joan Dalmau, Tamar Novas, Clara Segura Oscar Movies, European Film Award Movies Recommended with Reservations Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, The Sea Inside Alejandro Amenábar’s The Sea Inside often verges on melodrama and features as its centerpiece Javier Bardem’s [...]