Cannes 2009: Jane Campion, Alain Resnais, Brillante Mendoza, Johnnie To, Lou Ye
Peter Bradshaw on Bright Star (with Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw, above) in The Guardian:
"Jane Campion has put herself in line for her second Palme d’Or here at the Cannes film festival with a film which I think could be the best of her career; an affecting and deeply considered study of the last years in the short life of John Keats, and the ecstasy of loss which suffuses his love affair with Fanny Brawne – a love thwarted not due to illness, but to a pernicious web of money worries, social scruples and irrelevant male loyalties."
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Maggie Lee on Kinatay in The Hollywood Reporter:
"Festival darling Brillante Mendoza’s Kinatay is a long night’s journey into the [...]
by Massimo David | May 20, 2009
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Hong Kong Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
2007 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award winners: January 24, 2007
Johnnie To’s Election 2, a follow-up to Hong Kong Film Critics Society 2005 winner Election, revolves around more power struggles among the denizens of Hong Kong’s organized crime underworld. To also took the best director prize, but for Exiled, the tale of a Macau hitman pursued by two other hitmen.
Best Film: Election 2
Best Director: Johnnie To, Exiled
Best Actor: Jet Li, Fearless
Best Actress: Gong Li, Curse of the Golden Flower
Best Screenwriters: Wong Jing and Gary Tang Tak-hei, Wo Hu
Films of Merit: After This Our Exile, Confession of Pain, Exiled, Fearless, The Heavenly Kings, Heavenly Mission, On the Edge, Wo Hu
Hong Kong Film Critics Society [...]
by Andre Soares | January 30, 2007
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Tags: Curse of the Golden Flower, Election 2, Exiled, Fearless, Film Awards, Gary Tang Tak-hei, Gong Li, Jet Li, Johnnie To
Hong Kong Film Awards 2006
2006 Hong Kong Film Awards
2006 Hong Kong Film Award nominations: February 9, 2006
2006 Hong Kong Film Award winners: April 8, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
A leadership dispute between mobsters Big D (Tony Leung) and Lok (Sam Yang) threatens to destroy the internal unity of Hong Kong’s underworld, which results in some nasty politicking and even nastier gang warfare.
Best Film
Seven Swords, Beijing Ciwen Film & TV Production Co Ltd, Boram Entertainment Inc, City Glory Pictures Ltd, Executive Producer Tsui Hark, Lee Joo Ick, Ma Zhong Jun & Pan Zhizhong
Perhaps Love, Astro-Shaw, Astro-Shaw, Television Broadcasts Ltd & Stellar Megamedia Group Ltd, Executive Producer Andre Morgan & Peter Chan Ho Sun
The Myth, JCE Movies Ltd & [...]
by Andre Soares | April 8, 2006
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Tags: Anthony Wong, Election, Film Awards, Hong Kong Film Awards, Johnnie To, Kekexili Mountain Patrol, Teresa Mo Shun Kwan, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Zhou Xun
Hong Kong Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
2006 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award winners: January 17, 2006
Johnnie To’s well-received Election revolves around a power struggle within Hong Kong’s organized crime during their own election time.
Best Film: Election
Best Director: Johnnie To, Election
Best Actor: Tony Leung Ka-fai, Everlasting Regret
Best Actress: Zhou Xun, Perhaps Love
Best Screenwriter: Wong Jing, Color of the Loyalty
Films of Merit: Seven Swords, Color of the Loyalty, Crazy and the City, Initial D, Sha Po Lang, Home Sweet Home, Perhaps Love, Everlasting Regret
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Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
by Andre Soares | January 21, 2006
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Tags: Color of the Loyalty, Election, Everlasting Regret, Film Awards, Johnnie To, Perhaps Love, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Wong Jing, Zhou Xun
Golden Horse Awards 2004
2004 Golden Horse Awards
2004 Golden Horse Award winners: Dec. 4, 2004
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Best Feature Film
2046
* Kekexili / Kekexili Mountain Patrol
Breaking News
The Moon Also Rises
One Nite in Mongkok
Best Documentary
Stone Dream, Hu Tai-Li
* Chronicle of Sea Nan-Fan Ao, Hsiang-Hsiu Lee
Shihkang Story, Ku Hsiu-Fei
Best Animation
* Mcdull, Prince De La Bun
The Butterfly Lover
Best Director
* Johnnie To, Breaking News
Fruit Chan, Dumplings
Derek Yee, One Nite in Mongkok
Lu Chuan, Kekexili / Kekexili Mountain Patrol
Best Leading Actor
* Andy Lau, Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan / Infernal Affairs III
Jacky Cheung, Golden Chicken 2
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, 2046
Duobuji, Kekexili / Kekexili Mountain Patrol
Best Leading Actress
* Yang Kuei Mei, The Moon Also [...]
by Andre Soares | December 4, 2004
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Tags: Andy Lau, Bai Ling, Breaking News, Daniel Wu, Film Awards, Golden Horse Awards, Johnnie To, Kekexili Mountain Patrol, Mcdull Prince De La Bun, The Moon Also Rises, Yang Kuei Mei
