Sally Potter’s RAGE Multi-Platform Release

Judi Dench, Jude Law (as a female top model), Riz Ahmed

In conjunction with its traditional media release worldwide, Sally Potter’s Rage will be released — as a series of episodes — by web TV service Babelgum online and via mobile through the fall/winter of 2009.
Starring Simon Abkarian, Patrick J. Adams, Riz Ahmed, Bob Balaban, Adriana Barraza, Steve Buscemi, Jakob Cedergren, Lily Cole, Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, Jude Law, John Leguizamo, David Oyelowo, and Dianne Wiest, Rage premiered at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival.
The film’s setting is a New York fashion house, where a young blogger shoots behind-the-scenes interviews on his cell-phone with an eclectic group of people, including a celebrity supermodel, a seamstress, a [...]

by Andre Soares | May 12, 2009   
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European Film Awards 2008

2008 European Film Awards
2008 European Film Award nominations: Nov 8, 2008
2008 European Film Award winners: Copenhagen on Dec. 6, 2008
Photos: Rune Evensen/ScanPix
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("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

 
EUROPEAN FILM 2008
IL DIVO, Italy
written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino
produced by Indigofilm, Lucky Red, Parco Film, Babe Films, StudioCanal,
Arte France Cinéma
ENTRE LES MURS (The Class), France
directed by Laurent Cantet
written by Laurent Cantet, François Begaudeau & Robin Campillo after
the novel of François Begaudeau
produced by Haut et Court, France 2 Cinéma
* GOMORRA (Gomorrah), Italy
directed by Matteo Garrone
written by Maurizio Bracci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone,
Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano
produced by Fandango, RAI Cinema
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, UK
written and directed by Mike Leigh
produced by Thin Man Films Ltd., Summit Entertainment, [...]

by Andre Soares | December 6, 2008   
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NOTES ON A SCANDAL – Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett

Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Direction: Richard Eyre
Screenplay: Patrick Marber; from Zoe Heller’s novel
Cast: Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Phil Davis, Anne-Marie Duff
 

Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal
 

Directed by Richard Eyre, Notes on a Scandal is a must-see for those who enjoy a cleverly constructed plot that explores human relationships to the core.
Jaded older teacher Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) contrives to ensnare young and beautiful new teacher Bathsheba Hart (Cate Blanchett). In the meantime, 15-year old student Steve Connolly (Andrew Simpson) entices Bathsheba into a turbulent affair, while Sheba’s husband (Bill Nighy) and children all tear at Sheba’s loyalties.
Credible characters fill Patrick Marber’s clever script (from Zoe Heller’s novel): The management-minded headmaster, the happily [...]

by Rosemary Westwell | February 7, 2007   
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LONDON EVENING STANDARD 2007 Winners

Dame Judi Dench roughs up Cate Blanchett after learning that her Notes on a Scandal co-star voted for fellow Dame Helen Mirren as best actress of 2006

As The Queen, Helen Mirren has brought back to her castle just about every best actress award in the United States. Ironically, she hasn’t fared all that well in Britain. First, she lost to Kate Dickie (Red Road) at the British Independent Film Awards and now she’s lost the Evening Standard Award to Judi Dench’s lonely, conniving lesbian teacher in Notes on a Scandal.
As far as the Academy Awards are concerned, there’s no suspense in the best actress category. Barring a meteor crashing into Earth during the Oscar ceremony, Helen Mirren [...]

by Andre Soares | February 4, 2007   
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LONDON EVENING STANDARD Awards 2007

2007 EVENING STANDARD Awards
2007 EVENING STANDARD Winners: Savoy Hotel, February 4, 2007
 

United 93 by Paul Greengrass
 

Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Best Actor: Daniel Craig, Casino Royale
Best Actress: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, The Queen and The Last King of Scotland
The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Technical Achievement: Cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, The Last King of Scotland and Brothers of the Head
Most Promising Newcomer: Director Paul Andrew Williams, London to Brighton
The Alexander Walker Special Award: Director Stephen Frears, "for making British film reverberate around the world"
 
EVENING STANDARD Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 [...]

by Andre Soares | February 4, 2007   
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St. Louis Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
2006 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association award winners: January 8, 2006
 

 

Best Film Brokeback Mountain by Ang Lee
Runner-up: Good Night and Good Luck. by George Clooney
Best Foreign-Language Film Tsotsi (South Africa) by Gavin Hood
Runner-up: 2046 (China) by Wong Kar Wai
Best Documentary March of the Penguins by Luc Jacquet
Runner-up (tie): Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room by Alex Gibney, Mad Hot Ballroom by Marilyn Agrelo
Best Director Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: George Clooney – Good Night and Good Luck.
Best Actor Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
Best Actress Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Runner-up: Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
Best Supporting Actor George Clooney, Syriana
Runners-up (tie): Mickey Rourke – Sin City, [...]

by Andre Soares | January 8, 2006   
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