SAG Awards 2009: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Penélope Cruz
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt
Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick
Penélope Cruz, Kate Winslet
Photos: Kevin Mazur (Jolie/Pitt), Lester Cohen (Bacon/Sedgwick, Cruz/Winslet)
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by Deborah Arthur | January 26, 2009
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Tags: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Film Awards, Holly Hunter, Kate Winslet, Kevin Bacon, Penélope Cruz, Photos, SAG Awards
2006 Genie Award Winners
"I’m touched. This has been something — a crazy experience," remarked director Jean-Marc Vallée upon accepting the best director Genie Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
Vallée’s film, C.R.A.Z.Y., the story of a gay youth coming of age in the Quebec of the 1960s and 1970s, swept the Genies with a total of ten wins out of 12 nominations. In addition to the best director trophy, other awards that went C.R.A.Z.Y. include best film, best actor (Michel Côté, who beat his young co-star Marc-André Grondin, above), and best original screenplay (Vallée and François Boulay).
C.R.A.Z.Y. has also become one of the most commercially successful Canadian films ever.
Deepa Mehta’s controversial Water — which caused a major political [...]
by Andre Soares | March 13, 2006
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Tags: Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, Alison Lohman, Atom Egoyan, C.R.A.Z.Y., Colin Firth, Deepa Mehta, Film Awards, François Boulay, Gay Interest, Genie Awards, Genie Awards 2006, Jean-Marc Vallée, Kevin Bacon, Marc-André Grondin, Michel Cote, Rupert Holmes, Seema Biswas, Water, Where the Truth Lies
2004 London Film Festival Awards Winners
Nicole Kassell’s The Woodsman, starring Kevin Bacon (above) as a convicted pedophile trying to rebuild his life after spending 12 years in jail, won the Satyajit Ray Award as best first feature that "reflects the artistry, compassion and humanity" of the late Indian director.
Tarnation, Jonathan Caouette’s autobiographical documentary about how his mother’s mental illness affected his childhood, was chosen best first feature, while British writer-director Amma Asante won the UK Film Talent Award for her début feature, A Way of Life, the story of a teenage single mother involved in an ethnic feud with a Turkish neighbor.
The FIPRESCI International Critics Awards went to Benoît Delépine’s Aaltra, an irreverent Belgian film about the handicapped. The TCM Classic Shorts [...]
by Andre Soares | November 30, 2004
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Tags: Amma Asante, Benoit Delepine, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Harry Wootliff, Jonathan Caouette, Kevin Bacon, London Film Festival, Tarnation, The Woodsman
