Nastri d’Argento 2008

2008 Nastri d’Argento
National Union of Italian Film Journalists’ 2008 Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 11, 2008
2008 Nastri d’Argento winners: Teatro Antico di Taormina, Sicily, on June 14, 2008
(”*” denotes the winner in each category)
 

Isabella Ragonese plays a college grad who struggles to find work in A Whole Life Ahead
 

Best Director
Antonello GRIMALDI – Caos calmo
Daniele LUCHETTI – Mio fratello è figlio unico
Silvio SOLDINI – Giorni e nuvole
* Paolo VIRZÌ – Tutta la vita davanti / A Whole Life Ahead
Gianni ZANASI – Non pensarci
Best European Film
Across the Universe – Julie Taymor
Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Shekar Kapur
Atonement – Joe Wright
La vie en [...]

Golden Globes 2008: Surprises at the Un-Ceremony

Keira Knightley, James McAvoy in Atonement

The smaller, shorter, subdueder 2008 Golden Globes "news show" — a result of the ongoing WGA strike, now entering its tenth week — ended not too long ago. There was no red carpet, no dress parade, no dumb questions from journalists, no mind-numbing speeches, no godawful jokes, no poorly staged musical numbers, no toilet paper stuck on anyone’s shoe.
Many have lamented this year’s loss of glamour, glitz, and tasteless jokes. But personally, I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Much to the contrary. I find the vast majority of those glitzy and glamorous — and tasteless and phony — award shows all but unwatchable, and the Golden Globes ceremony is one of the tackiest [...]

Oscar 2008: Best Makeup Longlist

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose (top); Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (middle); Imelda Staunton, Emma Thompson, Maggie Smith in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (bottom)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that seven films still in the running for the 2008 Academy Award for best makeup. They are:

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
300

On Saturday, January 19, [...]

Oscar 2008 Predictions: Acting Categories

George Clooney in Michael Clayton

Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Film, Director, Foreign Language Film
Best Actor:

George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Possibly: Denzel Washington, American Gangster; Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening; James McAvoy, Atonement; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild; Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl; Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
 

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Best Actress:

Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page, Juno
Angelina Jolie, A [...]

Berlin Film Festival 2007 Film Line-Up

Berlin 2007: Official Competition Line-Up
 

300 by Zack Snyder, U.S. (World Premiere, Out of Competition)

Angel by François Ozon, France/Belgium/U.K. (World Premiere)/Closing Film

Beaufort by Joseph Cedar, Israel (World Premiere)

Bordertown by Gregory Nava, U.S. (World Premiere)

Desert Dream / Hyazgar by Zhang Lu, Republic of Korea/France (World Premiere)

Die Fälscher | The Counterfeiter by Stefan Ruzowitzky, Germany/Austria (World Premiere)

El Otro | The Other by Ariel Rotter, Argentina/France/Germany (World Premiere)

Goodbye Bafana by Bille August, Germany/France/Belgium/U.K./Italy (World Premiere)

Hallam Foe by David Mackenzie, U.K. (World Premiere)

In memoria di me / In Memory of Myself by Saverio Costanzo, Italy (World Premiere)

Irina Palm by Sam Garbarski, Belgium/Germany/Luxembourg/U.K./France (World Premiere)

La Môme | La Vie en rose by Olivier Dahan, France/U.K./Czech Republic (World Premiere)/Opening Film

Les [...]