Manhattan Articles

Martin Balsam, Albert Finney in Murder on the Orient Express, directed by DGA (but not Oscar) nominee Sidney Lumet DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1960s: Odd Men Out Jules Dassin, Federico Fellini, Arthur Penn 1970 DGA David Lean, Ryan's Daughter Bob Rafelson, Five Easy Pieces AMPAS Federico Fellini, Satyricon Ken Russell, Women in Love DGA/AMPAS Franklin J. Schaffner, Patton Robert Altman, MASH Arthur Hiller, Love [...]

The DGA Awards vs. the Academy Awards: Usually But Not Always a Match. [Photo: Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider in Last Tango in Paris.] Since 1970, when the DGA instituted the five-nominee limit, a mere ten directors of (at least mostly) non-English-language films have received DGA nods: Lina Wertmüller (Seven Beauties, 1976), Wolfgang Petersen (Das Boot, 1982), Ingmar Bergman (Fanny and Alexander, 1983), Lasse Hallström [...]

Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Annie Hall Starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, and Marion Cotillard, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris — Allen's widest release ever — has taken in $16.56 million after 28 days on North American screens. Even taking inflation into account, only two other Allen movies have earned more than that in the last ten years: the Javier Bardem-Scarlett Johansson-Penélope Cruz vehicle Vicky Cristina [...]

Diane Keaton, Woody Allen in Manhattan Gordon Willis for Klute (1971), The Godfather (1972), The Paper Chase (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), All the President's Men (1976), Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Caleb Deschanel for The Black Stallion (1979), Being There (1979) Those nominated — or not nominated — in the "technical" categories tend to be ignored by [...]