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Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin in It's Complicated (top); Penelope Cruz, Lluís Homar in Broken Embraces (middle); Agnes Varda in The Beaches of Agnes (bottom) Which movies were totally ignored by the Academy? Which performers and filmmakers were ignored? The list is quite long, of course. Below are the most notable omissions from the Oscar 2010 shortlist. Marc Webb's (500) Days of Summer, Pedro Almodóvar's Broken [...]

George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Denver Film Critics Society 2010 Nominations. Winners: Jan. 27, 2010. Best Film: A Serious Man, directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow Best Foreign Language Film: Thirst, directed by Chan-wook Park Sin [...]

Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) If US critics found only two lead actresses to vote for in 2009 (Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan), they had an even tougher time finding a supporting actor. Or perhaps it was just his own thespian brilliance that made Christoph Waltz walk away with nearly every critics' award out there. With more than 90 [...]

Another major critical surprise: The Hurt Locker (above, with Jeremy Renner) was voted best picture of 2009 by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. The Iraq War drama's director, Kathryn Bigelow, received top honors as well. All kidding aside, a more unique choice — though not all that unexpected considering that it's San Francisco — was Colin Firth for best actor. In Tom Ford's A [...]