Ariel Awards 2009
2009 Ariel Awards
2009 Ariel nominations: Feb. 27, 2009
2009 Ariel winners: National Auditorium in Mexico City on March 31, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Fernando Eimbcke’s minimalist comedy Lake Tahoe presents a series of vignettes showing a small-town teenager (Diego Cataño) trying to cope with the death of his father. Lake Tahoe won three Ariels: best film, best director, and best supporting actor (Héctor Herrera). The night’s biggest winner, however, was Rodrigo Plá’s drama Desierto adentro, set during Mexico’s Cristero War, with eight awards including best actor (Mario Zaragoza) and best original screenplay. Box-office hit Arrancame la vida / Tear This Heart Out, Mexico’s submission for the 2009 foreign-language film Academy Award, failed to get a best picture nod [...]
by Anna Robinson | March 31, 2009
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Tags: Ariadna Gil, Ariel 2009, Ariel Awards, Arrancame la vida, Bajo la Sal, Desierto adentro, Diego Catano, Diego Luna, Eugenio Polgovsky, Fanny Kauffman, Fernando Eimbcke, Film Awards, Gerardo Naranjo, Intimidades de Shakespeare y Víctor Hugo, Irene Azuela, Lake Tahoe, Leonera, Los herederos, Maria Deschamps, Mario Zaragoza, Mexican Cinema, Premios Ariel, Rudo y Cursi, Tear This Heart Out, Tony Manero, Under the Salt, Voy a explotar
BABEL: Great To Be Nominated
The 2006 Best Picture nominee Babel is the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ "Great To Be Nominated" series. Screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga and director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s multi-language, globe-spanning drama will be screened on Monday, August 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Following the screening, producer Steve Golin, cast member Aaron Spears, and sound rerecording mixers Chris Minkler and Jon Taylor will take part in a discussion about the film.
In Babel, one tragic event in the Moroccan desert reverberates across the globe, reaching the United States, Mexico, and Japan. Among those involved in this international tangle are Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Rinko Kikuchi, Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, [...]
by Andre Soares | August 4, 2008
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Tags: Film Awards, Los Angeles Screenings, Mexican Cinema
STELLET LICHT Clip
Writer-director Carlos Reygadas‘ Stellet licht / Silent Night deals with the conflicts faced by a devout married Mennonite after he falls in love with another woman.
Stellet licht was one of the many acclaimed films that I missed at the 2007 AFI FEST in Los Angeles. The film shared the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize with Persepolis and was Mexico’s submission for the 2008 foreign-language film Oscar (though it failed to land a nomination).
Earlier this year, Stellet licht won five Ariel Awards, including best film, director, and screenplay.
The clip below was posted by elpezleta.
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK Clip
Julie Andrews in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE Clip
LOLA MONTÈS Clip
MON ONCLE Clip
THE OFFICIAL STORY Clip
Bette Davis Sings "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"
PATHFINDER Clip
C.R.A.Z.Y. [...]
by Andre Soares | May 6, 2008
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Tags: Mexican Cinema, Trailers
Tito Guízar Centennial Tribute at Downtown Los Angeles’ Million Dollar Theater
Tito Guízar Centennial Tribute Tonight
Charlton Heston
JELLYFISH: Q&A with Etgar Keret
STRANGE CULTURE: Q&A with Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Steve Kurtz, and Lucia Sommer
Budd Schulberg, David Chase Writers Guild Salute
Clarence Brown, Forgotten Film Director
Paul Scofield
Arthur C. Clarke and the Making of 2001
Anthony Minghella Appreciation in the WASHINGTON POST
Ramon Novarro Photo Montage and THE PAGAN Clip
Edmund Goulding: Q&A with Biographer Matthew Kennedy
by Andre Soares | April 8, 2008
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Tags: Mexican Cinema
Tito Guízar Centennial Tribute Tonight
The Cervantes Center of Arts & Letters will celebrate the birth centennial of Mexican actor-singer superstar Tito Guízar (1908–1999) with a screening of the 1936 cowboy musical ("charro") Alla en el rancho grande / Over at the Big Ranch this evening at 7pm at USC’s Leavey Library Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles. Free admission. (Parking at Figueroa St. – Gate # 3; for more information/RSVP.: 310 526 1480.)
The film will be presented in Spanish with English subtitles. Following the screening, Guízar’s daughter and son, actress Lilia Guízar and singer Tito Guízar Jr., will take part in a q&a session.
Directed by Fernando de Fuentes, Over at the Big Ranch stars Guízar, Esther Fernandez, Rene Cardona, Emma Roldan, Chaflan, Lorenzo Barcelata, and [...]
by Andre Soares | April 8, 2008
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Tags: Classic Movies, Los Angeles Screenings, Mexican Cinema