Moon Articles

Carey Mulligan in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); James Cameron's Avatar (ILM / 20th Century Fox) by (middle); Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish in Bright Star (Apparition) (bottom) With 17 mentions, Lone Scherfig's An Education leads the 2010 British Academy of Film and Television Arts award longlists. Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is next with 15 mentions, followed by Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt [...]

Sam Rockwell in Moon Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller Moon — made for US$5 million, or about 1/zillionth of the cost of Star Trek, 2012, or Avatar — won best picture and best debut director honors at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) held this evening in London. Written by Nathan Parker from Jones' original story (with shades of 2001: A Space Odyssey), Moon tells the [...]

2009 British Independent Film Awards 2009 British Independent Film Award nominations: Oct. 26, 2009 2009 British Independent Film Award winners: The Brewery in London on Dec. 6, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Sam Rockwell in Moon   BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM An Education Fish Tank In the Loop * Moon Nowhere Boy BEST FOREIGN FILM Il Divo The Hurt Locker * [...]

Katie Jarvis in Fish Tank (top); Sam Rockwell in Moon (middle); Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper in An Education (bottom) Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank leads the list of 2009 British Independent Film Award nominees. The tale of a rough teenager (Katie Jarvis) whose life is upended after her mother gets a new boyfriend, Fish Tank was shortlisted in eight categories including best independent British film, best [...]