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2009 Genie Awards 2009 Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's Genie Award nominations: Feb. 10, 2009 2009 Genie Award winners: Ottawa, April 4, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)     BEST MOTION PICTURE / MEILLEUR FILM Amal – David Miller, Steven Bray Ce qu'il faut pour vivre / The Necessities of Life – Bernadette Payeur, René Chénier Normal – Andrew Boutilier, Carl [...]

Ann Savage, the actress who played an evil, unredeemable femme fatale who makes life hell for Tom Neal in the 1945 B-noir Detour (see clip), died in her sleep at a nursing home on Christmas Day from complications following a series of strokes. She was 87. Savage had a minor career in films of the 1940s, with Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour as her sole claim [...]

2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Award winners: December 16, 2008 2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Award best Canadian film winner: January 6, 2009   Michelle Williams in Wendy and Lucy   BEST PICTURE: Wendy and Lucy Runners-up: Rachel Getting Married; WALL-E ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD: My Winnipeg, directed by Guy Maddin Runners-up: Continental: A Film Without Guns, directed [...]

2008 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 15, 2008     Best Picture: Milk Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In Best Documentary: My Winnipeg Best Director: Gus Van Sant, Milk Best Actor (tie): Sean Penn, Milk, and Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark [...]