National Board of Review Awards 2008
2008 National Board of Review Awards
2008 National Board of Review Award winners: December 4, 2008
Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Top Ten Films (in alphabetical order):
Burn After Reading
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Frost/Nixon
Gran Torino
Milk
WALL-E
The Wrestler
Best Foreign Language Film: Mongol
Top Five Foreign Films (in alphabetical order):
The Edge of Heaven
Let the Right One In
Roman de Gare
A Secret
Waltz with Bashir
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Top Five Documentaries (in alphabetical order):
American Teen
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Dear Zachary
Encounters at the End of the World
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Top 10 Independent Films of the Year:
Frozen River
In Bruges
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Mr. Foe
Rachel Getting Married
Snow Angels
Son of Rambow
Wendy and [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 4, 2008
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Tags: Anne Hathaway, Clint Eastwood, David Fincher, Film Awards, Josh Brolin, Man on Wire, Mongol, National Board of Review Awards, Penélope Cruz, Slumdog Millionaire, WALL-E
National Board of Review Awards 2007
2007 National Board of Review Awards
2007 National Board of Review Award winners: Dec. 5, 2007
2007 National Board of Review winners
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-up (Top Ten Films in alphabetical order):
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bucket List
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Sweeney Todd
Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Runners-up (Top Five Foreign Films in alphabetical order):
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Band’s Visit
The Counterfeiters
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
Top Independent Films in alphabetical order:
Away from Her
Great World of Sound
Honeydripper
In the Valley of Elah
A Mighty Heart
The [...]
by Andre Soares | December 5, 2007
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Tags: Amy Ryan, Body of War, Casey Affleck, Film Awards, George Clooney, Joel and Ethan Coen, Julie Christie, National Board of Review Awards, No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 National Board of Review Award Winners
The best thing about the 2007 National Board of Review (NBR) winners is the presence of veteran Julie Christie (right, with Gordon Pinsent) as best actress for her superb portrayal of a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in Sarah Polley’s Away from Her.
Christie, one of the best film actresses of the last half century — in fact, one of the best film actresses ever — has received widespread acclaim for her performance, though this is her first Away from Her win so far. (Earlier this year, Christie was nominated for the Vancouver Film Critics‘ best actress in a Canadian film award but lost out to Carrie-Anne Moss in Fido.)
The National Board of Review’s choice for best actor was not [...]
