Once Articles

Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová in Once In The Vast Picture Show, the [Dublin] Sunday Tribune's film critic Paul Lynch reports that "Falling Slowly," from the Irish romantic musical Once, may be ineligible for the best original song Oscar. The Academy has been apparently investigating the issue. Lynch quotes a piece by the Sunday Tribune's music critic Una Mullally: "The Sunday Tribune understands that the Academy [...]

Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova in Once (top); Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men (middle); Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (bottom) BAFTA 2008 Longlists ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY American Gangster Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Eastern Promises Elizabeth: The Golden Age Hot Fuzz In the Valley of Elah Juno Knocked Up The Lives of Others Michael Clayton Once Ratatouille Things We Lost in [...]

Kevin Spacey, Mena Suvari in American Beauty Critics and Awards Season: Part I It's too bad that U.S. film critics have such short memories — see Jack Mathews' top comment in the previous page — as Once is the type of small, foreign film that needs year-end critics' awards so Academy members can a) become aware of its existence b) check it out. Here's wondering [...]

Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova in Once Jack Mathews' "Next Up in Oscar Race: Voters Who Matter" in the New York Daily News: "It's been fun watching the evolution of the awards, as critics' groups narrowed the field with their collective awards while breaking the hearts of many of the individual members. Movies that will end up on many top 10 lists didn't even get a [...]