Peter Straughan Articles

Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method The 2012 finalists for the USC Scripter Awards, honoring both screenwriters and the original authors of adapted screenplays, are the following: Christopher Hampton for A Dangerous Method, adapted from John Kerr's nonfiction book A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein and Hampton's own 2002 stage play The Talking Cure; Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim [...]

Michael Fassbender in Steve McQueen's Shame THE TREE OF LIFE Wins Five Online Film Critics Awards, Martin Scorsese/Jessica Chastain Singled Out Best Picture The Artist The Descendants Drive Hugo * The Tree of Life Best Film Not in the English Language 13 Assassins Certified Copy * A Separation The Skin I Live In Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Best Animated Feature The [...]

Brad Pitt, Cole Cockburn, The Tree of Life Best Picture The Tree of Life Best Foreign Language Film Certified Copy Best Director Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life Best Actor Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Best Actress Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin Best Supporting Actor Albert Brooks for Drive Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus Best Original Screenplay J.C. Chandor for Margin Call [...]

George Clooney arrives for the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats during the The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Odeon Leicester Square on October 15. Photos: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Neve Campbell Screenwriter Peter Straughan