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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Quentin Tarantino</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/quentin-tarantino/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Sally Menke Dies: Quentin Tarantino&#039;s Editor on PULP FICTION, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sally-menke-dies-editor-quentin-tarantino/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sally-menke-dies-editor-quentin-tarantino/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:17:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25226</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Sally Menke, film editor on Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, both Kill Bill parts, Jackie Brown, and Inglourious Basterds, was found dead early Tuesday (Sept. 28) morning by searchers in the Hollywood Hills' Beachwood Canyon, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Menke was 56 years old. She and a friend had gone hiking with Menke's Labrador retriever on Monday, the hottest day [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sally-menke-dies-editor-quentin-tarantino/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Quentin Tarantino Faces Accusations of Favoritism: Venice 2010 Controversy</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/quentin-tarantino-accusations-favoritism-venice-2010-controversy/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/quentin-tarantino-accusations-favoritism-venice-2010-controversy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:03:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Arthur Leander</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25145</guid> <description><![CDATA[The decision by Venice Film Festival organizers to enlist Quentin Tarantino as president of the 2010 jury and select (at least) three films made by friends of the Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds director was controversial from the get-go. It has become more so following the Golden Lion given to Sofia Coppola's Somewhere, the choice of Álex de la Iglesia as best director and best [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/quentin-tarantino-accusations-favoritism-venice-2010-controversy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Álex de la Iglesia, Vincent Gallo, Ariane Labed, Mila Kunis: Venice 2010 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alex-de-la-iglesia-vincent-gallo-ariane-labed-mila-kunis-venice-2010-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alex-de-la-iglesia-vincent-gallo-ariane-labed-mila-kunis-venice-2010-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 02:24:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Arthur Leander</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25143</guid> <description><![CDATA[Álex de la Iglesia's A Sad Trumpet Ballad (top); Vincent Gallo in Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing (middle); Ariane Labed, Evangelia Randou in Athina Rachel Tsangari's Attenberg (bottom) Sofia Coppola Wins Golden Lion; Former Boyfriend Quentin Tarantino Must Explain Himself At the 2010 Venice Film Festival, the Silver Lion for best director and the Osella for best screenplay went to Spaniard Álex de la Iglesia for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/alex-de-la-iglesia-vincent-gallo-ariane-labed-mila-kunis-venice-2010-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sofia Coppola Wins Golden Lion; Former Boyfriend Quentin Tarantino Must Explain Himself</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sofia-coppola-golden-lion-quentin-tarantino/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sofia-coppola-golden-lion-quentin-tarantino/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:52:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Arthur Leander</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25142</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Sofia Coppola's SOMEWHERE Wins Venice Film Festival's 2010 Golden Lion &#34;This film enchanted us from its first screening,&#34; 2010 Venice Film Festival jury president Quentin Tarantino remarked at the closing ceremony on Saturday. &#34;Yet, from that first enchanting screening, it grew and grew and grew in both our hearts, in our analysis, in our minds, and in our affections.&#34; Displaying a tenuous handle on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/sofia-coppola-golden-lion-quentin-tarantino/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>9</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christoph Waltz, Sandra Bullock Photo: Governors Ball 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/christoph-waltz-sandra-bullock-980786/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/christoph-waltz-sandra-bullock-980786/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:40:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23146</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar winners Andrew Jones, Richard Baneham, Christoph Waltz, and Sandra Bullock arrive with guests at the Governors Ball after the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Both Jones and Baneham won Oscars for Best Visual Effects for their work on James Cameron sci-fi adventure Avatar. Christoph Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/christoph-waltz-sandra-bullock-980786/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christoph Waltz, Quentin Tarantino Photo: Governors Ball 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/christoph-waltz-quentin-tarantino-governors-ball-876/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/christoph-waltz-quentin-tarantino-governors-ball-876/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:40:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23147</guid> <description><![CDATA[Academy Award nominee Quentin Tarantino with Oscar winner Christoph Waltz at the Governors Ball after the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, March 7, 2010. Christoph Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as a vicious Nazi in Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino was up for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, but lost to, respectively, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/christoph-waltz-quentin-tarantino-governors-ball-876/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pedro Almodóvar, John Hughes&#039; Alumni: Oscar Ceremony 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/pedro-almodovar-john-hughes-oscar-ceremony-787/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/pedro-almodovar-john-hughes-oscar-ceremony-787/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:02:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23138</guid> <description><![CDATA[On the positive side, it was good to see Pedro Almodóvar (above, with Quentin Tarantino) introducing some of the Best Foreign Language Film nominees, the speech by art director Robert Stromberg &#8212; who survived some unspecified deadly illness &#8212; was quite moving, and it was interesting to see John Hughes' alumni in 2010 in an otherwise poorly presented tribute. (A tribute for the recently deceased [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/pedro-almodovar-john-hughes-oscar-ceremony-787/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Quentin Tarantino, Geoffrey Fletcher Photo: Governors Ball 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/quentin-tarantino-geoffrey-fletcher-governors-ball-908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/quentin-tarantino-geoffrey-fletcher-governors-ball-908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:44:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23033</guid> <description><![CDATA[Quentin Tarantino, Geoffrey Fletcher Photos: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/quentin-tarantino-geoffrey-fletcher-governors-ball-908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Carey Mulligan: Oscar 2010 Presenters</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-jeff-bridges-matt-damon-8876/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-jeff-bridges-matt-damon-8876/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22635</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar nominees Crazy Heart's Jeff Bridges, The Blind Side's Sandra Bullock, Invictus' Matt Damon (above), Up in the Air's Anna Kendrick, An Education's Carey Mulligan and Inglourious Basterds' Quentin Tarantino will be presenters at the 2010 Academy Awards. Jeff Bridges received his fifth Oscar nomination for his lead performance in Crazy Heart. He'd previously earned a Best Actor nomination for Starman (1984) and Best Supporting [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sandra-bullock-jeff-bridges-matt-damon-8876/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Screenplay THE HURT LOCKER / UP IN THE AIR</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-71719/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-71719/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:34:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22531</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Original Screenplay, The Hurt Locker Best Adapted Screenplay, Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's win for Up in the Air, about an expert corporate-downsizer played by George Clooney, is all but assured. Reitman and Turner's screenplay has been the most honored by US film critics and it has won the Writers Guild Award. Mark Boal's The Hurt Locker screenplay is somewhat [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-71719/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Pattinson: BAFTA Red Carpet; Christoph Waltz Credits Quentin Tarantino</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/robert-pattinson-bafta-red-carpet-871877/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/robert-pattinson-bafta-red-carpet-871877/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:19:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22204</guid> <description><![CDATA[[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsrWDcgKxk0[/youtube] In the clip above, you get to see Robert Pattinson, he of the upcoming Remember Me, arriving at the BAFTAs. Pattinson is only a presenter, but he may just as well have been the evening's top winner as far as fans were concerned. The Twilight Saga: New Moon wasn't even nominated for anything, but no matter. Colin Firth? Carey Mulligan? Andrea Arnold? Kathryn Bigelow? [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/robert-pattinson-bafta-red-carpet-871877/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER, UP IN THE AIR: WGA Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-wga-awards-41411/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-wga-awards-41411/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:30:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22182</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (top); Anna Kendrick, George Clooney in Up in the Air (bottom) The Writers Guild of America came up with some pretty shocking choices at their 2010 awards held this evening: Mark Boal's The Hurt Locker (directed by Kathryn Bigelow) for best original screenplay, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's Up in the Air (directed by Reitman) for best adapted screenplay, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-up-in-the-air-wga-awards-41411/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Colin Firth, Carey Mulligan, Mo&#039;Nique, Christoph Waltz: 2010 London Film Critics&#039; Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-christoph-waltz-31908/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-christoph-waltz-31908/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:14:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22110</guid> <description><![CDATA[Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank A PROPHET Beats AVATAR Curiously, even though A Prophet was also in the running in the London Film Critics' Foreign Language Film of the Year category, it lost to Tomas Alfredson's vampire drama Let the One Right In, which received a whole array of US critics' awards early last year. (The film opened in the US in 2008.) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/colin-firth-carey-mulligan-christoph-waltz-31908/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Film Critics Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-awards-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-awards-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:21:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19880</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 London Film Critics' Circle Awards 2010 London Film Critics' nominations: Dec. 21, 2009 2010 London Film Critics' winners: Feb. 18, 2010 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) &#160; FILM OF THE YEAR Avatar The Hurt Locker * A Prophet The White Ribbon Up in the Air THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-awards-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Quentin Tarantino, Christoph Waltz, Sandra Bullock: Oscar Nominees Luncheon Photo</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/quentin-tarantino-christoph-waltz-sandra-bullock-87109/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/quentin-tarantino-christoph-waltz-sandra-bullock-87109/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:46:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22070</guid> <description><![CDATA[Quentin Tarantino, Christoph Waltz, and Sandra Bullock share a quality moment at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 15, 2010. Quentin Tarantino is up for two Academy Awards for the World War II revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds: Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Christoph Waltz received his first Academy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/quentin-tarantino-christoph-waltz-sandra-bullock-87109/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lee Daniels, Quentin Tarantino: Oscar Nominees Luncheon Photo</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/lee-daniels-quentin-tarantino-nominees-luncheon-11233/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/lee-daniels-quentin-tarantino-nominees-luncheon-11233/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:46:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22069</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lee Daniels and Quentin Tarantino chat at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Oscar Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday, February 15, 2010. Quentin Tarantino is up for two Academy Awards for the World War II revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds: Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Lee Daniels is in the running as the director of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/lee-daniels-quentin-tarantino-nominees-luncheon-11233/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino, James Cameron: Oscar Nominees Luncheon Photo</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/kathryn-bigelow-tarantino-cameron-nominees-luncheon-53901/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/kathryn-bigelow-tarantino-cameron-nominees-luncheon-53901/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:26:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21976</guid> <description><![CDATA[Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Lee Daniels, and Jason Reitman at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon held earlier today at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. This year's five Oscar-nominated directors are in the running for the following movies: Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino), The Hurt Locker (Bigelow), Avatar (Cameron), Precious (Daniels), and Up in the Air (Reitman). [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/kathryn-bigelow-tarantino-cameron-nominees-luncheon-53901/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Director Kathryn Bigelow</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-director-kathryn-bigelow-oscar-56044/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-director-kathryn-bigelow-oscar-56044/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:08:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21910</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Other nominees: James Cameron, Avatar; Lee Daniels, Precious; Jason Reitman, Up in the Air; Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds. Kathryn Bigelow is about to become the first woman to win the Best Director Academy Award. She has already won the Directors Guild Award, while The Hurt Locker has won the Producers Guild Award. The Iraq War drama has also [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-director-kathryn-bigelow-oscar-56044/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions 2010: Best Original Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-original-screenplay-190/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-original-screenplay-190/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:17:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21494</guid> <description><![CDATA[(500) Days of Summer, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen Up, Pete Docter and Bob Petersen James Cameron, who failed to get a nomination for Titanic back in early 1998, may take the place of either the Coen brothers or the (500) Days of Summer screenwriters. It's true that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-2010-best-original-screenplay-190/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Awards: Focus on Kathryn Bigelow&#039;s Gender</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dga-awards-kathryn-bigelow-gender-133/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dga-awards-kathryn-bigelow-gender-133/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:09:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21483</guid> <description><![CDATA[Perhaps it's a good thing that the Directors Guild Award ceremony wasn't televised. TV audiences were spared having to listen to Quentin Tarantino say &#34;both my testicles were totally tingling through the whole thing,&#34; following Brad Pitt's introduction to his Inglourious Basterds director. Or The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner saying &#8212; and I'm partly quoting The Wrap's Steve Pond's tweet here &#8212; that &#34;the only [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dga-awards-kathryn-bigelow-gender-133/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DGA Awards: First Female Best Director?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/directors-guild-dga-awards-woman-director-449/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/directors-guild-dga-awards-woman-director-449/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:30:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21466</guid> <description><![CDATA[The five nominees for the 2010 Directors Guild Award are Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker, James Cameron for Avatar, Lee Daniels for Precious, Jason Reitman for Up in the Air, and Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds. The likely winner? Following the Producers Guild Award going to The Hurt Locker (box-office gross: less than $13 million) instead of Avatar (box-office gross: more than $560 million), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/directors-guild-dga-awards-woman-director-449/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Director</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-director-759/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-director-759/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21377</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker James Cameron, Avatar (with Sam Worthington) Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon Jason Reitman, Up in the Air (with George Clooney) Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds (with Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz) Four of the directors above were nominated by the Directors Guild of America. European Film Award winner Michael Haneke [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-director-759/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, Quentin Tarantino: SAG Awards Photos</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/eli-roth-michael-fassbender-kruger-tarantino-489/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/eli-roth-michael-fassbender-kruger-tarantino-489/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:07:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21336</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Fassbender, Christoph Waltz, Jacky Ido, B.J. Novak, Diane Kruger, Omar Doom, and Eli Roth are the Inglourious Basterds cast members pictured above. The group (plus Brad Pitt, Rod Taylor, Mike Myers, August Diehl, Til Schweiger, Melanie Laurent, Daniel Brühl, and others) won the SAG Award for best cast in a motion picture, beating competitors Nine, Precious, An Education, and The Hurt Locker. Roth, the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/eli-roth-michael-fassbender-kruger-tarantino-489/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jon Hamm, Diane Kruger, Quentin Tarantino: SAG Awards Photos</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/jon-hamm-diane-kruger-quentin-tarantino-332/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/jon-hamm-diane-kruger-quentin-tarantino-332/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:17:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21255</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kevin Bacon accepts his SAG Award for best actor in a television movie or miniseries from Jon Hamm. Bacon won for Taking Chance, a drama about the return of a dead soldier's body to his hometown. Hamm won an Actor as well, for being part of the Mad Men ensemble. Below are best supporting actor winner Christoph Waltz, best supporting actress nominee Diane Kruger, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/jon-hamm-diane-kruger-quentin-tarantino-332/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>George Clooney, Elisabetta Canalis, Cameron Diaz: Golden Globes Red Carpet Photos</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/george-clooney-elisabetta-canalis-cameron-diaz-885/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/george-clooney-elisabetta-canalis-cameron-diaz-885/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:52:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21014</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Elisabetta Canalis (Golden Globe Awards / © HFPA) George Clooney took some time away from his &#34;Hope for Haiti&#34; telethon to show up at the Golden Globes ceremony held Sunday, Jan. 17, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Clooney was up for a best actor (drama) Globe for his role as a corporate-downsizing expert who spends much of his time either [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/george-clooney-elisabetta-canalis-cameron-diaz-885/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NINE, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, AVATAR Lead Critics Choice Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nine-inglourious-basterds-avatar-143/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nine-inglourious-basterds-avatar-143/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:36:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20838</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rob Marshall's Nine and Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds; each with ten nominations, and James Cameron's Avatar with nine, are the leading nominees for the Broadcast Film Critics Association's Critics Choice Awards, which will be handed out this evening at the Hollywood Palladium. The show will be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. In addition to the aforementioned three films, the other seven best picture nominees are: Lone [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nine-inglourious-basterds-avatar-143/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathryn Bigelow &#8211; Best Director: Golden Globe Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-best-director-golden-globes-489/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-best-director-golden-globes-489/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:16:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20737</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow is by far the US critic's favorite director of 2009, but she isn't a star like Quentin Tarantino or James Cameron &#8212; or Barbra Streisand, the only woman to win a Golden Globe for best director (Yentl, 1983). Could Bigelow become the second female director to take home a Globe? Well, we think so. Bigelow has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-best-director-golden-globes-489/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR &#8211; Best Screenplay: Golden Globe Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-golden-globe-289/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-golden-globe-289/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:15:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20673</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Screenplay Jason Reitman &#38; Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air The Golden Globe for best screenplay is trickier to predict than the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's choices for best supporting actress (Mo'Nique) and best supporting actor (Christoph Waltz). Up in the Air would be our choice for a couple of reasons: Unlike The Hurt Locker (scr: Mark Boal), which is perceived as a director's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-best-screenplay-golden-globe-289/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathryn Bigelow, Lee Daniels: DGA Awards &amp; Women, Blacks, Gays</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dga-awards-kathryn-bigelow-lee-daniels-768/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dga-awards-kathryn-bigelow-lee-daniels-768/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:46:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20467</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow directing The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) is a first-time Directors Guild of America nominee, but her former husband James Cameron (Avatar) won the DGA Award for his megablockbuster Titanic back in early 1998. Lee Daniels (Precious) and Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) are two other first-timers, while this is Quentin Tarantino's second nod (Inglourious [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/dga-awards-kathryn-bigelow-lee-daniels-768/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Jason Reitman: DGA Awards 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-james-cameron-jason-reitman-489/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-james-cameron-jason-reitman-489/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:43:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20468</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron, Sigourney Weaver on the Avatar set (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), James Cameron (Avatar), Lee Daniels (Precious), Jason Reitman (Up in the Air), and Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) are the Directors Guild of America's five nominees for their best motion picture director of 2009 award. Among those not shortlisted by DGA voters were Joel and Ethan Coen [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-james-cameron-jason-reitman-489/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER, Jeremy Renner, Melanie Laurent: Online Film Critics Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-jeremy-renner-melanie-laurent-444/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-jeremy-renner-melanie-laurent-444/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:26:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20411</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker has just won another best picture award, this one from the Online Film Critics Society. The other nominees in that category were Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Joel and Ethan Coen's A Serious Man, Pete Docter's Up, and Jason Reitman's Up in the Air. Additionally, The Hurt Locker won for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-jeremy-renner-melanie-laurent-444/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Directors Guild, Producers Guild to Announce 2010 Nominees</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/directors-guild-producers-guild-2010-nominations-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/directors-guild-producers-guild-2010-nominations-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:41:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20322</guid> <description><![CDATA[Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Jaap Buitendijk / Warner Bros.) Below is a partial list of film award announcements to come out in the next week. The most important among those six announcements is the People's Choice Awards &#8212; well, at least in terms of populist appeal. Among this year's nominees are Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Star Trek, The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/directors-guild-producers-guild-2010-nominations-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UP IN THE AIR &#8211; US Critics&#039; Top Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-critics-top-screenplay-889/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-critics-top-screenplay-889/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:40:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20248</guid> <description><![CDATA[George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's screenplay for Up in the Air is the #1 winner among North American critics groups, with Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds coming in second place. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber's (500) Days of Summer, a boy meets girl tale in which things don't quite go as planned, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/up-in-the-air-critics-top-screenplay-889/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, THE HURT LOCKER Top Online Film Critics 2009 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-the-hurt-locker-online-critics-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-the-hurt-locker-online-critics-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:05:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20204</guid> <description><![CDATA[Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) (top); Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) (bottom) The Online Film Critics Society has announced its list of nominees for 2009. Avatar may be a huge blockbuster-in-the-making, but OFCS members apparently weren't that impressed. James Cameron's sci-fi adventure epic earned three nominations: best director, best cinematography (Mauro [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-the-hurt-locker-online-critics-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kathryn Bigelow: US Critics&#039; Top Director</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-critics-top-director-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-critics-top-director-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:22:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20202</guid> <description><![CDATA[Although The Hurt Locker was eligible for last year's Spirit Awards, neither the Iraq War drama nor director Kathryn Bigelow (above) were nominated. But a year &#8212; and lots of good buzz &#8212; can make a hell of a difference. That's why Bigelow is now considered the front-runner for the best director Oscar even if Jason Reitman's Up in the Air or (Bigelow's former husband) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/kathryn-bigelow-critics-top-director-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Marion Cotillard, Quentin Tarantino to Be Honored in Palm Springs</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/marion-cotillard-quentin-tarantino-palm-springs-989/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/marion-cotillard-quentin-tarantino-palm-springs-989/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:05:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20180</guid> <description><![CDATA[Marion Cotillard (right) and Quentin Tarantino will be honored at the 2010 Palm Springs Film Festival. Cotillard, one of the stars of Rob Marshall's Nine, will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award while Tarantino will get the Sonny Bono Visionary Award. Presented by Cartier, the Palm Springs Awards Gala will take place on Tuesday, January 5, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The event [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/marion-cotillard-quentin-tarantino-palm-springs-989/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, George Clooney, Meryl Streep Win in Phoenix</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-george-clooney-meryl-streep-776/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-george-clooney-meryl-streep-776/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:32:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19932</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino's violent World War II fantasy, was the Phoenix Film Critics Society's best picture of 2009. (See full list below.) Tarantino was chosen best director, while the film's cast, which includes Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, and Christoph Waltz, was cited as the year's best ensemble cast. Although [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/inglourious-basterds-george-clooney-meryl-streep-776/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AN EDUCATION Leads London Film Critics&#039; Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-london-film-critics-nominations-776/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-london-film-critics-nominations-776/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:08:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19879</guid> <description><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan in An Education (Kerry Brown / Sony Pictures Classics) London critics (and several other international voting groups as well) split achievement categories between &#34;Film of the Year&#34; or &#34;Actor of the Year&#34; and &#34;British Film of the Year&#34; or &#34;British Actor of the Year.&#34; That always makes it look as if the British productions are inferior to the international fare. For instance, Carey [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/an-education-london-film-critics-nominations-776/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Quentin Tarantino&#039;s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Is San Diego Critics&#039; Big Winner</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/quentin-tarantino-inglourious-basterds-san-diego-998/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/quentin-tarantino-inglourious-basterds-san-diego-998/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:36:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19659</guid> <description><![CDATA[You gotta respect the San Diego Film Critics Society. You may not agree with their choices, but the San Diego critics, perhaps more than any other US-based critics group, association, society, circle, rectangle or what have you, always offer a whole array of highly unusual choices. They've apparently been vaccinated against groupthink, and that's a good thing. In fact, that's a great (and quite rare) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/quentin-tarantino-inglourious-basterds-san-diego-998/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>San Diego Film Critics Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/san-diego-film-critics-awards-2009-984/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/san-diego-film-critics-awards-2009-984/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:26:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19654</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2009 San Diego Film Critics winners: Dec. 15, 2009 &#160; Melanie Laurent in Inglourious Basterds &#160; Best Film: Inglourious Basterds Best Foreign Language Film: Il Divo Best Documentary: The Cove Best Animated Film: Up Best Director: Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds Best Actress: Michelle Monaghan for Trucker Best Actor: Colin Firth for A Single Man Best Supporting Actress: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/san-diego-film-critics-awards-2009-984/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER is Austin Film Critics&#039; Top Choice</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-austin-film-critics-984/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-austin-film-critics-984/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:16:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19646</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Austin Film Critics Association has chosen the Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker (above, with Jeremy Renner) as the best film of 2009. Kathryn Bigelow was chosen best director. Most other Austin picks were just as predictable, though they didn't exactly match the choices of the majority of critics groups thus far, e.g., Anna Kendrick as best supporting actress for Up in the Air [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-austin-film-critics-984/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NINE, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, AVATAR Top 2010 Critics Choice Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nine-avatar-2009-critics-choice-awards-984/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nine-avatar-2009-critics-choice-awards-984/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19539</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kate Hudson, Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine (top); Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds (middle); Giovanni Ribisi, Sigourney Weaver in Avatar (bottom) Two The Weinstein Co. releases are the Broadcast Film Critics Association's top nominees for the 2009 Critics Choice Awards. Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Rob Marshall's Nine lead the race with ten nominations each. James Cameron's soon-to-be blockbuster (how big a blockbuster remains to be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/nine-avatar-2009-critics-choice-awards-984/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Golden Globes 2010 Predictions &#8211; Best Screenplay</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-predictions-best-screenplay-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-predictions-best-screenplay-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:20:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18837</guid> <description><![CDATA[Golden Globes 2010 Predictions &#8211; Best Screenplay Jane Campion, Bright Star (above, Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw) A poet's brief and tragic love affair Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (above, Paula Patton) An illiterate pregnant teen, her teacher, her social worker &#38; her mother Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, The Lovely Bones (above, Saoirse Ronan) A murdered girl among angels [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-predictions-best-screenplay-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lauren Bacall, Roger Corman, Gordon Willis: Governors Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/lauren-bacall-roger-corman-gordon-willis-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/lauren-bacall-roger-corman-gordon-willis-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:15:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18524</guid> <description><![CDATA[Honorary Award recipients Roger Corman, Lauren Bacall, and Gordon Willis at the 2009 Governors Awards ceremony held at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood &#038; Highland on Saturday, November 14. "It's so much better &#8230; that nobody's worrying whether 36.5 million people are watching us or 29.2," remarked Warren Beatty, a former Irving G. Thalberg Award recipient who paid homage to this year's Thalberg Award honoree [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/lauren-bacall-roger-corman-gordon-willis-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Demme, Kirk Douglas to Present Honorary Oscars</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/jonathan-demme-anjelica-huston-kirk-douglas/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/jonathan-demme-anjelica-huston-kirk-douglas/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:43:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18136</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lauren Bacall Oscar winners Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Demme, and Quentin Tarantino, and Honorary Award recipient Kirk Douglas will be some of the presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ first Governors Awards event on November 14 at Hollywood &#38; Highland Center's Grand Ballroom. The evening will feature presentations of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/jonathan-demme-anjelica-huston-kirk-douglas/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE FINAL DESTINATION Tops Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-final-destination-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-final-destination-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:11:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15721</guid> <description><![CDATA[New Line Cinema’s The Final Destination slashed its competition at the North American box office, as the horror sequel took the No. 1 spot with a solid $28.3 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The David R. Ellis-directed fourth installment in the popular series delivered a better opening weekend than its predecessors, scoring an average of $9,079 per theater at 3,121 locations. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-final-destination-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Tops Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/inglourious-basterds-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/inglourious-basterds-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:52:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15508</guid> <description><![CDATA[Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds stormed the North American box office, securing the No. 1 spot this weekend with an estimated $37.6 million in ticket sales, the biggest opening ever for a Tarantino film. Inglourious Basterds was screened at 3,165 locations, scoring a solid average of $11,881 per theater. In the R-rated WWII drama, Brad Pitt stars as Lt. Aldo Raine, who assembles a gang of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/inglourious-basterds-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>David Carradine</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/david-carradine/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/david-carradine/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:39:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12979</guid> <description><![CDATA[David Carradine in Bound for Glory David Carradine, the star of the 1970s TV series Kung Fu (right), was found hanged in his Bangkok hotel room early this morning. According to reports, there was no evidence of foul play at the scene. Carradine, who was in the Thai capital working on a film, was 72. Born in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 1936, Carradine was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/david-carradine/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009: Asia Argento, Claudia Schiffer, Isabelle Huppert, Monica Bellucci</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/argento-schiffer-huppert-bellucci-tarantino-myers/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/argento-schiffer-huppert-bellucci-tarantino-myers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:18:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12273</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds Richard Corliss/Mary Corliss in Time: &#34;&#8230; Inglourious Basterds — first word as in &#34;glower,&#34; second as in &#34;turds&#34; — is an alternative history of World War II from the writer-director of Pulp Fiction, the Palme d'Or winner 15 years ago. As with all of his recent work — the two Kill Bill movies and Death Proof — Basterds draws portraits [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/inglourious-basterds-tarantino-cannes-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
