Nastri d’Argento 2008
2008 Nastri d’Argento
National Union of Italian Film Journalists’ 2008 Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 11, 2008
2008 Nastri d’Argento winners: Teatro Antico di Taormina, Sicily, on June 14, 2008
(”*” denotes the winner in each category)
Isabella Ragonese plays a college grad who struggles to find work in A Whole Life Ahead
Best Director
Antonello GRIMALDI – Caos calmo
Daniele LUCHETTI – Mio fratello è figlio unico
Silvio SOLDINI – Giorni e nuvole
* Paolo VIRZÌ – Tutta la vita davanti / A Whole Life Ahead
Gianni ZANASI – Non pensarci
Best European Film
Across the Universe – Julie Taymor
Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Shekar Kapur
Atonement – Joe Wright
La vie en [...]
by Andre Soares | June 14, 2008
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Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Film, Foreign Language Film, Documentary, Animated Film
Best Film: No Country for Old Men
Until late last week, things were still somewhat murky in the best film race. No Country for Old Men (above, with Tommy Lee Jones) and There Will Be Blood were the front-runners, while Juno was the fluffy dark horse that could potentially tip the scale against the heavy-drama heavyweights. But after its SAG best ensemble and DGA wins, No Country for Old Men, about a drug deal gone murderously wrong, has become the official front-runner.
Best Foreign Language Film: Katyn (Poland)
As I’ve said before, this is the toughest feature-film category to predict. None of the five nominees — Beaufort, 12, The Counterfeiters, Mongol, and Katyn — has been widely reviewed in the United States.
I’d [...]
by Andre Soares | January 29, 2008
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Tags: 2008 Oscar, Academy Awards, Andrzej Wajda, Brad Bird, Charles Ferguson, Film Awards, Joel and Ethan Coen, Katyn, No Country for Old Men, No End in Sight, Oscar Predictions, Ratatouille
Iowa Film Critics Awards 2008
2008 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Iowa Film Critics Association award winners: January 16, 2008
Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men
Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, Charlie Wilson’s War
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Film Yet to Open in Iowa: There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson
Iowa Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [...]
by Andre Soares | January 16, 2008
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Tags: Amy Ryan, Film Awards, Iowa Film Critics Awards, Javier Bardem, Joel and Ethan Coen, Julie Christie, No Country for Old Men, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ratatouille, There Will Be Blood
2008 Golden Globes Ceremony II
2008 Golden Globes Ceremony: Part I
Among the predictable winners were Julie Christie as best actress in a drama for her performance as a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in Sarah Polley’s Away from Her (right, with Gordon Pinsent); Daniel Day-Lewis as best actor in a drama for his star turn as a greedy oil baron in Paul Thomas Anderson’s widely praised There Will Be Blood; and Johnny Depp as best actor in a comedy or musical for his singing serial-killing barber in Sweeney Todd. (Depp was the only American actor to win in the feature-film categories.)
Also, Brad Bird’s Ratatouille, the story of a French rat with gourmet inclinations, as best animated film; and best supporting actor Javier Bardem for his [...]
by Andre Soares | January 13, 2008
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Tags: Away from Her, Daniel Day-Lewis, Film Awards, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2008, Johnny Depp, Julie Christie, Ratatouille, Sweeney Todd, There Will Be Blood
Golden Globes 2008
2008 Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 2008 Golden Globe nominations: December 13, 2007
2008 Golden Globe Award winners: January 13, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy in Atonement
MOTION PICTURES
Best Motion Picture – Drama
American Gangster, Imagine Entertainment/Scott Free Productions; Universal Pictures
* Atonement, Working Title Productions; Focus Features
Eastern Promises, Kudos Pictures — UK Serendipity Point Films — Canada A UK/Canada Co-Production; Focus Features
The Great Debaters, Harpo Films; The Weinstein Company/MGM
Michael Clayton, Clayton Productions LLC; Warner Bros. Pictures
No Country for Old Men, A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax/Paramount Vantage
There Will Be Blood, A Joanne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Paramount Vantage and Miramax Films
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Across The Universe, Revolution Studios International; Sony Pictures Releasing
Charlie Wilson’s War, [...]
by Andre Soares | January 13, 2008
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Tags: Atonement, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day-Lewis, Film Awards, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2008, Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Julian Schnabel, Julie Christie, Marion Cotillard, Ratatouille, Sweeney Todd, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Online Film Critics Awards 2008
2008 Online Film Critics Society Awards
2008 Online Film Critics Society award winners: January 8, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
* No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
The Host
La Vie en Rose
The Lives of Others
The Orphanage
DOCUMENTARY
In the Shadow of the Moon
Into Great Silence
* The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
No End in Sight
Sicko
ANIMATED FEATURE
Beowulf
Paprika
Persepolis
* Ratatouille by Brad Bird
The Simpsons Movie
DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
* Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises
David Fincher – Zodiac
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
ACTOR
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
* Daniel [...]
by Andre Soares | January 8, 2008
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Tags: Amy Ryan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Film Awards, Javier Bardem, Joel and Ethan Coen, Julie Christie, No Country for Old Men, Online Film Critics Awards, Ratatouille, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The King of Kong
Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Screenplay, Animated Feature
Elle Page, Michael Cera in Juno
Oscar 2008 Predictions: Acting Categories
Best Original Screenplay:
Diablo Cody, Juno
Kelly Masterson, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Possibly: Steven Zaillian, American Gangster (though actually "inspired" by a magazine article)
Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Joseé Croze in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Possibly: Sarah Polley, [...]
by Andre Soares | January 3, 2008
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Tags: 2008 Oscar, Academy Awards, Atonement, Brad Bird, Diablo Cody, Film Awards, Juno, Oscar Predictions, Ratatouille, Ronald Harwood, Seamus McGarvey, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Utah Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Utah Film Critics Association award winners: December 21, 2007
Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runner-up: Juno by Jason Reitman
Other runners-up (in alphabetical order): The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, I’m Not There, Into the Wild, Juno, Knocked Up, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, Once, There Will Be Blood, 3:10 to Yuma
Best Non-English Language Feature: The Host by Bong Joon-ho
Runner-up: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary Feature: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
Runner-up: My Kid Could Paint That by Amir Bar-Lev
Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Runner-up: The Simpsons Movie [...]
by Andre Soares | December 21, 2007
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Tags: Amy Ryan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ellen Page, Film Awards, Javier Bardem, Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men, Ratatouille, The Host, The King of Kong, Utah Film Critics Awards
Florida Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 Florida Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 21, 2007
Best Picture: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Foreign-Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson
Best Directors: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Pauline Kael Breakout Award: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Original Songs: [...]
by Andre Soares | December 21, 2007
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Tags: Amy Ryan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ellen Page, Film Awards, Florida Film Critics Awards, Javier Bardem, Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men, No End in Sight, Ratatouille, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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 [...]
