American Society of Cinematographers Awards 2008
2008 American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards
2008 ASC award winners: Hollywood & Highland complex in Los Angeles on January 26, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Roger Deakins became the first cinematographer to receive two ASC nominations in the same year: for No Country for Old Men and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. He lost, however, to Robert Elswit for There Will Be Blood.
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Motion Picture
Roger Deakins, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men
* Robert Elswitt, There Will Be Blood
Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Seamus McGarvey, Atonement
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture, Miniseries or [...]
by Andre Soares | January 26, 2008
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Tags: American Society of Cinematographers Awards, Ben Nott, Film Awards, Janusz Kaminski, Richard Edlund, Robert Elswit, Roger Deakins, Seamus McGarvey, There Will Be Blood, Walter Lassally
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
Irish Film Awards 2005
2005 Irish Film Awards
2005 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards winners: November 5, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Perry Ogden’s Pavee Lackeen takes a look at poverty in modern Ireland as seen through the eyes of a young girl and her family
FILM AWARDS
Best Film
Mickybo & Me
The Mighty Celt
* Pavee Lackeen
Tara Road
Trouble with Sex
Best Director
Anthony Byrne — Short Order
Fintan Connolly — Trouble with Sex
* Terry George — Hotel Rwanda
Perry Ogden — Pavee Lackeen
Best Actor
Gabriel Byrne – Wah-Wah
Cillian Murphy – Red Eye
* Liam Neeson – Kinsey
Aidan Quinn – Convicted
Best Actress
Andrea Corr – The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Jillian Bradbury – Winter’s End
Winnie Maughan – Pavee Lackeen
* [...]
by Andre Soares | November 5, 2005
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Tags: Aidan Quinn, Andrea Corr, Anthony Byrne, Batman Begins, Boy Eats Girl, Brendan Galvin, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlotte Bradley, Cillian Murphy, Convicted, David Kelly, Deirdre O'Kane, Film Awards, Fintan Connolly, Flight of the Phoenix, Gabriel Byrne, Hotel Rwanda, Irish Cinema, Irish Film and Television Academy, Irish Film Awards, Irish Film Awards 2005, Jellybaby, Jillian Bradbury, Keir Pearson, Ken Wardrop, Kinsey, Liam Neeson, Martin McDonagh, Mickybo and Me, Niall Byrne, Nora Jane Noone, On a Clear Day, Ouch, Owen McPolin, Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl, Pearse Elliott, Perry Ogden, Red Eye, Renee Weldon, Rob Burke, Ronan Burke, Sahara, Seamus Deasy, Seamus McGarvey, Sean McGinley, Short Order, Six Shooter, Tagdh Murphy, Tara Road, Tatianna Ouliankina, Terry George, Terry Loane, The Boys and Girl from County Clare, The Descent, The Mighty Celt, Trouble with Sex, Wah-Wah, Winnie Maughan, Winter's End
THE HOURS II – Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore
THE HOURS Review: Part I
As a plus, instead of the plasticky makeup Kidman has used in her other roles (including her destitute heroine in the purportedly gritty Cold Mountain), she has an ugly fake nose plastered on her face for this one. Whether the fake nose possessed magical properties, I don’t know, but Kidman — though no Virginia Woolf replica — has never looked as interesting or acted as movingly. With a glance, she is able to convey in heartbreaking fashion Woolf’s yearnings for freedom from her constraining life, while her lowered tones add the appropriate somberness to the precarious psychological state of her character.
Finally, to her belong the two emotional highlights of the film: the first, when Woolf [...]
by Andre Soares | October 21, 2004
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Tags: David Hare, Film Reviews, Gay Interest, Lesbian Interest, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Philip Glass, Seamus McGarvey, Stephen Daldry, The Hours
