Seamus McGarvey Articles

Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in Stephen Daldry's The Hours THE HOURS Review: Part I Now, throughout her career Meryl Streep has created countless great portrayals of all types of women, so I have come to expect continuous excellence from her. Nicole Kidman, however, is a different matter. True, she displayed a solid comic talent in Gus Van Sant's quirky To Die For back in [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]