Sin Nombre Articles

Carey Mulligan in An Education PRECIOUS Sweeps 25th Spirits Awards The Spirit Award nominations are selected by several groups of film professionals, scholars, and critics, depending on the categories. That explains how something like Alvarez's micro-budgeted Easier with Practice received two nominations, including Best First Film. Or how Cary Fukunaga's Spanish-language Sin Nombre, one of the best-received films last year, was in the running for [...]

Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores in Cary Fukunaga's Sin Nombre (Focus Features)(top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics) (middle); Penelope Cruz in Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Sin Nombre, a Mexican-American co-production directed by Cary Fukunaga and featuring Stockholm Film Festival best actor winner Edgar Flores, has [...]

Anna Kendrick, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Up in the Air was the top choice of the Florida Film Critics Circle 2009 awards. Jason Reitman's comedy-drama about an expert corporate downsizer who travels the United States to fire people won a total of three awards; the other two were for Best Director Reitman and Best Actor George Clooney. Lee [...]

There are no surprises, major or otherwise, in the Houston Film Critics Society's list of the best 2009 had to offer. Critics' faves The Hurt Locker (above) and Up in the Air won three prizes each. The former for best film, best director (Kathryn Bigelow), and best cinematography (Barry Ackroyd); the latter for best actor (George Clooney), best supporting actress (Anna Kendrick), and best screenplay [...]