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Michelle Pfeiffer in CHERI Trailer

Directed by Stephen Frears and adapted by Christopher Hampton from Colette’s novel, Chéri stars Michelle Pfeiffer as a 1920s French courtesan who teaches a young man (Rupert Friend) the ways of love and sex.
Also in the Chéri cast: Kathy Bates, Felicity Jones, Anita Pallenberg, Frances Tomelty.
Chéri opens in the US on June 26.
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BAFTA 2007 Award Winners

Helen Mirren in The Queen (top); Forest Whitaker in The Last King of England (bottom)

Perhaps there’s something I’m missing here, but the Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts has decided that Kevin Macdonald’s The Last King of Scotland is the outstanding British film of 2006, coming out ahead of United 93, Notes on a Scandal, Casino Royale, and Stephen Frears‘ The Queen. Yet, that very same Orange Academy has picked The Queen as the best film of the year, defeating Little Miss Sunshine, Babel, The Departed, and … The Last King of Scotland. Go figure.
There were few surprises at the 2007 Bafta ceremony held at London’s Royal Opera House this evening, unless one considers a Helen Mirren victory [...]

London Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards
2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Award nominations: December 14, 2006
2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: Dorchester Hotel on February 8, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

 

Film of the Year
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
Volver
* United 93
The Queen
The Attenborough Award for Best British Film
Children of Men
* The Queen
Red Road
The Last King of Scotland
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Best Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto
Black Book
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Child
Pan’s Labyrinth
* Volver
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth
Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
* Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best British director
Andrea Arnold, Red Road
* Stephen Frears, The Queen
Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
Kevin Macdonald, The Last King of Scotland
Ken Loach, The Wind That [...]

LONDON EVENING STANDARD Awards 2007

2007 EVENING STANDARD Awards
2007 EVENING STANDARD Winners: Savoy Hotel, February 4, 2007
 

United 93 by Paul Greengrass
 

Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Best Actor: Daniel Craig, Casino Royale
Best Actress: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, The Queen and The Last King of Scotland
The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Technical Achievement: Cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, The Last King of Scotland and Brothers of the Head
Most Promising Newcomer: Director Paul Andrew Williams, London to Brighton
The Alexander Walker Special Award: Director Stephen Frears, "for making British film reverberate around the world"
 
EVENING STANDARD Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 [...]

Directors Guild Awards 2007

2007 Directors Guild Awards
2007 Directors Guild of America nominations: feature film nominees on January 9, 2007; made-for-TV movies on January 10, 2007; other television nominees on January 11; and documentary and commercials nominees on January 16, 2007
2007 DGA Award winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on February 3, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Steven Spielberg, DGA winner Martin Scorsese, and Leonardo DiCaprio © DGA
 

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film:
BILL CONDON – Dreamgirls (Paramount Pictures)
Bill Condon’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Patricia Whitcher
First Assistant Director: Richard Graves
Second Assistant Director: Eric Sherman
Second Second Assistant Director: Renee Hill-Sweet
JONATHAN DAYTON & VALERIE FARIS – Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris’ Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Michael Beugg
First Assistant [...]

DGA Awards 2007: Nominations

Helen Mirren in The Queen (top); Brad Pitt in Babel (middle); Jennifer Hudson, Beyoncé Knowles, Anika Noni Rose in Dreamgirls (bottom)

The Directors Guild of America has announced the five features nominated for the 2007 DGA Award.
The biggest surprise was the absence of the much-revered Clint Eastwood — for either Flags of Our Fathers or Letters from Iwo Jima, or both — winner of last year’s DGA Lifetime Achievement Award. (In The Envelope, Tom O’Neil states that DGA members, who weren’t able to receive screeners this year, didn’t get a chance to check out Letters from Iwo Jima, which opened late in December.)
Also missing from the DGA list were Paul Greengrass, whose United 93 has been chosen best film of [...]

Toronto Film Critics Awards 2006

2006 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Toronto Film Critics Association award nominations: Dec. 16, 2006
2006 Toronto Film Critics Association Award winners: December 20, 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Michael Sheen, Helen Mirren in The Queen
 

BEST PICTURE
The Departed
* The Queen
United 93
BEST CANADIAN FILM
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
* Manufactured Landscapes
Monkey Warfare
Six Figures
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
* L’Enfant / The Child
Pan’s Labyrinth
Volver
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Brick, directed by Rian Johnson
Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
* Thank You for Smoking, directed by Jason Reitman
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Deliver Us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
* Manufactured Landscapes
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
* Happy Feet
Over the Hedge
A Scanner Darkly
BEST DIRECTOR (tie)
* Jean-Pierre Dardenne and [...]

2007 London Film Critics Awards: Nominations

The 2007 London Film Critics’ Circle nominations were announced on Dec. 14.
On the positive side, the London critics tend to be more international than their American counterparts. On the negative side, the London critics’ nominations — sub-divided into "best" and "best British" this or other — tend to get somewhat redundant.
The Queen, for instance, was nominated as both Film of the Year and Best British Film, while both Helen Mirren (above) and Judi Dench received double best actress nominations as well, for The Queen and Notes on a Scandal, respectively. (Curiously, Stephen Frears, whose The Queen is listed in no less than 7 categories, failed to receive a Best Director nomination. Frears had to content himself with a best [...]

2006 New York Film Critics Online Award Winners

The New York Film Critics Online went all out for The Queen, chosen as the best film of 2006, in addition to citations for best director Stephen Frears, best actress Helen Mirren, best screenplay for Peter Morgan, and best supporting actor Michael Sheen (who actually has a leading role in the film, but that’s how those things go).
Curiously, neither one of Clint Eastwood’s war epics — Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima — managed to make it to the NYOFC’s top-ten list. Also absent was Martin Scorsese’s The Departed.
On the other hand, David Lynch’s Inland Empire found its way into the list, and so did three non-English-language films, Water (top photo, Canada / India), directed [...]

New York Film Critics Online Awards 2006

2006 New York Film Critics Online Awards
2006 New York Film Critics Online Award winners: December 11, 2006
 

 

Best Film: The Queen directed by Stephen Frears
Runners up (in alphabetical order):
Babel
The Fountain
Inland Empire
Pan’s Labyrinth
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You for Smoking
Volver
Water
Best Foreign-Language Film: Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro (Spain / Mexico / U.S.)
Best Director: Stephen Frears, The Queen
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen, The Queen
Best Supporting Actress (tie): Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls and Catherine O’Hara, For Your Consideration
Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, The Queen
Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim
Best Animated Feature: Happy Feet directed by George Miller
Best Ensemble Cast: [...]

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