Syriana Articles

2006 Art Directors Guild Awards 2006 Art Directors Guild award winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 11, 2006 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Ken Watanabe, Ziyi Zhang in Memoirs of a Geisha   FEATURE FILMS Period or Fantasy Film: BATMAN BEGINS PD: Nathan Crowley CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY PD: Alex McDowell GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. PD: Jim [...]

2006 USC Scripter Awards 2006 Scripter Award winners: Feb. 11, 2006 ("*" denotes the winner)   Capote, directed by Bennett Miller and starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, won the 2006 Scripter Award after a run-off vote, as it had initially tied with Stephen Gaghan's Syriana screenplay   Brokeback Mountain — Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (screenwriters); E. Annie Proulx (author) * Capote — Dan Futterman (screenwriter); [...]

The 2006 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) have been announced. The largest number of nominations went to The Constant Gardener (10), Crash (9), and Brokeback Mountain (9). All three films were nominated for best picture, while The Constant Gardener (above) also received a best British film nod. Mirroring the trend on the western side of the Atlantic, the best picture contenders are all relatively "small" [...]

2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2005 Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners: December 11, 2005   Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain   Best Film: Brokeback Mountain Runner-up: Munich Best Foreign Language Film Kung Fu Hustle by Stephen Chow Runner-up: 2046 by Wong Kar Wai Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain Runner-up: Steven Spielberg, Munich Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote Runner-up: Heath [...]