Nastri d’Argento 2008

2008 Nastri d’Argento
National Union of Italian Film Journalists’ 2008 Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 11, 2008
2008 Nastri d’Argento winners: Teatro Antico di Taormina, Sicily, on June 14, 2008
(”*” denotes the winner in each category)
 

Isabella Ragonese plays a college grad who struggles to find work in A Whole Life Ahead
 

Best Director
Antonello GRIMALDI – Caos calmo
Daniele LUCHETTI – Mio fratello è figlio unico
Silvio SOLDINI – Giorni e nuvole
* Paolo VIRZÌ – Tutta la vita davanti / A Whole Life Ahead
Gianni ZANASI – Non pensarci
Best European Film
Across the Universe – Julie Taymor
Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Shekar Kapur
Atonement – Joe Wright
La vie en [...]

Golden Globes 2008

2008 Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 2008 Golden Globe nominations: December 13, 2007
2008 Golden Globe Award winners: January 13, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Keira Knightley, James McAvoy in Atonement
 

MOTION PICTURES
Best Motion Picture – Drama
American Gangster, Imagine Entertainment/Scott Free Productions; Universal Pictures
* Atonement, Working Title Productions; Focus Features
Eastern Promises, Kudos Pictures — UK Serendipity Point Films — Canada A UK/Canada Co-Production; Focus Features
The Great Debaters, Harpo Films; The Weinstein Company/MGM
Michael Clayton, Clayton Productions LLC; Warner Bros. Pictures
No Country for Old Men, A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax/Paramount Vantage
There Will Be Blood, A Joanne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Paramount Vantage and Miramax Films
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Across The Universe, Revolution Studios International; Sony Pictures Releasing
Charlie Wilson’s War, [...]

Online Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 Online Film Critics Society Awards
2008 Online Film Critics Society award winners: January 8, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
 

PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
* No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
The Host
La Vie en Rose
The Lives of Others
The Orphanage
DOCUMENTARY
In the Shadow of the Moon
Into Great Silence
* The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
No End in Sight
Sicko
ANIMATED FEATURE
Beowulf
Paprika
Persepolis
* Ratatouille by Brad Bird
The Simpsons Movie
DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
* Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
David Cronenberg – Eastern Promises
David Fincher – Zodiac
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
ACTOR
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
* Daniel [...]

Kansas City Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2008 Kansas City Film Critics Circle award winners: January 7, 2008
 

Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
 

Best Film: There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: In the Shadow of the Moon by David Sington
Robert Altman Award for Best Director (tie): Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, and Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old [...]

Critics’ Choice Awards 2008

2008 Critics’ Choice Awards
Broadcast Film Critics Association’s 2008 Critics’ Choice Award nominations: December 11, 2007
2008 Critics’ Choice Award winners: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on January 7, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
* No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
Best Foreign Language Film
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage
Best Documentary
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End in Sight
Sharkwater
* Sicko by Michael Moore
Best Director
Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet – Before the Devil Knows [...]

Houston Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 Houston Film Critics Society Awards
2008 Houston Film Critics Society award winners: January 3, 2008
 

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Runners-up:
Juno
Atonement
Michael Clayton
Into the Wild
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Charlie Wilson’s War
I’m Not There
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
Best Director of a Motion Picture: Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Julie Christie, Away from Her
Best Performance by [...]

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, [...]

U.S. Critics’ Awards 2007

Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men

Much has been said about the absence of a front-runner for this year’s Academy Awards. Be that as it may, one film is clearly the favorite among the myriad film critics’ groups in the United States.
Directed and written by Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men has been chosen the top film of 2007 by nearly all critics’ societies, associations, and circles in the US and by the Toronto critics.
What often crosses my mind whenever I look at those award lists is their lack of variety. (That could be the result of the way votes are tabulated; if so, perhaps the rules should be changed.) Generally speaking, the [...]

Oklahoma Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle award winners: December 23, 2007
 

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

 
Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-up:
Juno
Zodiac
Atonement
Michael Clayton
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Gone Baby Gone
Once
Eastern Promises
Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best First Feature: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Best Directors: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best [...]

St. Louis Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
2008 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association award nominations: December 17, 2007
2008 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association award winners: December 21, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
 

BEST PICTURE
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
* No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Sweeney Todd
Atonement
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
The Host
The Kite Runner
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
Persepolis
BEST DOCUMENTARY
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters
Manufactured Landscapes
No End in Sight
* Sicko by Michael Moore
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul [...]

Florida Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 Florida Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 21, 2007
 

 
Best Picture: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Foreign-Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson
Best Directors: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Pauline Kael Breakout Award: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Original Songs: [...]

Las Vegas Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2007 Las Vegas Film Critics Society award winners: December 20, 2007
 

Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for Old Men

 
Best Picture: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-Up:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
3:10 to Yuma
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Zodiac
Into the Wild
Juno
Eastern Promises
The Lookout
Sunshine
Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: Sicko by Michael Moore
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Best Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille [...]

Phoenix Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2007 Phoenix Film Critics Society award winners: December 18, 2007
 

Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Runners-up (in alphabetical order):
3:10 to Yuma
Atonement
Away from Her
Hairspray
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary Feature Film: Sicko by Michael Moore
Best Animated Feature Film: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Achievement in Direction: Ethan and Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading [...]

Southeastern Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Southeastern Film Critics Association winners: December 17, 2007
 

Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-up:
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
Zodiac
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Gone Baby Gone
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Runner-up: La Vie en rose by Olivier Dahan
Best Documentary: No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson
Runner-up: Sicko by Michael Moore
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Joe Wright, Atonement
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away from Her
Runner-up: Ellen [...]

Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association Award winners: December 17, 2007
 

Tommy Lee Jones in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-up:
Juno
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
Michael Clayton
Into the Wild
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Kite Runner
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Charlie Wilson’s War
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Runners-up:
La Vie en rose
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Lust, Caution
Black Book
Best Documentary: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by Seth Gordon
Runners-up:
Sicko
No End in Sight
My Kid Could Paint That
Crazy Love
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old [...]

AFI Awards 2007

2007 American Film Institute (AFI) Awards
2007 AFI Awards: December 16, 2007
 

Tom Wilkinson, George Clooney in Michael Clayton
 

FILM
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
KNOCKED UP
MICHAEL CLAYTON
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
THE SAVAGES
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
TELEVISION
DEXTER
EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
LONGFORD
MAD MEN
PUSHING DAISIES
THE SOPRANOS
TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
30 ROCK
UGLY BETTY
 
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Frank Pierson
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
Writer/Director Artistic Director and Distinguished Filmmaker-in-Residence, AFI Conservatory
AFI Board of Trustees
David Ansen
Newsweek
Donn Cambern
Editor/Director
Senior Mentor, AFI Conservatory
Mary Corey
University of California, Los Angeles
Lawrence Kasdan
Writer/Producer/Director
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Leonard Maltin
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
Tara McPherson
University of Southern California
Diana Ossana
Novelist/Screenwriter/Producer
David Picker
Producer
AFI Trustee Emeritus
Tom Pollock
Vice Chair and Chair Emeritus, AFI Board of Trustees
Richard Schickel
Time
Gary Winick
Director/Producer
Kristal Brent Zook
Hosftra University
 
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Rich Frank
Chair, AFI Jury for Television
Vice Chair, AFI [...]

San Diego Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2007 San Diego Film Critics Society Award winners: December 18, 2007
 

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary (tie): Crazy Love by Dan Klores and Fisher Stevens, and Deep Water by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away from Her
Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Ensemble: [...]

New York Film Critics Online Awards 2007

2007 New York Film Critics Online Awards
2007 New York Film Critics Online Award winners: December 9, 2007
 

Max von Sydow, Mathieu Amalric in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (top); There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson (bottom)
 

BEST PICTURE (tie)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood
Runners-up (alphabetical)
Atonement (Focus Features)
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (THINKFilm)
The Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight)
I’m Not There (The Weinstein Company)
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)
BEST FOREIGN PICTURE (tie)
The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko by Michael Moore
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis — There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS
Julie [...]

San Francisco Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 10, 2007
 

Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
 

Best Film: The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford by Andrew Dominik
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: George Clooney for Michael Clayton
Best Actress: Julie Christie for Away from Her
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins for The Savages
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah [...]

Washington Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association winners: December 9, 2007
 

Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men
 

Best Film: No Country for Old Men
Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Best Documentary: Sicko by Michael Moore
Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away from Her
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Ensemble: No Country for Old Men
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, Charlie Wilson’s War
Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Breakthrough Performance: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti for [...]

National Board of Review Awards 2007

2007 National Board of Review Awards
2007 National Board of Review Award winners: Dec. 5, 2007
2007 National Board of Review winners
 

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-up (Top Ten Films in alphabetical order):
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bucket List
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Sweeney Todd

Best Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel
Runners-up (Top Five Foreign Films in alphabetical order):
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Band’s Visit
The Counterfeiters
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
Top Independent Films in alphabetical order:
Away from Her
Great World of Sound
Honeydripper
In the Valley of Elah
A Mighty Heart
The [...]

2007 National Board of Review Award Winners

The best thing about the 2007 National Board of Review (NBR) winners is the presence of veteran Julie Christie (right, with Gordon Pinsent) as best actress for her superb portrayal of a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in Sarah Polley’s Away from Her.
Christie, one of the best film actresses of the last half century — in fact, one of the best film actresses ever — has received widespread acclaim for her performance, though this is her first Away from Her win so far. (Earlier this year, Christie was nominated for the Vancouver Film Critics‘ best actress in a Canadian film award but lost out to Carrie-Anne Moss in Fido.)
The National Board of Review’s choice for best actor was not [...]

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2007 Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners: December 9, 2007
 

 

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Foreign-Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel (France)
Best Documentary: Crazy Love by Dan Klores and Fisher Stevens
Best Director: Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Actor: Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Best Screenplay: Brad Bird for Ratatouille
Best Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best New Filmmaker: Ben Affleck for Gone Baby Gone
Best Ensemble [...]