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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. [...]

Helen Mirren, James Cromwell in The Queen (top); Trish Gates in United 93 (bottom) The winners of the 2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards were announced this evening at a ceremony held in aid of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at the Dorchester Hotel. London Film Critics’ Awards chair Marianne Gray stated that The Queen — winner of the best [...]

Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland (top); Helen Mirren in The Queen (bottom) The 2007 SAG Award winners were announced on Sunday, Jan. 28. Pretty much everybody that was expected to win won, from Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker to Helen Mirren and Jeremy Irons. (Mirren I won for The Queen; Mirren II for the TV production Queen Elizabeth I.) Little Miss Sunshine [...]

Helen Mirren, Sylvia Syms in The Queen (top); Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (bottom) Though usually more open to non-English-language films than the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts failed to place either Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver or Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth as one (or two) of this year’s best film or best director [...]