The Lives of Others Articles

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 2008 Dublin Film Critics Circle award winners: January 7, 2008   Directed by Leonard Abrahamson and written by Mark O’Halloran, the dramatic comedy Garage revolves around the lonely and somewhat dim-witted caretaker (Pat Shortt) of a crumbling small-town gas station whose life is radically changed after a teenager comes to work with him.   Best Irish Film: Garage by [...]

Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova in Once (top); Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men (middle); Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (bottom) BAFTA 2008 Longlists ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY American Gangster Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Eastern Promises Elizabeth: The Golden Age Hot Fuzz In the Valley of Elah Juno Knocked Up The Lives of Others Michael Clayton Once Ratatouille Things We Lost in [...]

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 [...]

2007 New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2007 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 10, 2007   Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men   Best Picture: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen Runners-up: There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson, I’m Not There by Todd Haynes Best Foreign Film: The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel [...]