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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; The White Ribbon</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/the-white-ribbon/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Kim Rossi Stuart, Valerio Mastandrea, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Sandrelli: David di Donatello 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kim-rossi-stuart-giovanna-mezzogiorno-stefania-sandrelli/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kim-rossi-stuart-giovanna-mezzogiorno-stefania-sandrelli/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:24:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23961</guid> <description><![CDATA[Filippo Timi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno Vincere (top); Valerio Mastandrea, Stefania Sandrelli The First Beautiful Thing (middle); Antonio Albanese, Kim Rossi Stuart Matters of the Heart (bottom) THE FIRST BEAUTIFUL THING, BAARIA, VINCERE: David di Donatello 2010 Among the Best European Union Film nominees for the 2010 David di Donatello awards are Michael Haneke's European Film Award winner The White Ribbon, Jacques Audiard's Cesar winner A Prophet, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/kim-rossi-stuart-giovanna-mezzogiorno-stefania-sandrelli/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE WHITE RIBBON: 13 German Film Award Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-white-ribbon-13-german-film-award-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-white-ribbon-13-german-film-award-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:44:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23544</guid> <description><![CDATA[The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke's depiction of rural Germany on the eve of World War I &#8212; and how the cute (if dangerous) little children of that era grew into the Nazis and their followers of the 1930s and 1940s &#8212; received 13 nominations for the Lolas, the German version of the Academy Awards. In the Lolas' top categories, the 2010 Best Foreign Language Film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-white-ribbon-13-german-film-award-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>German Academy Awards 2010: Lola Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/german-academy-awards-the-white-ribbon/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/german-academy-awards-the-white-ribbon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:45:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23501</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 2010 German Academy Award winners will be announced on April 23 in Berlin. Best film Everyone Else, dir. Maren Ade When We Leave, dir. Feo Aladag Soul Kitchen dir. Fatih Akin Storm dir. Hans-Christian Schmid The White Ribbon dir. Michael Haneke Desert Flower dir. Sherry Hormann Best documentary The Woman with the 5 Elephants dir. Vadim Jendreyko The Heart of Jenin dir. Marcus Vetter, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/german-academy-awards-the-white-ribbon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Box Office: Polanski&#039;s THE GHOST WRITER, A PROPHET; MY NAME IS KHAN Breaks Khan Record</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-ghost-writer-a-prophet-polanski-audiard-77771/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-ghost-writer-a-prophet-polanski-audiard-77771/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:46:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22487</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ewan McGregor in The Ghost Writer (top); Hichem Jacoubi, Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (bottom) Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island grossed (or rather, is grossing) millions this weekend. The same goes for Cop Out, The Crazies, Avatar and its $700 million, Percy Jackson &#38; the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Valentine's Day. But forget those Hollywood flicks for a moment. In fact, if you look at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-ghost-writer-a-prophet-polanski-audiard-77771/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE WHITE RIBBON Surprise Winner: Cinematographers Award</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-cinematographers-award-71717/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-cinematographers-award-71717/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:32:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22479</guid> <description><![CDATA[A good surprise at the American Society of Cinematographers awards ceremony held Saturday at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles: Christian Berger won the ASC Award for Best Cinematography for his work on a &#34;small&#34; black-and-white foreign-language film, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon. Berger's competitors were in the running for movies with a much higher profile: Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker, Mauro [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-cinematographers-award-71717/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cesar 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cesar-nominations-2010-776/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cesar-nominations-2010-776/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:22:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21206</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) The Cesar winners will be announced on Feb. 27. MEILLEUR FILM / BEST FILM A L’ORIGINE / IN THE BEGINNING, Edouard Weil and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam; directed by Xavier Giannoli LE CONCERT / THE CONCERT, Alain Attal; directed by Radu Mihaileanu LES HERBES FOLLES / WILD GRASS, Jean-Louis Livi; directed by Alain Resnais LA [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cesar-nominations-2010-776/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A PROPHET Beats AVATAR, THE HURT LOCKER: London Film Critics&#039; Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/a-prophet-avatar-london-critics-awards-31387/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/a-prophet-avatar-london-critics-awards-31387/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:36:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22107</guid> <description><![CDATA[Avatar may be the king of the box office, but it surely wasn't king of anything at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards held this evening in, where else, London. The London Critics' best film of 2009? Jacques Audiard's prison drama A Prophet, the first French-made production to win the Circle's top award in its 30-year history. Starring European Film Award winner Tahar Rahim (above), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/a-prophet-avatar-london-critics-awards-31387/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film THE WHITE RIBBON</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:59:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21914</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Foreign Language Film: Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon Other nominees: Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani's Ajami (Israel), Juan José Campanella's The Secret of Her Eyes (Argentina), Claudia Llosa's The Milk of Sorrow (Peru), Jacques Audiard's A Prophet (France). Because only a relatively small group of Academy members vote in the special categories &#8212; short films, documentaries, foreign language films &#8212; winners often surprise and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/best-foreign-language-film-the-white-ribbon-58192/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Those with Fewer Nominations Than Expected</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-invictus-the-lovely-bones-398/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-invictus-the-lovely-bones-398/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:27:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21576</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clint Eastwood's Invictus was expected to land a Best Picture Oscar nod and was a possibility for Best Director. The sentimental political drama's only two Oscar 2010 nominations were for best actor Morgan Freeman (above) and best supporting actor Matt Damon. &#34;We didn't get a best picture nomination? Well that's a big letdown. Well there you go. That's my problem, I thought we should get [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-invictus-the-lovely-bones-398/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: The Academy&#039;s Writing Branch and Foreign-Language Films</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/academy-award-screenplay-foreign-language-films-618/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/academy-award-screenplay-foreign-language-films-618/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:42:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21497</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics) There was a time when Alain Resnais, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Sergio Amidei, Eric Rohmer, Louis Malle, Lina Wertmüller, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière, and others like them got nominated in the best screenplay category. In fact, it wasn't uncommon for two or three foreign-language films to be shortlisted in a single [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/academy-award-screenplay-foreign-language-films-618/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar Predictions: Best Foreign Language Film</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-foreign-language-film-910/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-foreign-language-film-910/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:19:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21402</guid> <description><![CDATA[2010 Oscar Predictions Best Foreign Language Film Ajami, Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani (Israel) A Prophet, Jacques Audiard (France) The Secret in Their Eyes, Juan Jose Campanella (Argentina) The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke (Germany) Winter in Wartime, Martin Koolhoven (The Netherlands) The best foreign language film category is especially difficult to predict because only a group of about 20 Academy members will decide on the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-predictions-best-foreign-language-film-910/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Director</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-director-759/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-director-759/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21377</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker James Cameron, Avatar (with Sam Worthington) Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon Jason Reitman, Up in the Air (with George Clooney) Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds (with Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz) Four of the directors above were nominated by the Directors Guild of America. European Film Award winner Michael Haneke [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-oscar-predictions-best-director-759/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Wins Swedish Oscar</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-guldbagge-145/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-guldbagge-145/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:55:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Arthur Leander</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21291</guid> <description><![CDATA[At a meeting held Monday, the 2009 Guldbagge (Golden Beetle) jury comprised of Katinka Faragó, Nils Petter Sundgren, Pia Johansson, Jannike Åhlund, Johan Renck, Mikael Marcimain and Guldbagge jury chairman Eva Swartz Grimaldi (not voting) picked Niels Arden Oplev's box-office smash The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as the best Swedish picture of the year. Adapted by Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg (from Stieg Larsson's [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-guldbagge-145/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Prestigious Foreign Language Film Contenders</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-foreign-language-film-881/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-foreign-language-film-881/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:52:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21122</guid> <description><![CDATA[This year, Scott Foundas won't be asking, &#34;how do you say 'Oscar scandal' in French (or German)?&#34; Two of the most widely acclaimed non-English language films released in 2009 &#8212; Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon and Jacques Audiard's A Prophet &#8212; are to be found in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' list of semi-finalists for the best foreign language film Academy Award. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-best-foreign-language-film-881/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: THE WHITE RIBBON, A PROPHET, AJAMI &#8211; Foreign Language Film Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-the-white-ribbon-a-prophet-776/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-the-white-ribbon-a-prophet-776/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:42:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21120</guid> <description><![CDATA[The nine semi-finalists in the Foreign Language Film category for the 2010 Academy Awards have been announced. They are: Argentina, El Secreto de Sus Ojos / The Secret of Her Eyes, Juan Jose Campanella, director; Australia, Samson &#38; Delilah, Warwick Thornton, director; Bulgaria, The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner, Stephan Komandarev, director; France, A Prophet, Jacques Audiard, director; Germany, The White [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-the-white-ribbon-a-prophet-776/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2010 Golden Globes Predictions: Final List</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-golden-globes-predictions-495/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-golden-globes-predictions-495/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:39:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20932</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount); Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment); James Cameron's Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the 2010 Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast live coast to coast later this evening, January 17, on NBC (5 to 8 pm PT, 8 to 11 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2010-golden-globes-predictions-495/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE WHITE RIBBON &#8211; Best Foreign Language Film: Golden Globe Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-golden-globes-488/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-golden-globes-488/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:13:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20732</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Foreign Language Film Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon This is another category (see best actor &#8211; comedy or musical) that is hard to predict because of the absence of a clear front-runner. The closest to a &#34;favorite&#34; is Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes and of several critics' awards in the United States. Working for it: Prestige, relevance, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-golden-globes-488/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, THE WHITE RIBBON, THE HURT LOCKER: ASC Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-the-white-ribbon-the-hurt-locker-444/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-the-white-ribbon-the-hurt-locker-444/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:06:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20629</guid> <description><![CDATA[Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Stacy Ferguson, Sophia Loren, Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine (David James / The Weinstein Co.) (top); Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics) (middle); Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore in Avatar (Mark Fellman / 20th Century Fox) (bottom) The American Society of Cinematographers has announced its list of nominees. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-the-white-ribbon-the-hurt-locker-444/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE WHITE RIBBON, STORM: German Film Critics&#039; 2010 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-storm-german-film-awards-289/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-storm-german-film-awards-289/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:29:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edwige Andersson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20618</guid> <description><![CDATA[The White Ribbon (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca in Storm (Zentropa) (bottom) Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon is one of the nominees for the German Film Critics Association's best picture award. Set in a small German town prior to the outbreak of World War I, Haneke's stark drama received four nominations: best picture, actor (Burghardt Klaussner), screenplay, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-white-ribbon-storm-german-film-awards-289/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Nominated for 4 Swedish Oscars</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-swedish-oscars-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-swedish-oscars-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:02:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edwige Andersson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20524</guid> <description><![CDATA[Box-office sensation The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is up for a Guldbagge (Golden Beetle) Award for the best Swedish picture of 2009. Strangely, director Niels Arden Oplev wasn't nominated &#8212; The Girl's Fredrik Edfeldt took his place &#8212; though Noomi Rapace (above) is in the running for best actress. A surprise blockbuster, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has earned more than $100 million [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-swedish-oscars-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BROKEN EMBRACES, THE WHITE RIBBON, A PROPHET: Golden Globe Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broken-embraces-the-white-ribbon-golden-globe-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broken-embraces-the-white-ribbon-golden-globe-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:18:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz, José Luis Gómez in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda &#38; Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Catalina Saavedra in The Maid (Elephant Eye) (middle); Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Los Angeles' American Cinematheque will host the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's series of screenings devoted to the films and filmmakers nominated for the 2010 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broken-embraces-the-white-ribbon-golden-globe-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER, Jeremy Renner, Melanie Laurent: Online Film Critics Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-jeremy-renner-melanie-laurent-444/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-jeremy-renner-melanie-laurent-444/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:26:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20411</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker has just won another best picture award, this one from the Online Film Critics Society. The other nominees in that category were Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Joel and Ethan Coen's A Serious Man, Pete Docter's Up, and Jason Reitman's Up in the Air. Additionally, The Hurt Locker won for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-jeremy-renner-melanie-laurent-444/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER Tops National Society of Film Critics Awards</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-national-society-of-film-critics-112/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-national-society-of-film-critics-112/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:30:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20293</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) The Hurt Locker was the National Society of Film Critics' big winner. The war drama about a bomb squad doing their work in the dangerous streets of an Iraqi city was voted best film of 2009, and earned honors for director Kathryn Bigelow and actor Jeremy Renner. Most US film critic' groups have picked [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-national-society-of-film-critics-112/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>National Society Film Critics Awards 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-society-film-critics-awards-2010-454/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-society-film-critics-awards-2010-454/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:38:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20269</guid> <description><![CDATA[Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) The National Society of Film Critics announces its award winners tomorrow, Jan. 3. Admired by those who call their choices daring, reviled by others who call their choices snotty, the NSFC has been around since the mid-60s, when it was formed as a sort of splinter group from the more &#34;mainstream&#34; New York Film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-society-film-critics-awards-2010-454/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SIN NOMBRE, THE WHITE RIBBON, SUMMER HOURS: Foreign Language Film Favorites of 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sin-nombre-the-white-ribbon-summer-hours-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sin-nombre-the-white-ribbon-summer-hours-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:53:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20138</guid> <description><![CDATA[Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores in Cary Fukunaga's Sin Nombre (Focus Features)(top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics) (middle); Penelope Cruz in Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda &#38; Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Sin Nombre, a Mexican-American co-production directed by Cary Fukunaga and featuring Stockholm Film Festival best actor winner Edgar Flores, has [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/sin-nombre-the-white-ribbon-summer-hours-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE HURT LOCKER, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan Win in Chicago</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-jeremy-renner-carey-mulligan-989/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-jeremy-renner-carey-mulligan-989/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:50:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19901</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker, which follows a bomb disposal unit as they go about doing their work, was the big winner with the Chicago Film Critics Association. The film won in each of the five categories it was nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/the-hurt-locker-jeremy-renner-carey-mulligan-989/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR, A PROPHET, THE WHITE RIBBON Nominated in London</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-a-prophet-the-white-ribbon-894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-a-prophet-the-white-ribbon-894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:07:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19878</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) The London Film Critics’ Circle's 2009 nominations have been announced. The best thing about this year's crop of nominees is their &#34;internationality&#34;: As usual, Hollywood productions dominate the nominations, but the London critics have found plenty of room for non-American films as well. Jacques Audiard's French prison drama A Prophet managed to land five [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-a-prophet-the-white-ribbon-894/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Toronto Film Critics Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/toronto-film-critics-awards-2009-9849/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/toronto-film-critics-awards-2009-9849/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:10:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19669</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009 Toronto Film Critics winners: Dec. 15, 2009 2009 Toronto Film Critics' best Canadian film winner: January 12, 2010 &#160; Michael Fassbender in Hunger (top); Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds (bottom) &#160; Best Picture (tie) &#8211; Hunger and Inglourious Basterds Best foreign-language film &#8211; The White Ribbon Best documentary &#8211; The Cove Best animated feature &#8211; Fantastic Mr. Fox [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/toronto-film-critics-awards-2009-9849/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Tops New York Film Critics Online List</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-new-york-film-critics-online-498/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-new-york-film-critics-online-498/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:18:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19518</guid> <description><![CDATA[I found it inevitable that Avatar would land the top spot of some US-based critic group or other. And it's already happened: The New York Film Critics Online have picked James Cameron's 3-D spectacle &#8212; which has mostly received quite respectable reviews &#8212; as the best picture of 2009. Set in a future that's not all that far off, but on a planet that is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/avatar-new-york-film-critics-online-498/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New York Film Critics Online Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/new-york-film-critics-online-awards-2009-494/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/new-york-film-critics-online-awards-2009-494/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:12:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19508</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 New York Film Critics Online Awards 2009 New York Film Critics Online Award winners: Dec. 13, 2009 &#160; Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington in Avatar &#160; BEST PICTURE Avatar (20th Century Fox) BEST 11 PICTURES (alphabetical) Adventureland (Miramax Films) Avatar (20th Century Fox) Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight) The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment) Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company) The Messenger (Oscilloscope) Precious (Lionsgate) A Serious [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/new-york-film-critics-online-awards-2009-494/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2009: Jeff Bridges, Yolande Moreau, Mo&#039;Nique, Christoph Waltz</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/jeff-bridges-yolande-moreau-monique-948/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/jeff-bridges-yolande-moreau-monique-948/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:18:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19504</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (top); Yolande Moreau in Séraphine (bottom) Jeff Bridges as the Los Angeles Film Critics' best actor for his ageing country singer in Crazy Heart wasn't totally unexpected, despite strong competition from the likes of Colin Firth for A Single Man (the LA critics' runner-up), George Clooney for Up in the Air, and Morgan Freeman for Invictus. Now, Yolande Moreau's win [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/jeff-bridges-yolande-moreau-monique-948/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/los-angeles-film-critics-awards-2009-118/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/los-angeles-film-critics-awards-2009-118/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:15:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michele Colbert</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19248</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2009 Los Angeles Film Critics winners: Dec. 13, 2009 &#160; Kathryn Bigelow directing The Hurt Locker &#160; Best Film: The Hurt Locker Runner-Up: Up in the Air Best Foreign Language Film: Summer Hours Runner-Up: The White Ribbon Best Documentary (tie): The Beaches of Agnès and The Cove Best Animated Feature: Fantastic Mr. Fox Runner-Up: Up Best Director: Kathryn [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/los-angeles-film-critics-awards-2009-118/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009: Michael Haneke&#039;s THE WHITE RIBBON Victorious</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-the-white-ribbon-999/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-the-white-ribbon-999/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:22:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19450</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon was the big winner at the 2009 European Film Awards, which took place on Sat., Dec. 12, in Bochum, in Germany's Rhein-Ruhr region. A stark drama about mysterious and violent occurrences that take place in a small German town shortly before the outbreak of World War I, The White Ribbon won trophies for best picture, best director, and best screenplay [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-the-white-ribbon-999/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:55:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17277</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 European Film Awards 2009 European Film Award nominations: Nov. 7, 2009 2009 European Film Award winners: Bochum, Germany, on Dec. 12, 2009 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke &#160; BEST EUROPEAN FILM Fish Tank, UK written and directed by Andrea Arnold produced by Kees Kasander &#38; Nick Laws Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009 Predictions: Best Film</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-predictions-best-film-765/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-predictions-best-film-765/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:31:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19403</guid> <description><![CDATA[What movie is going to dominate the 2009 European Film Awards, to be held tonight in Bochum, in Germany's Rhein-Ruhr region? Well, three films will be battling it out for both the best picture and the best director awards: Jacques Audiard's French prison drama A Prophet, Michael Haneke's Austrian-German psycho-political drama The White Ribbon (above), and Danny Boyle's Anglo-American-Indian Bollywoodish Slumdog Millionaire. All three have [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2009-predictions-best-film-765/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Golden Globes 2010: Best Foreign Language Film Longlist</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-best-foreign-language-film-884/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-best-foreign-language-film-884/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:47:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19294</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ulrich Tukur in John Rabe (top); City of Life and Death (middle); Lebanon (bottom) A record 69 foreign language films are in the running for the 2010 Golden Globes, Philip Berk, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has announced. Among the films in the longlist are Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces, starring Penelope Cruz; Costa-Gavras socially conscious drama Eden Is West; Xavier Dolan's I Killed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/golden-globes-2010-best-foreign-language-film-884/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2009: Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-european-film-award-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-european-film-award-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:59:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18358</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (top); Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire (middle); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (bottom) Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards. They are: Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank, about a teenager (best actress nominee Katie Jarvis) upset that her mother has found herself a new boyfriend (Michael Fassbender) Stephen Daldry's The Reader, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2009-european-film-award-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: PRECIOUS, THE WHITE RIBBON, AJAMI</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:58:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18214</guid> <description><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire by Lee Daniels (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi in Vincere by Marco Bellocchio (bottom) Among the Sunday, Nov. 1, highlights at the AFI FEST 2009 at the Chinese Theater complex in Hollywood are: Lu Chuan's historical drama City of Life and Death, winner of the Golden Shell for best picture [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-precious-the-white-ribbon-ajami/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Michael Haneke&#039;s THE WHITE RIBBON Photos</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-photos/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-photos/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:49:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Joan Lister</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17746</guid> <description><![CDATA[Whether or not it gets a best picture Academy Award or BAFTA nomination, Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or-winning The White Ribbon may end up as the best-reviewed film of 2009. At least in the United Kingdom. "It is typical of Haneke, though, that he makes such strong suggestions so indirectly and purely through the sheer brilliant, precise power of his characterisations and superb conjuring up of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/photos/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-photos/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Foreign Language Film</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-foreign-language-film/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-foreign-language-film/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:16:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17583</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Foreign Language Film Baaria, Giuseppe Tornatore (Italy) An autobiographical tale set in the director's Sicilian hometown Forever Enthralled, Chen Kaige (China) Biopic chronicling the life of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star. I Killed My Mother, Xavier Dolan (Canada) A young gay man has some serious issues with his mother. A Prophet, Jacques Audiard (France) Prison drama in which a young hood learns what [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-foreign-language-film/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>14</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI FEST 2009: THE WHITE RIBBON / THE PROPHET Swap</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:39:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17530</guid> <description><![CDATA[AFI FEST 2009 presented by Audi has announced that Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner and Oscar contender The White Ribbon will replace Jacques Audiard's Cannes Grand Prix winner A Prophet in the festival's line-up. Reason for the AFI FEST swap: &#34;a recent change in the release date for A Prophet.&#34; Both films are being distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Classics. The White Ribbon [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/afi-fest-2009-the-white-ribbon-the-prophet-swap/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Director</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-director/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-director/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:26:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17321</guid> <description><![CDATA[BEST DIRECTOR The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson (above, with Saoirse Ronan) A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen Up in the Air, Jason Reitman (above, with George Clooney) The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke In all honesty, I don't know who the hell will get a best direction nod this year &#8212; though I'm pretty sure it'll be five of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-director/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Early Predictions &#8211; Best Picture</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-picture/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-picture/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:40:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-picture/</guid> <description><![CDATA[BEST FILM An Education, d: Lone Scherfig; scr: Nick Hornby In Swinging (suburban) London, a teenager decides to have her first sexual experience with a man in his thirties. The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow; scr: Mark Boal An elite unit of the US Army must disarm bombs during combat in an &#34;enemy&#34; city in Iraq. The Informant!, d: Steven Soderbergh; scr: Scott Z. Burns A [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-early-predictions-best-picture/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2010: Best Foreign Language Film, Short Film Deadline</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-foreign-language-shorts-deadline/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-foreign-language-shorts-deadline/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:49:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16579</guid> <description><![CDATA[The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (top); I Killed My Mother by Xavier Donlan (middle); Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu (bottom) The deadline to submit entries in the Live Action Short Film, Animated Short Film and Foreign Language Film categories to be considered for the 82nd Academy Awards: Thursday, October 1. Complete entries must arrive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2010-foreign-language-shorts-deadline/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009 Aftermath at the LA WEEKLY</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-aftermath/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-aftermath/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 20:06:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Irene Young</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12674</guid> <description><![CDATA[Philippe Garnier on Cannes 2009, in the LA Weekly: &#34;By this time, news should be out everywhere that Cannes this year was a special vintage. Not only did most of the selected 'usual suspects' outdo themselves in big and unexpected ways — or, like Alain Resnais, find new resources and verve which, frankly, we didn’t know they had in them — but it is also [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-aftermath/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 22:32:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12495</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival's clear favorites, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, a stark tale about a small northern German town beset by strange happenings right before the beginning of World War I, took the Palme d'Or for best film. (Cannes 2009 winners list.) &#34;Happiness is very rare,&#34; said Haneke upon accepting his prize. &#34;This is one moment in my life in which [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes Awards 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-awards/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-awards/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:07:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12380</guid> <description><![CDATA[2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards 2009 Cannes Film Festival: May 13&#8211;24 &#160; IN COMPETITION &#8211; FEATURE FILMS Palme d'Or DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) directed by Michael HANEKE Grand Prix UN PROPHÈTE (A Prophet) directed by Jacques AUDIARD Jury Prize (tie) FISH TANK directed by Andrea ARNOLD and BAK-JWI (Thirst) directed by PARK Chan-Wook Best Director Brillante MENDOZA for KINATAY Best Actor Christoph WALTZ [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/cannes-2009-awards/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009: Best Director Favorites</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-best-director-favorites/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-best-director-favorites/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 05:39:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12400</guid> <description><![CDATA[Best Director Pedro Almodóvar for Broken Embraces Jacques Audiard for A Prophet Jane Campion for Bright Star Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon Alain Resnais for Wild Grass &#160; Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes &#160;]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-best-director-favorites/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009: Palme d&#039;Or Favorites</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-palme-dor-favorites/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-palme-dor-favorites/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 05:35:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12397</guid> <description><![CDATA[Palme d'Or 2009, Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize: Alain Resnais' romantic fantasy Wild Grass (adapted by Alex Reval and Laurent Herbiet from Christian Gailly's novel), about a man who becomes intrigued by a younger woman Jacques Audiard's tough prison drama A Prophet (written by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, and Nicolas Peufaillit) Writer-director Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, about a northern German community enmeshed [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/cannes-2009-palme-dor-favorites/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cannes 2009: Michael Haneke&#039;s THE WHITE RIBBON</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-cannes-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-cannes-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 03:16:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12330</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Dave Calhoun in Time Out London, via David Hudson's The Daily: &#34;For quite some time at the beginning of Michael Haneke's latest film, which is a two-and-a-half hour parable of political and social ideas set entirely in a north German village in 1913 and 1914, you wonder what you're watching, how its disparate parts hang together and what it all might mean. More than [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/michael-haneke-the-white-ribbon-cannes-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
