UP IN THE AIR Is Tops in Utah

George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount)

The Utah Film Critics have revealed their list of winners, which includes both the predictable and the unexpected. In the former category are best picture Up in the Air, best animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox, best documentary The Cove, and best supporting actress Mo’Nique for Precious.
In the latter category are best actor Viggo Mortensen for his role as a concerned father in the futuristic The Road, Park Chan-wook’s Korean vampire thriller Thirst as best foreign language film, and best supporting actor Christian McKay, who plays Orson Welles in Me and Orson Welles, opposite Zac Efron and Claire Danes.
The choice of Carey Mulligan as best actress for An Education was no [...]

by Steve Montgomery | December 18, 2009   
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Utah Film Critics Awards 2009

2009 Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2009 Utah Film Critics winners: Dec. 18, 2009
 

George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount)
 

Best Picture
Up in the Air
Runners-up: The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds
Best Non-English Language Feature
Thirst
Runner-up: Sin Nombre
Best Documentary Feature
The Cove
Runner-up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Best Animated Feature
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runner-up: Up
Best Director
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Runner-up: John Hillcoat, The Road
Best Actor
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Runner-up: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Runner-up: Maya Rudolph, Away We Go
Best Supporting Actor
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Runner-up: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Best Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Noah [...]

by Steve Montgomery | December 18, 2009   
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Blue Dragon Awards 2009

2009 Blue Dragon Awards
2009 Blue Dragon Awards – Nominations: Nov. 14, 2009
2009 Blue Dragon Award Winners: KBS Hall in Seoul on Dec. 2, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Directed by Joon-ho Bong, Mother chronicles the fight of a middle-aged mother to clear the name of her son, accused of a vicious crime. Mother is South Korea’s submission for the 2010 best foreign language film Academy Awards.
 

Best Film
Take Off – Yong-hwa Kim
Good Morning President – Jang Jin
* Mother – Joon-ho Bong
Thirst – Chan-wook Park
Haeundae – Je-gyun Yun
Best Director
* Yong-hwa Kim – Take Off
Jang Jin – Good Morning President
Joon-ho Bong – Mother
Chan-wook Park – Thirst
Je-gyun Yun – Haeundae
Best New Director
* Hyeong-cheol Kang – Scandal Makers
Keon-hong Park – Lifting [...]

by Irene Young | December 1, 2009   
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Cannes Awards 2009

2009 Cannes Film Festival Awards
2009 Cannes Film Festival: May 13–24
 

IN COMPETITION – 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 in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS directed by Quentin TARANTINO

Best Actress Charlotte GAINSBOURG in ANTICHRIST directed by Lars von TRIER

Best Screenplay MEI Feng for CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN (Spring Fever) directed by LOU Ye

Prix Vulcain: Artist-Technician Aitor BERENGUER, sound technician of the movie MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO directed by Isabel COIXET

Lifetime achievement award for his [...]

by Andre Soares | May 24, 2009   
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