Austin Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Austin Film Critics Association award winners: January 2, 2007
 

 

Best Film: United 93 by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up: The Departed, Pan’s Labyrinth, Children of Men, Brick, Borat, Little Children, The Queen, The Prestige, The Fountain
Best Foreign Film: Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Best Documentary: This Film Is Not Yet Rated directed by Kirby Dick
Best Animated Film: Cars by John Lasseter and Joe Ranft
Best First Film: Rian Johnson, Brick
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Hard Candy
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel [...]

by Andre Soares | January 2, 2007   
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Kirby Dick’s THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED Takes on the MPAA

USA Today reports that Kirby Dick’s documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated "drew cheers from an audience of 1,200 at its Sundance Film Festival premiere Wednesday for its exposé on the secret group that can mean life or death for movie earnings at the box office."
The "secret group" in question is the ratings board of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which makes some of the wackiest — or just downright inane — decisions about what is and what isn’t acceptable for American children and teenagers to watch.
Worse yet, with the NC-17 rating (no one under 17 allowed), the MPAA censors actually have the right to prohibit teens from watching films even if their parents [...]

by Andre Soares | January 28, 2006   
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