Spirit Awards 2005
2005 Spirit Awards
Film Independent’s 2005 Spirit Award winners: Santa Monica on February 26, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Sandra Oh, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Paul Giamatti in Sideways
BEST FILM (Award given to the Producer)
Baadasssss! Mario Van Peebles
Kinsey Gail Mutrux
Maria Full of Grace Paul Mezey
Primer Shane Carruth
* Sideways Michael London
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (Award given to the Director)
La Mala educación / Bad Education – Spain, Pedro Almodóvar
Oasis – South Korea, Lee Chang-Dong
Feux rouges / Red Lights – France, Cédric Kahn
* Mar adentro / The Sea Inside – Spain, Alejandro Amenábar
Yesterday – South Africa, Darrell James Roodt
BEST FIRST FILM (Award given to the Director and Producer)
Brother to Brother Director: Rodney Evans, Producers: Rodney Evans, Jim [...]
by Andre Soares | February 26, 2005
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Central Ohio Film Critics Awards 2005
2005 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Central Ohio Film Critics Association award winners: January 25, 2005
Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Runners-up (tie): Sideways and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Others in the top ten: The Incredibles, The Aviator, Before Sunset, Closer, Dogville, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Maria Full of Grace
Best Direction: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Runner up: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Best Lead Performance: Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Runner up: Jamie Foxx, Ray
Best Supporting Performance: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Runner up: Clive Owen, Closer
Best Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Runner up: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Sideways
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work): Cate Blanchett, Coffee [...]
by Andre Soares | January 25, 2005
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Critics’ Choice Awards 2005
2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics’ Choice Awards
2005 Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics’ Choice Awards winners: January 10, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen in Sideways
Best Film
The Aviator
Collateral
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Finding Neverland
Hotel Rwanda
Kinsey
Million Dollar Baby
The Phantom of the Opera
Ray
* Sideways
Best Foreign-Language Film
The Motorcycle Diaries
A Very Long Engagement
* Mar adentro / The Sea Inside
Maria Full of Grace
House of Flying Daggers
Best Documentary Feature
Control Room
* Fahrenheit 9/11
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Super Size Me
Best Animated Feature
* The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Shrek 2
Best Director
Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Marc Forster – Finding Neverland
Taylor Hackford – Ray
Alexander Payne – Sideways
* Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Best Actor
Javier Bardem – The Sea Inside
Don Cheadle – Hotel [...]
by Andre Soares | January 10, 2005
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Iowa Film Critics Awards 2005
2005 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Iowa Film Critics Association award winners: January 10, 2005
Best Picture: Sideways by Alexander Payne
Runner-up: Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood
Best Director: Alexander Payne for Sideways
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese for The Aviator
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti for Sideways
Runner-up: Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake
Runner-up: Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church for Sideways
Runner-up: Jamie Foxx for Collateral
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen for Sideways
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett for The Aviator
Best movie yet to open Iowa: Hotel Rwanda by Terry George
Iowa Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
by Andre Soares | January 10, 2005
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Online Film Critics Awards 2005
2005 Online Film Critics Society Awards
2005 Online Film Critics Society award winners: January 10, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Best Film
Before Sunset
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Michel Gondry
Garden State
The Incredibles
Sideways
Best Foreign-Language Film
* Hero by Zhang Yimou
House of Flying Daggers
Maria Full of Grace
The Motorcycle Diaries
A Very Long Engagement
Best Documentary
Control Room
* Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Super Size Me
Touching the Void
Best Animated Feature
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
* The Incredibles by Brad Bird
The Polar Express
Shrek 2
Team America: World Police
Best Director
Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
* Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Alexander Payne – Sideways
Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Zhang Yimou – Hero
Best Actor
Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless [...]
by Andre Soares | January 10, 2005
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Tags: Cate Blanchett, Charlie Kaufman, Christopher Doyle, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Film Awards, Hero, Kate Winslet, Michel Gondry, Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church
National Society of Film Critics Awards 2005
2005 National Society of Film Critics Awards
2005 National Society of Film Critics award winners: Sardi’s in New York City on January 9, 2005
Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Runners-Up: Sideways, Before Sunset
Best Foreign-Language Film: Moolaade directed by Ousmane Sambene
Runners-Up: House of Flying Daggers directed by Zhang Yimou, Notre musique directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Best Director: Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers and Hero
Runners-Up: Alexander Payne Sideways, Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx Ray
Runners-Up: Paul Giamatti Sideways, Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress (tie): Imelda Staunton Vera Drake and Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Runner-Up: Julie Delpy Before Sunset
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Runners-Up: Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby, Peter Sarsgaard Kinsey
Best Supporting Actress: [...]
by Andre Soares | January 9, 2005
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Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Awards 2004
2005 Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association Award winners: January 4, 2005
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Runners-up: Sideways, Finding Neverland, The Aviator, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ray, Kinsey, The Incredibles, A Very Long Engagement, Hotel Rwanda
Best Foreign-Language Film: A Very Long Engagement
Runners-up: The Motorcycle Diaries, House of Flying Daggers, Bad Education, Maria Full of Grace
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Runners-up: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby; Alexander Payne, Sideways; Marc Forster, Finding Neverland; Pedro Almodóvar, Bad Education
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Runners-up: Jamie Foxx, Ray; Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator; Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland; Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Best Actress: Hilary Swank, Million [...]
by Andre Soares | January 4, 2005
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Tags: A Very Long Engagement, Fahrenheit 9/11, Film Awards, Hilary Swank, Jamie Foxx, Martin Scorsese, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
Kansas City Film Critics Awards 2005
2005 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2005 Kansas City Film Critics Circle award winners: January 2, 2005
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Runner-up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Foreign Language Film: A Very Long Engagement
Runner-up: The Passion of the Christ
Best Director: Martin Scorsese The Aviator
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx Ray
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti Sideways
Best Actress: Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Runner-up: Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Runner-up: Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett The Aviator
Runner-up: Virginia Madsen Sideways
Best Original Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Runner-up: Bill Condon Kinsey
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Sideways
Runner-up: Paul [...]
by Andre Soares | January 2, 2005
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Tags: A Very Long Engagement, Cate Blanchett, Fahrenheit 9/11, Film Awards, Hilary Swank, Jamie Foxx, Martin Scorsese, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church
Seattle Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 Seattle Film Critics Awards
2004 Seattle Film Critics Award winners: December 30, 2004
Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Best Foreign-Language Film: Maria Full of Grace
Best Documentary (tie): Control Room and Touching the Void
Best Animated Film: The Incredibles
Best Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Living Treasure Award: Henry Bumstead
Special Citation: Brian Jamieson and Richard Schickel for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller’s 1980 The [...]
by Andre Soares | December 30, 2004
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Tags: Clint Eastwood, Control Room, Film Awards, Imelda Staunton, Jamie Foxx, Million Dollar Baby, Thomas Haden Church, Touching the Void, Vera Drake, Virginia Madsen
Florida Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2004 Florida Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 21, 2004
Paul Giamatti in Sideways
Best Film Sideways
Best Foreign-Language Film A Very Long Engagement
Best Documentary Fahrenheit 9/11
Best Animated Film The Incredibles
Best Director Alexander Payne Sideways
Best Actor Jamie Foxx Ray
Best Actress Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Best Supporting Actress Laura Linney Kinsey
Best Screenplay Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways
Pauline Kael Breakout Award: Zach Braff for Garden State
Florida Film Critics Circle Site
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
by Andre Soares | December 21, 2004
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Tags: A Very Long Engagement, Alexander Payne, Fahrenheit 9/11, Film Awards, Hilary Swank, Jamie Foxx, Laura Linney, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church
Phoenix Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society award winners: December 21, 2004
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator
Best Film: The Aviator by Martin Scorsese
Runners-Up (in alphabetical order):
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Finding Neverland
Hero
Hotel Rwanda
The Incredibles
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
Sideways
Spanglish
Best Foreign- Language Film: Hero directed by Zhang Yimou
Best Director: Martin Scorsese The Aviator
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx Ray
Best Actress: Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Linney Kinsey
Best Ensemble Acting: Sideways
Best Original Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor Sideways
Overlooked Film of the Year: Stage Beauty
Best Live Action Family Film: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Best Animated Film: The [...]
by Andre Soares | December 21, 2004
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Tags: Film Awards, Hero, Hilary Swank, Jamie Foxx, Laura Linney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, Thomas Haden Church
Southeastern Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2004 Southeastern Film Critics Association winners: December 20, 2004
Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church in Sideways
BEST FILM Sideways
Runners-up:
Million Dollar Baby
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kinsey
The Incredibles
Finding Neverland
Ray
The Aviator
Hotel Rwanda
Before Sunset
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM Maria Full of Grace
Runner-up: A Very Long Engagement
BEST DIRECTOR Alexander Payne, Sideways
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
BEST ACTOR Jamie Foxx, Ray
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
BEST ACTRESS Annette Bening, Being Julia
Runner-up: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Runner-up: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Runner-up: Laura Linney, Kinsey
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman
Runner-up: [...]
by Andre Soares | December 20, 2004
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Tags: Alexander Payne, Annette Bening, Being Julia, Fahrenheit 9/11, Film Awards, Jamie Foxx, Maria Full of Grace, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
Chicago Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2004 Chicago Film Critics Association Award winners: December 20, 2004
Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church in Sideways
Best Film Sideways
Best Foreign-Language Film A Very Long Engagement
Best Director Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Best Screenplay Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways
Best Cinematography (tie) Christopher Doyle, Hero, and Robert Richardson, The Aviator
Best Score Howard Shore, The Aviator
Best Documentary Fahrenheit 9/11
Best New Director Zach Braff, Garden State
Most Promising Performer Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Chicago Film Critics Association Site
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [...]
by Andre Soares | December 20, 2004
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Tags: A Very Long Engagement, Clint Eastwood, Fahrenheit 9/11, Film Awards, Imelda Staunton, Million Dollar Baby, Paul Giamatti, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
San Francisco Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
2004 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 13, 2004
Best Film: Sideways
Best Foreign-Language Film: Maria Full of Grace
Best Director: Alexander Payne Sideways
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti Sideways
Best Actress: Julie Delpy Before Sunset
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen Sideways
Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways
Best Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore
Marlon Riggs Award (for local talent): Anita Monga, former programmer for the Castro Theatre
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Site
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
by Andre Soares | December 13, 2004
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Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2004 Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners: December 13, 2004
Best Film Sideways
Runner-up: Before Sunset
Best Foreign-Language Film Shi mian mai fu / House of Flying Daggers (China / Hong Kong)
Runner-up: Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement
Best Director Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers
Runner-up: Alexander Payne Sideways
Best Actor Jamie Foxx Ray
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Runner-up (tie): Annette Bening Being Julia and Kim Basinger The Door in the Floor
Best Supporting Actor Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Runner-up: Clive Owen Closer
Best Supporting Actress Sharon Warren Ray and Laura Dern We Don’t Live Here Anymore
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett The Aviator
Best Ensemble: Sideways
Runner-up: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou [...]
by Andre Soares | December 13, 2004
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Tags: Film Awards, Hilary Swank, House of Flying Daggers, Jamie Foxx, Jehane Noujaim, Laura Dern, Sharon Warren, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church, Zhang Yimou
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award winners: Dec. 11, 2004
Best Film: Sideways
Runner-up: Million Dollar Baby
Best Foreign-Language Film: Shi mian mai fu / House of Flying Daggers directed by Zhang Yimou
Runner-up: Diarios de motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries directed by Walter Salles
Best Director: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Best Actor: Liam Neeson, Kinsey
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Runner-up: Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Runner-up: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, Coffee & Cigarettes and The Aviator
Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Sideways
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Documentary / Nonfiction Film: Born into [...]
by Andre Soares | December 11, 2004
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Tags: Alexander Payne, Fahrenheit 9/11, Film Awards, House of Flying Daggers, Imelda Staunton, Liam Neeson, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church, Vera Drake, Virginia Madsen
National Board of Review Awards 2004
2004 National Board of Review Awards
2004 National Board of Review Awards: Dec. 1, 2004
Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet in Finding Neverland
Best Film
Finding Neverland
Top Ten Films
Finding Neverland, The Aviator, Closer, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, Kinsey, Vera Drake, Ray, Collateral, Hotel Rwanda
Best Foreign-Language Film
Mar adentro / The Sea Inside
Top Five Foreign Films
The Sea Inside, La Mala educación / Bad Education, Maria Full of Grace, Les Choristes / The Chorus, Diarios de motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries
Best Documentary
Born Into Brothels
Top Five Documentaries
Born into Brothels, Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, Paper Clips, Super Size Me, The Story of the Weeping Camel
Best Animated Feature
The Incredibles
Best Director
Michael Mann, Collateral
Best Actor
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Best Actress
Annette Bening, Being Julia
Best Supporting Actor
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Linney, Kinsey
Best Acting [...]
by Andre Soares | December 1, 2004
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Tags: Annette Bening, Born into Brothels, Closer, Film Awards, Finding Neverland, Jamie Foxx, Laura Linney, Michael Mann, The Sea Inside, Thomas Haden Church
SIDEWAYS d: Alexander Payne
Sideways (2004)
Director: Alexander Payne
Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, from Rex Pickett’s novel
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh
DAYS OF WINE AND LOSERS
With Election, Alexander Payne demonstrated a flair for satirical comedy the likes of which would have turned Billy Wilder green with envy. With About Schmidt, Payne demonstrated that his comedic flair could go the way of Wilder’s in fluff like Sabrina — artificial, cutesy, and bland. In Sideways, Payne unfortunately opted for Schmidt’s route. I found his adaptation (with Jim Taylor) of Rex Pickett’s novel an overlong, superficial, and thoroughly unconvincing road movie about adult men — who should have been killed at birth — learning to grow up.
First of all, the film’s [...]
by Andre Soares | September 28, 2004
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Tags: Alexander Payne, Film Reviews, Jim Taylor, Oscar 2004, Oscar Movies, Paul Giamatti, Sandra Oh, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen
