London Film Critics’ 2007 Winners
Helen Mirren, James Cromwell in The Queen (top); Trish Gates in United 93 (bottom)
The winners of the 2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards were announced this evening at a ceremony held in aid of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at the Dorchester Hotel.
London Film Critics’ Awards chair Marianne Gray stated that The Queen — winner of the best British film, best British director (Stephen Frears), best British actress (Helen Mirren), and best screenplay (Peter Morgan) awards — "symbolizes everything that is right with the British film industry at the moment and it is great to see that it can compete with the best that Hollywood can offer."
The Queen was also in the running for the [...]
by Andre Soares | February 8, 2007
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London Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards
2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Award nominations: December 14, 2006
2007 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: Dorchester Hotel on February 8, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Film of the Year
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
Volver
* United 93
The Queen
The Attenborough Award for Best British Film
Children of Men
* The Queen
Red Road
The Last King of Scotland
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Best Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto
Black Book
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
The Child
Pan’s Labyrinth
* Volver
Best Director
Guillermo del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth
Pedro Almodóvar, Volver
* Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best British director
Andrea Arnold, Red Road
* Stephen Frears, The Queen
Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
Kevin Macdonald, The Last King of Scotland
Ken Loach, The Wind That [...]
by Andre Soares | February 8, 2007
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Tags: Emily Blunt, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, London Film Critics Awards, Meryl Streep, Michael Caine, Paul Greengrass, Stephen Frears, The Queen, Toby Jones, United 93, Volver
LONDON EVENING STANDARD 2007 Winners
Dame Judi Dench roughs up Cate Blanchett after learning that her Notes on a Scandal co-star voted for fellow Dame Helen Mirren as best actress of 2006
As The Queen, Helen Mirren has brought back to her castle just about every best actress award in the United States. Ironically, she hasn’t fared all that well in Britain. First, she lost to Kate Dickie (Red Road) at the British Independent Film Awards and now she’s lost the Evening Standard Award to Judi Dench’s lonely, conniving lesbian teacher in Notes on a Scandal.
As far as the Academy Awards are concerned, there’s no suspense in the best actress category. Barring a meteor crashing into Earth during the Oscar ceremony, Helen Mirren [...]
by Andre Soares | February 4, 2007
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Tags: Anthony Dod Mantle, Brothers of the Head, Daniel Craig, Film Awards, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, London Evening Standard Awards, Notes on a Scandal, The Queen, United 93
LONDON EVENING STANDARD Awards 2007
2007 EVENING STANDARD Awards
2007 EVENING STANDARD Winners: Savoy Hotel, February 4, 2007
United 93 by Paul Greengrass
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Best Actor: Daniel Craig, Casino Royale
Best Actress: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, The Queen and The Last King of Scotland
The Peter Sellers Award for Comedy: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Technical Achievement: Cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, The Last King of Scotland and Brothers of the Head
Most Promising Newcomer: Director Paul Andrew Williams, London to Brighton
The Alexander Walker Special Award: Director Stephen Frears, "for making British film reverberate around the world"
EVENING STANDARD Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 [...]
by Andre Soares | February 4, 2007
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Tags: Anthony Dod Mantle, Daniel Craig, Film Awards, Judi Dench, London Evening Standard Awards, Paul Andrew Williams, Peter Morgan, Sacha Baron Cohen, Stephen Frears, United 93
Kansas City Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 Kansas City Film Critics Circle award winners: January 4, 2007
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Best Foreign Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim
Best Animated Film: Over the Hedge directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick
Robert Altman Award for Directing: Paul Greengrass, United 93
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen, The Queen
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine O’Hara, For Your Consideration
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan, The Departed
Vince Koehler Award for Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film: Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo [...]
by Andre Soares | January 4, 2007
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Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Catherine O'Hara, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Letters from Iwo Jima, Michael Arndt, Michael Sheen, Paul Greengrass, United 93
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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Tags: Alfonso Cuarón, Ellen Page, Film Awards, Guillermo del Toro, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pan's Labyrinth, Rinko Kikuchi, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, United 93
Online Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 Online Film Critics Society Awards
2007 Online Film Critics Society award nominations: January 2, 2007
2007 Online Film Critics Society award winners: January 8, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Best Picture
Babel
Children of Men
The Departed
Pan’s Labyrinth
* United 93 by Paul Greengrass
Best Foreign Film
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
The Child
* Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Volver
Water
Best Documentary
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
* An Inconvenient Truth by Davis Guggenheim
Jesus Camp
Neil Young Heart of Gold
Shut Up & Sing
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón – Children of Men
Paul Greengrass – United 93
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel
* Martin Scorsese – The Departed
Guillermo del Toro – Pan’s Labyrinth
Best Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole – Venus
* Forest Whitaker – [...]
by Andre Soares | January 2, 2007
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Tags: Abigail Breslin, An Inconvenient Truth, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Guillermo del Toro, Helen Mirren, Jackie Earle Haley, Martin Scorsese, Pan's Labyrinth, United 93
Utah Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Utah Film Critics Association award winners: December 28, 2006
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runner-up: The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Best Foreign-Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
Runner-up: Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Runner-up: Paul Greengrass, United 93
Best Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Runner-up: None (Sacha Baron Cohen was the unanimous choice)
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runner-up: Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Sheen, The Queen
Runner-up: Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Runner-up: Maggie Gyllenhaal, World Trade Center and Stranger Than Fiction
Best Screenplay: Rian Johnson, Brick
Runner-up: [...]
by Andre Soares | December 28, 2006
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Tags: Alfonso Cuarón, An Inconvenient Truth, Film Awards, Helen Mirren, Letters from Iwo Jima, Michael Sheen, Rian Johnson, Rinko Kikuchi, Sacha Baron Cohen, United 93
Oklahoma Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle award winners: December 24, 2006
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runner-up: The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Others in the top ten (in alphabetical order):
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Casino Royale
Half Nelson
The Last King of Scotland
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Queen
Best Foreign-Language Film: Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runner-up: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis [...]
by Andre Soares | December 24, 2006
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Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Cars, Cate Blanchett, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jackie Earle Haley, Martin Scorsese, Pan's Labyrinth, United 93
Phoenix Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
2006 Phoenix Film Critics Society award winners: December 19, 2006.
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up (in alphabetical order):
Babel
Bobby
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
The Last King of Scotland
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Best Foreign-Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim
Best Animated Film: Flushed Away directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay: [...]
by Andre Soares | December 19, 2006
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Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Cate Blanchett, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jack Nicholson, Letters from Iwo Jima, Martin Scorsese, Michael Arndt, United 93
Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association Award winners: December 18, 2006
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up: The Departed, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen, Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, Dreamgirls, Blood Diamond, Little Children, Flags of Our Fathers.
Best Foreign-Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
Runners-up: Pan’s Labyrinth; Water; Volver; Apocalypto
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Runners-up: Paul Greengrass, United 93; Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel; Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima; Stephen Frears, The Queen
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Runners-up: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed; Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson; Peter O’Toole, Venus; Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runners-up: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal; Meryl Streep, [...]
by Andre Soares | December 18, 2006
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Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Cate Blanchett, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Happy Feet, Helen Mirren, Jackie Earle Haley, Letters from Iwo Jima, Michael Arndt, United 93
2006 New York Film Critics Award Winners
U.S. film critics continue to make a few curious choices.
At the 2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced earlier today, the most interesting winner was the best foreign language film: the somber 1969 French Resistance drama L’Armée des ombres / Army of Shadows, adapted for the screen (from a novel by Joseph Kessel) and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Both Melville (born Grumbach) and Kessel were French Jews who joined the Resistance in 1941.
Though made more than 35 years ago, L’Armée des ombres was only this year released in the United States. Yesterday, the film won a Special Mention from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. In the cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Simone Signoret [...]
by Andre Soares | December 10, 2006
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Tags: Army of Shadows, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jean-Pierre Melville, Martin Scorsese, Simone Signoret, The Departed, The Queen, United 93
New York Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 10, 2006
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up: The Queen directed by Stephen Frears; The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Best Foreign-Language Film: L’Armée des ombres / Army of Shadows directed by Jean-Pierre Melville†
Runners-up: Volver directed by Pedro Almodóvar; Moartea domnului Lazarescu / The Death of Mr. Lazarescu directed by Cristi Puiu
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Runners-up: Stephen Frears, The Queen; Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Runners-up: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson; Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runners-up: Judi Dench, Notes [...]
by Andre Soares | December 10, 2006
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Tags: Army of Shadows, Deliver Us from Evil, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Jackie Earle Haley, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Scorsese, Peter Morgan, United 93
Washington Film Critics Awards 2006
2006 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association winners: December 10, 2006
Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Best Foreign-Language Film: Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim
Best Animated Film: Happy Feet directed by George Miller
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best Ensemble: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Thank You for Smoking
Best Breakthrough Performance: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best Art Direction: Anne Seibel, Marie Antoinette
Washington D.C. Area [...]
by Andre Soares | December 10, 2006
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Tags: An Inconvenient Truth, Djimon Hounsou, Film Awards, Forest Whitaker, Happy Feet, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Scorsese, Pan's Labyrinth, United 93
