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Penélope Cruz in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver Fernando Meirelles' CITY OF GOD: Biggest Oscar Snubs #4b "A touching, beautifully plotted film, full of memorable images and jokes, it zips along without a wasted second in its 121 minutes," wrote Philip French in The Guardian. "Peopled with superbly drawn, attractive characters smoothly integrated into a well-turned, low-tricks plotline, Volver may rep Almodóvar's most conventional piece to date, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz in Volver (top); Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero in Pan's Labyrinth (bottom) The Spanish Academy's Goya Awards were presented on Jan. 28. Although best picture winner Volver seemed like an easy pick, it actually faced stiff competition from both Agustín Díaz-Yanes' adventure period piece Alatriste and Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy Pan's Labyrinth. Ultimately, Volver took home five Goyas: best film, best [...]