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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Volver</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/volver/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:34:09 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Pedro Almodóvar&#039;s VOLVER: Biggest Oscar Snubs #4c</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/pedro-almodovar-volver-biggest-oscar-snubs-990/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/pedro-almodovar-volver-biggest-oscar-snubs-990/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:43:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20913</guid> <description><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver Fernando Meirelles' CITY OF GOD: Biggest Oscar Snubs #4b &#34;A touching, beautifully plotted film, full of memorable images and jokes, it zips along without a wasted second in its 121 minutes,&#34; wrote Philip French in The Guardian. &#34;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, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/pedro-almodovar-volver-biggest-oscar-snubs-990/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Film Critics&#039; 2007 Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-circle-awards-2007-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-circle-awards-2007-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:17:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/08/london-film-critics-circle-awards-2007-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 &#8212; winner of the best [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-circle-awards-2007-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>London Film Critics Awards 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-circle-awards-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/london-film-critics-circle-awards-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:16:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/02/06/goya-awards-2007-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2007-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Goya Awards 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:57:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2006/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2007 Goya Awards Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2007 Goya Award nominations: Dec. 18, 2006 2007 Goya Award winners: Palacio Municipal de Congresos del Campo de las Naciones in Madrid on Jan. 28, 2007 Nominees consist of films released in Spain between Dec. 1, 2005, and Nov. 30, 2006. (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Penélope Cruz, Yohana Cobo, Lola [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2006/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-nominations-2007/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-nominations-2007/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:48:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/23/oscar-nominations-2007/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz told Academy members to vote for her &#8212; or else. Pedro Almodóvar should have used the same vote-getting technique. &#34;There's so many Mexicans!&#34; exclaimed Mexican actress Salma Hayek, too excited to conjugate her verbs properly, upon announcing &#8212; along with Academy president Sid Ganis &#8212; some of the nominees for the 2007 Academy Awards. Indeed. Best supporting actress nominee Adriana Barraza (for Babel); [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/oscar-nominations-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Spanish Film Writers Awards 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/spanish-film-writers-awards-2007/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/spanish-film-writers-awards-2007/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:11:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11503</guid> <description><![CDATA[2007 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards 2007 Spanish Film Writers Circle Awards: January 16, 2007 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Pedro Almodóvar, Penélope Cruz in Volver &#160; Best Film * Volver, by Pedro Almodóvar El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth, by Guillermo del Toro La noche de los girasoles, by Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo Un franco, 14 pesetas, by Carlos Iglesias Best Foreign [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/spanish-film-writers-awards-2007/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2007: Best Foreign Language Semi-Finalists</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2007-oscar-foreign-language-film-contenders/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2007-oscar-foreign-language-film-contenders/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:14:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/16/oscars-foreign-language-film-potential-contenders-2nd-round/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cécile De France in Avenue Montaigne (top); Mads Mikkelsen in After the Wedding (middle); Carice van Houten in The Black Book (bottom) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed down to nine titles the list of potential 2007 best foreign-language film nominees. They are (listed in alphabetical order by country): Algeria, Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb, director Canada, Water, Deepa Mehta, director [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/2007-oscar-foreign-language-film-contenders/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2007 Vancouver Film Critics Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards-2006-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards-2006-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:15:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/16/vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards-2006-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has picked its 2006 winners, which were announced yesterday. Among them are Children of Men (above, with Clive Owen) as best film &#8212; the second time a North American critics' group has chosen Alfonso Cuarón's dystopic drama as the top picture of 2006 (the Central Ohio film critics also went for it) &#8212; Cuarón as best director, and veteran Alan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/vancouver-film-critics-circle-awards-2006-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>American Society of Cinematographers Awards 2007 Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/american-society-of-cinematographers-awards-2006-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/american-society-of-cinematographers-awards-2006-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:23:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/11/american-society-of-cinematographers-awards-2006-nominations/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Children of Men (top); Edward Norton, Jessica Biel in The Illusionist (middle); Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin in The Good Shepherd (bottom) The feature-film nominees for the 2007 American Society of Cinematographers Award are critics' fave Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men), plus Dick Pope (The Illusionist), Robert Richardson, (The Good Shepherd), Dean Semler (Apocalypto), and veteran Vilmos Zsigmond (The Black Dahlia), who has been shooting films [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/american-society-of-cinematographers-awards-2006-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Vancouver Film Critics Awards 2007</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/vancouver-film-critics-awards-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/vancouver-film-critics-awards-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:58:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/vancouver-film-critics-awards-2006/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2007 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2007 Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominations: January 9, 2007 2007 Vancouver Film Critics Circle winners: Vancity Theatre on January 15, 2007 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Clive Owen in Children of Men &#160; Best Film: * Children of Men The Departed Little Children Best Canadian Film: Away from Her Manufactured Landscapes * Maurice Richard / The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/vancouver-film-critics-awards-2006/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Golden Globes 2007: Foreign-Language Film Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/golden-globes-2007-foreign-language-films/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/golden-globes-2007-foreign-language-films/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:39:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2007/01/04/golden-globe-foreign-language-film-nominees-at-the-american-cinematheque/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz in Volver (top); Martina Gedeck in The Lives of Others (middle); Pan's Labyrinth (bottom) The American Cinematheque and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present all five foreign-language films nominated for the 2007 Golden Globe Awards at The Aero's Max Palevsky Theatre in Santa Monica. The five nominees are: Apocalypto (U.S.) El laberinto del fauno / Pan's Labyrinth (Spain / Mexico / U.S.) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/golden-globes-2007-foreign-language-films/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2007 Goya Awards: Nominations</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2006-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2006-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:05:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/19/goya-awards-2006-nominations/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Viggo Mortensen in Alatriste (top); Lola Dueñas, Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz in Volver (bottom) Agustín Díaz Yanes'17th-century tale of a Spanish soldier turned mercenary, Alatriste, and Pedro Almodóvar's story of the women of La Mancha, Volver, dominated the Spanish Film Academy's 2007 Goya Award nominations announced yesterday, Dec. 18, by actors Pilar López de Ayala and Juan José Ballesta. Alatriste, the most expensive Spanish film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/goya-awards-2006-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Satellite Awards 2006</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/satellite-awards-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/satellite-awards-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:40:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/satellite-awards-2006/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2006 Satellite Awards 2006 International Press Academy's Satellite Award nominations: November 30, 2006 2006 Satellite Award winners: Imperial Ballroom of le Méridian in Beverly Hills on December 17, 2006 (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) &#160; Leonardo DiCaprio, Vera Farmiga in The Departed &#160; MOTION PICTURES Motion Picture, Drama Half Nelson * The Departed Flags of Our Fathers The Queen The Last King of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/satellite-awards-2006/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2006 New York Film Critics Online Award Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/new-york-film-critics-online-awards-2006-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/new-york-film-critics-online-awards-2006-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:32:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/14/new-york-film-critics-online-awards-2006-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The New York Film Critics Online went all out for The Queen, chosen as the best film of 2006, in addition to citations for best director Stephen Frears, best actress Helen Mirren, best screenplay for Peter Morgan, and best supporting actor Michael Sheen (who actually has a leading role in the film, but that's how those things go). Curiously, neither one of Clint Eastwood's war [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/new-york-film-critics-online-awards-2006-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>National Board of Review Awards 2006</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-board-of-review-awards-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-board-of-review-awards-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:18:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/06/national-board-of-review-awards-2006/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2006 National Board of Review Awards 2006 National Board of Review Award winners: Dec. 6, 2006 &#160; &#160; Best Film Letters from Iwo Jima by Clint Eastwood Runners-up (in alphabetical order) Babel, Blood Diamond, The Departed, The Devil Wears Prada, Flags of Our Fathers, The History Boys, Little Miss Sunshine, Notes on a Scandal, The Painted Veil Best Foreign Film Volver by Pedro Almodóvar Runners-up [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-board-of-review-awards-2006/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2006 National Board of Review Award Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-board-of-review-awards-2006-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-board-of-review-awards-2006-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:36:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-board-of-review-awards-2006-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The biggest surprise found in the list of winners of the 2006 National Board of Review awards was the choice of Clint Eastwood's View from the Other Side, the Japanese-language World War II drama Letters from Iwo Jima, as the best film of the year. This marked only the third time that the NBR's best film award has gone to a non-English-language production. The last [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/national-board-of-review-awards-2006-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>European Film Awards 2006</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2006/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2006/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:45:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2006/</guid> <description><![CDATA[2006 European Film Awards 2006 European Film Award nominations: Seville Film Festival on Nov. 4, 2006 2006 European Film Award winners: EXPO XXI in Warsaw on Dec. 2, 2006. Sophie Marceau and Maciej Stuhr hosted the awards ceremony. &#8224; Eligible films had to be released in their countries of origin between July 2005 and April/May 2006. (&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category) Photos: JaczekTurczyk/PAP [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2006/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2006 European Film Awards Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2006-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2006-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:54:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/02/european-film-awards-2006-winners/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The European Film Academy, whose awards ceremony was held this evening in Warsaw, has opted for conventionality by giving its best European film award to Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others, a Cold War spy-thriller-cum-melodrama lacking both thrills and drama. Additionally, The Lives of Others star Ulrich Mühe (above, top photo), the one saving grace in the film, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/european-film-awards-2006-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
