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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 [...]

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 [...]

"I'm touched. This has been something — a crazy experience," remarked director Jean-Marc Vallée upon accepting the best director Genie Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Vallée's film, C.R.A.Z.Y., the story of a gay youth coming of age in the Quebec of the 1960s and 1970s, swept the Genies with a total of ten wins out of 12 nominations. In addition to [...]

2006 Genie Awards 2006 Genie Award winners: March 13, 2006 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Marc-André Grondin (second from right) in Jean-Marc Vallée's C.R.A.Z.Y.   BEST MOTION PICTURE MEILLEUR FILM * C.R.A.Z.Y. – Pierre Even, Jean-Marc Vallée Familia – Luc Déry It's All Gone Pete Tong – Elizabeth Yake, Allan Niblo, James Richardson Saint Ralph – Michael Souther, Teza Lawrence, Andrea Mann, [...]