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Another major critical surprise: The Hurt Locker (above, with Jeremy Renner) was voted best picture of 2009 by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. The Iraq War drama's director, Kathryn Bigelow, received top honors as well. All kidding aside, a more unique choice — though not all that unexpected considering that it's San Francisco — was Colin Firth for best actor. In Tom Ford's A [...]

2009 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 San Francisco Film Critics winners: Dec. 14, 2009   Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker   Best Picture The Hurt Locker Best Foreign Language Film You, the Living (Sweden) Best Documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil Best Animated Feature Coraline Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Best Actor Colin Firth, A Single Man Best Actress Meryl [...]

2008 Golden Beetles Swedish Film Institute's 2008 Golden Beetle (aka Guldbagge) nominations: January 8, 2008. A special six-member jury later picked the Best Achievement winners. 2008 Golden Beetle winners: Stockholm, January 21, 2008 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)     BEST FILM Darling, produced by Fredrik Heinig * Du levande / You the Living, produced by Pernilla Sandström Leo, produced by Anna Anthony [...]

The nominations for the 2008 Golden Beetles — Sweden's version of the Academy Awards — have been announced. Roy Andersson's best picture nominee You, the Living (above), a low-key comedy about the day-to-day difficulties of human life, was Sweden's entry for the 2008 best foreign-language film Academy Award. Late last year, Andersson received a best director nomination at the European Film Awards. Johan Kling's Darling, [...]