Berlin 2010: Play it Again …! Series
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg in Breathless
As per The Hollywood Reporter, the Berlin International Film Festival will mark its 60th anniversary with the retrospective "Play it Again …!," featuring 40 films compiled by British film critic David Thomson from previous Berlin festivals.
Among them are Curzio Malaparte’s The Forbidden Christ, Alf Sjoberg’s Miss Julie, Akira Kurosawa’s To Live, Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter, Zhang Yimou’s Red Sorghum, Niels Arden Oplev’s We Shall Overcome, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia.
Also, Nagisa Oshima’s In the Realm of the Senses, which caused a furor in 1976. German authorities — who probably had better things to do (weren’t the Baader Meinhof running [...]
by Andre Soares | November 11, 2009
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Tags: Akira Kurosawa, Berlin 2010, Berlin Film Festival, Breathless, Classic Movies, Film Festivals, Jean-Luc Godard, Play It Again, The Deer Hunter, Zhang Yimou
Asian Film Awards 2007 Nominations
The Host by Bong Joon-Ho
The nominees for the 1st Asian Film Awards were unveiled on Jan. 29. The awards ceremony, to be held on March 20, will open the 31st Hong Kong Film Festival.
According to the Asian Film Academy’s mission statement, the awards were created to "to acknowledge the finest of Asian Cinema, and bestow honor in various categories to film artists from across Asia, in the company of distinguished celebrities from around the world as guests and presenters."
"From across Asia"?
The vast majority of the nominated films hail from East Asia. India received only one nomination, while apart from Iran’s two nods, West Asia was completely ignored and so was Central Asia. (Not to mention northern Asia, though [...]
by Andre Soares | February 1, 2007
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Tags: Asian Film Awards, Bong Joon-Ho, Curse of the Golden Flower, Film Awards, Gong Li, Ken Watanabe, Memories of Tomorrow, The Host, Zhang Yimou, Ziyi Zhang
2006 San Diego Film Critics Winners
The San Diego Film Critics Society tends to go its own way when it comes to year-end film awards. For instance, last year most critics’ groups chose Brokeback Mountain as the best film of 2005. The San Diego Film Critics, for their part, opted for King Kong. Hardly a superior choice, but different nonetheless. Other more esoteric picks include Almost Famous as the best film of 2000 and Vera Drake as their top choice for 2004. To a large extent, the San Diego critics’ picks for 2006 demonstrate their continual avoidance of groupthink.
Even though the best film, best director, and best actress categories were filled with expected names — Letters from Iwo Jima and its director, Clint Eastwood, [...]
by Andre Soares | December 21, 2006
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Tags: Clint Eastwood, Film Awards, Helen Mirren, Karen Moncrieff, Ken Takakura, Letters from Iwo Jima, Ray Winstone, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, The Dead Girl, Zhang Yimou
National Society of Film Critics Awards 2005
2005 National Society of Film Critics Awards
2005 National Society of Film Critics award winners: Sardi’s in New York City on January 9, 2005
Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Runners-Up: Sideways, Before Sunset
Best Foreign-Language Film: Moolaade directed by Ousmane Sambene
Runners-Up: House of Flying Daggers directed by Zhang Yimou, Notre musique directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Best Director: Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers and Hero
Runners-Up: Alexander Payne Sideways, Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx Ray
Runners-Up: Paul Giamatti Sideways, Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress (tie): Imelda Staunton Vera Drake and Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Runner-Up: Julie Delpy Before Sunset
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Runners-Up: Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby, Peter Sarsgaard Kinsey
Best Supporting Actress: [...]
by Andre Soares | January 9, 2005
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Tags: Film Awards, Hilary Swank, House of Flying Daggers, Imelda Staunton, Jamie Foxx, Million Dollar Baby, Moolaade, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Zhang Yimou
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2004
2004 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2004 Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners: December 13, 2004
Best Film Sideways
Runner-up: Before Sunset
Best Foreign-Language Film Shi mian mai fu / House of Flying Daggers (China / Hong Kong)
Runner-up: Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement
Best Director Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers
Runner-up: Alexander Payne Sideways
Best Actor Jamie Foxx Ray
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Runner-up (tie): Annette Bening Being Julia and Kim Basinger The Door in the Floor
Best Supporting Actor Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Runner-up: Clive Owen Closer
Best Supporting Actress Sharon Warren Ray and Laura Dern We Don’t Live Here Anymore
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett The Aviator
Best Ensemble: Sideways
Runner-up: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou [...]
by Andre Soares | December 13, 2004
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Tags: Film Awards, Hilary Swank, House of Flying Daggers, Jamie Foxx, Jehane Noujaim, Laura Dern, Sharon Warren, Sideways, Thomas Haden Church, Zhang Yimou
