Ra’anan Alexandrovicz’s The Law in These Parts Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, the story of a young girl growing up in Louisiana (to be released by Fox Searchlight) …
Steve Montgomery
Steve Montgomery
An Alt Film Guide contributor/editor-at-large, Steve Montgomery says he hates movies but can't stop thinking about them. He also abhors awards season, which helps to explain why most of his Alt Film Guide articles have focused on movie awards from every corner of the planet.
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Jeremy Irvine + Donald Sutherland London Film Critics Awards
9 minutes readJeremy Irvine Jeremy Irvine, the star (along with the titular character) of Steven Spielberg’s World War I drama War Horse, arrives at the 2012 London Film Critics Awards. Irvine was …
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While accepting the award for Best Comedy for Bridesmaids at the 2012 Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony, Judd Apatow ended his speech with the following: “Jerry Lewis [photo] once said that …
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The Artist‘s Michel Hazanavicius is the only first-timer among the five nominated directors for the 2012 Directors Guild of America Awards. Hazanavicius’ competition consists of Woody Allen for Midnight in …
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Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby, Take This Waltz With four nominations, Michel Hazanavicius’ silent comedy-drama The Artist is the top nominee in the international categories of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s …
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Film Critics Awards: Major Korean Surprise and Favorite Jessica Chastain + Michael Bay Bomb and Cinema Homage as well as beginnings of cosmic consciousness.
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Film Critics Awards: Cosmic Family Drama and British Spies + double nominee Gary Oldman and surprise Iranian Actress for the Oscars?
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Vanessa Redgrave and Tilda Swinton: British Actors rule over San Francisco film critics + Ryan Gosling Thriller Tops Two international groups.
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Elton John vs. Madonna + Angelina Jolie Political Controversy
38 minutes readAngelina Jolie Political Film gets Controversy and PGA Award + Animated Feature Oscar Contender Disqualified and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo reunion.
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Golden Globe Awards Predictions: Meryl Streep and George Clooney are shoo-Ins + Woody Allen and Best Director Angelina Jolie for political drama?
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Best Cast goes to Female-Centered movies and homages to early cinema are top choices at start of awards season + major differences elsewhere.
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EFA: Best European Film Honors Another Controversial Filmmaker
13 minutes readEFA Best Film Honors a scandal-plagued Filmmaker for 2nd consecutive time while behind-the-times European Academy honors ‘old’ Oscar winners.
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Meryl Streep New York Record + NY Critics vs. the Oscars
28 minutes readMeryl Streep in The Iron Lady with Anthony Head. The most curious thing about Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist winning the New York Film Critics Circle’s Best Film and Best Director …
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AFI Lifetime Achievement Award: The Incredibly Shrinking Past + BFI Fellowship Recipients
9 minutes readGregory Peck, Brock Peters in Robert Mulligan’s To Kill a Mockingbird. This list of AFI Life Achievement Award winners was culled from Wikipedia. The number on the right represents the …
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Mary Tyler Moore: SAG Life Achievement Award Recipient
7 minutes readMary Tyler Moore .Mary Tyler Moore has been named the recipient of the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals …
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Neil Patrick Harris Tony Awards + Oscar Rules Changes
18 minutes readNeil Patrick Harris’ Tony Awards. Neil Patrick Harris Tony Awards reach 7 million viewers Originally staged by the U.K.’s National Theatre, War Horse won the Tony Award for Best Play …
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This probably isn’t the last of Lars von Trier – according to him, his project with Martin Scorsese is still a go – but the ‘persona non grata’ filmmaker has …
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Athena Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg Athena Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg is Greece’s official submission for the 2012 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Last year, Attenberg earned Ariane Labed the Best Actress …
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Lesbian Drama Best Film at Tribeca + Asian Film Awards
27 minutes readCarice van Houten and Rutger Hauer in ‘Black Butterflies’ Carice van Houten & ‘She Monkeys’: Tribeca Film Festival Awards Writer-director Lisa Aschan’s feature film debut, the Swedish lesbian drama She …
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Oscar Upset + M. Night Shyamalan Fantasy Tops Razzies
17 minutes readHeidi the Cross-Eyed Opossum Picks Oscar winner Colin Firth. Many have complained that the 2011 Oscar ceremony was dull. That hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco were out of their …
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Watch the Spirit Awards: Paul Rudd Crotch and Eva Mendes breast grabbed plus Ben Stiller on Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
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Oscar Ceremony Rundown Leaked, No James Franco in Drag Singing Cher Song as that would be 1of the most memorably awful in Academy Award history.
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Wally Pfister Surprises, Julia Roberts Reprises Old Joke at American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards Deakins’ Oscar chances down.
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Annie Awards: DreamWorks Animation vs. Pixar-Disney controversy. Have Animation Academy been giving DW movies an unfair edge?
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WGA Awards: Christopher Nolan ‘Qualified’ Victory
16 minutes readChristopher Nolan Inception Wins at WGA Awards + the blockbuster’s director-screenwriter remarks that he accepts trophy with a ‘qualifier.’
NSFC Surprises: Lars von Trier + Kirsten Dunst + Brad Pitt
Shahab Hosseini in Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), among whose members are the majority of the United States’ most influential and respected film commentators, …
Film Critics Awards: Mormon Missionary Sex Slave documentary surprise win + ‘sex drama’ tops acting categories + and Hollywood homage fave status.
Awards Season: George Clooney Clear Favorite + Pope Movie Satire Tops Cahiers du Cinéma and J.J. Abrams is shocking addition to Top Ten list.
Glenn Close: Palm Springs Film Festival Career Achievement Award Glenn Close’s publicists must have been working round the clock these last few months. A highly likely Best Actress Oscar contender …
Family Conflict + Aki Kaurismäki: Cannes Winners
Family conflict at the core of Terrence Malick’s Palme d’Or-winning psychological drama The Tree of Life. Pictured above: Maïwenn, Mélanie Laurent, Kirsten Dunst, Edgar Ramírez, Marisa Paredes, Dede Gardner, Pablo …
Non-European Movies Bypassed: Cannes + Catherine Deneuve Closing Night Gala & Faye Dunaway Poster
Antonio Banderas and Elena Anaya in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Skin I Live In / La piel que habito Christophe Honoré & Catherine Deneuve to close Cannes Film Festival Christophe Honoré’s …
The Social Network and a Big Surprise: ACE Awards as Steven Spielberg paid homage to Michael Kahn and Christopher Nolan to film editing.