Best Actress Oscar winner Sandra Bullock (Rick Salyer | © A.M.P.A.S.) Best Actress Sandra Bullock’s Oscar acceptance speech “Did I really earn this or did I just wear you all …
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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Jeff Bridges. Best Actor Jeff Bridges’ Oscar acceptance speech: “Oh! Thank you, Academy members! Mom and dad, yeah, look! Whoo! “Thank you, Mom and Dad, for turning me on to …
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Jeremy Renner in Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker. Below is our complete 2010 Oscar Predictions list. If we’re correct, The Hurt Locker will win a total of …
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Worst Actress Sandra Bullock, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Transformers 2 director Michael Bay, and Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Joe Jonas were the rock-bottom winners at the 2010 Razzie …
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César: ‘Prix’ for Best Film goes to A Prophet, starring Best Male Newcomer Tahar Rahim. A Prophet, Jacques Audiard’s internationally acclaimed prison drama, was the big winner at the 2010 …
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Richard Buckley, Tom Ford, Livia Giuggioli and Colin Firth. Firth was the Best Actor winner for his portrayal of a bereaved gay professor in 1960s Los Angeles in Ford’s A …
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Prison dramas: Luis Tosar and Juan Oliver in Cell 211. Daniel Monzón’s Celda 211 / Cell 211, a drama set during a prison riot, was the big winner at the …
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‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.’ Nominations for the 2010 Golden Raspberry Awards, a.k.a. The Razzies, have been announced. Michael Bay’s box office hit Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (above, top …
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Helen Mirren, The Last Station In the last 15 years, SAG’s best female actor nominees have been identical to the Academy’s Best Actress line-up only five times. Well, in addition …
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The Golden Globes are over. A folksy looking and sounding Jeff Bridges (above, in Crazy Heart), not George Clooney (for Up in the Air), got the chance to thank family …
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Penélope Cruz in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Jordi Mollà in El cónsul de Sodoma (Steinweg Emotion Pictures) (bottom). In …
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DGA Awards make history: Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker: Iraq War drama directed by Directors Guild Award nominee Kathryn Bigelow. (Image: Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment). Kathryn Bigelow (The …
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Robert Pattinson in Twilight. The Hurt Locker? Carey Mulligan? Jeremy Renner? The White Ribbon? Twilight. If the Academy decides to listen to The People, they might want to find ways …
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Critics’ Favorite Films: Kathryn Bigelow + U.S.-Mexican Drama Ineligible for Oscars while previously ignored war movie now this awards season top choice.
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Critics’ Choices: French Family Drama is best movie of the year while psycho-drama about Hollywood Nightmare Is Best Film of the Decade.
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Golden Globes unexpected inclusion of multiple winner Julia Roberts + acclaimed Gabourey Sidibe Cheated Out of Best Actress Award?
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Viggo Mortensen and Park Chan-wook among major surprises while George Clooney and Carey Mulligan are two of the for the most part expected winners.
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SAG Awards: Diane Kruger Surprise + Bizarre Best Cast vs. Individual Screen Actors Guild nominations Mismatch and Orson Welles upset failed to materialize.
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New York Film Critics Awards: Meryl Streep and George Clooney + Olivier Assayas’ French family drama surprise are most notable winners.
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Louis Delluc Prize for Violent Prison Drama + Sugar Surprise at AFI Awards while James Cameron futuristic adventure is surprising Best Picture in New York.
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Blue Dragon Awards: Mother Snub shocker at Korean cinema honors + where’s Anne of Green Gables? is the question in Asian film winner.
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Spirit Awards: Where’s Oscar season favorite and How American Is Tolstoy movie? + Pixar technically tops Annie Awards but not really.
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Gay Murder and political life that rocked California + awards season juggernaut top WGA Awards plus Academy names Holocaust-themed drama producers.
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Freida Pinto + Dev Patel: SAG Awards’ Best Cast truly = Oscars Precursor? Winners Meryl Streep + Kate Winslet while Producers Guild honors ‘foreigners.’
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Sexual abuse family drama tops Sundance + Alzheimer’s and motherhood wins Slamdance + Clark Gable Oscar available for viewing courtesy of Steven Spielberg.
Indie Spirit Awards: Helen Mirren, Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti in The Last Station ‘Indie’ Spirit Awards’ mostly mainstream winners The Academy Awards show will be held on Sunday. The Razzie …
The Slamdance Film Festival winners were announced Jan. 29. The Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Film went to Charles-Olivier Michaud’s Snow and Ashes (above), in which a war correspondent …
Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Jan. 17 update: Hosted by Ricky Gervais, the 2010 Golden Globes ceremony will be broadcast live coast …
Oscar Ballots Mailed Out, Only 1 Choice Counts as Academy uses preferential voting system to select nominees in each category.
Christoph Waltz + Mo’Nique continue Critics Awards’ sweep as few surprises (Michael Moore + John Woo films) to be found this Oscar season.
The White Ribbon movie rare triple European Film Awards win + Kate Winslet shows EFA must change eligibility rules + Aborigine drama tops Australian Oscars.
How to Make-Up? Oscars’ Artists Show How + Kate Winslet is London Film Critics’ winner/loser while Michael Fassbender is sole Best Actor also-ran.