Jan Troell and Harriet Andersson Swedish Oscars Honor + anti-capitalist German terrorists and the largely forgotten Oskar Schindler of Nanking.
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z + Tom Cruise and rare double winner Kate Winslet + Meryl Streep is biggest loser ever: Predictable but eclectic Golden Globes.
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Cannes Grand Prix winner out: Best Foreign Language Film Oscar semifinalists + DGA Awards animated surprise and Critics’ Choice Best Actress tie.
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Ed Catmull creativity honored + NSFC Awards’ first ever Animated and Non-Fiction Best Film winner as Fassbinder diva Hanna Schygulla returns.
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Kate Winslet 2 Goldens Globes nods as Meryl Streep breaks record + Nicole Kidman snubbed and DreamWorks Animation (not Pixar) tops Annie Awards.
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Marion Cotillard & Daniel Day-Lewis among British award winners 2008 London Film Critics’ Circle Award nominations: Dec. 14. 2008 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: Grosvenor House Hotel on Feb.…
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Oscar Predictions: Death and mayhem + feel-good teen pregnancy movie and an 85-year-old veteran actress in her first Academy Awards race.
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Russian Mafia + Rwanda Genocide top English-Language-centered Genie nominations + DGA and ASC Awards + Maribel Verdú is named Best Actress.
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Oscar Nominations: Greed and murder + corruption and deception while Vanessa Redgrave bypassed + Julie Christie to break acting category record?
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What are the BAFTA Awards? British cinema showcase or Hollywood-on-the-Thames? + David A. Grafton Academy honor for technological contributions.
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Critical Thinking and Oscar Influence: Can a correlation be attested throughout the years? Are American critics’ favorites Academy Award frontrunners?
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No Country for Old Men Awards: Joel and Ethan Coen violent thriller is US critics’ Best Film + More Winners and Top Ten Undistributed Films.
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Julie Christie and Daniel Day-Lewis + Amy Ryan and the Coen Brothers: More Critics winners include Oscar fave Javier Bardem + inspirational French drama.
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European Film Awards: Veterans Jeanne Moreau and Liv Ullmann + Alain Resnais and Helen Mirren among presenters, winners and honorees.
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Pedro Almodóvar vs. Guillermo del Toro: Volver Marks director’s Premios Goya comeback while Canadian blockbuster co-leads Prix Jutra + Swiss Film Awards.
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Academy Awards: Mexicans Invade the Oscars and the British are back in one of most international Oscars in history while Pedro Almodóvar shockingly snubbed.
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Best Foreign Language Film Oscar European slant clear as only 1 exception among contenders + hip-hopping immigration drama tops Guldbagge Awards.
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What Are the Golden Globes? Quality-oriented + multinational and multiethnic awards show embracing ‘diversity’ (especially of the British kind)?
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WGA Awards go for populist + outlandish screenplays while last year’s Maurice Richard leads Genie nods and Storm thriller among Guldbagge contenders.
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Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth Double Awards Season Dose + Mexican Directors Are U.S. Critics’ Winners
Helen Mirren Queen Elizabeth double + Leonardo DiCaprio triple awards season dose while Mexican directors surprise as US critics’ favorites.
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Goya Awards Nominations: Mercenary Viggo Mortensen vs. Manchega Penélope Cruz plus 2 anti-Franco movies: darkly violent fairy tale and Salvador biopic.
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The Dixie Chicks vs George W. Bush + Freedom of Speech Issue surprising awards season wins + San Diego Film Critics reject groupthink selections.
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Romanian actress + suburban Emma Bovary and 1969 French World War II drama + the Great Kazakh hope: Major surprises among US film critics choices.
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Cars: Pixar Annie Awards’ winner featuring voices of Owen Wilson + Paul Newman is overshadowed as DreamWorks Animation release wins in more categories.
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Gay Cowboy Fans: Brokeback Mountain awards season near-absolute favorite as same-sex love story sweeps Best Film mentions + critics’ other homosexual fave.
Slumdog Millionaire and Social Inequalities in Superpower-in-the-Making India + Screen Actors Guild Strike Rift pits Matt Damon et al vs Ed Harris et al.
Sundance Film Festival Awards: Immigrant smuggling and skyscraper acrobats + Roman Polanski documentary and (non-winning) ‘gay zombie porn.’
Oscar Ballot Explained (both nominations and winners) + Academy Award predictions include Amy Adams in box office hit and Tom Wilkinson in critics’ fave.
Oscar Best Song Longlist includes Freedom of Speech Ditty from Larry Flynt doc + 2 Immigrant Family Dramas with Eric Bana and Joan Chen Top AFI Awards.
Katharine Hepburn Oscars exhibition + crowd-pleasing indie tops Producers Guild of America Awards as veteran Monica Bleibtreu co-wins Best Actress.
Dark Fantasy Tops NSFC while raunchy Kate Winslet film wins Iowa + is Al Gore global warming documentary going to change Americans’ warped views?
Star-struck Golden Globes’ + Broadcast Critics’ Choice Awards’ nominations range from Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck to Mel Gibson and Leonardo DiCaprio x2.