Catherine Deneuve: Best Actress César Award ‘record-tier’ for ‘In the Courtyard,’ with Oleg Kupchik and Big Dog. Catherine Deneuve: César Award Best Actress Record-Tier (See previous post: “Kristen Stewart &…
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Kristen Stewart in ‘Clouds of Sils Maria,’ with Juliette Binoche. Kristen Stewart & Catherine Deneuve make César Award history Kristen Stewart and Catherine Deneuve are two 2015 César Award nominees…
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Sean Penn in 21 Grams. In Hollywood since 1981 (Taps), Penn has been seen in more than 30 films, both comedies and dramas, hits and bombs, ranging from Fast Times…
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Emmanuelle Riva. Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michael Haneke, Amour: César Awards 2013 Michael Haneke’s drama about love and death, Amour, won five César Awards (out of ten nominations) earlier this…
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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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BAFTA nominations: Hollywood productions rule. Above: Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker. Some people complain that the Hollywood Academy is enamored of British productions and talent. Well, then…
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Séraphine de Senlis Biopic Séraphine with Yolande Moreau. The 2009 César ceremony, held this evening at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, offered a few surprises. (In the U.S. and…
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Lady Chatterley with Marina Hands. Perhaps there’s hope for this evening’s Oscar ceremony. On Saturday, I watched (most of) the French Academy of Film Arts and Sciences’ 32nd César du…
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Piano-playing gangster Romain Duris and piano teacher Linh Dan Pham in The Beat That My Heart Skipped. César Awards Jacques Audiard’s curious but uninvolving psychological drama De battre, mon coeur…
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French César shocker: Abdellatif Kechiche’s low-budget Paris banlieue drama featuring a cast of unknowns has beaten two well-regarded international hits.
Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo in The Artist Jean Dujardin can’t win ’em all. For his (in my humble opinion brilliant) performance as a fading silent film star in Michel…
Jessica Alba: Science and technology Awards. Actress Jessica Alba hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2008 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards on Feb. 9 in Beverly Hills.…