Lifetime Achievement Award: Doris Day & long-running Honorary Oscar “snub.” Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Doris Day & Danielle Darrieux among Honorary Oscar non-recipients (See previous post: “Honorary Oscars Bypass Women:…
European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Award-less veteran actress Danielle Darrieux. European Film Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Only three female recipients to date As mentioned in the previous post, French…
Fernando Guillen. Fernando Guillén: Pedro Almodóvar actor & ‘Don Juan in Hell’ Goya winner Fernando Guillén, a Spanish acting legend whose film, stage, and television career spanned close to six…
Salma Hayek: Legion d’Honneur controversy. Salma Hayek: Legion d’Honneur controversy There hasn’t been much buzz about Marthe Keller’s induction into France’s Legion of Honor. Or the induction of actresses Dominique…
Gay wedding: Queens with Hugo Silva and Raúl Jiménez. In Manuel Gómez Pereira’s fluffy 2005 Spanish comedy Queens, a group of gay men and their mothers get ready for Spain’s…
Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar: Best-known Spanish film director According to a poll conducted by the Spanish-based SigmaDos, Pedro Almodóvar is the best-known modern-day Spanish film director in his home country,…
Volver with Penélope Cruz and Carmen Maura. Pedro Almodóvar mother-daughters comedy-drama Volver – literally, “To Return” – marks the filmmaker’s Goya Awards comeback, topping five categories, including Best Picture and…
Brimming with good intentions, the immigration drama To the Other Side is hindered by excessive sentimentality. Good Carmen Maura cameo.
AFI FEST 2011 Guest Artistic Director Pedro Almodóvar has selected the following classic thrillers to be presented at the festival: Georges Franju’s Eyes Without a Face, Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Cercle…
Film Awards: Free Jimmy. Norway Film Awards: Amandas The nominations for the 2005-2006 Amandas were announced on June 28. The winners of the 2005–2006 Amandas were announced on Aug. 18,…