LA Weekly and Village Voice Critics Poll names The Social Network the Best Film of the year. Armie Hammer in the cast, along with Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, and Andrew…
Natalie Portman Black Swan dress: Perfectly attired but mentally unbalanced ballerina in Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller continues to wow U.S.-based film critics, as Natalie Portman remains their Best Actress favorite…
Facebook movie The Social Network wins more U.S. film critics’ Best Picture awards: Jesse Eisenberg stars as controversial Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. David Fincher’s widely acclaimed The Social Network (a.k.a.…
Screen Actors Guild nominations: The King’s Speech received four SAG Award nods, including Best Supporting Actress for Helena Bonham Carter and Best Actor for Colin Firth. Although not a fool-proof…
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone. Debra Granik’s low-budget indie drama set in a drug-infested, poverty-stricken area of the United States that is hardly ever seen in American movies – or…
The Tillman Story. Amir Bar-Lev’s San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award-winning documentary The Tillman Story revolves around the U.S. military’s lies and cover-up attempts following the death of football player…
Mainstream – “at best, mainstreamish” – critics group picks: Lisa Cholodenko’s audience-friendly The Kids Are All Right topped three New York Film Critics Circle award categories, including Best Actress honors…
L.A. Film Critics’ Best Actress winner Kim Hye-ja in Mother. A television star in South Korea, Kim, whose acting career dates back to the early 1960s, was the surprise choice…
Royal drama The King’s Speech with Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. Tom Hooper’s real-life-inspired crowd-pleaser topped the British Independent Film Awards with five wins, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Firth),…
Geoffrey Rush in The King’s Speech. The Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Montecito Award will go to Best Actor Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush (Shine, 1996) – a likely Best Supporting…
Jennifer Lawrence in Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone (top); Michelle Williams in Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine (upper middle); John Cameron Mitchell, director of Rabbit Hole (lower middle); Ronald Bronstein in Ben…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 with Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort. Nov. 30 update: Featuring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Julie…
Patricia Norris. Patricia Norris: Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award Production Designer and Costume Designer Patricia Norris, a frequent David Lynch collaborator, will receive the Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement…
Vera Farmiga on the Oscars’ Red Carpet. Best Supporting Actress nominee Vera Farmiga Vera Farmiga arrives at the 82nd Academy Awards, held on March 7 at the Kodak Theatre in…
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…