Shutter Island box office: Despite a number of dismissive reviews, the dark thriller may become the biggest Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio hit.
Jacques Audiard
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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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Prison Dramas Top Spanish & British Awards + Pedro Almodóvar Is Goya Ceremony Highlight
13 minutes readPrison 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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BAFTA Nominations: Hollywood & U.K. Should Switch Academies + Isabelle Adjani Returns: Prix César
17 minutes readBAFTA 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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Top Classic Movies: ‘Last Remaining Seats’ Revisits Hitchcock & Nichols + Foreign-Language Golden Globe Screenings
6 minutes readDustin Hoffman in The Graduate: Top classic movies at “Last Remaining Seats” series in Los Angeles. The L.A. Conservancy has announced a list of tentative titles for the 2010 edition …
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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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Cruz + Almodóvar + Haneke Return: European Film Awards
16 minutes readThe White Ribbon by Michael Haneke. Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards. They are: Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, about a teenager (best …
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Cannes Winners: From Michael Haneke to Xavier Dolan
10 minutes readCannes Film Festival winner ‘The White Ribbon,’ directed by Michael Haneke. One of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival’s clear favorites, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, a stark tale about a …
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Piano-Playing Gangster Tops César + Gay Love Story Tops BAFTAs
15 minutes readPiano-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 …
Prestigious Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Contenders
Two of the most widely acclaimed non-English language films released in 2009 – Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet – are to be found in the …
Amanda Seyfried (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Amanda Seyfried, Julianne Moore Julianne Moore, a potential Oscar 2010 candidate for A Single Man (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images) Julianne Moore (Photo by …