Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Submissions: Multicultural and Multinational movies as Academy more open-minded re: international cinema.
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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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Amy Adams in The Master: “Classy” NSFC win. What Batman Awards? WGA snubs latest ‘Dark Knight’ movie The WGA Awards 2013 nominations were announced earlier today. Expect the Academy Awards …
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Kathryn Bigelow and Benh Zeitlin are Best Director favorites but Michael Haneke surprisingly bypassed also for Best Screenplay despite acclaimed film.
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National Board of Review Awards make history as Kathryn Bigelow becomes 1st woman Best Director while 1 more top star is Best Supporting Actor.
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European Film Awards: Michael Haneke Best Director record as 2 French cinema veterans win their 1st award + Annie Awards bypass blockbusters.
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Christian Petzold’s Barbara is Germany’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Christian Petzold drama ‘Barbara’: Germany Oscar Submission Starring Nina Hoss, writer-director Christian Petzold’s Barbara is Germany’s …
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Maps to the Stars for Robert Pattinson / David Cronenberg? Above, Pattinson in Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis (Paul Giamatti in background) Robert Pattinson hates Twilight, according to those who have taken seriously …
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Veteran Stefania Sandrelli (Divorce Italian Style, The Conformist) and Valerio Mastandrea in Paolo Virzi’s The First Beautiful Thing (top); Giuseppe Tornatore’s Baaria (bottom). Here’s a belated report on the 2010 David di …
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German Film Awards: The White Ribbon. The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke’s depiction of rural Germany on the eve of World War I – and how the cute (if dangerous) little …
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Helen Mirren, The Last Station In the last 15 years, SAG’s best female actor nominees have been identical to the Academy’s Best Actress line-up only five times. Well, in addition …
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At a meeting held Monday, the 2009 Guldbagge (Golden Beetle) jury comprised of Katinka Faragó, Nils Petter Sundgren, Pia Johansson, Jannike Åhlund, Johan Renck, Mikael Marcimain and Guldbagge jury chairman …
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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 …
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The White Ribbon movie rare triple European Film Awards win + Kate Winslet shows EFA must change eligibility rules + Aborigine drama tops Australian Oscars.
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The 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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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 …
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‘Buddha’ quotes: Adolescent filmmaker Hana Makhmalbaf discusses ‘Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame’ at San Sebastian Film Festival “As an 18-year-old girl who lives in Iran today and who faces very …
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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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Hidden movie + James Bond actor Sean Connery and David Lean composer Maurice Jarre: Michael Haneke political thriller tops European Film Awards winners.
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Cannes Film Festival winners: Renowned Belgian brothers receive their 2nd Palme d’Or + US performer Tommy Lee Jones is Best Actor for self-directed performance.
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Are there Iraq War parallels in George Lucas’ Revenge of the Sith? The American filmmaker tackled the issue at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Amour and Zero Dark Thirty are awards season faves + Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises among Top 10 but Anne Hathaway shoo-in for another film.
Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur While delivering her intro for the Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony, Mistress of Ceremonies Bérénice Bejo waxed poetic: “If festivals are …
Richard Buckley, Tom Ford, Livia Giuggioli and Colin Firth. Firth was the Best Actor winner for his portrayal of a bereaved gay professor in 1960s Los Angeles in Ford’s A …
Dustin 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 …
Cannes 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 …
Hidden / Caché with Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil. Michael Haneke’s violent, profoundly disturbing sociopolitical-psychological drama has been one of the U.S. film critics’ favorites this awards season. Michael Haneke’s …