The Lunchbox with Nimrat Kaur. The Lunchbox movie: ‘Exceptional film’ that deserved an Oscar nomination The Lunchbox / Dabba was not the Film Federation of India’s submission to the 2014…
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…
Michael Haneke at the European Film Awards: The White Ribbon movie manages rare triple win. The Munich-born screenwriter-director (March 24, 1942) was the big winner at this year’s ceremony, as…
Michael Fassbender as Bobby Sands in director Steve McQueen’s Hunger. With six wins, Steve McQueen’s Hunger was the big winner at the 2009 Irish Academy Awards. The story of Irish…
Gay murder – and political life – that rocked California: Milk. The WGA Awards’ Best Original Screenplay pick was Milk, Dustin Lance Black’s narrative about openly gay San Francisco Board…
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel: SAG Awards’ Best Cast winners. Danny Boyle’s sleeper hit Slumdog Millionaire marked the feature film debut of British actor Dev Patel and Indian model Freida…
Gomorrah: Best Foreign Language Film Oscar absentee. Based on Roberto Saviano’s book about the Camorra, Italy’s Naples-centered crime syndicate, Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah has been one of the best-received releases of…
Slumdog Millionaire with Freida Pinto. Academy Award Predictions: The cinematic Cinderella tale of 2008, Danny Boyle’s Bollywood-inspired entry is the odds-on favorite for the Best Picture Academy Award. In the…
Slumdog Millionaire awards: After winning a number of Best Picture awards from various U.S.-based critics groups while on its way to becoming 2008’s most notable sleeper hit, Danny Boyle’s Bollywood-inspired…
Hugh Jackman: Oscar host. Nicole Kidman’s co-star in the box office disappointment (in the U.S.) Australia has been selected as the next Oscar host. Hugh Jackman’s other screen credits include…
Danny Boyle’s Bollywood-style drama – in spirit if not in deed – topped this year’s Toronto Film Festival: Slumdog Millionaire. Toronto Film Festival awards: Bollywood-style movie tops The fantastic story…
“How to make-up” at the movies? Make-up artist Conor O’Sullivan shows how it was done in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster The Dark Knight. John Caglione Jr. was Heath Ledger’s make-up artist;…
Ed Catmull. Pixar co-founder and “collective creativity” proponent Ed Catmull will be the recipient of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 2009 Gordon E. Sawyer Award, handed to…
WALL-E. The Best Picture winner at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Disney/Pixar’s Andrew Stanton-directed WALL-E became the first feature-length animated film to top that particular category. Curiously, the…