Michael Haneke at the 2012 European Film Awards. The story of an elderly couple facing illness and death, Amour was the top winner at this year’s European Film Awards, collecting…
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April 19, ’12, update: The Catching Fire director will be Francis Lawrence, among whose (few) feature-film credits are Reese Witherspoon / Robert Pattinson / Christoph Waltz’s Water for Elephants, Will…
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie Leg + Marlene Dietrich Pioneer Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Angelina Jolie’s notorious right leg (“Brangeleg” for short?) are seen…
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Irish Film Awards: Brendan Gleeson in The Guard Irish Film Awards: Winners Michael Fassbender & Saoirse Ronan John Michael McDonagh’s The Guard, reportedly the most successful independently made Irish production…
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Shahab Hosseini in Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), among whose members are the majority of the United States’ most influential and respected film commentators,…
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The Tree of Life with Brad Pitt. Notwithstanding its Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or win, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life has not been taking home all that many U.S.…
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BAFTA 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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Séraphine de Senlis Biopic Séraphine with Yolande Moreau. The 2009 César ceremony, held this evening at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, offered a few surprises. (In the U.S. and…
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Sexual abuse family drama Precious with Gabourey Sidibe: Rare Sundance double winner. Adapted by Geoffrey Fletcher from the novel Push by Sapphire (a.k.a. Ramona Lofton), Lee Daniels’ sexual abuse family…
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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…
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Al Pacino in Scarface. Los Angeles Film Festival Awards 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival: June 19-29. Prince of Broadway tells the story of a Ghanaian immigrant living in New York…
The Artist‘s Michel Hazanavicius is the only first-timer among the five nominated directors for the 2012 Directors Guild of America Awards. Hazanavicius’ competition consists of Woody Allen for Midnight in…
Moon movie mystery with Sam Rockwell. This year’s British Independent Film Awards Best Picture winner, Duncan Jones’ Moon has elements in common with, among other sci-fi/mystery thrillers, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:…
Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In features a refreshingly mature blend of character study, budding romance, and supernatural horror.