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…
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…
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),…
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…