Best in film and television in 2009: Irish Film and Television Awards nominees
The nominees for the seventh annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) were revealed earlier today. The winners will be announced on Febuary 20 in Dublin. Here are the nominations: BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM Avatar The Hurt Locker Let the Right One In Up BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS (PEOPLE’S CHOICE) Marion Cotillard, Nine Penélope Cruz, Broken Embraces [...]
Best in film in 2009: Houston Film Critics’ nominees
The Houston Film Critics Society announced their nominations for best achievements in film this year. The winners will be revealed this Saturday. The nominees: BEST PICTURE (500) Days of Summer Avatar District 9 Inglourious Basterds Invictus Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Star Trek The Hurt Locker Up Up in the Air BEST [...]
Best in film and television in 2009: Screen Actors Guild nominees
The Screen Actors Guild has released the list of the nominees for the 16th Annual SAG Awards. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Here are the nominees: THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role JEFF BRIDGES / Bad Blake – “CRAZY HEART” [...]
Oscar winners 2009
BEST PICTURE “Slumdog Millionaire” BEST ACTRESS Kate Winslet, “The Reader” BEST ACTOR Sean Penn, “Milk” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight” BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire” BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Dustin Lance Black, “Milk” BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire” BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM [...]
Javier Fesser’s Camino wins six Goya Awards
The Spanish Cinema Academy awarded Javier Fesser‘s film Camino (The Road) with six Goya film awards at a ceremony in Madrid this weekend. Camino, “the riskiest and politically most uncomfortable” candidate according to the daily El Mundo, depicts the influential conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei in a critical light. It won awards including best film, [...]
Boston Film Critics vote Wall-E, Slumdog Millionaire Best Movies of the Year
The Boston Society of Film Critics awarded top honours to Wall-E and Slumdog Millionaire in a vote for the Best Movies of the Year. This is the second big win for Wall-E coming from a critics’ association. The film already won the Best Picture Award from the Los Angeles Critics Association earlier this month. Similarly, [...]
New York Film Critics vote Milk best film of the year
The New York Film Critics Circle announced their top picks for 2008 yesterday. Here they are: BEST FILM Milk BEST DIRECTOR Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky BEST ACTOR Sean Penn, Milk BEST ACTRESS Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Josh Brolin, Milk BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona BEST SCREENPLAY Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married [...]