The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has released the long list of the nominees for this year’s Orange British Film Academy Film Awards, the BAFTAs. The short list will be announced on January 21. Here are the nominees: BEST FILM Avatar District 9 An Education Gran Torino The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus [...]
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Best in film in 2009: BAFTA Award nominees, long list
Best in film in 2009: editor’s picks
These are my picks for best achievements in film this year: BEST FILM The White Ribbon BEST DIRECTOR Lone Scherfig, An Education BEST ACTOR Viggo Mortensen, The Road BEST ACTRESS Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Alfred Molina, An Education BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Maria Bello, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee BEST ENSEMBLE [...]
Best in film in 2009: Utah Film Critics Awards
The Utah Film Critics released their top picks for 2009. Here they are: BEST PICTURE Up in the Air Runners-up The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds BEST DIRECTOR Jason Reitman, Up in the Air Runner-up John Hillcoat, The Road BEST ACTOR Viggo Mortensen, The Road Runner-up Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker BEST ACTRESS Carey Mulligan, An [...]
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 in 2009: San Diego Film Critics Society
Here is the list of this year’s top achievers in film from the San Diego Film Critics Society: BEST FILM Inglourious Basterds Runner-up A Single Man BEST DIRECTOR Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds Runner-up James Cameron, Avatar BEST ACTRESS Michelle Monaghan, Trucker Runners-up Abbie Cornish, Bright Star Carey Mulligan, An Education BEST ACTOR Colin Firth, A [...]
Chicago Film Festival winners announced
All the winners of the 2008 Chicago Film Festival have been announced. Steve McQueen’s Hunger won the Gold Hugo for Best Film “for its outstanding visual and dramatic strength, telling an uncompromisingly disturbing story of the courage to fight for one’s belief.” The Silver Hugo and the Grand Jury Prize went to Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo [...]