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
“Departures” (Japan)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Wall-E”
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button” – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. [...]
American Cinema Editors award Wall-E, Slumdog, Man on Wire
American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners of the 2009 ACE Eddie Awards for best achievement in editing at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night.
Mel Gibson presented Richard Donner with ACE’s filmmaker of the year award, while Robert Zemeckis handed the career achievement trophy to Arthur Schmidt, whose credits include Back to the Future and [...]
Slumdog Millionaire, Man on Wire win BAFTAs for Best Film
The British Academy announced the winners of this year’s BAFTA Awards at a ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner of the evening with honours in seven categories, including Best Film.
Here is the list of the BAFTA nominees, for reference.
And here are this year’s winners:
BEST FILM
Slumdog Millionaire
OUTSTANDING BRITISH [...]
Oscar nominees announced
The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced earlier today. Here is the complete list:
BEST PICTURE
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
BEST ACTOR
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn, “Milk”
Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Richard Jenkins, [...]
Visual Effects Society announces VES Awards nominees
Visual Effects Society has revealed the nominees for this year’s VES Awards. Iron Man leads the pack with five nominations, followed by The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cloverfield and Hellboy II: The Golden Army with four nods each.
Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Jericho and Pushing Daisies [...]
Golden Globe winners announced
The winners of the 2008 Golden Globe Awards were announced earlier today. Here they are:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Burn After Reading
In Bruges
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mamma Mia
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Steven Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case [...]
Art Directors Guild announces nominees for Excellence in Production Design
The Art Directors Guild announced the nominees for the annual Excellence in Production Design Awards on Friday.
Here are the nominees in the film and television categories:
PERIOD FILMS
CHANGELING
Production Designer: James J. Murakami
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Production Designer: Donald Graham Burt
DOUBT
Production Designer: David Gropman
FROST/NIXON
Production Designer: Michael Corenblith
MILK
Production Designer: Bill Groom
FANTASY FILMS
THE DARK KNIGHT
Production Designer: [...]
American Film Institute unveils top 10 movies & TV programs of 2008
American Film Institute has revealed the winners of the 2008 AFI Awards, including the annual lists of the best films and television programs of the year. Here they are:
TOP 10 FILMS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
Wall-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler
TOP 10 TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Breaking Bad
In Treatment
John Adams
Life
Lost
Mad Men
The Office
Recount
The Shield
The [...]
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, there [...]
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
BEST FIRST FILM
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
BEST FOREIGN FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
BEST ANIMATED [...]
