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London Film Critics name The Wrestler, Slumdog films of the year

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The London Film Critics' Circle presented the awards for the best achievements in film in 2008 on Wednesday. Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, was named the best film of the year, while Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire took home the award for Best British Film. Here are all the winners: FILM OF THE YEAR The Wrestler RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH FILM OF THE YEAR Slumdog Millionaire DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin [Read more...]

Santa Barbara Film Festival winners

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The 24th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival closed yesterday after announcing the winners. Here they are: Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema Poppy Shakespeare, directed by Benjamin Ross Best International Film Award Eine Frau in Berlin (A Woman in Berlin), directed by Max Farberbock Nueva Vision Award (Best Spanish language film) Amar a morir, directed by Fernando Lebrija Best Eastern Bloc Cinema Award Tulpan, Sergei Dvortsevoy Best Documentary [Read more...]

Javier Fesser’s Camino wins six Goya Awards

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The Spanish Cinema Academy presented Javier Fesser's film Camino (The Road) with six Goya film awards at a ceremony held 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 for best film, best director, best original screenplay, best actress, best new actress, and best supporting actor. Other Goya winners include [Read more...]

Winners of the 2008 Directors Guild Awards

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Directors Guild of America announced the winners of the 2008 DGA Awards last night during the 61st Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The DGA's Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally served as a near-perfect barometer for the Academy Award for Best Director. Only six times since the DGA Award's inception in 1948 has the winner not gone on to receive the Academy Award for Best Director. Here are the best [Read more...]

Directors Guild releases 2008 DGA Awards nominees list

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The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has released the list of nominees for the 2008 DGA Awards in film and television categories. Here they are: FEATURE FILM Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon" Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight" Gus Van Sant, "Milk" MOVIE FOR TELEVISION/MINISERIES Bob Balaban, "Bernard and Doris" Tom Hooper, "John Adams" Kenny Leon, "A Raisin in the Sun" Jay Roach, "Recount" Mikael [Read more...]