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Best in film in 2009: Writers Guild nominees

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Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced the nominees for best screenplays in 2009. The winners of the WGA Awards will be named on February 20 at events in Los Angeles and New York. Here is the list of nominations: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (500) Days of Summer Written by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber Avatar Written by James Cameron The Hangover Written by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore The Hurt Locker Written by Mark Boal A Serious Man Written by Joel Coen & Ethan [Read more...]

Best in film in 2009: Houston Film Critics’ nominees

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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 DIRECTION OF A MOTION PICTURE Clint Eastwood, Invictus James Cameron, Avatar Jason Reitman, Up in the Air Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt [Read more...]

Best in film in 2009: Chicago Film Critics’ nominees

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The Chicago Film Critics Association has released their list of nominees for the best achievements in film in 2009. The winners will be revealed on December 21. Here are the nominees: BEST PICTURE The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds A Serious Man Up in the Air Where the Wild Things Are BEST DIRECTOR Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are Jason Reitman, Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious [Read more...]

Best in film in 2009: Broadcast Film Critics Association’s nominees

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The Broadcast Film Critics have revealed their list of nominees for the 2009 BFCA Awards. Here it is: BEST PICTURE Avatar An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus Nine Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire A Serious Man Up Up in the Air BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart George Clooney, Up in the Air Colin Firth, A Single Man Morgan Freeman, Invictus Viggo Mortensen, The Road Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker BEST ACTRESS Emily Blunt, The [Read more...]

Samuel Maoz’ Lebanon wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

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The 66th annual Venice Film Festival ended with the awards ceremony earlier today. Here are this year's winners across the categories: GOLDEN LION FOR BEST FILM Lebanon, by Samuel Maoz SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR Shirin Neshat, for Women Without Men SPECIAL JURY PRIZE Soul Kitchen, Fatih Akin COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST ACTOR Colin Firth, for A Single Man COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST ACTRESS Kseniya Rappoport, for La doppia ora MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD FOR BEST NEW YOUNG [Read more...]