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Boston Film Critics vote Wall-E, Slumdog Millionaire Best Movies of the Year

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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 were two actors to win Best Actor of the Year honours: Sean Penn for Milk and Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler. Here is the complete list of winners: BEST [Read more...]

Wall-E voted Best Picture by Los Angeles Critics Association

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Disney-PIXAR's Wall-E has become the first animated feature in history to win the title of Best Picture from the Los Angeles Critics Association. It didn't however, win Best Animated Film at the same time as the honor went to Israeli feature Waltz with Bashir. Here are all the winners and runners-up across the categories, as voted by Los Angeles Critics: BEST PICTURE Wall-E RUNNER-UP The Dark Knight BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire RUNNER-UP Christopher Nolan, The [Read more...]

Nominees for Gotham Independent Film Awards announced

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IFP announced today the nominees for the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards™ which will take place on Tuesday, December 2nd at New York City's Cipriani Wall Street. It also announced the new name for the awards, making the subtle shift from the Gotham Awards to the Gotham Independent Film Awards™. Presented by IFP, the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, the Gotham Independent Film Awards™ is one of the leading awards for independent film and the first [Read more...]

Venice Film Festival 2008 awards

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The 65th annual Venice Film Festival wrapped over the weekend. The Golden Lion for best film went to Darren Aronofsky for his drama The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke as a retired professional wrestler trying to make a comeback. Rourke is one of the early contenders for an Oscar for his performance in the film, even if he missed out on the best actor prize in Venice. (The festival regulations do not allow the film that wins the Golden Lion to also get acting prizes.) “We need to thank [Read more...]