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Best in film in 2009: BAFTA Award nominees, long list

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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 Moon Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire The Road A Serious Man A Single Man Star Trek Up Up in the Air DIRECTOR Avatar Bright [Read more...]

Best in film in 2009: editor’s picks

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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 CAST An Education Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson, [Read more...]

Best in film in 2009: Utah Film Critics Awards

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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 Education Runner-up Maya Rudolph, Away We Go BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles Runner-up Christoph Waltz, [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: San Diego Film Critics Society

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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 Single Man Runner-up Viggo Mortensen, The Road BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Samantha Morton, The [Read more...]