Thursday, December 27, 2007

Movie News: San Diego Film Critics Society Awards



Best Film
No Country for Old Men
Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Documentary (tie)
Crazy Love and Deep Water
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Ensemble
No Country for Old Men
Best Animated Film
Ratatouille
Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men
Best Editing
Paul Tothill, Atonement
Best Score
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood
Best Production Design
Dante Ferretti, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Body of Work
Christian Bale, 3:10 to Yuma, Rescue Dawn and I’m Not There
Kyle Counts Award
Larry Zeiger

Movie News: Utah Film Critics Association Awards



Best Film
No Country for Old Men
Runners-up (in alphabetical order):
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
I’m Not There
Into the Wild
Juno
Knocked Up
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Once
There Will Be Blood
3:10 to Yuma

Best Non-English Language Feature
The Host
Runner-up: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Documentary Feature
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Runner-up: My Kid Could Paint That
Best Director
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Best Actress
Ellen Page, Juno
Runner-up: Amy Adams, Enchanted
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Best Screenplay
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Animated Feature
Ratatouille
Runner-up: The Simpsons Movie

Movie News: Florida Film Critics Circle Awards



Best Picture
No Country for Old Men
Best Foreign-Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Documentary
No End in Sight
Best Directors
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress
Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Animated Film
Ratatouille
Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Pauline Kael Breakout Award
Ellen Page, Juno
Best Original Songs
Once

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Movie News: Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards



Best Film of 2007
No Country for Old Men
Runners-up:
Juno
Zodiac
Atonement
Michael Clayton
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Gone Baby Gone
Once
Eastern Promises

Best Foreign Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by
Best Documentary
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Best Director
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actress
Ellen Page, Juno
Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Breakout Performance
Ellen Page, Juno
Best Animated Film
Ratatouille
Best First Feature
Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Obviously Worst Film
Norbit by Brian Robbins
Not-So-Obviously Worst Film (tie)
Youth Without Youth by Francis Ford Coppola and Bee Movie by Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith

Movie News: Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards



Best Picture
No Country for Old Men
Runners-up (in alphabetical order
3:10 to Yuma
Atonement
Away from Her
Hairspray
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Documentary Feature Film
Sicko
Best Achievement in Direction
Ethan and Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Julie Christie for Away from Her
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone
Best Acting Ensemble
No Country for Old Men
Best Screenplay written directly for the screen
Diablo Cody for Juno
Best Screenplay adapted from another medium
Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men
Best Animated Feature Film
Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey, Atonement
Best Achievement in Editing
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Original Score
Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Best Original Song
"Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Once
Best Achievement in Production Design
Dante Ferretti, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
300
Best Achievement in Stunts
The Bourne Ultimatum
Breakthrough on Camera
Ellen Page for Juno
Breakthrough behind the Camera
Sarah Polley for Away from Her
Best Performance by a youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
Edward Sanders for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Performance by a youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement
Overlooked Film of the Year
Stardust
Best Live Action Family Film
Enchanted

Movie News: Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards



Best Picture
No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-Up:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
3:10 to Yuma
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Zodiac
Into the Wild
Juno
Eastern Promises
The Lookout
Sunshine

Best Foreign Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Documentary
Sicko
Best Director
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress
Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Best Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Animated Film
Ratatouille by Brad Bird
Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood
Best Film Editing
Christopher Rouse, The Bourne Ultimatum
Best Score
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood
Best Song
"Walk Hard Marshall Crenshaw," by John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan
Best Art Direction
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Visual Effects
Transformers
Best Family Film
Ratatouille
Youth in Film
Ed Sanders, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best DVD
Blade Runner Ultimate Edition
William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
James Hong

Movie News: Detroit Film Critics Awards



* denotes winner

Best Film
*No Country for Old Men
Juno
Into the Wild
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood

Best Director
*Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Sean Penn, Into the Wild
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
Jason Reitman, Juno

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
*George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Actress
*Ellen Page, Juno
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Laura Linney, The Savages
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Amy Adams, Enchanted

Best Supporting Actor
*Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Supporting Actress
*Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Emily Mortimer, Lars and the Real Girl

Best Ensemble
*Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Waitress
Zodiac
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Best Newcomer
Sarah Polley, director, Away from Her
Michael Cera, actor, Juno and Superbad
*Diablo Cody, screenwriter, Juno
Adrienne Shelly, director, writer and actress, Waitress
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Movie News: St. Louis Gateway Critics Awards




BEST PICTURE
No Country For Old Men
Runners Up (tie): The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly and Juno
BEST ACTRESS
Ellen Page - Juno
Runner Up: Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Runner Up: Don Cheadle - Talk to Me
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Runner Up: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Runner Up: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
BEST DIRECTOR
Ethan And Joel Coen - No Country For Old Men
Runner Up: Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford - Roger Deakins
Runner Up: Atonement - Seamus McGarvey
BEST SCREENPLAY
Juno - Diablo Cody
Runner Up: No Country For Old Men - Ethan and Joel Coen
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Runner Up: The Kite Runner
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko
Runner Up: King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters
BEST COMEDY
Juno
Runner Up: Superbad
BEST ANIMATED OR CHILDREN'S FILM
Ratatouille
Runner Up: The Simpsons Movie
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
300
Runners Up (tie): Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix and Sweeney Todd
BEST SCORE
Sweeney Todd
Runners Up (tie): La Vie En Rose and Once
MOST ORIGINAL OR INNOVATIVE FILM
I'm Not There
Runner Up: Diving Bell And The Butterfly

Like It Says, He Took It In The Butt



When Jim Rice (the greatest ballplayer not in the Hall Of Fame) retired, Roger Clemens became my new favorite player. A few years prior to that, I had the balls to wear a Clemens jersey to a game at Yankee Stadium and the courage to keep it on the whole time, despite threats throughout the game and on the subway from and to Manhattan. When Clemens left the Sox for the Blue Jays, I had no problem with that. When he sold his soul two years later and joined the Yankees, he became dead to me. He did the one thing a true Red Sox player never does: He became the enemy. I often wondered how he could do that to all of us in Red Sox Nation, but now I think I understand. He wasn't thinking straight after taking it in the butt in Toronto for two seasons. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) Who knew the Rocket was an ass man?

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Movie News: Screen Actors Guild Winners




* denotes winner

ACTOR
George Clooney - "Michael Clayton"
* Daniel Day-Lewis - "There Will Be Blood"
Ryan Gosling - "Lars And The Real Girl"
Emile Hirsch- "Into the Wild"
Viggo Mortensen - "Eastern Promises"

ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
* Julie Christie - "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard - "La Vie en rose"
Angelina Jolie - "A Mighty Heart"
Ellen Page - "Juno"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck - "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford"
* Javier Bardem - "No Country For Old Men"
Tommy Lee Jones - "No Country for Old Men"
Hal Holbrook - "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - "I’m Not There"
* Ruby Dee - "American Gangster"
Catherine Keener - "Into the Wild"
Amy Ryan - "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton - "Michael Clayton"

ENSEMBLE CAST
"3:10 to Yuma"
"Hairspray"
"American Gangster"
"Into the Wild"
* "No Country for Old Men"

STUNT ENSEMBLE
"300"
* "The Bouorne Ultimatum"
"I Am Legend"
"The Kingdom"
"Pirates Of The Caribbean"

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Movie News: Austin Film Critics Association Awards



Best Film
There Will Be Blood
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, 'There Will Be Blood'
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis, 'There Will Be Blood'
Best Actress
Ellen Page, 'Juno'
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, 'No Country For Old Men'
Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney, Juno
Best Foreign Film
Black Book
Best Documentary
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Best Animated Film
Ratatouille
Best First Film
Ben Affleck, 'Gone Baby Gone'
Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, 'Juno'
Best Adapted Screenplay
Ethan & Joel Coen, 'No Country For Old Men'
Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit, 'There Will Be Blood'
Best Original Score
Jonny Greenwood, 'There Will Be Blood'
Breakthrough Artist
Michael Cera, 'Superbad,' 'Juno
Austin Film Award
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, 'Grindhouse'
Top Ten
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old men
Juno
Into the Wild
3:10 to Yuma
Knocked Up
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Atonement
American Gangster
Eastern Promises

Movie News: Toronto Film Critics Association Awards



BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
Runners-up: Eastern Promises and Zodiac
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Runners-up: George Clooney (Michael Clayton) and Gordon Pinsent (Away From Her)
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE (tie)
Julie Christie (Away From Her) and Ellen Page (Juno)
Runner-up: Laura Dern (Inland Empire)
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Runners-up: Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Runners-up: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone) and Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Runners-up: David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises) and David Fincher (Zodiac)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Runners-up: Diablo Cody (Juno) and Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
BEST CANADIAN FILM
Away From Her
Runners-up: Eastern Promises and Radiant City
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Away From Her, directed by Sarah Polley
Runners-up: Gone Baby Gone (directed by Ben Affleck) and Michael Clayton (directed by Tony Gilroy)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
Runners-up: Paprika and The Simpsons Movie
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Runners-up: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and The Lives of Others
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight
Runners-up: Iraq in Fragments and My Kid Could Paint That

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Movie News: Alliance Of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards



Best Film
No Country For Old Men
Best Director
The Coen brothers
Best Original Screenplay
Juno - Diablo Cody
Best Screenplay Adapted
Away From Her - Sarah Polley
Best Documentary
No End In Sight
Best Actress
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Best Actress In Supporting Role
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Best Actor In Supporting Role
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Best Ensemble Cast
Juno
Best Editing
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly - Juliette Welfling
Best Foreign Film
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Best Woman Director
Sarah Polley
Best Woman Screenwriter
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages
Best Breakthrough Performance
Ellen Page - Juno
Best Newcomer
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Women’s Image Award
Sarah Polley
Hanging in There Award for Persistence
Ruby Dee
Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Julie Christie
Outstanding Achievement By A Woman
Kathleen Kennedy, Producer, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, Persepolis
Lifetime Achievement Award
Julie Christie
Award For Humanitarian Activism
Angelina Jolie
Hall of Shame Award
Norbit
Actress Most In Need Of A New Agent
Hilary Swank
Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn’t
Margot At The Wedding
Unforgettable Moment Award
Eastern Promises - Viggo Mortensen’s full frontal
Best Depiction Of Nudity or Sexuality
Eastern Promises - Viggo Mortensen
Best Seduction (tie)
Atonement - Keira Knightly and James McAvoy
The Namesake - Tabu and Irfan Khan
Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man and Love Interest
Beowulf - Robin Wright Penn and Anthony Hopkins
Bravest Performance Award
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Best Leap from Actress to Director Award
Sarah Polley
Cultural Crossover Award
Persepolis
Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award
Shrek 3

Monday, December 17, 2007

Movie News: Golden Satellites Winners



* denotes winner

MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Away From Her
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Eastern Promises
The Lookout
*No Country For Old Men
3:10 To Yuma

MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Hairspray
*Juno
Knocked Up
Lars And The Real Girl
Shoot ‘Em Up

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
*Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Keira Knightly (Atonement)
Laura Linney (The Savages)
Tilda Swinton (Stephanie Daley)

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Christian Bale (Rescue Dawn)
Josh Brolin (No Country For Old Men)
Tommy Lee Jones (In The Valley Of Elah)
Frank Langella (Starting Out In The Evening)
*Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Denzel Washington (American Gangster)

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams (Enchanted)
Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)
Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up)
Nicole Kidman (Margot At The Wedding)
Emily Mortimer (Lars And The Real Girl)
*Ellen Page (Juno)

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Don Cheadle (Talk To Me)
Richard Gere (The Hoax)
*Ryan Gosling (Lars And The Real Girl)
Ben Kingsley (You Kill Me)
Clive Owen (Shoot ‘Em Up)
Seth Rogen (Knocked Up)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ruby Dee (American Gangster)
Taraji P. Henson (Talk To Me)
Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
*Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Emmanuelle Seigner (La Vie En Rose)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (tie)
*Casey Affleck (The Assassination Of Jesse James)
Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
Brian Cox (Zodiac)
Jeff Daniels (The Lookout)
Ben Foster (3:10 To Yuma)
*Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

MOTION PICTURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE
4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Romania)
La Vie En Rose (France)
*Lust, Caution (China)
Offside (Iran)
The Orphanage (Spain)
Ten Canoes (Australia)

MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA
Beowulf
The Golden Compass
Persepolis
*Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
300

MOTION PICTURE, DOCUMENTARY
Darfur Now
The 11th Hour
The King Of Kong
Lake Of Fire
No End In Sight
*Sicko

DIRECTOR
*Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men)
David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises)
Olivier Dahan (La Vie En Rose)
Ang Lee (Lust, Caution)
Sidney Lumet (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)

SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
*Diablo Cody (Juno)
Scott Frank (The Lookout)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Steven Knight (Eastern Promises)
Kelly Masterson (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead)
Nancy Oliver (Lars And The Real Girl)

SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
David Benioff (The Kite Runner)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men)
*Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus (Lust, Caution)
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)
James Vanderbilt (Zodiac)

ORIGINAL SCORE
Nick Cave (The Assassination Of Jesse James)
Michael Giacchino (Ratatouille)
James Newton Howard (The Lookout)
*Alberto Iglesias (The Kite Runner)
Dario Marianelli (Atonement)
Howard Shore (Eastern Promises)

ORIGINAL SONG
“Do You Feel Me” Diane Warren (American Gangster)
“If You Want Me” Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova (Once)
“Come So Far” Marc Shaiman (Hairspray)
“Rise” Eddie Vedder (Into The Wild)
*“Grace Is Gone” Clint Eastwood, Carole Bayer Sager (Grace Is Gone)
“Lyra” Kate Bush (The Golden Compass)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Henry Braham (The Golden Compass)
Roger Deakins (The Assassination Of Jesse James)
Bruno Delbonnel (Across The Universe)
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
*Janusz Kaminski (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly)
Harris Savides (Zodiac)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Jerome Chen, Sean Phillips, Kenn Mc Donald, Michael Lantieri (Beowulf)
Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, David Vickery, Mattias Lindahl (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Scott Farrar (Transformers)
Michael Fink (The Golden Compass)
Thomas Schelesny, Matt Jacobs, Tom Gibbons (Enchanted)
*Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth, Daniel Leduc (300)

FILM EDITING
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men)
Richard Marizy (La Vie En Rose)
Christopher Rouse (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Ronald Sanders (Eastern Promises)
Jill Savitt (The Lookout)
*Pietro Scalia (American Gangster)

SOUND EDITING & MIXING
Christopher Boyes, Paul Massey, Lee Orloff, George Watters (Pirates Of The Caribbean)
Scott Heckler, Eric Norris, Derek Vanderhorst (300)
Nikolas Javelle, Jean-Paul Hurier (La Vie En Rose)
*Karen Baker Landers, Kirk Francis, Per Hallberg (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Tod Maitland, Skip Lievsay, Rick Kline, Jeremy Peirson (I Am Legend)
Mike Prestwood-Smith, Mark Taylor, Glenn Freemantle (The Golden Compass)

ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dennis Davenport, David Gropman (Hairspray)
*Guy Dyas, David Allday (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Gary Freeman, Stephen Morahan, Denis Schnegg, David Allday, Matthew Gray, Charles Wood (Amazing Grace)
MarkFriedberg, Peter Rogness (Across The Universe)
Patricia Norris, Martin Gendron, Troy Sizemore (The Assassination Of Jesse James)
Mark Tildesley (Sunshine)

COSTUME DESIGN
Marit Allen (La Vie En Rose)
Jenny Beavan (Amazing Grace)
Yvonne Blake (Goya’s Ghosts)
*Alexandra Byrne (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Jacqueline Durran (Antonement)
Rita Ryack (Hairspray)

Movie News: Dallas Fort Worth Critics Awards



Best Picture
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Juno
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Atonement
5. Michael Clayton
6. Into the Wild
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8. The Kite Runner
9. The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
10. Charlie Wilson's War

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Runners-up: George Clooney for MICHAEL CLAYTON, Frank Langella for STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING, Tommy Lee Jones for IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH and Emile Hirsch for INTO THE WILD

Best Actress
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Runners-up: Marion Cotillard for LA VIE EN ROSE, Ellen Page for JUNO, Laura Linney for THE SAVAGES and Angelina Jolie for A MIGHTY HEART

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Runners-up: Philip Seymour Hoffman for CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR, Casey Affleck for THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD, Tom Wilkinson for MICHAEL CLAYTON and Hal Holbrook for INTO THE WILD

Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Runners-up: Amy Ryan for GONE BABY GONE, Cate Blanchett for I'M NOT THERE, Saoirse Ronan for ATONEMENT and Jennifer Jason Leigh for MARGOT AT THE WEDDING

Best Director
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Runners-up: Paul Thomas Anderson for THERE WILL BE BLOOD, Tim Burton for SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, Julian Schnabel for THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY and Sean Penn for INTO THE WILD

Best Screenplay
Juno, Diablo Cody
Runner-Up: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille
Runner-Up: PERSEPOLIS

Best Foreign Film
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Runners-Up: LA VIE EN ROSE, 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS, LUST, CAUTION and BLACK BOOK

Best Documentary
The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters
Runners-Up: SICKO, NO END IN SIGHT, MY KID COULD PAINT THAT and CRAZY LOVE

Cinematography
Roger Deakins, Assassination of Jesse James
Runners-Up: Rodrigo Prieto, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY and Roger Deakins, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Russell Smith Award
Once

Movie News: Southeastern Film Critics Awards



BEST PICTURE
1. No Country for Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Atonement
4. Juno
5. Michael Clayton
6. Zodiac
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
8. Gone Baby Gone
9. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10. Into the Wild

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: George Clooney - Michael Clayton

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie - Away from Her
Runner-up: Ellen Page - Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Joe Wright - Atonement

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - Juno
Runner-up: Tamara Jenkins - The Savages

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Runner-up: Christopher Hampton - Atonement

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France)
Runner-up: La Vie en Rose (France)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
No End in Sight
Runner-up: Sicko

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille
Runner-up: The Simpsons Movie

WYATT AWARD
Waitress
Runner-up: Black Snake Moan

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Movie News: AFI Top 10



Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Into The Wild
Juno
Knocked Up
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
The Savages
There Will Be Blood

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Movie News: London Film Critics Winners




*denotes winner

Film of the Year
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Bourne Ultimatum
*No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

The Attenborough Award for British Film of the Year
Atonement
*Control
Eastern Promises
Once
This Is England

Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
Letters from Iwo Jima
*The Lives of Others
Tell No One

Director of the Year
*Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men
David Fincher – Zodiac
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives of Others
Cristian Mungui – 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days

British Director of the Year
Danny Boyle – Sunshine
Anton Corbijn – Control
*Paul Greengrass – The Bourne Ultimatum
Shane Meadows – This Is England
Joe Wright – Atonement

Actor of the Year
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
*Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
Ulrich Muhe – The Lives of Others

Actress of the Year
*Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Maggie Gyllenhaall – Sherrybaby
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
Laura Linney – The Savages
Anamaria Marinca – 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days

British Actor of the Year
Christian Bale – 3:10 to Yuma
Jim Broadbent - And When Did You Last See Your Father
*James McAvoy – Atonement
Jonny Lee Miller – The Flying Scotsman
Sam Riley - Control

British Actress of the Year
Helena Bonham Carter – Sweeney Todd
*Julie Christie – Away From Her
Keira Knightley – Atonement
Sienna Miller – Interview
Samantha Morton – Control

British Actor in a Supporting Role
Albert Finney – Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Toby Jones – The Painted Veil
Tobey Kebell – Control
Alfred Molina – The Hoax
*Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton

British Actress in a Supporting Role
*Kelly Macdonald – No Country for Old Men (tie)
*Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement (tie)
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Imelda Staunton – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton

Screenwriter of the Year
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton – Atonement
*Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck – The Lives of Others
Ronald Harwood – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

British Breakthrough – Acting
Benedict Cumberbatch – Amazing Grace
Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
*Sam Riley - Control
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Thomas Turgoose – This Is England

British Breakthrough – Filmmaking
John Carney, writer and director – Once
*Anton Corbijn, director – Control
Sarah Gavron, director – Brick Lane
Matt Greenhalgh, writer – Control
Stevan Riley, writer, director and producer – Blue Blood

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Movie News: San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards



Best Picture
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Best Director
Joel And Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men)
Best Original Screenplay
The Savages
Best Adapted Screenplay
Away From Her
Best Actor
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Best Actress
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford)
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Best Documentary
No End In Sight
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
Lynn Hershman-Leeson (Strange Culture, Conceiving Ada and Teknolust)
Special Citation for under-looked independent film
Colma: The Musical

Monday, December 10, 2007

Movie News: Chicago Film Critics Association Winners



* denotes winner

Best Picture
Into The Wild
Michael Clayton
*No Country For Old Men
Once
There Will Be Blood

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
*Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
David Fincher (Zodiac)
Jason Reitman (Juno)

Best Actor
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
*Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Ryan Gosling (Lars And The Real Girl)
Frank Langella (Starting Out In The Evening)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)

Best Actress
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Laura Linney (The Savages)
*Ellen Page (Juno)

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford)
*Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
Hal Holbrook (Into The Wild)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

Best Supporting Actress
*Cate Blanchet (I'm Not There)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Margot At The Wedding)
Leslie Mann (Knocked Up)
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Sean Penn (Into The Wild)
*Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men)
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
James Vanderbilt (Zodiac)

Best Original Screenplay
Kelly Masterston (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)
*Diablo Cody (Juno)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)
Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)

Best Cinematography
*Roger Deakins (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford)
Seamus McGarve (Atonement)
Janusz Kaminski (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly)
Roger Deakins (No Country For Old Men)
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)

Best Score
Nick Cave, Warren Ellis (The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford)
Alexandre Despla (Lust, Caution)
Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)
*Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglov (Once)
Dario Marianell (Atonement)

Best Animated Feature
Beowulf
Meet The Robinsons
Persepolis
*Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Best Foreign Film
*4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage

Best Documentary
Darfur Now
The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters
Lake Of Fire
No End In Sight
*Sicko

Promising Director
*Ben Affleck (Gone Baby Gone)
John Carney (Once)
Craig Gillespie (Lars And The Real Girl)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)

Promising Performer
Nikki Blonsky (Hairspray)
*Michael Cera (Juno and Superbad)
Glen Hansard (Once)
Carice van Houten (Black Book)
Tang Wei (Lust, Caution)

Movie News: New York Film Critics Online Awards



BEST PICTURE (tie)
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly and There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, and Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM (tie)
The Lives Of Others and Persepolis
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)
BEST FILM SCORE/MUSIC
Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Ellen Page (Juno)
TOP TEN PICTURES (alphabetical)
Atonement
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Darjeeling Limited
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I'm Not There
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
Persepolis
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

Movie News: Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards




BEST PICTURE
No Country For Old Men
BEST DIRECTOR
Ethan and Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men)
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone and Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)
BEST ENSEMBLE
No Country For Old Men
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody (Juno)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
BEST ANIMATED FILM

Ratatouille
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Sicko
BEST ART DIRECTION
Sweeney Todd
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Ellen Page (Juno)

Movie News: New York Film Critics Circle Awards



FILM
No Country For Old Men
DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men)
ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
ACTRESS
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gon)
SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men)
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
FOREIGN FILM
The Lives Of Others
ANIMATED FILM
Persepolis
FIRST FILM
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)
DOCUMENTARY
No End In Sight
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Sidney Lumet
SPECIAL CRITICS' AWARD
Charles Burnett (Killer Of Sheep)

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Movie News: L.A. Film Critics Awards



Picture
There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: The Diving Bell And The Buterfly
Actor
Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Runner-up: Frank Langella (Starting Out In The Evening)
Actress
Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Runner-up: Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days)
Director
P.T. Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Runner-up: Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell And The Buterfly)
Supporting actress
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone and Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Supporting actor
Vlad Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days)
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook (Into The Wild)
Feature Animation (tie)
Persepolis and Ratatouille
Documentary
No End In Sight
Runner-up: Sicko
Production design
Jack Fisk (There Will Be Blood)
Runner-up: Dante Ferretti (Sweeney Todd)
Music
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (Once)
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)
Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly)
Runner-up: Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
Douglas Edwards Indie Award
Colossal Youth
Career Achievement
Sidney Lumet
New Generation
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)

Movie News: Golden Horse Awards



Best film
Lust, Caution
Best director
Ang Lee (Lust, Caution)
Best actor
Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Lust, Caution)
Best actress
Joan Chen (The Home Song Stories)
Best supporting actor
Tony Leung Ka-fai (The Drummer)
Best supporting actress
Fan Bingbing (The Matrimony)
Lifetime achievement award
Edward Yang
The International Federation of Film Critics award
What On Earth Have I Done Wrong?!
Best original screenplay
Tony Ayres (The Home Song Stories)
Best screenplay adaptation
James Schamus, Wang Hui-ling (Lust, Caution)
Best action choreography
Donnie Yen (Flash Point)
Best art direction
Anuson Pinyopotjanee (The Detective)
Best editing
Zhang Yifan, Jiang Wen (The Sun Also Rises)
Best cinematography
Lee Ping-bin (The Matrimony)
Best visual effects
Victor Wong, Eddy Wong, Clement Cheung, Donnie Lai (Secret)
Best film score
Alexandre Desplat (Lust, Caution)
Best original film song
"Secret," composer Jay Chou, lyricist Fang Wen-shan, performer Jay Chou
Best sound effects
Tu Duu-chih, Kuo Li-chi, Tang Xiangzhu (The Most Distant Course)
Best makeup and costume design
Pan Lai, Olympic Lau (Lust, Caution)
Best documentary
Hollywood Chinese
Best short film
Fly Out Blue
Taiwanese filmmaker of the year
Ang Lee
Taiwanese film of the year
Secret
Best new performer
Tang Wei (Lust, Caution)
Best film by audience vote
Getting Home

Movie News: Boston Society Of Film Critics Awards




Best Picture
No Country For Old Men
Best Actor
Frank Langella (Starting Out In The Evening)
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Best Director
Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly)
Best Screenplay
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)
Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski (The Diving Bell And The Butterfly)
Best Documentary
Crazy Love
Best Foreign-Language Film
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Best New Filmmaker
Ben Affleck (Gone Baby Gone)
Best Ensemble Cast
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead