The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has announced the five nominees for best feature film cinematography in 2005. Selected this year are Dion Beebe for "Memoirs of a Geisha," Robert Elswit for "Good Night, And Good Luck," Andrew Lesnie for "King Kong," Wally Pfister for "Batman Begins," a...
Read More »The Critics' Choice awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association were presented Monday in LA with "Brokeback Mountain" winning the award for best picture and best director for Ang Lee. Philip Seymour Hoffman won the best actor award for "Capote", while Reese Witherspoon was honored for best actress for "Walk The Line." Paul Giamatti was awarded the best supporting actor prize for Cinderella Man and the prize for best supporting actress was shared by Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain and Amy Adams for Junebug. The Freedom Award went to George Clooney, an acting ensemble prize was presented to "Crash", the prize for best documentar...
Read More »A final group of critics, representing publications from across the country, named Bennett Miller's "Capote" the best picture of the year yesterday. The Sony Pictures Classics release, which has earned an estimated $12.6 million after 15 weeks in release, was one of a few films recognized by all of ...
Read More »More influential groups have weighed in with their picks for the best movies and performances of 2005. First it was the critics groups in early December, then journalists and their ten best lists at the end of the month, now the industry's four big guilds have spoken. In the past two days, the Direc...
Read More »The Screen Actors Guild has named the five films nominated for its outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture, selecting "Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "Crash," "Good Night, and Good Luck," and "Hustle & Flow". [Eugene Hernandez]
Read More »The Producers Guild of America has announced its nominees for the best movie of the year, picking five films and their producers: "Brokeback Mountain" (James Schamus, Diana Ossana), "Capote" (Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven), "Crash" (Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman), "Good Night, and Good...
Read More »The Writers Guild of America, west and The Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2005.
Read More »A contender for Oscar glory in 1994 with "Farewell My Concubine," Chen Kaige again is representing mainland China's hopes in the best foreign film race with "The Promise," a $35 million film that ranks as the biggest ever made in China. Chen recently spoke about his film and the future of Chinese ci...
Read More »The nominations for the 63rd Golden Globe Awards were announced Tuesday morning by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" is leading the race with seven nominations. The prizes will be presented in Los Angeles on Monday, January 16th at 8 p.m.
Read More »The San Francisco Film Critics Circle has announced its list of the best of the year, naming "Brokeback Mountain" best picture, Ang Lee best director, and Heath Ledger best actor. The award for best doc went to "Grizzly Man" and best foreign film is " Cache" (Hidden). The complete list of winners is...
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