by Al Young, May 12, 2011 6:44 PM
With Thailand's ever continuing growth in the martial arts and action genre with their trademark reputation for hard-hitting brutality, it only seems fitting to form an award show there to give recognition for their hard work. Lom Krasib Film International...
by Swarez, February 21, 2011 7:10 AM
Our annual film and TV awards, The Edda, was held on saturday and indy darlings Brim (Undercurrent) and The Good Heart took home a large chunk of the awards. Brim took Best Picture, Lead Actress, Cinematography, Editing, Sound Design and...
by Michael Guillen, February 14, 2011 9:04 PM
Matías Bize's La vida de los Peces (The Life of Fish, 2010) boasted its U.S. premiere at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). Programmed in the Awards Buzz sidebar as Chile's official submission to the Academy Awards®,...
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by Michael Guillen, February 3, 2011 1:22 PM
Icíar Bollaín's Tambien La Lluvia (Even the Rain, 2010)--Spain's official entry to the Foreign Language category of the Academy Awards®--made it all the way to the Oscar® shortlist. That's a remarkable and rapid achievement for a film that had its...
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by Kurt Halfyard, January 25, 2011 9:17 AM
Not bad, Academy; not too bad at all. Yes, you completely overlooked Leslie Manville is which is kind of insane how good her performance is in Another Year, but otherwise, well done on Dogtooth and Incendies and The Illusionist; as...
by Michael Guillen, December 14, 2010 12:18 AM
San Francisco, CA, December 13, 2010--The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) has named The Social Network the Best Picture of 2010, while its writer Aaron Sorkin took the prize for Best Adapted Screenplay. In a tie vote, The...
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by Michael Guillen, December 9, 2010 2:26 AM
I feel it's important to preface this selection of preliminary nominations to the San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) as "favorites" and not "the best" for reasons frequently stated. Yet another blow against the ubiquitous forces of the Evil...
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by Michael Guillen, December 7, 2010 5:53 PM
I have never been a film writer who holds much stock in ranking or rating movies, primarily because I suspect that any given experience of a movie is largely subjective, conditional and--if it is a movie worth its salt--ongoing....
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by Kurt Halfyard, October 14, 2010 11:18 AM
While I do not think that something as edgy or unusual as Giorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth (pictured above) will make the 'final five' short list, but kudos to Greece for throwing it out there. Perhaps something like Tetsuya Nakashima's Confessions will...
by James Marsh, April 19, 2010 4:41 AM
Period martial arts drama BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS cleaned up at last night's Hong Kong Film Awards, taking home 8 of the rather oversized statuettes, including Best Film, Best Director for Teddy Chen, Best Score, Best Cinematography and Best Action...
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