Presented by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society, the full list of winners via IndieWire: Best film: “Mother” Best director: Lu Chuan, ‚ÄúCity of Life and Death‚Äù Best actor: Wang Xueqi, ‚ÄúBodyguards and Assassins‚Äù Best actress: Kim Hye-ja, ‚ÄúMother‚Äù Best supporting actor: Nicholas Tse, ‚ÄúBodyguards and Assassins‚Äù Best...
Monthly Archives: March 2010
The New York Times reports the Untitled James L. Brooks Comedy is now officially called How Do You Know. (No question mark.) The Times notes: To date Mr. Brooks has directed just five films, beginning with “Terms of Endearment” in 1983. That one and two others, “Broadcast News,” a triangle set in the news business, and “As Good as It Gets,”...
Last night the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film added one more top honor to The Hurt Locker’s tally, naming it best picture of the year. In keeping with their eclectic reputation, the Boston-based group chose Hirokazu Koreeda, Still Walking, as best director, while bestowing several awards each on In the Loop, Precious and A Single Man . Ensemble Cast –...
“Tati started where we left off.” — Buster Keaton 3-time Oscar nominee Sylvain Chomet matches the delicate charm of The Triplett’s of Belleville with what appears to be a captivating follow-up, The Illusionist. The visual and thematic influence of Jacques Tati is immediately apparent, so it’s no surprise that Chomet’s film is based...
The darkly comic opening scene of Accidents Happen sets the tone for this alternately funny and heartrending debut from Sydneysider Andrew Lancaster (2001 winner of Rouben Mamoulian Award for In Search of Mike, his first collaboration with scriptwriter Brian Carbee). Mom, dad and the kids head to the drive-in to recover from a neighbour’s shocking accident –...
“Cemetery Junction is set in the 1970s in Reading, Berkshire, where Ricky Gervais grew up, and it’s being called “a cross between The Office and Mad Men.” Three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie (Christian Cooke) wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce (Tom Hughes)...
