★★★☆☆ Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa is the only African recipient, other than Nelson Mandela, of the prestigious Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize. For over two decades she has tirelessly battled injustice in Zimbabwe, with particular emphasis on representing those brutalised and tortured after opposing the president, Robert Mugabe. Lorie Conway's Beatrice Mtetwa and the Rule of Law (2013) uses its subject's life as a prism through which to present an examination of legality in recent Zimbabwean history. It also shines a light on the shocking actions of government loyalists, in a similar way to 2009's Mugabe and the White African.
Providing a potted history of the much-maligned Mugabe's rise to power and the coinciding emergence of the fearless lawyer, Rule of Law combines archive footage with interviews of those close to the political situation, as well as friends, family, and Beatrice herself. Through the recollections of various people, in whose corner...
Providing a potted history of the much-maligned Mugabe's rise to power and the coinciding emergence of the fearless lawyer, Rule of Law combines archive footage with interviews of those close to the political situation, as well as friends, family, and Beatrice herself. Through the recollections of various people, in whose corner...
- 6/13/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Apparently Tuesday night should be temporarily renamed Gordon Ramsay night for the time being, because there are three shows hosted by the foul-mouthed Brit airing tonight. Two of them are on Fox, one of them is on Bbca and one of the ones on Fox ("Masterchef") directly competes with the one one Bbca ("Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape"). I'm completely impressed that the man has managed to create this kind of media empire out of being kind of a salty British chef (and really, is there any other kind? I think 'salty' applies to all chefs, regardless of nationality). I know he won't be the reigning favorite celebrity chef around these parts unless Anthony Bourdain forswears television, but I guess he's not a bad back-up. Here's your Tuesday night TV:
8:00pm: "Cupcake Wars" on Food Network
"Hell's Kitchen" on Fox
"History Detectives" on PBS
"It's Worth What?" on NBC...
8:00pm: "Cupcake Wars" on Food Network
"Hell's Kitchen" on Fox
"History Detectives" on PBS
"It's Worth What?" on NBC...
- 7/26/2011
- by Intern Rusty
Our film critic makes the nominations for his own personal Oscars in a widely underrated year for film
December is the season of list-making and Top 10 compiling, but when I mention this to other critics, it's been getting winces and shrugs and mutterings that 2010 hasn't been a vintage year. I'm not so sure about that. It's true that the huge arthouse hits like The White Ribbon and A Prophet are now a very distant memory — A Prophet in fact was released at the very beginning of this year, but has been so extensively discussed, that I don't mention it below. Some huge crowd-pleasers, like Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, Tom Hooper's The King's Speech and Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, haven't yet had a full release and neither has Kelly Reichardt's western, Meek's Cutoff. These things may combine to produce the impression that 2010 is in itself a thin year.
December is the season of list-making and Top 10 compiling, but when I mention this to other critics, it's been getting winces and shrugs and mutterings that 2010 hasn't been a vintage year. I'm not so sure about that. It's true that the huge arthouse hits like The White Ribbon and A Prophet are now a very distant memory — A Prophet in fact was released at the very beginning of this year, but has been so extensively discussed, that I don't mention it below. Some huge crowd-pleasers, like Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, Tom Hooper's The King's Speech and Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, haven't yet had a full release and neither has Kelly Reichardt's western, Meek's Cutoff. These things may combine to produce the impression that 2010 is in itself a thin year.
- 12/1/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Street artist scoops most entertaining documentary prize at Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards
Street artist Banksy has won the most entertaining documentary prize at this year's Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards.
As usual, he did not appear in person to collect the award for Exit Through the Gift Shop– an amusing faux documentacoops prizery – but sent a message to the audience at the ceremony in London tonight.
Jury chairman Emma Hindley said: "The winner was a unanimous decision. It's a flawlessly made film; original and insightful, it asks questions rather than telling you what to think and at the same time, manages to be very, very funny."
The best documentary series went to Patrick Forbes for Channel 4's insight into Hampshire Constabulary in The Force, while Julian Temple's look at industrial and economic decline of America's Motor City in Requiem for Detroit for BBC2 won best historical documentary.
Mugabe and the White African,...
Street artist Banksy has won the most entertaining documentary prize at this year's Grierson Trust British Documentary Awards.
As usual, he did not appear in person to collect the award for Exit Through the Gift Shop– an amusing faux documentacoops prizery – but sent a message to the audience at the ceremony in London tonight.
Jury chairman Emma Hindley said: "The winner was a unanimous decision. It's a flawlessly made film; original and insightful, it asks questions rather than telling you what to think and at the same time, manages to be very, very funny."
The best documentary series went to Patrick Forbes for Channel 4's insight into Hampshire Constabulary in The Force, while Julian Temple's look at industrial and economic decline of America's Motor City in Requiem for Detroit for BBC2 won best historical documentary.
Mugabe and the White African,...
- 11/2/2010
- by Tara Conlan
- The Guardian - Film News
After expanding in to over 200 theaters, The Kids Are All Right easily topped all limited releases for the second weekend in a row. Cyrus and The Girl Who Played with Fire each lost some steam, while a new entry from Bollywood failed to drum up much interest. The Kids Are All Right finished in 11th place on the overall weekend chart, grossing $2.6 million at 201 locations (up from 38 last weekend). That was the highest-grossing weekend for a limited release since Up in the Air made $3.2 million the weekend of Dec. 18, 2009. Through its third weekend, Kids has earned $4.9 million. Its weekend per theater average of $12,909 was solid enough to encourage further expansion, though it's still too early to say that Kids has what it takes to reach the levels of past moderate summer platform hits like (500) Days of Summer or Garden State. After a good start last month, Cyrus has cooled off:...
- 7/27/2010
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
We've got two new major releases hitting theatres this weekend, one being the action-thriller Salt starring Angelina Jolie, and the other being the family comedy Ramona and Beezus, based on the popular series of books by Beverly Cleary. Will either be able to catch Christopher Nolan's Inception? If you happen to live in New York or L.A., you may also be able to catch Todd Solondz' latest dark comedy Life During Wartime, or a couple of documentaries: Countdown to Zero, which is about the nuclear arms race, and Mugabe and the White African, about discrimination against farmers in Zimbabwe. What will you be checking out this weekend? Salt [1] Ramona and Beezus [2] Life During Wartime [3] (limited) Countdown to Zero [4] (limited) Mugabe and the White African [5] (limited) [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944835/ [2] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493949/ [3] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808526/ [4] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1572769/ [5] http://www.
- 7/23/2010
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s infamous ‘Hitler Speech’ of March 2003 caused an onslaught of violence against domestic opponents. So much so that an outraged George W. Bush froze all assets of Mugabe and many of his supporters. Mugabe’s words, quoted by reporter, Peta Thornycroft in the March 26, 2003, Telegraph.Co.UK, are in direct response to accusations by the British press that Mugabe’s political actions are comparable to those of Adolf Hitler:
“This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their rights over their resources. If that is Hitler, then let me be a Hitler tenfold.”
This speech, reverberating in Mugabe’s own voice, forms a backdrop for the brilliantly disturbing new documentary “Mugabe and the White African” by newcomers Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson. It is no surprise that the film is shortlisted for an Oscar and should,...
“This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their rights over their resources. If that is Hitler, then let me be a Hitler tenfold.”
This speech, reverberating in Mugabe’s own voice, forms a backdrop for the brilliantly disturbing new documentary “Mugabe and the White African” by newcomers Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson. It is no surprise that the film is shortlisted for an Oscar and should,...
- 7/19/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Airing tonight on PBS’s Pov program is Promised Land, a documentary that we could call a companion piece to another documentary, Mugabe And The White African, previously profiled on this website; essentially, confiscating white-owned land that once belonged to blacks, for redistribution to blacks – expropriating thousands of white-owned pieces of land. Although while the latter focused almost solely on the plight of the whites, Promised Land promises a much more balanced point of view.
The story goes… Beginning in 1913, Blacks in South Africa were forbidden from owning land. They were forcefully removed from their land and re-settled into so called ‘homelands’ which were located in the most undesirable areas in the country. Over the course of ninety years, an estimated 6 million blacks were disposed of their land.
In 2006, the South African government ignited a firestorm when, for the first time in the country’s history, it forced a white...
The story goes… Beginning in 1913, Blacks in South Africa were forbidden from owning land. They were forcefully removed from their land and re-settled into so called ‘homelands’ which were located in the most undesirable areas in the country. Over the course of ninety years, an estimated 6 million blacks were disposed of their land.
In 2006, the South African government ignited a firestorm when, for the first time in the country’s history, it forced a white...
- 7/6/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Bob Ellis looks back at this year’s Sydney Film Festival.
We are forbidden urination after a three-hour film and herded bursting out into the rain and pushed in front of speeding traffic by big Tongan guardians of the Red Carpet while inside, in the ever-gorgeous art-deco foyer, barmen and pie vendors gazed on its lovely emptiness planning their bankruptcies and other careers and cursing, like all of us, the Clare Stewart Effect on world cinema.
Audiences entering successive sessions without hellish incident these last 113 years have not educated this woman; clamour, ticketless offices, caffeine deprivation, pissed trousers and lack of a chance to chat between sessions (or even sit on the marble steps) have characterised her Cromwellian rule for years now and several deaths, I calculate, from the pelting rain and it is wrong for her to preen her ghastly dress sense in golden spotlight just because certain films...
We are forbidden urination after a three-hour film and herded bursting out into the rain and pushed in front of speeding traffic by big Tongan guardians of the Red Carpet while inside, in the ever-gorgeous art-deco foyer, barmen and pie vendors gazed on its lovely emptiness planning their bankruptcies and other careers and cursing, like all of us, the Clare Stewart Effect on world cinema.
Audiences entering successive sessions without hellish incident these last 113 years have not educated this woman; clamour, ticketless offices, caffeine deprivation, pissed trousers and lack of a chance to chat between sessions (or even sit on the marble steps) have characterised her Cromwellian rule for years now and several deaths, I calculate, from the pelting rain and it is wrong for her to preen her ghastly dress sense in golden spotlight just because certain films...
- 6/23/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
This is a competition for Mugabe and the White African, directed by Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson. The powerful and deeply effecting feature documentary from British directors Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey, Mugabe and the White African, made a huge impact on its theatrical release, garnering huge critical acclaim and awards and nominations galore, winning Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Awards and nominated for both a BAFTA and an Oscar. This outstanding film now makes it way to DVD, complete with a slew of extras, on 10 May 2010 courtesy of Dogwoof.
- 5/15/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
A documentary about a white farmer who stood up to Robert Mugabe's land reforms is shocking but doesn't give the full picture
Foreign journalists working undercover in Zimbabwe know a tap on the shoulder from a man in uniform can mean a nightmarish spell in jail. Operating with notebook, pen and a quiver full of awkward questions is perilous enough, but British filmmakers Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson upped the ante by smuggling large-format film equipment into the country for their documentary Mugabe and the White African, which receives its TV debut on More4 next week.
The eponymous Mugabe is the president Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for 30 years. The eponymous white African is Mike Campbell, a septuagenarian farmer at the sharp end of Mugabe's chaotic land reform programme.
Mugabe began seizing white-owned farms in 2000, claiming such shock treatment was necessary to right colonial wrongs and empower landless black people.
Foreign journalists working undercover in Zimbabwe know a tap on the shoulder from a man in uniform can mean a nightmarish spell in jail. Operating with notebook, pen and a quiver full of awkward questions is perilous enough, but British filmmakers Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson upped the ante by smuggling large-format film equipment into the country for their documentary Mugabe and the White African, which receives its TV debut on More4 next week.
The eponymous Mugabe is the president Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist for 30 years. The eponymous white African is Mike Campbell, a septuagenarian farmer at the sharp end of Mugabe's chaotic land reform programme.
Mugabe began seizing white-owned farms in 2000, claiming such shock treatment was necessary to right colonial wrongs and empower landless black people.
- 5/14/2010
- by David Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
Where The Wild Things Are
DVD & Blu-ray, Warners
Maurice Sendak's classic 1963 book, about a little boy's adventure in an imaginary world populated by surreal creatures, contained little text but was full of evocative, powerful imagery. The film by Spike Jonze, with a script by David Eggers, is therefore not exactly letter-perfect in adapting the scant words, but it does nail the feeling and the atmosphere of the book; just look at how Hollywood sugar-injected the Dr Seuss books for live-action to see how special and daring Jonze's indie, handheld camera approach is. It's gritty in a way fantasy films have never been before, and the practical creature suits sell the message that monsters are people too. Jonze tackles the narrative in a similarly unorthodox manner, Max's journey is filled with random arguments, tantrums and sulks – all the less popular but more common traits of childhood. And like all truly affecting fantasies,...
DVD & Blu-ray, Warners
Maurice Sendak's classic 1963 book, about a little boy's adventure in an imaginary world populated by surreal creatures, contained little text but was full of evocative, powerful imagery. The film by Spike Jonze, with a script by David Eggers, is therefore not exactly letter-perfect in adapting the scant words, but it does nail the feeling and the atmosphere of the book; just look at how Hollywood sugar-injected the Dr Seuss books for live-action to see how special and daring Jonze's indie, handheld camera approach is. It's gritty in a way fantasy films have never been before, and the practical creature suits sell the message that monsters are people too. Jonze tackles the narrative in a similarly unorthodox manner, Max's journey is filled with random arguments, tantrums and sulks – all the less popular but more common traits of childhood. And like all truly affecting fantasies,...
- 5/7/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Oh Brother… where to begin with this? Those poor, poor, poor whites in Africa. Shadow And Act has profiled one of the films discussed in the below article – Mugabe And The White African. It’s gotten some theatrical play globally, but I didn’t see it. It looked mighty suspect, and one-sided to me, aimed simply to generate sympathy for white victims of Robert Mugabe’s land expropriation.
While I’m not necessarily condoning what Mugabe has done (I’m still not entirely sure what the short and long term ramifications of his actions are, or will be), but, as I’ve said on previous posts, issues like this simply can’t be thoroughly addressed in a 2-hour film, ofttimes superficially dealt with, without doing necessary digging, and taking the all-important history of the nation, and thus Africa, into consideration.
The author/filmmakers could even angle the article to question...
While I’m not necessarily condoning what Mugabe has done (I’m still not entirely sure what the short and long term ramifications of his actions are, or will be), but, as I’ve said on previous posts, issues like this simply can’t be thoroughly addressed in a 2-hour film, ofttimes superficially dealt with, without doing necessary digging, and taking the all-important history of the nation, and thus Africa, into consideration.
The author/filmmakers could even angle the article to question...
- 3/17/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The Hurt Locker was named Best Film at the British Academy Film Awards, held at London’s Royal Opera House. The film also won five other awards: Director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win the award, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing and Sound.
Avatar won the BAFTAs for Production Design and Special Visual Effects. Up took home the awards for Animated Film and Music. The Young Victoria won the Costume Design and Make Up & Hair awards.
Carey Mulligan was awarded the BAFTA for Leading Actress for An Education. The Supporting Actress BAFTA went to Mo’Nique for her role in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. Colin Firth won the Leading Actor award for A Single Man and the Supporting Actor award was presented to Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds. All four were first-time winners.
Up in the Air won the BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay. A Prophet...
Avatar won the BAFTAs for Production Design and Special Visual Effects. Up took home the awards for Animated Film and Music. The Young Victoria won the Costume Design and Make Up & Hair awards.
Carey Mulligan was awarded the BAFTA for Leading Actress for An Education. The Supporting Actress BAFTA went to Mo’Nique for her role in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. Colin Firth won the Leading Actor award for A Single Man and the Supporting Actor award was presented to Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds. All four were first-time winners.
Up in the Air won the BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay. A Prophet...
- 2/22/2010
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Honoring the best and brightest in entertainment, the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) took place in London, England on Sunday evening (February 21).
Held at the Royal Opera House, the big winner ended up being "The Hurt Locker" - which took home Best Director, Original Screenplay and Film on its way to six total awards.
Meanwhile, Carey Mulligan was named Best Actress while Colin Firth scooped up the Best Actor trophy during the evening ceremony.
Other winners included "Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart, who received the Rising Star Award while Vanessa Redgrave was presented with the Academy Fellowship.
The complete list of 2010 BAFTA winners is as follows:
Best Film
Avatar - James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education - Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Winner: The Hurt Locker - Nominees Tbc
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air - Ivan Reitman,...
Held at the Royal Opera House, the big winner ended up being "The Hurt Locker" - which took home Best Director, Original Screenplay and Film on its way to six total awards.
Meanwhile, Carey Mulligan was named Best Actress while Colin Firth scooped up the Best Actor trophy during the evening ceremony.
Other winners included "Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart, who received the Rising Star Award while Vanessa Redgrave was presented with the Academy Fellowship.
The complete list of 2010 BAFTA winners is as follows:
Best Film
Avatar - James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education - Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Winner: The Hurt Locker - Nominees Tbc
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air - Ivan Reitman,...
- 2/22/2010
- GossipCenter
Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" was the big winner at the 2010 Orange British Academy Awards. The Iraq War drama won best film, best director, best original screenplay, best cinematography, best sound and best editing.
"Avatar," nominated in eight categories, won the special visual effects and production design awards.
Colin Firth for "A Single Man" was named best actor, while Carey Mulligan received the best actress award for "An Education." Mo'Nique and Christoph Walt continued to dominated the awards season as each picked up the best supporting actress and actor awards respectively.
2009 BAFTA Awards Winners (highlighted)
Academy Fellowship
Vanessa Redgrave
Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
Joe Dunton
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air Ivan Reitman,...
"Avatar," nominated in eight categories, won the special visual effects and production design awards.
Colin Firth for "A Single Man" was named best actor, while Carey Mulligan received the best actress award for "An Education." Mo'Nique and Christoph Walt continued to dominated the awards season as each picked up the best supporting actress and actor awards respectively.
2009 BAFTA Awards Winners (highlighted)
Academy Fellowship
Vanessa Redgrave
Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
Joe Dunton
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air Ivan Reitman,...
- 2/22/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
With less than fourteen days left until the Oscars, the Orange British Film Academy Awards have made their decisions on what is the best of the best from the year past. With a list of nominations not too far off from those of the American Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker has walked away with high honors like “Best Film,” “Best Original Screenplay,” and more. Maybe this avalanche of a win will change a few predictions on how much The Hurt Locker is actually going to dominate this year’s awards.
These winners agree with a fair share of my own predictions, and also a few of my own choices. Up in the Air for “Best Adapted Screenplay”? Colin Firth over Jeff Bridges for “Best Actor”? Avatar only winning “Best Production Design” and “Best Special Effects”? Yes, please!
Check out below what very well could be cheat sheet for the Oscars,...
These winners agree with a fair share of my own predictions, and also a few of my own choices. Up in the Air for “Best Adapted Screenplay”? Colin Firth over Jeff Bridges for “Best Actor”? Avatar only winning “Best Production Design” and “Best Special Effects”? Yes, please!
Check out below what very well could be cheat sheet for the Oscars,...
- 2/22/2010
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
While two of the major acting awards went to Brits, it was an American film that took home the most awards at the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) as The Hurt Locker took home both Best Director, Original Screenplay and Film on its way to six total awards. Kathryn Bigelow's directorial win makes her the first female to win the best director prize at the BAFTAs just as she'll be the first female to win Best Director at the Oscars on March 7.
The Hurt Locker also won in Editing, Sound and Cinematography. Of the six it won for, it's nominated for an Oscar in all of them and can be argued the front-runner in all six as well.
Quoted by Mimi Turner at The Hollywood Reporter, Bigelow said, "My heart's beating so fast I can barely talk," while accepting her best director award. "I think the secret to directing is collaboration,...
The Hurt Locker also won in Editing, Sound and Cinematography. Of the six it won for, it's nominated for an Oscar in all of them and can be argued the front-runner in all six as well.
Quoted by Mimi Turner at The Hollywood Reporter, Bigelow said, "My heart's beating so fast I can barely talk," while accepting her best director award. "I think the secret to directing is collaboration,...
- 2/21/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The full list of winners at tonight's Orange British Academy Film Awards, held at London's Royal Opera House, is as follows: Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker - Winner!
Precious
Up In The Air Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank - Winner!
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson (Mugabe And The White African)
Eran Creevy (Shifty)
Stuart Hazeldine (Exam)
Duncan Jones (Moon) - Winner!
Sam Taylor-Wood (Nowhere Boy) Director
James Cameron (Avatar)
Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
Lone Scherfig (An Education)
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) - Winner!
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) Original Screenplay
Jon Lucas, Scott Moore (The Hangover)
Mark Boal (more)...
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker - Winner!
Precious
Up In The Air Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank - Winner!
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson (Mugabe And The White African)
Eran Creevy (Shifty)
Stuart Hazeldine (Exam)
Duncan Jones (Moon) - Winner!
Sam Taylor-Wood (Nowhere Boy) Director
James Cameron (Avatar)
Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
Lone Scherfig (An Education)
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) - Winner!
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) Original Screenplay
Jon Lucas, Scott Moore (The Hangover)
Mark Boal (more)...
- 2/21/2010
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Well, here we are Live at the 2010 Orange BAFTA Awards and I can’t describe what the atmosphere is like. We’re currently waiting for the awards themselves to start and while you’re getting your beverage of choice, check out the photos that I took from the red carpet which I’ll get posted here as fast as I can.
I’ve placed all the nominees below and we’ll be updating them as each winner is announced live from the awards. Each time a winner is announced, I’ll change the winner to bold and red so that you can spot them easily.
Remember, this is a completely interactive evening so please comment on what you think of the results, check out our live tweets here and discuss away as much as you can. Remember to hash-tag your tweets with #BAFTA and then they’ll be easy to...
I’ve placed all the nominees below and we’ll be updating them as each winner is announced live from the awards. Each time a winner is announced, I’ll change the winner to bold and red so that you can spot them easily.
Remember, this is a completely interactive evening so please comment on what you think of the results, check out our live tweets here and discuss away as much as you can. Remember to hash-tag your tweets with #BAFTA and then they’ll be easy to...
- 2/21/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The film Mugabe and the White African puts a heroic gloss on the colonial attitudes that endure in independent Zimbabwe
The documentary Mugabe and the White African, directed by Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson, received a four-star review in the Guardian. It is an account of Michael Campbell, one of the few white farmers left in Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe and Zanu-pf began a violent land seizure programme in 2000. It portrays the 75-year-old Campbell's struggle to resist the unlawful seizure of his Mt Carmel Farm by Nathan Shamuyarira, a senior Zanu-pf politician.
In 2008 Campbell, assisted by his son-in-law Ben Freeth, successfully challenged Mugabe before the South African Development Community international court, charging his government with human rights violations and racial discrimination. The documentary is an emotionally charged depiction of the court case, and does not spare the viewer bloody footage and violence. "It resonates internationally because it is about big issues of human rights.
The documentary Mugabe and the White African, directed by Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson, received a four-star review in the Guardian. It is an account of Michael Campbell, one of the few white farmers left in Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe and Zanu-pf began a violent land seizure programme in 2000. It portrays the 75-year-old Campbell's struggle to resist the unlawful seizure of his Mt Carmel Farm by Nathan Shamuyarira, a senior Zanu-pf politician.
In 2008 Campbell, assisted by his son-in-law Ben Freeth, successfully challenged Mugabe before the South African Development Community international court, charging his government with human rights violations and racial discrimination. The documentary is an emotionally charged depiction of the court case, and does not spare the viewer bloody footage and violence. "It resonates internationally because it is about big issues of human rights.
- 2/6/2010
- by Blessing-Miles Tendi
- The Guardian - Film News
The 2010 BAFTA nominations have been announced. The British film awards, celebrating talent both homegrown and international has become the main precursor to The Oscars.”The Hurt Locker,” “An Education” and “Avatar” leading the way with eight nods
The surprise on this year’s list is the Peter Jackson-produced and South Africa-set sci-fi film “District 9,” which secured seven nominations, one more than “Inglourious Basterds” and “Up in the Air.“
In the best actor category, nominees include Golden Globe winner Jeff Bridges (“Crazy Heart”), George Clooney (“Air”), Colin Firth ( “A Single Man”), Jeremy Renner (“Locker”) and Andy Serkis (“Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”).
The BAFTA winners will be announced in a ceremony in London at London’s Royal Opera House on February 21.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
Avatar – James Cameron, Jon Landau An Education – Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer The Hurt Locker – Nominees Tbc Precious: Based on the...
The surprise on this year’s list is the Peter Jackson-produced and South Africa-set sci-fi film “District 9,” which secured seven nominations, one more than “Inglourious Basterds” and “Up in the Air.“
In the best actor category, nominees include Golden Globe winner Jeff Bridges (“Crazy Heart”), George Clooney (“Air”), Colin Firth ( “A Single Man”), Jeremy Renner (“Locker”) and Andy Serkis (“Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”).
The BAFTA winners will be announced in a ceremony in London at London’s Royal Opera House on February 21.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
Avatar – James Cameron, Jon Landau An Education – Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer The Hurt Locker – Nominees Tbc Precious: Based on the...
- 1/26/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has narrowed down its longlist and unveiled the nominations of the 2010 BAFTA awards. "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," and "An Education" each scored eight nominations but "District 9" was close behind with seven.
"Inglourious Basterds" and "Up in the Air" both received six nominations. The awards will be revealed in London on Feb. 21.
Here's the complete list of the Orange British Academy Film Award Nominations
Film
"Avatar," James Cameron, Jon Landau
"An Education," Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
"The Hurt Locker," nominees to be confirmed
"Precious," Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
"Up in the Air," Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Director
"Avatar," James Cameron
"District 9," Neill Blomkamp
"An Education," Lone Scherfig
"The Hurt Locker," Kathryn Bigelow
"Inglourious Basterds," Quentin Tarantino
Original Screenplay
"The Hangover," Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
"The Hurt Locker," Mark Boal
"Inglourious Basterds," Quentin Tarantino
"A Serious Man," Joel Coen,...
"Inglourious Basterds" and "Up in the Air" both received six nominations. The awards will be revealed in London on Feb. 21.
Here's the complete list of the Orange British Academy Film Award Nominations
Film
"Avatar," James Cameron, Jon Landau
"An Education," Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
"The Hurt Locker," nominees to be confirmed
"Precious," Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
"Up in the Air," Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Director
"Avatar," James Cameron
"District 9," Neill Blomkamp
"An Education," Lone Scherfig
"The Hurt Locker," Kathryn Bigelow
"Inglourious Basterds," Quentin Tarantino
Original Screenplay
"The Hangover," Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
"The Hurt Locker," Mark Boal
"Inglourious Basterds," Quentin Tarantino
"A Serious Man," Joel Coen,...
- 1/22/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
An Education, Avatar, and The Hurt Locker each saw eight nods as this year’s BAFTA awards nominees were announced Thursday. District 9 came in with seven while Up In The Air and Inglourious Basterds both received six nominations.
Here’s the list of nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards:
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey The Hurt Locker Nominees Tbc Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness Up In The Air Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Outstanding British Film
An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby Fish Tank Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold In The Loop Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche Moon Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker Nowhere Boy Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh...
Here’s the list of nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards:
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey The Hurt Locker Nominees Tbc Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness Up In The Air Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Outstanding British Film
An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby Fish Tank Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold In The Loop Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche Moon Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker Nowhere Boy Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh...
- 1/21/2010
- by Michelle
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards were announced this morning, and leading with eight each are An Education, Avatar, and The Hurt Locker. The line-up looks much like what we’ve seen in earlier awards with the obvious skew towards British-born selections like Carey Mulligan, underrated comedy In the Loop, and first time director Duncan Jones.
Notable snubs include Bright Star shut out in every category but costume, Avatar missing a spot for screenplay to The Hangover, and Sam Rockwell for Moon.
Winners will be announced February 21. Here are the nominees:
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
The Hurt Locker Nominees Tbc
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Outstanding British Film
An Education Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig,...
Notable snubs include Bright Star shut out in every category but costume, Avatar missing a spot for screenplay to The Hangover, and Sam Rockwell for Moon.
Winners will be announced February 21. Here are the nominees:
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
The Hurt Locker Nominees Tbc
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Outstanding British Film
An Education Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig,...
- 1/21/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
"Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" lead the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) nominations with eight each.
Sci-Fi film "District 9" garnered seven nominations, including one for Best Director, which is something we are unlikely to see from the Academy Awards.
"District 9" may get a Best Picture nomination now that the field has been expanded to 10 films, but we would be surprised to see it get a Best Director nomination.
Update: Sandra Bullock is not eligible for "The Blind Side" because it will not be released in the U.K. until 2010. We apologize for the error.
It's nice to see Jeremy Renner nominated for "The Hurt Locker." He was not nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor, though he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award, and has everyone wondering if he'll be nominated for an Oscar.
The entire field of nominees is as follows:
Best Film
Avatar,...
Sci-Fi film "District 9" garnered seven nominations, including one for Best Director, which is something we are unlikely to see from the Academy Awards.
"District 9" may get a Best Picture nomination now that the field has been expanded to 10 films, but we would be surprised to see it get a Best Director nomination.
Update: Sandra Bullock is not eligible for "The Blind Side" because it will not be released in the U.K. until 2010. We apologize for the error.
It's nice to see Jeremy Renner nominated for "The Hurt Locker." He was not nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor, though he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award, and has everyone wondering if he'll be nominated for an Oscar.
The entire field of nominees is as follows:
Best Film
Avatar,...
- 1/21/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Robert here, with a quick take on the BAFTA Nominations announced this morning. Here are the nominees with a few comments.
Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire L
Up In The Air
Ahhh, the days of five nominees flashing back. All expected to make the Oscar final 10 (and perhaps a little helpful push for the sophisticated An Education).
Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy
Director
Avatar James Cameron
District 9 Neill Blomkamp
An Education Lone Scherfig
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
Those who believe District 9 is peaking will have much to squawk about here. It will still take much to break into what's the current expected five. Still, thank you BAFTA for throwing in a few differences here and there.
Original Screenplay
The Hangover Jon Lucas, Scott Moore...
Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire L
Up In The Air
Ahhh, the days of five nominees flashing back. All expected to make the Oscar final 10 (and perhaps a little helpful push for the sophisticated An Education).
Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy
Director
Avatar James Cameron
District 9 Neill Blomkamp
An Education Lone Scherfig
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
Those who believe District 9 is peaking will have much to squawk about here. It will still take much to break into what's the current expected five. Still, thank you BAFTA for throwing in a few differences here and there.
Original Screenplay
The Hangover Jon Lucas, Scott Moore...
- 1/21/2010
- by Robert
- FilmExperience
Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker each received eight nominations today for this year's film BAFTAs.
All three are competing for Best Film and Best Director at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, as they are formally known. The awards will be presented on February 21.
District 9 has seven nominations; Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air have six apiece; and Coco Before Chanel, Nowhere Boy, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Up each receive four nominations.
In the director category with James Cameron (Avatar), Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and Lone Scherfig (An Education) are Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds).
Moon is nominated for Outstanding British Film alongside An Education, Fish Tank, In The Loop and Nowhere Boy.
Moon director Duncan Jones gets a nod in the category for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer. The other nominees are Lucy Bailey,...
All three are competing for Best Film and Best Director at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, as they are formally known. The awards will be presented on February 21.
District 9 has seven nominations; Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air have six apiece; and Coco Before Chanel, Nowhere Boy, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and Up each receive four nominations.
In the director category with James Cameron (Avatar), Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and Lone Scherfig (An Education) are Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds).
Moon is nominated for Outstanding British Film alongside An Education, Fish Tank, In The Loop and Nowhere Boy.
Moon director Duncan Jones gets a nod in the category for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer. The other nominees are Lucy Bailey,...
- 1/21/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
The prize is supposed to reward outstanding work by a first-time British writer, director or producer. However, it's been too focused on directors
Forget such baubles as best film and best actor - the Bafta that really matters, for people who care about UK cinema, is the one for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer.
It's not part of the Oscar race, so it gets overshadowed by the hoopla around the big prizes. But it's the award that says most about the present health and future hopes of British film. Ironically, it's given in honour of an American, the Oscar-winning screenwriter Carl Foreman, who fled Hollywood's blacklist to find sanctuary in Britain.
Foreman was a defiantly independent spirit. That's reflected in a prize which celebrates the passion, the determination, the ambition and the sheer bloody-minded desperation that drives first-time film-makers. The nominees often remark that they don't feel like newcomers,...
Forget such baubles as best film and best actor - the Bafta that really matters, for people who care about UK cinema, is the one for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer.
It's not part of the Oscar race, so it gets overshadowed by the hoopla around the big prizes. But it's the award that says most about the present health and future hopes of British film. Ironically, it's given in honour of an American, the Oscar-winning screenwriter Carl Foreman, who fled Hollywood's blacklist to find sanctuary in Britain.
Foreman was a defiantly independent spirit. That's reflected in a prize which celebrates the passion, the determination, the ambition and the sheer bloody-minded desperation that drives first-time film-makers. The nominees often remark that they don't feel like newcomers,...
- 1/21/2010
- by Adam Dawtrey
- The Guardian - Film News
Nominations for the Orange British Academy Film awards, or Baftas
Best film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Up in the Air
Leading actor
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
George Clooney (Up in the Air)
Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
Andy Serkis (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll)
Leading actress
Carey Mulligan (An Education)
Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
Audrey Tautou (Coco Before Chanel)
Supporting actor
Alec Baldwin (It's Complicated)
Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles)
Alfred Molina (An Education)
Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Supporting actress
Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy)
Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
Mo'Nique (Precious)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy)
Outstanding British film
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson,...
Best film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Up in the Air
Leading actor
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
George Clooney (Up in the Air)
Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
Andy Serkis (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll)
Leading actress
Carey Mulligan (An Education)
Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
Audrey Tautou (Coco Before Chanel)
Supporting actor
Alec Baldwin (It's Complicated)
Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles)
Alfred Molina (An Education)
Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
Supporting actress
Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy)
Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
Mo'Nique (Precious)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Nowhere Boy)
Outstanding British film
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson,...
- 1/21/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Awards season has begun in earnest. Is it all self-congratulatory nonsense or is it all worthwhile? Does it, in the end, just help films sell more? People seem to love the decadence, the glitz and the glamour, but there’s a dark side to movie awards…the after-parties with all the cocaine and prostitutes (legal note: might not actually happen). Anyway, here’s this year’s full list of nominations.
Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire
Up In The Air
Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson Directors, Producers – Mugabe and the White African
Eran Creevy Writer/Director – Shifty
Stuart Hazeldine Writer/Director – Exam
Duncan Jones Director – Moon
Sam Taylor-wood Director – Nowhere Boy
Director
James Cameron...
Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire
Up In The Air
Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson Directors, Producers – Mugabe and the White African
Eran Creevy Writer/Director – Shifty
Stuart Hazeldine Writer/Director – Exam
Duncan Jones Director – Moon
Sam Taylor-wood Director – Nowhere Boy
Director
James Cameron...
- 1/21/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Check out the full list of the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards below!
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker Nominees Tbc
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Outstanding British Film
An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
Fish Tank Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
In The Loop Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
Moon Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
Nowhere Boy Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson Directors, Producers –
Mugabe and the White African
Eran Creevy Writer/Director – Shifty
Stuart Hazeldine Writer/Director – Exam
Duncan Jones Director...
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker Nominees Tbc
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Outstanding British Film
An Education Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
Fish Tank Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
In The Loop Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
Moon Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
Nowhere Boy Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh
Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson Directors, Producers –
Mugabe and the White African
Eran Creevy Writer/Director – Shifty
Stuart Hazeldine Writer/Director – Exam
Duncan Jones Director...
- 1/21/2010
- by Nathan Webster
- The Cinema Post
After the trial run that was the Golden Globes, award season is getting into full swing proper with this morning's announcement of the BAFTA award nominations. Films getting the nod include Avatar (obviously!) and some perhaps more deserving films such as The Hurt Locker and our very own An Education - which have all collected nominations in eight categories.
See below for the full list.
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
The Hurt Locker Nominees Tbc
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Outstanding British Film
An Education Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
Fish Tank Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
In The Loop Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
Moon Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones,...
See below for the full list.
Best Film
Avatar James Cameron, Jon Landau
An Education Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
The Hurt Locker Nominees Tbc
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
Up In The Air Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
Outstanding British Film
An Education Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
Fish Tank Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
In The Loop Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
Moon Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones,...
- 1/21/2010
- Screenrush
This year's BAFTA nominations have been announced today ahead of the awards on 21st February, with a few pleasant (though not undue) surprises. The Hurt Locker appears in 3 major categories - best film, best director and best actor whilst Let The Right One In, A Prophet and The White Ribbon are all up for best film not in the English language. Perhaps most striking this year is the predominance of action movies in the main categories with Bigelow, Blomkamp, Cameron and Tarantino all up for best director. Notably absent from the major nominations is John Hillcoat's apocalyptic drama The Road, appearing only in the best cinematography category despite mostly glowing reviews. Less surprising is the love for An Education with 8 nominations including director, film and outstanding British film.
The full list of nominations is below.
Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Up in the Air
Outstanding...
The full list of nominations is below.
Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Up in the Air
Outstanding...
- 1/21/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Photo: Orange British Academy Film Awards Today the nominations for the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced and Avatar, An Education and The Hurt Locker lead the way with eight nominations each followed closely by District 9 with seven and Inglourious Basterds and Up In the Air each pulling in six each. The only film not amongst the nomination leaders that was nominated for Best Film is Lionsgate's Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, which did manage four nominations.
Looking over the nominations there are a few that stand out as breaking from the norm, such as Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and Lone Scherfig (An Education) both getting directorial nominations alongside James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow and Quentin Tarantino. Both District 9 and An Education have enjoyed plenty of love during the awards season, but this is a nice bonus that both Blomkamp and Scherfig should be proud of.
Looking over the nominations there are a few that stand out as breaking from the norm, such as Neill Blomkamp (District 9) and Lone Scherfig (An Education) both getting directorial nominations alongside James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow and Quentin Tarantino. Both District 9 and An Education have enjoyed plenty of love during the awards season, but this is a nice bonus that both Blomkamp and Scherfig should be proud of.
- 1/21/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
2009 was an amazing year for British film. The BAFTA longlist has James Cameron’s Avatar and Jason Reitman’s Up In The Air go up against Tarantino’s glorious Basterds and our pick of the year, Duncan Jones’ sublime Moon, we also have A Single Man and An Education showcasing a wealth of talent.
In The Loop is picking up screenwriting awards and Carey Mulligan’s disappointment at the Golden Globes earlier this week may be short lived. Will Avatar leaves will a handful of golden faces to go with its solar system of globes? That so many great films are being placed under a BAFTA shaped spotlight is a testament to the variety and capability of the actors, directors and crews working today.
The BAFTA shortlist is a clear indication that there is much to celebrate in the industry and while the winners may divide critics and audiences when...
In The Loop is picking up screenwriting awards and Carey Mulligan’s disappointment at the Golden Globes earlier this week may be short lived. Will Avatar leaves will a handful of golden faces to go with its solar system of globes? That so many great films are being placed under a BAFTA shaped spotlight is a testament to the variety and capability of the actors, directors and crews working today.
The BAFTA shortlist is a clear indication that there is much to celebrate in the industry and while the winners may divide critics and audiences when...
- 1/21/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Three films get eight nominations each in shortlists for 2010 British Academy Film Awards
They could not be more different films. But the mind-boggling special effects extravaganza Avatar, the low-key British drama An Education and the gritty Iraq movie The Hurt Locker lead the way in the Bafta shortlists released today.
All three films received eight nominations for awards which will be presented in a month's time at the Royal Opera House. After that, the most nominations – seven – went to the South African sci-fi film District 9, with Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air receiving six each.
The BBC film An Education, Nick Hornby's adaptation of the journalist Lynn Barber's memoir of how, as a teenager, she was seduced by a well-off predatory scoundrel, is nominated in both the best film and best British film categories. Its star, Carey Mulligan, is up for best actress and Alfred Molina,...
They could not be more different films. But the mind-boggling special effects extravaganza Avatar, the low-key British drama An Education and the gritty Iraq movie The Hurt Locker lead the way in the Bafta shortlists released today.
All three films received eight nominations for awards which will be presented in a month's time at the Royal Opera House. After that, the most nominations – seven – went to the South African sci-fi film District 9, with Inglourious Basterds and Up in the Air receiving six each.
The BBC film An Education, Nick Hornby's adaptation of the journalist Lynn Barber's memoir of how, as a teenager, she was seduced by a well-off predatory scoundrel, is nominated in both the best film and best British film categories. Its star, Carey Mulligan, is up for best actress and Alfred Molina,...
- 1/21/2010
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
Digital Spy presents the full list of nominees for the 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards, to be held on Sunday, February 21 at London's Royal Opera House. Best Film
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Up In The Air Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson (Mugabe And The White African)
Eran Creevy (Shifty)
Stuart Hazeldine (Exam)
Duncan Jones (Moon)
Sam Taylor-Wood (Nowhere Boy) Director
James Cameron (Avatar)
Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
Lone Scherfig (An Education)
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) Original Screenplay
Jon Lucas, Scott Moore (The Hangover)
Mark Boal (The Hurt (more)...
Avatar
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Up In The Air Outstanding British Film
An Education
Fish Tank
In The Loop
Moon
Nowhere Boy Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock, David Pearson (Mugabe And The White African)
Eran Creevy (Shifty)
Stuart Hazeldine (Exam)
Duncan Jones (Moon)
Sam Taylor-Wood (Nowhere Boy) Director
James Cameron (Avatar)
Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
Lone Scherfig (An Education)
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) Original Screenplay
Jon Lucas, Scott Moore (The Hangover)
Mark Boal (The Hurt (more)...
- 1/21/2010
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? Mugabe and The White African Trailer I’ve heard of this. Only in passing, on NPR, a stray news story in the paper I can't specify,...
- 1/15/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
The film tackles an interesting question: when Goliath gets sued, how does David pay for his lawyers?
Last week, Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson's superb documentary Mugabe and the White African appeared, about an elderly white Zimbabwean farmer's battle with the racist bullying of the Mugabe government.
Here is another piece of factual cinema, from seasoned American documentarist Joe Berlinger, but with a more conventional liberal bogeyman: a big oil corporation. It does, however, tackle an interesting question neglected by Bailey and Thompson in their Mugabe documentary: namely, when Goliath gets sued, how does David pay for his lawyers?
This is the story of a class-action lawsuit taken out against Chevron, by the Ecuadorians living in the Amazon rainforest. Their case is that, in drilling there for oil in the 1970s, Chevron's former incarnation, Texaco, presided over horrific continuous oil spills poisoning a vast area. When Ecuador's state oil...
Last week, Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson's superb documentary Mugabe and the White African appeared, about an elderly white Zimbabwean farmer's battle with the racist bullying of the Mugabe government.
Here is another piece of factual cinema, from seasoned American documentarist Joe Berlinger, but with a more conventional liberal bogeyman: a big oil corporation. It does, however, tackle an interesting question neglected by Bailey and Thompson in their Mugabe documentary: namely, when Goliath gets sued, how does David pay for his lawyers?
This is the story of a class-action lawsuit taken out against Chevron, by the Ecuadorians living in the Amazon rainforest. Their case is that, in drilling there for oil in the 1970s, Chevron's former incarnation, Texaco, presided over horrific continuous oil spills poisoning a vast area. When Ecuador's state oil...
- 1/14/2010
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
With a little help from Sherlock Holmes, Avatar is sustaining the UK box office through a weak January that's seen especially disappointing receipts for Sam Taylor-Wood's John Lennon biopic
The winner
While the chatter about Avatar's box office sales is now all about whether it can beat Titanic's $1.8bn (£1.1bn) to become the world's biggest ever box office hit, the sci-fi spectacle still has a few more obstacles in its path in the UK. In the first place, although it leapfrogged Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Up over the last seven days, it still needs to gross another £9m just to become the biggest-grossing release of 2009 (currently Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), never mind of all time. In fact, clearing that £50m hurdle won't even earn it a place in the all-time UK top 10.
Looked at another way, however, Avatar continues to do spectacular business:...
The winner
While the chatter about Avatar's box office sales is now all about whether it can beat Titanic's $1.8bn (£1.1bn) to become the world's biggest ever box office hit, the sci-fi spectacle still has a few more obstacles in its path in the UK. In the first place, although it leapfrogged Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Up over the last seven days, it still needs to gross another £9m just to become the biggest-grossing release of 2009 (currently Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), never mind of all time. In fact, clearing that £50m hurdle won't even earn it a place in the all-time UK top 10.
Looked at another way, however, Avatar continues to do spectacular business:...
- 1/12/2010
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
Film Weekly gets 2010 off to a blistering start with actor Andy Serkis, who has gone from playing Gollum and King Kong to inhabiting the skin and withered limb of the late Ian Dury in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Serkis tells Jason Solomons about channelling the spit and fury of the uncompromising late 70s jazz-punk warrior, and how bringing Dury to life on the big screen forced him to dig deep into his skills as an artist, actor and musician. Serkis also discusses his return to playing Gollum in The Hobbit and why motion-capture technology will never put actors out of work.
The hard-hitting documentary Mugabe and The White African – about a white Zimbabwean farmer's attempt to take his country's president to the international court over his brutal land-reform programme – took the top prize at the recent British Independent Film awards and is released in the UK this week. Co-director Andrew Thompson...
The hard-hitting documentary Mugabe and The White African – about a white Zimbabwean farmer's attempt to take his country's president to the international court over his brutal land-reform programme – took the top prize at the recent British Independent Film awards and is released in the UK this week. Co-director Andrew Thompson...
- 1/11/2010
- by Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps, Observer
- The Guardian - Film News
The Road (15)
(John Hillcoat, 2009, Us) Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall. 113 mins
Looking for something cheery and sunny to usher those winter blues away? Well this sure as hell ain't it. In fact, "hell" is a pretty good description for this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalypse bleakfest. Hell frozen over, through which Mortensen and son are condemned to wander, cold and hungry, as some of the few survivors of an unnamed global catastrophe – the rest are mostly marauding gangs or pathetic vagrants. Somehow, though, the effect is less devastating on screen than it was on the page. It's difficult to do justice to McCarthy's prose, and one post-apocalyptic movie landscape looks much like another. Still, it's a sustained exercise in panoramic grimness, and we don't need it to be too devastating, do we?
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (15)
(Mat Whitecross, 2010, UK) Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris. 115 mins
An Ian Dury biopic...
(John Hillcoat, 2009, Us) Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall. 113 mins
Looking for something cheery and sunny to usher those winter blues away? Well this sure as hell ain't it. In fact, "hell" is a pretty good description for this adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalypse bleakfest. Hell frozen over, through which Mortensen and son are condemned to wander, cold and hungry, as some of the few survivors of an unnamed global catastrophe – the rest are mostly marauding gangs or pathetic vagrants. Somehow, though, the effect is less devastating on screen than it was on the page. It's difficult to do justice to McCarthy's prose, and one post-apocalyptic movie landscape looks much like another. Still, it's a sustained exercise in panoramic grimness, and we don't need it to be too devastating, do we?
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (15)
(Mat Whitecross, 2010, UK) Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris. 115 mins
An Ian Dury biopic...
- 1/9/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Spread (18)
(David Mackenzie, 2009, Us) Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva. 97 mins
Rising Scottish director Mackenzie (Young Adam, Hallam Foe) goes stateside, and like many before him, focuses on the soulless superficiality of the Los Angeles lifestyle. Some might say Kutcher playing an ambitious himbo who targets older women was hardly a stretch, but he proves he can actually act here, as he demonstrates his calculated seduction technique by hooking up with Anne Heche and installing himself in her luxurious apartment. But then he meets his match (Levieva), and might just be falling in love, which is where the story starts to come apart a little, ultimately being neither sufficiently deep nor superficial. Still, it's a stylish, contemporary satire with a few surprises up its sleeve – or should that be down its pants?
Did You Hear About The Morgans? (PG)
(Marc Lawrence, 2009, Us) Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, Sam Elliott. 104 mins...
(David Mackenzie, 2009, Us) Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva. 97 mins
Rising Scottish director Mackenzie (Young Adam, Hallam Foe) goes stateside, and like many before him, focuses on the soulless superficiality of the Los Angeles lifestyle. Some might say Kutcher playing an ambitious himbo who targets older women was hardly a stretch, but he proves he can actually act here, as he demonstrates his calculated seduction technique by hooking up with Anne Heche and installing himself in her luxurious apartment. But then he meets his match (Levieva), and might just be falling in love, which is where the story starts to come apart a little, ultimately being neither sufficiently deep nor superficial. Still, it's a stylish, contemporary satire with a few surprises up its sleeve – or should that be down its pants?
Did You Hear About The Morgans? (PG)
(Marc Lawrence, 2009, Us) Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, Sam Elliott. 104 mins...
- 1/2/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
A few days back John made the rather excellent list of 15 films that are sure to get audience’s pulses racing with anticipation for next year. Yet away from the marketing hype, pre-release publicity and away from the A-List names there are a slew of movies that, whilst not overly commercially minded, look like they may just be delightful. Some might be sleeper hits, some might not. Either way here is a list of 15 films, five each from the U.S., Asia and Europe, you may not have heard of to look out for next year:
The United States
The Fighter
Perhaps tainted by Christian Bale’s lost lustre or director David O. Russell’s reputation, The Fighter is receiving much less attention than I initially envisioned. Mark Wahlberg is to star in the lead role of professional boxer “Irish” Micky Ward with Bale as his half brother. The Fighter...
The United States
The Fighter
Perhaps tainted by Christian Bale’s lost lustre or director David O. Russell’s reputation, The Fighter is receiving much less attention than I initially envisioned. Mark Wahlberg is to star in the lead role of professional boxer “Irish” Micky Ward with Bale as his half brother. The Fighter...
- 12/29/2009
- by kcasey
- ReelLoop.com
A few days back John made the rather excellent list of 15 films that are sure to get audience’s pulses racing with anticipation for next year. Yet away from the marketing hype, pre-release publicity and away from the A-List names there are a slew of movies that, whilst not overly commercially minded, look like they may just be delightful. Some might be sleeper hits, some might not. Either way here is a list of 15 films, five each from the U.S., Asia and Europe, you may not have heard of to look out for next year:
The United States
The Fighter
Perhaps tainted by Christian Bale’s lost lustre or director David O. Russell’s reputation, The Fighter is receiving much less attention than I initially envisioned. Mark Wahlberg is to star in the lead role of professional boxer “Irish” Micky Ward with Bale as his half brother. The Fighter...
The United States
The Fighter
Perhaps tainted by Christian Bale’s lost lustre or director David O. Russell’s reputation, The Fighter is receiving much less attention than I initially envisioned. Mark Wahlberg is to star in the lead role of professional boxer “Irish” Micky Ward with Bale as his half brother. The Fighter...
- 12/29/2009
- by Kieron Casey
- ReelLoop.com
While I've yet to see the doc myself (I reference Claire Denis' White Material when I think of what the film might hold narratively), when the Cinema Eye Honor Noms were released I was surprised to see that, despite the positive buzz, Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson's Mugabe and the White African only manage to grab one nomination. Clearly the film is a favorite for the 2009 edition of the Ida Awards - it picked up three nominations in the Feature Documentary, ABCNews VideoSource Award an the Pare Lorentz Award categories. - While I've yet to see the doc myself (I reference Claire Denis' White Material when I think of what the film might hold narratively), when the Cinema Eye Honor Noms were released I was surprised to see that, despite the positive buzz, Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson's Mugabe and the White African only manage to grab one nomination.
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
I'm glad that the organization, (now in year three I believe?) has a set in stone manner in which to evaluate the best of the best in doc films, something in which the Oscars have proved to be inadequate in acknowledging. - Having never asked any filmmaker the question of how the Cinema Eye Honors are perceived within the documentary filmmaker community, I'd be willing to bet that its quickly become a welcomed, annual celebration of the form. I'm glad that the organization, (now in year three I believe?) has a set in stone manner in which to evaluate the best of the best in doc films, something in which the Oscars have proved to be inadequate in acknowledging. The cut-off point appears to be before this year's Tiff, which means a doc like Chris Smith's Collapse, which only receives its theatrical release in November, won't make the cut until next year,...
- 12/13/2009
- by Ioncinema.com Staff
- IONCINEMA.com
Over the next few weeks, about a million tiny critics organizations will shout "Best!" The British Independent Film Awards have announced, following the Gothams and Nbr across the pond. It's well underway. It shan't stop any time soon.
British Independent Film Moon
Director Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank
Debut Director Duncan Jones, Moon
Screenplay In the Loop
British Short Love You More
Best Foreign Film Let the Right One InBig night for Duncan Jones's Moon. David Bowie's son sure built up a lot of goodwill with this first feature. That follow up is going to be tricky, though. How to live up to those expectations?
Actress Carey Mulligan, An Education
Actor Tom Hardy, Bronson
Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
Supporting Actor John Henshaw, Looking for Eric
Most Promising Newcomer Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank
Only one of these is going on to Oscar citations for various reasons -- sometimes as simple...
British Independent Film Moon
Director Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank
Debut Director Duncan Jones, Moon
Screenplay In the Loop
British Short Love You More
Best Foreign Film Let the Right One InBig night for Duncan Jones's Moon. David Bowie's son sure built up a lot of goodwill with this first feature. That follow up is going to be tricky, though. How to live up to those expectations?
Actress Carey Mulligan, An Education
Actor Tom Hardy, Bronson
Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
Supporting Actor John Henshaw, Looking for Eric
Most Promising Newcomer Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank
Only one of these is going on to Oscar citations for various reasons -- sometimes as simple...
- 12/8/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Here are the gongs they didn't give out on the night
In France, the Césars honour the best of French cinema; in Spain, the Goyas do so for their Spanish counterpart; and in Germany, the Lolas do likewise for German films. In the UK, we do things differently: the Baftas celebrate achievements in film regardless of national origin, making them uncomfortably similar to, and highly predictive of, the Oscars.
Which is all very well, unless you are British film-maker or actor who would, quite frankly, enjoy your moment in the spotlight once in while. Hence last night's British independent film awards, which have emerged over their 12 years of existence as the premier event celebrating British film.
The organisers of the Bifas would probably acknowledge that their awards are only as good as the British movies produced in any given year. Ever so slightly embarrassing, in other words, when a picture...
In France, the Césars honour the best of French cinema; in Spain, the Goyas do so for their Spanish counterpart; and in Germany, the Lolas do likewise for German films. In the UK, we do things differently: the Baftas celebrate achievements in film regardless of national origin, making them uncomfortably similar to, and highly predictive of, the Oscars.
Which is all very well, unless you are British film-maker or actor who would, quite frankly, enjoy your moment in the spotlight once in while. Hence last night's British independent film awards, which have emerged over their 12 years of existence as the premier event celebrating British film.
The organisers of the Bifas would probably acknowledge that their awards are only as good as the British movies produced in any given year. Ever so slightly embarrassing, in other words, when a picture...
- 12/7/2009
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
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