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Talk about medals of honor.
Kathryn Bigelow 's Iraq war action-thriller, The Hurt Locker , has just banked a couple more big prizes in the run up to its inevitable Academy Award nomination, scoring top honors from the Chicago Film Critics Association and at the Satellite Awards.
Hurt has also been named the year's top film by the New York Film Critics Circle , the Boston Society of Film Critics , the Los Angeles Film Critics , the San Francisco... Read Full Story
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Beantown got swept, all right—but it wasn't by the Yankees.
A day after taking top honors with the Los Angeles Film Critics, Kathryn Bigelow 's Iraq-set action drama The Hurt Locker led the best-of list from the Boston Society of Film Critics, with an unprecedented five awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for star Jeremy Renner .
While The Hurt Locker has suddenly become a major player in the run-up to Oscar nominations... Read Full Story
Posted on December 15, 2009
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! The New York Film Critics Circle has unveiled the top picks in 2009. Here they are:
BEST FILM
The Hurt Locker
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
BEST SCREENPLAY
In the Loop
BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney, Up in the Air and Fantastic Mr. Fox
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious
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Posted on December 15, 2009
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! Here are this year’s top picks from the Los Angeles Film Critics:
BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Runner-up
Up in the Air
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Runner-up
Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Runner-up
Colin Firth, A Single Man
BEST ACTRESS
Yolande Moreau, Séraphine
Runner-up
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The Hurt Locker hasn't made a bajillion bucks. It doesn't star George Clooney . It's about a war that nobody wants to see at the movies. Basically, it's got one thing going for it: It doesn't lose.
The Iraq-set action drama was named Best Picture, again, this time by the Los Angeles Film Critics. Kathryn Bigelow notched the Best Director win on the same day her movie was tapped an American Film Institute award-winner.
TV talker Mo'Nique won Best... Read Full Story
Film News: Bigelow's war pic wins all of its nominations -- Chalk up another one for Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" - the helmer's tense Iraq war actioner swept the Chicago Film Critics' Association awards, announced Monday morning.
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Award Central: Director Bigelow among pic's prizes -- "The Hurt Locker" added three more prizes to its war chest Saturday when the Houston Film Critics Society saluted helmer Kathryn Bigelow's intense drama.
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The IFP Gotham Awards will be held on November 30th at Cipriani in New York City. The 19th annual awards ceremony celebrates the best of Independent film and will present special awards to Natalie Portman, Kathryn Bigelow and Stanley Tucci. Here is an overview of the nominees and jurors . Congrats to everyone!!!
Gotham Independent Film Awards – 2009
The Independent Filmmaker Project has announced the line-up of jurors determining the recipients of the 19th Annual Gotham Independent... Read Full Story
Time will tell if this is the first major hurdle for The Hurt Locker to overcome on the way to what
would be a major (industry) upset at the Academy Awards, but Kathryn Bigelow 's gritty and fantastic Iraq War movie picked up the
equivalent to Best Picture at The Gotham Awards , winning Best Feature in a ceremony last night.
The Hurt Locker , which only grossed $12 million in the US since its release mid-year is nevertheless one of the year's best reviewed movies and will very likely... Read Full Story
From her breakthrough with Near Dark, a contemporary vampire movie featuring undead who roam the West in a van, Kathryn Bigelow has broken new ground for female movie directors.
Simply following her instincts for atmosphere and suspense, she’s become a specialist in fable and adventure. Even skeptics acknowledge her knack for splashy action-film iconography in movies like Point Break , which turned Keanu Reeves into a Gen-X version of the strong, silent type and showcased Patrick... Read Full Story
