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Film Weekly's top 10 movies of 2009
6 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
In this special edition of Film Weekly, Jason Solomons and Xan Brooks sum up 2009 by counting down their respective top 10s of the year's best movies. There's also a competition for loyal listeners – up for grabs is a Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee prize pack, with a mug, DVD and poster signed by director Shane Meadows. Just listen to the montage of four directors who have featured in In the Director's Chair, identify them and email your answers to film.weekly@guardian.co.uk by 5 January 2010.
Looking back over the year, both critics agree that 2009 was a great year for small films that said big things, while Hollywood enjoyed huge commercial success but appeared to have nothing to say. The long-awaited release of Avatar signalled a change in format, yet did not change the way we see the world.
And then it's down to the main order of business: Jason and Xan's »
- Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Observer
Top 10 Best Films of 2009! Did Your Favorite Movie Appear On My List?
12 hours ago | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
From big blockbusters to small independent films, they all earned a slot in my Top 10 Best Films of 2009 list. My requirements are simple . did the film entertain? Provoke? Cajole? Will I remember the movie years from now? I.m happy to report that the films that entertained, provoked, and cajoled me can all be found on my list. And yes, I.ll remember these movies for years to come.
Here.s my list of the Top 10 Best Movies of 2009, from No. 10 to the best of the best! And there's also a fun Top 10 video made just for you!
10. .A Serious Man. . The Coen brothers play gods to Michael Stuhlbarg.s hapless character named Larry Gopnik in this gleaming dark comedy. The film is a meditative study on religion, family, and individuality. I adore the narrative style of the Coen brothers where they put the protagonist in incredible situations (.Fargo.), see »
- Manny
Experts predict Kathryn Bigelow could be first female director to win at Oscars
23 December 2009 3:28 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Four of these Oscar pundits -- Brad Brevet (Rope of Silicon), Erik Davis (Cinematical), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily) and Jeff Wells (Hollywood Elsewhere) -- predict Kathryn Bigelow will become the first female director to take home an Oscar for her helming of "The Hurt Locker." However, Richard Rushfield (Gawker) thinks Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air") will win while I maintain Quentin Tarantino will prevail for directing best picture winner "Inglourious Basterds." See experts' predictions of the best actor race here, best actress race here, best supporting actor here, best supporting actress here and best picture here. Contenders are ranked according to their likelihood of winning. Director Brevet Davis O'Neil Rushfield Stone Wells Kathryn Bigelow, »
- tomoneil
Inglourious Basterds, George Clooney, Meryl Streep Win in Phoenix
23 December 2009 11:32 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino’s violent World War II fantasy, was the Phoenix Film Critics Society’s best picture of 2009. (See full list below.) Tarantino was chosen best director, while the film’s cast, which includes Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, and Christoph Waltz, was cited as the year’s best ensemble cast. Although Inglourious Basterds has been mentioned before as best picture of the year (e.g., Toronto, tied with Steve McQueen’s Hunger), that particular category has been dominated by Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker and Jason Reitman’s socially conscious dramatic comedy Up in the Air. More predictable were the acting winners: George Clooney for Up in the Air, [...] »
- Anna Robinson
Hurt Locker Claims More Prizes At Satellite Awards
23 December 2009 11:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The Hurt Locker has dominated the 14th annual Satellite Awards, scooping four prizes including top honours for director Kathryn Bigelow.
The war movie was named best drama, while Jeremy Renner earned the Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama accolade.
Star-studded musical Nine, which garnered 11 nominations, only managed to triumph in two categories - best musical and best cinematography.
Meanwhile, Meryl Streep claimed the title for best actress in a comedy or musical for her role in Julie & Julia, and Christoph Waltz and Mo'Nique were named best supporting actor and actress for their roles in Inglourious Basterds and Precious: Based On The Novel Push by Sapphire, respectively.
The best drama actress award was won by Shohreh Aghdashloo for The Stoning of Soraya M., and Michael Stuhlbarg landed the best actor in a comedy or musical for A Serious Man.
In the TV categories, hit musical series Glee scored four wins: best TV series (comedy or musical), best supporting actress for Jane Lynch, best actor (comedy or musical) accolades for Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele in their respective categories.
Drew Barrymore won acclaim as best actress in a miniseries or small screen movie for her role in Grey Gardens, while the film also claimed the Motion Picture Made for Television prize, and Glenn Close was honoured as best actress in a drama series for her performance in Damages.
The awards, selected by the International Press Academy, took place in Los Angeles on Sunday. »
The Hurt Locker, George Clooney, Meryl Streep Win in Oklahoma
23 December 2009 10:39 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) The Hurt Locker has won another critics’ award for best picture, this time from the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (full list below). The Iraq War drama’s director, Kathryn Bigelow, received top honors as well, though screenwriter Mark Boal was once again bypassed by somebody else: Scott Neustadtler and Michael H. Weber’s (500) Days of Summer won the best original screenplay award, while Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner won for their Up in the Air adaptation. There were few surprises among winners, unless you count another Mo’Nique (for Precious), Christoph Waltz (for Inglourious Basterds), George Clooney (for Up in the Air), or (to a lesser extent) Meryl Streep (for [...] »
- Anna Robinson
Boos! & Whoop-doos!: 12 Months of Toilet Plunkers and Dumpster Diamonds!
23 December 2009 9:55 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The End of 2009? Whoop-doo! This year has been one hellatious shit storm from the get-go. Pregnant ladies and babies, The Great Depression Part II, pig flu, more than a handful of horrible shootings, a balloon boy, Tiger's indiscretions, and our first black president. Not to mention more dead celebrities than I can shake a stick at. Every time I turned around, some other atrocious calamity was happening right before my eyes. Making 2009 one of the most interesting years of this entire decade. According to Michael Ruppert in his film Collapse its only going to get worse before it gets better. Yes, the Teens are going to see more than half of your friends and family dead. Take account of the folks around you. By the time 2020 rears its ugly head, most of these people will be gone. Turned to dust and painful memories. My advice to you this coming New Year? »
An Education, A Prophet the Toast of the London Critics Circle
23 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
The London Critics' Circle has released its nominees for their U.K.-centric awards, and An Education led the pack with seven -- including British Film of the Year, and nods for Carey Mulligan in both the actress and British actress categories. A Prophet took five, including actor, screenwriter, foreign language film and directing honors. Its director Jacques Audiard will face down Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron, Michael Haneke and Jason Reitman in that category. Quentin Tarantino will be awarded the Dilys Powell award for excellence in cinema.
The full list of nominees is after the jump. »
2010 Oscar Predictions: For Best Picture Nominees
23 December 2009 8:50 AM, PST | Gossipvita | See recent Gossipvita news »
The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony may be one of the longest with 10 best picture nominees. It is more tough now to guess the contenders for Best Picture Nominations. The predictions will really be interesting this time ! We have sorted out ten movies as the contenders for Best Picture Nominees of 82nd Academy Awards. Our Predictions for 2010 Oscar Best Picture Nominees are:
Avatar
Avatar is centered around the themes of imperialism and biodiversity. The movie had been in development since 1994 by Cameron, who wrote a 114-page scriptment for the film. Cameron explained that the delay in producing the film since the 1990s had been to wait until the technology necessary to create his project was advanced enough. The film received generally positive reviews from film critics.
Nine The screenplay of this musical-romantic film is based on Arthur Kopit's book for the 1982 Tony Award-winning musical of the same name. The star-studded cast includes Daniel Day-Lewis, »
- Alice
Oscar Update: 'Hurt Locker' and Streep Rise in the Latest Predictions
23 December 2009 3:13 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Well folks, the year is winding down, we are knee deep in the holiday season and I'm looking forward to taking it easy for a few days, but not before I deliver one more update to my Oscar predictions.
For those of you that keep an eye on my "The Contenders" section you probably already noticed I updated all six of the categories on December 18, so much of what I am about to cover you already know, but I made a couple of changes since then. A couple of changes, in fact, resulted in two new front-runners. I am sure many of you already know what one of them is (if not both), so let's get to that one first...
Best Actress (get the full chart here)
Yup, I can't ignore it any longer. Meryl Streep has moved into the top spot, dashing An Education breakout star Carey Mulligan's »
- Brad Brevet
More Top 10s: Film Comment, Village Voice, Cahiers du Cinéma
23 December 2009 1:02 AM, PST | AwardsDaily.com | See recent AwardsDaily news »
Thanks to cdmc, via forum posters Cédric and Cricket. Film Comment Top 10: The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow, U.S. The Headless Woman – Lucrecia Martel, Argentina/Spain/France/Italy Summer Hours – Olivier Assayas, »
- Ryan Adams
The Messenger Review
23 December 2009 12:12 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
The Messenger Review Directed by: Oren Moverman Written by: Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Steve Buscemi After a few years of movies about the war in Iraq that were both commercial and critical failures, it seems that American filmmakers are finally learning to tackle the subject without trying so hard to make a statement. Most notably, Kathryn Bigelow's action thriller The Hurt Locker has been hailed by many as one of the best films of the year, and is currently riding a huge wave of Oscar buzz. On the other side of the spectrum, we have Oren Moverman's quiet yet powerful indie drama The Messenger (not to be confused with Luc Besson's Joan of Arc biopic of the same name). The tale is a simple one with no immediate hook. Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) is a soldier who »
- Sean
Detroit, Chicago, Utah, Etcetera
22 December 2009 4:45 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
In past years I have sort of enjoyed the slow trickle of critics organization announcements, but this year they all gushed through journalism's infrastructure so quickly I lost track immediately in the deluge. I'm also slightly suspicious that nobody cares this year (or am I projecting?) since it's about the fifth year in a row with a large degree of consensus. Some years consensus makes a great deal of sense. Others, not so much. Since this happens every year now, I think it's a sure sign that all we ever needed was a few big groups. I'm still a bit perplexed why all of these little groups don't merge to become something more awesomely super-sized.
But in case you do care (and because I have a photoshop problem) here's a few more chosen because these are cities or states where I've actually lived or visited frequently.
Chicago Film Critics
Picture »
- NATHANIEL R
Tilda Swinton Best Performer of 2009 – indieWIRE Poll
22 December 2009 12:48 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) Summer Hours Best Film of 2009 – indieWIRE Poll Top choices in the indieWIRE annual poll’s other categories include Kathryn Bigelow as best director, the Coen brothers‘ A Serious Man screenplay, Tilda Swinton as best performer in a leading role for Erick Zonca’s Julia and, unsurprisingly, Christoph Waltz as best performer in a supporting role for his evil Nazi in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Mo’Nique was a distant second for her mean mom in Precious. Sacha Gervasi’s rockumentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil, about a Canadian heavy metal band that doesn’t quite make it to the top, was voted the best documentary of 2009. Agnès Varda’s autobiographical The Beaches [...] »
- Anna Robinson
The Best Films of 2009
22 December 2009 11:57 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
Matt Singer: We entered 2009 with a new president who promised to bring our country hope. But looking back at the year in film, I don't see a lot of hope; I see a lot of grief and despair. Oh sure, the box office charts were dominated by your now-typical assortment of franchises, spin-offs, reboots and sequels -- a major cause of grief and despair for some -- but you also had enough apocalypse movies to fill a book on Biblical prophecy. Even some of the obligatory superheroes got dark: the world (spoiler alert!) doesn't end in "Watchmen," but it comes awfully close.
There was an air of doom in certain quarters of the film industry this year too, as the effects of the bad economy rippled through everything from festival attendance to the shriveling ranks of working film critics. Examining my own list of the year's best, I find that »
- Alison Willmore
The 2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Winners
22 December 2009 7:59 AM, PST | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »
Dec 22, 2009
The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow’s incendiary action drama following the lives of the members of a bomb disposal unit stationed in Iraq, was the big winner with the Chicago Film Critics Association in their voting for their 2009 awards. The film swept all five awards that it was nominated for, taking home prizes for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (for Mark Boal), Best Actor (Jeremy Renner) and Best Cinematography (Barry Ackroyd). Among the other multiple winners, the Pixar animated smash Up won for Best Animated Feature ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com »
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Movies of 2009
22 December 2009 7:36 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or… the craziest for some, but it’s a time of year when many are giving and receiving gifts of some kind. So, the Movie Geeks want to give you something as well… the best movies of the year, surprise! 2009 was an interesting year for movies, producing incredible movies from various genres. We saw many great films ranging from drama to comedy, sci-fi to animation, old school to new technology. There was something for everyone. We’ve tossed and turned and toiled, even lost some sleep to give you the perfect list of movies we feel are the Top Ten Best Movies of 2009.
10. The Hurt Locker
As much as you will hear about Jeremy Renner’s performance, which is a great performance, to me this is a film that really shines the spotlight on the film’s director, Kathryn Bigelow. A »
- Movie Geeks
The Hurt Locker Locks Up Chicago Critics, Satellite Awards
22 December 2009 7:31 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
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 Film Critics, the Las Vegas Film Critics and the Gotham Independent Awards. It was also nominated for the Golden Globes and SAG Awards and made the AFI's list of the year's Top 10 flicks. Among its other Chicago accolades, The Hurt Locker won for Best »
Hurt Locks Up Chicago Critics, Satellite Awards
22 December 2009 7:31 AM, PST | E! Online - UK | See recent E! Online - UK news »
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 Film Critics, the Las Vegas Film Critics and the Gotham Independent Awards. It also was nominated for the Golden Globes and SAG Awards and made the AFI's list of the year's Top 10 flicks. Among its other Chicago accolades, Hurt Locker won for Best »
The Hurt Locker Locks Up Chicago Critics, Satellite Awards
22 December 2009 7:31 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
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 Film Critics, the Las Vegas Film Critics and the Gotham Independent Awards. It was also nominated for the Golden Globes and SAG Awards and made the AFI's list of the year's Top 10 flicks. Among its other Chicago accolades, The Hurt Locker won for Best »
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