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Best films of the noughties No 5: The White Ribbon
2 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Michael Haneke's unforgettable 2009 Palme d'Or winner is exact in its composition, yet allows for gentleness and humour
As the decade progressed, the reputation of this German-born Austrian director increased almost exponentially. His movies were difficult, extreme, painful and confrontational; yet a box-office smash with his surveillance nightmare Hidden took him out of the arthouse ghetto and in 2009 he won the Cannes Palme d'Or for this period movie made in black-and-white.
Set in a remote Protestant village of northern Germany in 1913, the film is about an outwardly placid rural community which is in fact repressive and plagued with anonymous acts of retaliatory malice and spite. The authorities clamp down further, and so the cycle goes on. There is no clear solution to the puzzle of who is carrying out these acts. The mystery simply deepens. But it is clear that the village children hold the key. We are witnessing the »
- Peter Bradshaw
Running Late
4 hours ago | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
As we wind down to year's end, we find Michael Haneke's Cannes conqueror fashionably late to the party, while Paramount waited three years to release the Renée Zellweger horror flick "Case 39" and a mere half-century later, audiences will finally see the fruits of an unproduced Tennessee Williams screenplay. Throw in a pair of modern Korean films and you've got yourself an exciting way to start the new year.
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"Case 39"
We can only hope it's no reflection of quality that this latest volley from the creepy-kid subgenre sat on the shelf for so long that its director, Christian Alvart, had another project (daffy sci-fi chiller "Pandorum") wrapped, released and mostly ignored before this domestic thriller even made it to our shores. The German helmer's English-language debut (at least chronologically) has Renée Zellweger »
- Neil Pedley
Review of the decade | Culture
26 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Twitter, Daniel Barenboim, XBox, Wg Sebald, Nicholas Hytner's National, Big Brother and The Wire... just some of the cultural highs of the noughties. From the rise of Dizzee Rascal to the emergence – at the age of 89 – of the dazzling Cuban painter Carmen Herrera, our critics pick the defining people and trends of the past 10 years
Technology
Larry Page and Sergey Brin began thinking about a new kind of internet search engine in early 1996 and their company was incorporated as Google Inc in 1998. But it was in 2000 that they started selling advertising against search results and this allowed them to move into their Mountain View headquarters in California (aka the Googleplex), begin acquiring other companies (including YouTube) and drastically expand their other ambitions throughout the noughties.
The verb "to google" entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006 and Google dominates the search engine market despite ferocious competition from Yahoo! and Microsoft. »
- Caspar Llewellyn Smith, Robert McCrum, Kitty Empire, Fiona Maddocks, Philip French, Giles Richards, Susannah Clapp, Alice Fisher, Stephen Bayley, Andrew Anthony, Daniel Barenboim, Gaby Wood
The best films of 2009
25 December 2009 11:21 AM, PST | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
Since Moses brought the tablets down from the mountain, lists have come in tens, not that we couldn't have done with several more commandments. Who says a year has Ten Best Films, anyway? Nobody but readers, editors, and most other movie critics. There was hell to pay last year when I published my list of Twenty Best. You'd have thought I belched at a funeral. So this year I have devoutly limited myself to exactly ten films.
On each of two lists.
The lists are divided into Mainstream Films and Independent Films. This neatly sidesteps two frequent complaints: (1) "You name all those little films most people have never heard of," and (2) "You pick all blockbusters and ignore the indie pictures." Which is is my official Top Ten? They both are equal, and every film here is entitled to name itself "One of the Year's 10 Best!"
Alphabetically:
¶ The Top 10 Mainstream Films
Bad Lieutenant. »
- Roger Ebert
Film Weekly's top 10 movies of 2009
24 December 2009 3:50 PM, PST | 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
Fipresci: the unsung champions of the cinema scene
24 December 2009 4:44 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Those compiling their best of the year lists would do well to consult the roll-call of gong-winners handed out by an august band of international critics
Any perspicacious film festival-goer or festival-watcher will have noticed that one of the prizes awarded at most festivals, in addition to the Golden Palms, Golden Lions or Golden Leopards etc, is the Fipresci (Federation International de la Presse Cinematographic) – aka the international film critics' award. In principle, this should be the most prestigious and sought-after prize of all, because the juries are made up of professional film critics (usually five, each from a different country) who are paid to tell the public what is good or bad and why.
Unfortunately, the Fipresci prize does not carry with it any money but, in theory, it does help the film gain a distributor. However, on one occasion, I remember that a director, who had just won the Fipresci prize, »
- Ronald Bergan
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. »
European Films Take Honors In Native Continent
22 December 2009 10:42 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
"Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Reader" were among the films honored at the 22nd European Film Awards.
The award ceremony was held on December 12 in Bochum, Germany. Hosted by the European Film Academy, the event recognized the most distinguished entries in European cinema released in the past year.
The distinction of Best Film went to the German language film "The White Ribbon," ("Das Weisse Band") a story of community repression in a pre-World War I German village. The movie, released through German, Austrian, French and Italian channels, also won the illustrious Palme d'Or at its world premiere at the 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival. Austrian writer/director Michael Haneke also took home Best Director and Best Screenwriter for his efforts. The film is also Germany's entry for the upcoming 82nd annual Academy Awards.
Top acting honors went to Kate Winslet for her Oscar-winning role in "The Reader" and Tahar Rahim for the French film "A Prophet, »
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
An Education heads London critics' shortlist
22 December 2009 7:20 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The drama based on Lynn Barber's memoir of coming of age in swinging London has seven nominations for the 30th annual London Critics' Circle film awards
An Education, Lone Scherfig's coming-of-age tale about a teenager who becomes involved with an older man in 60s London, leads the charge at the London Critics' Circle film awards. The shortlist, announced today, included seven nominations for the drama, among them actress of the year and British actress of the year for star Carey Mulligan.
Another big beast is A Prophet (Un Prophète), Jacques Audiard's gangster thriller about the fortunes of an illiterate teenager in a French prison, which has five nominations, including screenwriter of the year for Thomas Bidegain and Audiard, actor of the year for star Tahar Rahim, director of the year and foreign language film of the year.
A Prophet, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes this year, »
- Ben Child
The 10 most underrated movies of the decade
22 December 2009 2:24 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
As the noughties tick down, let's shine a belated spotlight on the films that never got their due at release in the past 10 years
With the mood of reflection common to all year-ends magnified by this being the close of a decade, the list-loving world of film is awash with rundowns of the finest moments of not just 2009 but the entire noughties. In this very spot, you'll have already seen the Guardian's crack team reveal the first 90 titles of their golden hundred, with the final 10 being unveiled over the days ahead. But in the spirit of fair play, I thought it might also be worth drafting a top 10 of a slightly different nature – not the decade's best per se, but it's most underrated.
In short, what with this being the season of goodwill and so on, it might be apt to briefly pick out in the spotlight those films that »
- Danny Leigh
"An Education" Tops London Film Critics' Circle Awards
21 December 2009 10:05 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
The coming of age tale, "An Education," topped the London Film Critics' Circle Awards nominations. The film picked up seven nominations including actress for Carey Mulligan and screenwriter of the year for Nick Hornby.
Quentin Tarantino is set to receive the Critics' Circle's highest honor, the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Cinema. The 30th Awards will take plave on February 18 at the Landmark Hotel, Marylebone.
Here are the nominees:
Breakthrough British Film-maker
Armando Ianucci - In the Loop
Peter Strickland - Katalin Varga
Sam Taylor-Wood - Nowhere Boy
The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year
In the Loop and Moon
Foreign Language Film Of The Year
The Class
Katyn
Director Of The Year
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker »
- Manny
Avatar, A Prophet, The White Ribbon Nominated in London
21 December 2009 2:07 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) The London Film Critics’ Circle’s 2009 nominations have been announced. The best thing about this year’s crop of nominees is their "internationality": As usual, Hollywood productions dominate the nominations, but the London critics have found plenty of room for non-American films as well. Jacques Audiard’s French prison drama A Prophet managed to land five nominations, including best film (or "Film of the Year"), best director, and best actor (Tahar Rahim), while Michael Haneke’s German-Austrian psychological-political drama The White Ribbon received four nominations, including best picture and best director. Both were also shortlisted in the best foreign film and best screenplay categories. Additionally, British talent found its way [...] »
- Andre Soares
London Film Critics Awards 2010
21 December 2009 2:01 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
2010 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards 2010 London Film Critics’ nominations: Dec. 21, 2009 2010 London Film Critics’ winners: Feb. 18, 2010 ("*" denotes the winner in each category) Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) Film Of The Year Avatar The Hurt Locker A Prophet The White Ribbon Up in the Air The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year Bright Star An Education Fish Tank In the Loop Moon Foreign Language Film Of The Year The Class Katyn Let the Right One In A Prophet The White Ribbon Director Of The Year Jacques Audiard – A Prophet Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker James Cameron – Avatar Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon Jason Reitman – Up in the Air British Director Of The Year Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank Armando Iannucci – In the Loop Duncan Jones [...] »
- Andre Soares
'The Hurt Locker' Sweeps Chicago Awards
21 December 2009 12:33 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
With six nominations apiece going to Up In The Air and Where The Wild Things Are, it was Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker that pulled off a 5-for-5 sweep of The Chicago Film Critics Association 22nd Annual Awards. A winner for Best Picture, Director, Actor (Jeremy Renner), Original Screenplay (Mark Boal) and Cinematography (Barry Ackroyd), the Iraq war thriller once again laid claim to the film with the most victories during this awards season. From critic's groups not mutually exclusive to one type of film or one type of film critic/journalist, The Hurt Locker is up 32 awards to Inglourious Basterds' 30 and Up In The Air's 29.
Quentin Tarantino's film picked up another in the long stretch of victories by Christoph Waltz for Supporting Actor. While Up In The Air's two supporting ladies, Vera Farmiga & Anna Kendrick, were beat out once again by Mo'Nique Dearest for Precious, »
- Erik Childress
‘The Hurt Locker’ Sweeps Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
21 December 2009 9:24 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” swept the Chicago Film Critics Association awards for 2009, winning in every single category in which it was nominated, taking home prizes for Best Picture, Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow), Best Original Screenplay (Mark Boal), Best Actor (Jeremy Renner), and Best Cinematography (Barry Ackroyd).
Other multiple winners for 2009 include “Up,” winner for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score, and “An Education,” winner for Best Actress and Most Promising Performer, both awarded to Carey Mulligan.
(Left to right) Jeremy Renner and Anthony Mackie star in The Hurt Locker.
Photo credit: Jonathan Olley
Christoph Waltz and Mo’Nique continued their awards season dominance, winning the Best Supporting acting awards for “Inglourious Basterds” and “Precious,” respectively.
The adapted screenplay award went to “Up in the Air” by Sheldon Turner and Jason Reitman. Best Foreign Language Film was awarded to Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon” and Best Documentary went to “Anvil! »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
The movies set for Oscar glory in 2010
21 December 2009 2:55 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Hollywood's red carpet gets wider next year, with twice as many best picture nominees. From Harlem to Iraq, Disney fantasy to star-studded musical, we look at the main contenders and anticipate a year of true diversity
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the best picture category at the 2010 Oscars would be widened from five to 10 nominees, a leading American producer, here for the recent London film festival, told me bullishly: "You'd have to really screw up to not get nominated this time."
He shall remain nameless, mainly because, as awards season got under way last week with the announcement of the Golden Globe nominees, his film appears to be one of the most overlooked. Somewhere along the line, he just might have screwed up. But has the return to the pre-1944 era (when 10 or 12 films were often included) really sparked a race for films not »
- Jason Solomons
100 best films of the noughties: which movies should be in the top 10?
21 December 2009 1:13 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The Guardian film team's pick of the top 10 films of the decade will be unspooled here over the next two weeks, but can you guess them by perusing Nos 11-100?
Last week the Guardian film team gathered in the office canteen for a nostalgia tour of sorts. For two, nearly three hours, we journeyed through the past 10 years, sifting the good films from the bad and the great films from the good to assemble our top 100 films from the last decade.
Inevitably this trip also took us back to our own relative youths. We all (Peter Bradshaw, Catherine Shoard, Andrew Pulver, me) looked a lot different back then.
The discussion was heated. There was horse-trading and ballots and respectful disagreements, the occasional flounce and a few cherished casualties that failed to make the cut. But now we think we have it: the Guardian's 100 best films of the noughties. And yes, »
- Xan Brooks
Fueling the Audience's Mistrust: The White Ribbon
20 December 2009 2:00 AM, PST | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »
Michael Haneke is the master filmmaker of the modern world. More than any of his contemporaries, or even his descendants, Haneke has displayed an unparalleled understanding of how films should deal with contemporary technology. As auterist works like Benny's Video, Cache, and Funny Games (both the original and the notorious American remake) prove, Haneke is the poet of video cameras, the philosopher of television, deconstructing technology and that audience's expectations of it with his red blinking light. Which is why it came as something of a shock to learn that his latest project, The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergestchichte) , is set a long time ago, in a land far, far away - so far, in fact, that in this land they don't even have cars, let alone TVs. Set in a German village in 1913 and 1914, The White Ribbon posed a significant challenge to Haneke's »
Decade in Review: 2005 Top Ten
19 December 2009 4:00 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
2009 is almost over and so many magazines and websites have already offered up their best of the year And decade that I'm afraid y'all will get sick of the retrospectives before The Film Experience has chimed on. Remember: the tortoise wins! 2005's top ten list (in its original form) follows. New comments in red.
Public Favorites (Box Office): Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, War of the Worlds, King Kong, Wedding Crashers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, Madagascar and Mr & Mrs Smith
Oscar Favorites: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck and Munich
My Vote For UnderAppreciated: In Her Shoes, Happy Endings and The White Countess
Top Ten Runners Up (11-15): The Squid and the Whale, Match Point, The New World, Junebug and The Beat That My Heart Skipped. »
- NATHANIEL R
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