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Golden Globes 2010: Best Foreign Language Film Longlist

8 December 2009 5:47 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Ulrich Tukur in John Rabe (top); City of Life and Death (middle); Lebanon (bottom) A record 69 foreign language films are in the running for the 2010 Golden Globes, Philip Berk, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has announced. Among the films in the longlist are Pedro Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces, starring Penelope Cruz; Costa-Gavras socially conscious drama Eden Is West; Xavier Dolan’s I Killed My Mother, one of the Toronto Film Festival’s best Canadian films of the year; and Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere, about Mussolini’s first wife (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and child (Filippo Timi). Some of the titles, e.g., A Prophet, The White Ribbon, are also in the running for the best foreign language film Academy Award. Some have already won [...] »

- Andre Soares

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Birthday Suits: Nov 9th

9 November 2009 7:35 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Today's Birthdays 11/09

1869 Marie Dressler is awesome. She gave one of the most aggressive Best Actress winning performances evah. If you haven't seen Min & Bill (1933), you must. You must, you must, you must.

1883 Edna May Oliver feisty character actress

1886 Ed Wynn Uncle Albert from Mary Poppins. He loves to laugh... long and loud and clear. Audiences were always ready to laugh along with him

1922 Dorothy Dandridge first black woman to be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars (Carmen Jones) and what a neat coincidence that she was portrayed by the first black actress to eventually win the Best Actress Oscar (Halle Berry) in the bio Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1948 Bille August Danish director of The Best Intentions and Pelle the Conqueror fame

1955 Fernando Meirelles director of declining films: City of God, The Constant Gardner, Blindness. I'm not trying to be mean. But... um... do you have faith he'll pull out of it? »

- NATHANIEL R

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European Film Awards 2009: Rules & Relevance

7 November 2009 9:00 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Maria Heiskanen in Everlasting Moments European Film Awards 2009 – Nominations: Part I Among the eligible films and performers that failed to nab a mention were Giovanna Mezzogiorno for Vincere, Audrey Tautou for Coco Before Chanel, Maren Ade’s Everyone Else, Ulrich Tukur for The White Ribbon, Martina Gedeck for The Baader Meinhof Complex, and Michael Fassbender for Fish Tank. Also, Christian Petzold’s Jerichow, Nina Hoss for Jerichow, Jan Troell’s Everlasting Moments, Maria Heiskanen for Everlasting Moments, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective, Andrzej Wajda’s Sweet Rush, and Philippe Lioret’s Welcome. Now, the curious thing about the European Film Awards is that the awards’ timing and eligibility rules (some of which have varied throughout the years) make many of the nominations seem like old news. Indeed, [...] »

- Andre Soares

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European Film Awards: Un Prophète, Antichrist, The Reader

7 November 2009 2:55 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

The EFAs are only 20 years old, a novice awards organization really, but their prizes offer up a rich variety of films, languages and genres. It's truly a grab bag and, if you're too Oscar focused, their prizes can be head scratching. Their 2009 Best Picture Nominees encompass three years worth of U.S. release dates:

(2008) Slumdog Millionaire, Let the Right One In and The Reader(2009) The White Ribbon(2010) Fish Tank and Un Prophète.

Tis a pity we can't bring the world closer together for simultaneous multilingual film discussions.

The Best Director is filled with heavyweights. When will you ever see an Oscar lineup that's this populated with critical giants: Pedro Almodóvar Broken Embraces, Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank, Jacques Audiard for Un Prophete, Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire, Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon and Lars von Trier for Antichrist. Maybe a lot of what led to these nominations is reputation »

- NATHANIEL R

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AFI Fest 2009: Precious, The White Ribbon, Ajami

31 October 2009 10:58 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire by Lee Daniels (top); The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke (middle); Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi in Vincere by Marco Bellocchio (bottom) Among the Sunday, Nov. 1, highlights at the AFI Fest 2009 at the Chinese Theater complex in Hollywood are: Lu Chuan’s historical drama City of Life and Death, winner of the Golden Shell for best picture at the San Sebastian Film Festival Claude Chabrol’s psychological mystery-drama Bellamy, his first collaboration with Gérard Depardieu Lee Daniels‘ Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire, a strong possibility for the Oscar 2010 best picture shortlist and the Sundance 2009 Us Narrative Jury Prize winner Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winner and potential Oscar 2010 contender [...] »

- Andre Soares

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Lff: Show Me, Don't Tell Me

28 October 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

It's the penultimate day here at the London Film Festival, and after a packed day that included the Coens Brothers' latest (not written up here, but let's just say I was... disappointed), Dave came back to the internet to discover than Anjelica Huston and her starry little jury had been busy giving out prizes. Gladly the new top prize for Best Film (or 'Star of London') went to one of my personal favourites from the fest, the stunning A Prophet. The Road, which left me a bit cold despite the technical prowess and solid performances, was their "special mention". (In Contention has the full awards round-up.)

But enough about awards. I'll have my own set of prizes to dish out tomorrow, when I finish off my coverage with a review of the closing night gala film Nowhere Boy, but for today, three more capsules for you from across the globe. »

- Dave

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Chicago Film Festival Awards 2009

27 October 2009 11:44 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

2009 Chicago Film Festival Awards 2009 Chicago Film Festival: Oct. 8-22, 2009   Tina Mabry’s Mississippi Damned depicts the issues faced by the children of a poor and highly dysfunctional family in rural Mississippi. Earlier this year, the film was given the top prize at Outfest in Los Angeles.   International Feature Film Competition Gold Hugo for Best Film: Mississippi Damned (Us) Silver Hugo for Special Jury Award: Fish Tank (UK) Silver Hugo for Best Director: Marco Bellocchio for Vincere (Italy) Silver Hugo for Best Actress: Giovanna Mezzogiorno of Vincere (Italy) Silver Hugo for Best Actor: Filippo Timi of Vincere (Italy) Gold Plaque for Best Supporting Actress: Jossie Harris Thacker in Mississippi Damned (Us) Gold Plaque for Best Supporting Actor: Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank (UK) [...] »

- Anna Robinson

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From Sundance to Rome, From Mo'Nique to Mirren

27 October 2009 10:20 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Since when did precursor season begin in October? Every year it seems to push backwards, earlier into the year, despite Oscar pushing forward, delaying itself until March this year. We've already heard from the Gotham Awards and Bifa and this past week more festival prizes came all the way from Rome and Chicago. None of this is unusual I suppose... I guess I'm just not quite ready for it for 2009. Ready for it emotionally, not physically. That's too much to go over right here (especially considering what's coming in about one months time. Nbr etcetera...)

Since The Film Experience's famously favorite category is Best Actress, it's worth noting the year's wins in that regard thus far. I'm sure I'm missing foreign wins but I'm on tight deadlines. (Help me fill it out in the comments - previous error fixed. I type too fast. 75 wpm, bitches)

Sundance Festival Mo'Nique, Precious (Like Cannes, »

- NATHANIEL R

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Ciff 2009: The winners! And our reviews

22 October 2009 6:39 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.

Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"

The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor, »

- Roger Ebert

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2009 Chicago International Film Festival ‘Best of the Fest’ For Oct. 21, 2009

20 October 2009 8:33 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – As the 45th Chicago International Film Festival comes to a close, this year’s award-winning and most popular films are being screened one more time. All of the screenings will be held at the AMC River East 21 theater at 322 E. Illinois St.

Mississippi Damned (USA), Director: Tina Mabry

Winner Gold Hugo: Best Film, Best Screenplay - Tina Mabry, Best Supporting Actress - Jossie Harris Thacker

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They weren’t the first to dream of escaping their small Mississippi town, but—raised among their family’s vicious cycle of abuse, addiction, and lies—three young black children learn the hard way that their dreams will never be enough. Based on a true story, Mississippi Damned is the brutally honest tale of what happens when a family’s haven is also its prison.

‘Mississippi Damned,’ Winner of the Gold Hugo for Best Film at the Chicago International Film Festival.

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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Chicago International Film Festival Winners

19 October 2009 7:01 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

The winners are here for the 2009 45th Chicago International Film Festival.

It only seems like there are too many to count.

There were 145 films from 45 countries this year.

Competitions were held in the International Feature Film, New Directors, Documentary and Short Film categories, along with a special Chicago Award for a local filmmaker. The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named after the mythological God of Discovery.

Award Winners:

International Feature Film Competition

Gold Hugo for Best Film to Mississippi Damned (Us) for its powerful and uncompromising portrait of the compounding frailties and difficulties of a struggling black community.

Silver Hugo for Special Jury Award to Fish Tank (UK) for its aesthetic boldness in taking us into a grim public-housing environment and showing us the transcendent spirit of a young girl that struggles to overcome the adult lies that engulf her.

Silver Hugo for Best Director to Marco Bellocchio (Vincere, »

- Jeff Bayer

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‘Mississippi Damned,’ ‘Vincere’ Big Winners at 45th Chicago International Film Festival

18 October 2009 12:40 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The winners for films in competition at the 45th Chicago International Film Festival were announced in a ceremony on Saturday night at the famed Pump Room at the Ambassador East Hotel. Michael Kutza, Founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago International Film Festival, Mimi Plauche, Head of Programming, and Jesse Berkowitz, Documentary and Short Film Programmer, proudly announced the winners.

Major trophies went to “Mississippi Damned,” “Fish Tank,” “Vincere,” “Hipsters,” “Backyard,” “Cooking History,” “Racing Dreams,” “Wet,” and more.

Mississippi Damned filmmakers and cast members celebrate Gold Hugo win at Chicago International Film Festival Awards Ceremony on Saturday October 18th. Photographed from left to right - Morgan Stiff (producer), Tina Mabry (writer/director), Jossie Thacker (Actress), Chastity Hammitte (actress).

Photo credit: Chicago Film Festival

There were competions held in International Feature Film, New Directors, Documentary, and Short Film Categories, along with a special Chicago Award for a local filmmaker.

The biggest prize at the fest, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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The Auteurs Daily: Toronto and Nyff. Vincere

14 October 2009 6:11 AM, PDT | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »

"Less a biography on the early life of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini than a dissection into creating (and sustaining) a cult of personality," writes Acquarello, "Marco Bellocchio's Vincere is a textured, operatic, and incisive historical fiction based on the fate of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dalser (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) who, along with their son, Benito Albino, were erased from Mussolini's official record as he sought to consolidate power and build a totalitarian state." »

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10 Awesome Foreign Actresses in Movies You Must See!

25 September 2009 6:29 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

They're young, beautiful and talented, but some of them maybe quite unfamiliar to some of you. In our latest List of 10, tMF compilled 10 Foreign (if you like, Non-American) actresses and the must-see movies that made them 'hot properties' locally. Some of them joined Hollywood already - but have you seen them at their Best?

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- - - It's a pity many of the roles given to them in Hollywood are not what you can call 'prestige' roles. Most of them are given the usual run-of-the-mill characters. Why not take a good look at their previous works and find out why we think they're awesome!

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# 10 - Maria Valverde (Spain) - Maria Valverde was born in Madrid and says she always wanted to become an actress. She finally fulfilled her dream at the age of 16 with a leading role in Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique. »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Martin & Ingrid's Tiff 09 Kick-Off Party..

9 September 2009 2:31 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto: Thanks go out to Martin & Ingrid's Tiff 09 Kick-Off Party, Wednesday, September 9th @ the Gat + M.Link Festival headquarters in downtown Toronto's Yorkville, providing select wines from Bryan J. Robertson's Kingsway Brokerage Ltd., on behalf of Wild Bunch, Elle Driver, Celluloid Dreams, Film&Doc, Capri Films, The Works International & UMedia, supporting the following films screening at this year's Toronto International Film Festival: Contemporary Cinema : Rabia directed by Sebastian Cordero, will screen a world premiere with Cordero in attendance. "...South American immigrants working in Spain, builder José María and housekeeper Rosa have been together for a few weeks and are very much in love. Rosa's bosses, Señor and Señora Torres, leave their home on a trip, and the volatile José María spends a few days at the run-down mansion, fantasizing about what life with Rosa could be. When a violent confrontation with his foreman results in the other man's death, »

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IFC Goes Legitimate with 'Vincere'

26 August 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- There wasn't much left shopping to do for in comp titles from Cannes, so after Loach’s Looking for Eric, Arnold’s Fish Tank, Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective and Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist, IFC Films have grabbed Marco Bellocchio's mildly satisfying biography on Ida Dalser - Mussolini's stubborn, proud first wife expertly played by Italian thesp Giovanna Mezzogiorno. I loved how Bellocchio opens big and gets creative with stock footage, but I didn't care much about Vincere past the midway point - perhaps it was festival fatigue (I caught this on the last day of the festival). The film will be shown at Tiff and the Nyff - we can expect a 2010 release for the pic. Before became a powerful dictator, Mussolini had a a past. He had a wife and a son, Benito Albino, who was born, acknowledged and then denied. The secret bears a name: »

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Slumdog Millionaire A Winner In Italy

29 June 2009 12:11 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Slumdog Millionaire has added to its Oscars haul by landing another top prize at Italy's Nastri d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) Awards on Saturday.

Danny Boyle's critically acclaimed movie, which took home eight of the 10 Academy Awards it was nominated for earlier this year, was named best European film outside Italy at the country's longest running industry prize giving.

Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino was also feted as the best non-European film, but the night belonged to director Paolo Sorrentino, whose political drama Il Divo dominated the show and garnered four awards.

The picture delves into the life of former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti and his links with the Mafia.

Sorrentino was hailed in the categories for best director and best screenplay; Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano shared the best producer accolade and Toni Servillo was named best actor for his portrayal of the shamed politician.

Other winners included Gianni Di Gregorio for best new director, while the best actress prize was awarded to Giovanna Mezzogiorno for Vincere, reports Variety.com. »

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Cannes: Rosengje's Top Ten and Miscellaneous Tweets

24 May 2009 8:41 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Our correspondent Rosengje caught 22 films during her Cannes trip. Before Isabelle Huppert's jury bestows the coveted Palme D'Or, I thought we'd let Rosengje offer up her own jury-of-one highlights. She had to miss Precious, Broken Embraces and Un Prophète due to time constraints.

Her five favorite films were...

Marco Bellochio's Vincere. More on this further down.

Alejandro Amenábar's Agora (previous post)

Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank. This family drama was a major hit with the critics and could be up for prizes today. If Andrea Arnold sounds familiar just think Wasp, Oscar's 2004 short film winner about an irresponsible mother (Natalie Press) and her brood of babies. That was a stunning 26 minutes of film so I'm eager to see this one.

Quentin Tarantino's "kosher revenge porn" Inglourious BasterdsJane Campion's Bright Star (previous post)

She also wanted to name '10 things that stuck with me most' with honorable mentions »

- NATHANIEL R

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Cannes 2009: Best Screenplay Favorites

22 May 2009 10:43 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Best Screenplay Any of those listed for best film, in addition to: Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere (co-written by Bellocchio and Daniela Ceselli), about how Benito Mussolini mistreated his first wife (Giovanna Mezzogiorno, top photo) and son while millions of Italians thought he was just the greatest guy around. Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric (written by Paul Laverty), about a postman who gets soccer player Eric Cantona (middle photo) to become his life coach. Writer-director Xavier Giannoli’s In the Beginning (bottom photo), in which a con man gets a small town to build a highway.   Photos: Courtesy Festival de Cannes   »

- Massimo David

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In Love with Mussolini: Trailer for Marco Bellocchio's 'Vincere'

29 April 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- An Italian friend of the site scolded me for not having seen Marco Bellocchio's 2003's Good Morning, Night. It took me forever to settle down with the film on disc, and I've been curious ever since to see where the veteran Italian director would go next, especially films that deal with complicated political landscape found in his backyard. Bellocchio could not have picked a bigger canvas in which to work with when he commenced working on history book bad guy Benito Mussolini. Headed off to Cannes in the Main Competition, Vincere focuses on the scorned/stubborn lover/wife's journey. In the trailer below, you don't need to comprehend Michelangelo's main tongue to grasp how Benito tried to keep his past and relationship with Ida Dalser in the dark. Here is the synopsis, and after the jump you can find the trailer.  Before became a powerful dictator, Mussolini had a a past. »

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