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  • Scorcese to receive Critics’ Choice award

    Scorcese to receive Critics’ Choice award

    MUMBAI: Martin Scorcese has been named recepient of the second Music+Film Award by the Broadcast Film Critics‘ Association. The award will be presented to Scorcese at the Critics‘ Choice Movie Awards on January 12.


    The award, according to a BFCA press release, “honours a single filmmaker who has touched audiences through cinematic storytelling, and has heightened the impact of films through the brilliant use of source and original music.” The inaugural Music+Film Award was given to Quentin Tarantino.


    Scorcese, whose latest film is Hugo, is known for his use of rock songs in films like Mean Streets, GoodFellas and The Departed. He has also directed a string of concert films and rock documentaries, from The Last Waltz and Shine A Light to documentaries like No Direction Home and George Harrison: Living In The Material World.


    With a voting body of more than 250 television, radio and online critics, the show is known to be a reliable predictor of Academy Award winners.

  • Film Comment’s critics list

    Film Comment’s critics list

    MUMBAI: Film Comment has announced its critics‘ list of the year‘s best films.


    While Terrence Malick‘s Tree of Life has topped the list of best films released in 2011, Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb‘s This is Not a Film was named best unreleased film of 2011.
     
    Released films: TREE OF LIFE, UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS AST LIVES, MELANCHOLIA, A SEPARATION, A DANGEROUS METHOD, MYSTERIES OF LISBON, CERTIFIED COPY, MEEK‘S CUTOFF, HUGO, POETRY, FILM SOCIALISME, LE HAVRE, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU, LE QUATTRO VOLTE and THE DESCENDANTS among others.
     
    Among the unreleased films are: THIS IS NOT A FILM, THE TURIN HORSE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, THE KID WITH A BIKE, THE LONELIEST PLANET, MISS BALA, OOTNOTE, KILL LIST, SLEEPING SICKNESS, PLAY, POLICEMAN,THE COLOR WHEEL, TWO YEARS AT SEA, ALPS and GOODBYE FIRST LOVE among others.

  • Bale in a scuffle with Chinese guards

    Bale in a scuffle with Chinese guards

    MUMBAI: Batman star Christian Bale suffered a nasty brush with Chinese guards who forcibly blocked him and a CNN crew from visiting a blind lawyer-dissident being held under house arrest.
     
    The star, who is in China to promote his upcoming Nanjing Massacre film The Flowers of War, was stopped on Thursday on the outskirts of the village in eastern China where the activist Chen Guangcheng has been detained.
     
    Describing Chen as a personal “inspiration”, Bale invited a CNN crew to accompany him on an eight-hour drive from Beijing to the village in Linyi district.


    The same guards in green military-style overcoats who attacked the CNN crew during a February visit to the village were again present and directed punches at Bale and the crew, it is understood.
     
    The Hollywood actor and CNN crew retreated to their van but were then chased down bumpy roads by the guards in another vehicle for 40 minutes, resulting in damage to the van, it is reported.

  • Nominations of Golden Globes out

    Nominations of Golden Globes out

    MUMBAI: The Hollywood Foreign Press has come out with its list of nominees for the 69th annual Golden Globes.


    While The Artist led film categories with six nominations, including best motion picture, comedy or musical, The Descendants and The Help followed with five nominations with Moneyball, Ides of March and Midnight in Paris each earning four nominations.


    A detailed list of the main categories follows: motion picture, drama: The Descendants The Help, Hugo,The Ides of March, Moneyball and War Horse. Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical: 50/50,The Artist, Bridesmaids, Midnight in Paris and My Week With Marilyn.


    Best animated feature film: The Adventures of Tintin, Arthur Christmas, Cars 2,Puss in Boots and Rango. Best Foreign Language Film: The Flowers of War (China), In the Land of Blood and Honey (USA), The Kid With A Bike (Belgium), A Separation (Iran) and The Skin I Live In (Spain).


    Best performance by an actor in a motion picture-drama: George Clooney, The Descendants, Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar, Michael Fassbender, Shame,Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March and Brad Pitt, Moneyball. Best performance by an actress in a motion picture-drama: Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs, Viola Davis, The Help, Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady and Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin.
     
    Best performance by an actor in a motion picture-comedy or musical: Jean Dujardin, The Artist, Brendan Gleeson, The Guard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 50/50, Ryan Gosling, Crazy, Stupid, Love and Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris. Best Performance by an actress in a motion picture- comedy or musical: Jodie Foster, Carnage, Charlize Theron, Young Adult,Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids, Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn and Kate Winslet, Carnage.


    Best director-motion picture: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, George Clooney, The Ides of March, Michel Hazanvicius, The Artist,Alexander Payne, The Descendants and Martin Scorsese, Hugo. Best screenplay-motion picture: Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, The Ides of March, Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants, and Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball.

  • Palm Springs to honour Brad Pitt

    Palm Springs to honour Brad Pitt

    MUMBAI: The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present Brad Pitt with its Desert Palm Achievement Actor Award for his acclaimed performances in Moneyball and The Tree of Life.

    The year 2011 has proved to be a good year for Pitt. The New York Critics Circle named him the best actor for both Moneyball while the Boston Society of Film Critics named him best actor for Moneyball.

    Pitt will receive the award at the Festival‘s Awards Gala on January 7. The festival runs from January 5 to 16.

    With this, Pitt joins the previous honorees George Clooney (The Descendants), Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Octavia Spencer (The Help) and Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn).

  • 10 live action short films in Academy list

    10 live action short films in Academy list

    MUMBAI: After declaring the short listed films that will vie for the top honours in the visual effects category, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has come out with their short listed names of ten films in the live action short films category.
     
    One hundred seven films had originally qualified in the category. The films are Je Pourrais ?tre Votre Grand-M?re (I Could Be Your Grandmother) Love at First Sight,
    Pentecost, Raju, The Road Home, The Roar of the Sea, Sailcloth, The Shore, Time Freak and Tuba Atlantic.


    Members of the academy‘s short films and feature animation branch will select three to five nominees from the shortlist, to be announced January 24. The 84th Academy Awards will be presented on February 26.

  • Angelina Jolie film to receive Stanley Kramer award

    Angelina Jolie film to receive Stanley Kramer award

    MUMBAI: The Producers Guild of America will honour Angelina Jolie‘s Bosnian war film In the Land of Blood and Honey with the 2012 Stanley Kramer Award at the Guild‘s annual awards ceremony on January 21.

    The award was established in 2002 following the death of legendary director and producer Stanley Kramer and recognizes a motion picture, producer or other individual whose ‘achievement or contribution illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevating fashion‘.

    Films that had earlier received the Kramer award wereThe Great Debaters, An Iconventient Truth, Hotel Rwanda and Antwone Fisher.

    Last year, Sean Penn became the first individual to receive the award.

    In the Land of Blood and Honey, which marks Jolie‘s directorial debut and opens in select theaters Dec. 23, follows the story of a Muslim woman and Serb policeman who are dating when the Bosnian war breaks out, and what ensues when she is taken to a Serbian rape camp where he is now in charge. Jolie both directed and penned the script, and primarily cast Bosnian actors.

    “In the Land of Blood and Honey is an extraordinary film that portrays a complex love story set against the terrors of the Bosnian war, especially towards women. This film truly embraces the legacy of Stanley Kramer,” PGA presidents Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon said.

    Jolie and Graham King‘s GK Films partnered in financing and producing the film, which FilmDistrict, a sister company of GK Films, is distributing in the U.S.

  • Toronto critics vote Tree of Life best film

    Toronto critics vote Tree of Life best film

    MUMBAI: The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) has declared Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life as the best film of 2011. The director also received the best director trophy.

    The closest competition came from Michel Hazanavicius‘ The Artist and Alexander Payne‘s The Descendants, both major award contendersthis year.

    The Tree of Life, which stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, in the last week received best film honors from the San Fransisco and African-American film critics associations.

    While Michael Shannon was voted as the best actor for Jeff Nichols‘ Take Shelter, Michelle Williams lapped up the best actress award for her role as Marilyn Monroe in Simon Curtis‘ My Week With Marilyn.
     
    Christopher Plummer won for best supporting actor for his role in Mike Mills‘ Beginners while Jessica Chastain clinched the best supporting actress crown.

    The TFCA award for best screenplay went to Moneyball (Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin), while the best foreign-language film honor was given to the late Chilean director Raul Ruiz for Mysteries of Lisbon. Patricio Guzman‘s Nostalgia for the Light won for best documentary feature.

    British writer-director Joe Cornish‘s Attack the Block won the award for the best first feature while the best animated feature prize went to Steven Spielberg‘s The Adventures of Tintin.

  • Scorsese to receive American Riviera award

    MUMBAI: The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has selected Martin Scorsese to receive the American Riviera Award.


    “Honoring Scorsese has been a dream of SBIFF‘s for many years,” fest executive director Roger Durling has reportedly said. “We‘re thrilled that it‘s happening during a year when this contemporary master of cinema is breaking new ground with Hugo.”
     
    The award recognizes an artist who has had a strong influence on American cinema and this will be the first time it has been given to a director.


    The award will be presented on January 30 at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara. The 27th edition of the festival will run from January 26 to February 5.

  • Fans pay tribute to MJ at auction

    Fans pay tribute to MJ at auction

    MUMBAI: Scores of Michael Jackson fans left behind tributes to the departed entertainer at an auction of items from the singer‘s home, where he breathed his last died in 2009.

    “This means a lot because we don‘t have a place to go [to leave things for the family],” said Christine Tucker, a spokeswoman for the Official Michael Jackson Fans of Southern California is reported to have said.

    It also encouraged fans to leave pictures, flowers and other handmade trinkets that will be delivered to the Jackson family.

    About 25 members of the fan club spent the weekend making handmade Christmas ornaments for the tribute.

    On Sunday, Julien‘s Auctions invited fans to preview its exhibit of the home‘s art and furnishings before it opens to the public. The latest auction will be held coming Saturday.