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Review of the decade: Peter Bradshaw on film

4 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Hollywood struggled to respond to the war on terror, documentaries went through a golden age, and Michael Haneke was the noughties' moral conscience

If it is possible to whimper at the volume of a bang, then that is how this decade is ending on the big screen: with two high-profile, high-budget movies about the end of the world: Roland Emmerich's cheerfully silly 2012, and John Hillcoat's cheerlessly serious The Road, which arrive with a good deal of commentary to the effect that these movies typify the zeitgeist of the decade.

The noughties – that jokey word coined in the carefree 90s – are seen as damaged, injured, traumatised. The decade looks cracked from top to bottom by a sensational act of terrorism; by a reaction that achieved neither political palliative nor military success; by the confrontation between first-world prosperity and developing-world poverty; by the coming environmental catastrophe that threatens to engulf both; and finally, »

- Peter Bradshaw

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Sight & Sound 10 Best Films of 2009

2 December 2009 5:12 PM, PST | AwardsDaily.com | See recent AwardsDaily news »

1. A Prophet – Jacques Audiard 2. The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow -  35 Shots of Rum – Claire Denis 4. The White Ribbon – Michael Haneke 5. Let the Right One In – Tomas Alfredson 6. Up – Pete Docter »

- Ryan Adams

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(95) Days of Spirit

1 December 2009 4:10 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

The Spirit Awards are coming! In 95 days. The nominees have a long time to decide which pair of jeans or casual designer wear would best suit the event. Though the Spirits have traditionally passed out their ever-so-slightly off mainstream prizes the day before the Oscars this year they’re moving to a Friday night situation on March 5th. All the better for partying? Still time to use those hangover cures before the Oscars on Sunday.

Sin Nombre, a 3 time nomineeHere are the nominees

Best Feature(500) Days Of Summer | Amreeka |Precious | Sin Nombre | The Last StationI warned y'all that The Last Station would have more awards strength than many pundits are indicating. I must get around to Sin Nombre before the end of this year. I suspect Precious is your winner since the Spirits generally award the actual Oscar hopefuls.

Best Director

The Coen Bros A Serious Man | Lee Daniels Precious »

- NATHANIEL R

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Paranormal Activity proves lo-fi thrills pay off | Charles Gant at the UK box office

1 December 2009 6:49 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The Twilight franchise may still be packing them in, but Oren Peli's low-budget shocker shows that big (and scary) things come in small packages, too

The winner #1

It's rare for a film to drop 63% from the previous weekend and it still be considered a good result. But you can certainly make that case with The Twilight Saga: New Moon. In other words, forget about the percentages, just focus on the cascade of cash. By any yardstick, more than £20m in 10 days is a big number. After just two weekends on release, New Moon is already the ninth-biggest hit of 2009, and will very soon overtake the likes of Monsters vs Aliens, Star Trek and The Hangover to land sixth place for the year. The original Twilight movie took less than £5m in its first 10 days, so the sequel is so far running at quadruple the pace of its predecessor. The »

- Charles Gant

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"Nine" Dominates Satellite Award Nominations! See Complete List!

30 November 2009 10:52 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

"Nine," the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical, led the Satellite Award scoring 11 nominations including Best Picture in the Comedy or Musical category.

Rob Marshall also received a Best Director nomination, and stars Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, and Daniel Day-Lewis received Best Acting nods, and the cast got Best Ensemble.

John Woo's "Red Cliff" followed with seven nominations.

Roger Corman is the 2009 Recipient of the Auteur Award while master cinematographer and eight-time Oscar nominee, Roger Deakins, is the 2009 Recipient of the Nikola Tesla Award.

The 2009 14th Annual Satellite Awards are given by the International Press Academy. Winners will be announced on Sunday, December 20th, at the Grand Salon/Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles.

Visit the Satellite Awards official site right here.

And the nominees for the 2009 14th Annual Satellite Awards are:

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Motion Picture (Drama)

"Bright Star"

"An Education"

"The Hurt Locker"

"The Messenger"

"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire »

- Manny

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The Satellites Have Launched. What Are They Orbiting?

30 November 2009 6:10 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

The Satellites (formerly Golden) have announced their 2009 nominations for what it's worth. And you might be screaming "not very much".

It's hard to know what to make of this Golden Globe splinter group. There is never much of a narrative thread in their nominations. You can't sense from year to year a type of film they like or whatnot. Which makes them feel a bit suspect. They also do very strange things which you're about to see if you read their nominations. They never get much attention and yet they keep plugging away. This year they were especially kind to 2012 (who knew?), Nine and The Stoning of Soraya M. But they were downright rude to the sci-fi drama Moon which received zero nominations despite their lack of aversion to sci-fi films. I mention this because the moon is a natural satellite and the Satellites are artificial. Maybe they're jealous. What they're orbiting we know not. »

- NATHANIEL R

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Arnold's Fish Tank and Jones' Moon Lead 2009 Bifa nominations

30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

No surprises here with the noms for the 12th British Independent Film Awards as the overwhelming favorite Fish Tank grabbed a total of eight nominations, while a sci-fi film that looks big budget but was closer to shoestring in Duncan Jones' Moon placed second best in the noms tally with a total of seven. - No surprises here with the noms for the 12th British Independent Film Awards as the overwhelming favorite Fish Tank grabbed a total of eight nominations, while a sci-fi film that looks big budget but was closer to shoestring in Duncan Jones' Moon placed second best in the noms tally with a total of seven. The major "snub" is that the committee of 70 were high on Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop and Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy (they all received 6 nominations) but failed »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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Dogtooth, Still Walking and Yu Irie's 8000 Miles among Fnc's 38th Edition

30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Canada's most avant-garde film festival have released their entire slate for their 38th edition. Apart from Lee Daniel's pegged for Oscar - Precious, Lone Scherfig's An Education, Lars von Trier's Antichrist and Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces (Los abrasos rotos), this year's edition is filled to the gills with obscure titles and names that even a hardcore connoisseur of world cinema such as myself is unfamiliar with. - I've just completed an exhaustive 35 film slate at Tiff and I've got very little time to recharge the batteries for The Festival du nouveau cinéma. Canada's most avant-garde film festival have released their entire slate for their 38th edition. Apart from Lee Daniel's pegged for Oscar - Precious, Lone Scherfig's An Education, Lars von Trier's Antichrist and Pedro Almodóvar's Broken Embraces (Los abrasos rotos), this year's edition is filled to the »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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Exclusive Pics: Jane Campion's Bright Star

30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

We've got some exclusive stills for Jane Campion's Bright Star - the pic is playing at Tiff and will get the ball rolling for the new Apparition distribution label. Out of the four stills, my favorite is the one on the top - showing Abbie Cornish as Fanny up against the ledge of the window. - We've got some exclusive stills for Jane Campion's Bright Star - the pic is playing at Tiff and will get the ball rolling for the new Apparition distribution label. Out of the four stills, my favorite is the one on the top - showing Abbie Cornish as Fanny up against the ledge of the window. There is a subsequent, mouth-watering shot of an intense breeze at that same ledge. Campion sure makes reading personalized letters and poetry sexy. »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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'Nine' Dominates 14th Satellite Awards Movie Nominations

29 November 2009 11:37 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

The nominations for 2009 Satellite Awards have been announced by International Press Academy on Sunday, November 29. Based on the list, "Nine" has the possibility to become a big winner as it grabbed 11 nods, including Best Motion Picture in Comedy or Musical.

The movie also aided Marion Cotillard, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Penelope Cruz to be among the nominees for Best Comedy or Musical Actress, Best Comedy or Musical Actor, and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Moreover, the star-studded film has won the award for Best Ensemble.

Following the drama musical film with seven nominations was "Red Cliff", a John Woo-directed film starring Tony Leung and Takeshi Kaneshiro. The action drama movie received nods for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound (Mixing and Editing), and Foreign Language Film among many others.

Meanwhile, Johnny Depp through his performance in "Public Enemies" was among the contenders to receive Best Drama Actor award. He was going up »

- AceShowbiz.com

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‘Bright Star’ – “Ticket Stubs” Review ~ Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw

27 November 2009 3:39 PM, PST | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »

By Austin Lugar for MovieSet.com While watching the wonderful Bright Star, I discovered I relate more to 19th century poets than the coffeeshop generation of writers of today. I have no intention of trading my MacBook for an ink pen or wearing outfits that would be perceived as “stylish.” It was all about the way John Keats ... Related Posts ‘Bright Star’ Director Jane Campion on Charlie Rose talking Abbie Cornish, poetry and acting Cannes 09 ‘Bright Star’ Press Conference with Abbie Cornish Bright Star Reviews from Cannes, Seoul, London + Las Vegas »

- Austin Lugar

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Golden Globes 2010 Predictions – Best Screenplay

25 November 2009 2:20 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

Golden Globes 2010 Predictions – Best Screenplay Jane Campion, Bright Star (above, Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw) A poet’s brief and tragic love affair Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (above, Paula Patton) An illiterate pregnant teen, her teacher, her social worker & her mother Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, The Lovely Bones (above, Saoirse Ronan) A murdered girl among angels and her murderer among us Anthony Peckham, Invictus (above, Morgan Freeman) One Nation Under Rugby Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air (above, Anna Kendrick, George Clooney) A professional downsizer is grounded, but love is up in the clouds   Oftentimes, a film that doesn’t make it into the Golden Globes‘ Best Picture – Drama or Best Picture – Comedy or Musical shortlist, ends up [...] »

- Andre Soares

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Friedrich von Schiller: the Romantic lover

21 November 2009 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Film and biographies mark 250th anniversary of passionate 'Ode to Joy' poet

He is the "rebel from Arcadia", the author of the lyrics to the modern European anthem, Ode to Joy, and a passionate champion of free spirits. But for some time Germany seemed to forget all about the man who was arguably the country's most famous Romantic thinker. Not any more. Friedrich von Schiller is back, along with a new fascination with his tumultuous love life.

Just as Britain has been rediscovering the attraction of its Romantics, after documentaries about Byron by actor Rupert Everett and the release of Bright Star, the new Jane Campion film about Keats, Germany is also enjoying a romantic revival. And the 250th anniversary of Schiller's birth has given scholars the chance to rediscover one of its most distinguished poets and philosophers.

A racy new film, Schiller, portrays the poet as a dashing, flame-haired womaniser, »

- Kate Connolly

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Movie Poster of the Week: "Bright Star"

20 November 2009 9:41 AM, PST | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »

“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases...” This gorgeous French poster for Jane Campion’s Bright Star (which doesn't open in Paris until January) is quite a departure from the canoodling big heads of John Keats and Fanny Brawne on the Us one-sheet, though the title treatment remains the same. At 47 by 63 inches (the French “grande” size) it must be a knockout. I love how the designers have darkened the field of lilacs, and Fanny’s dress, from the already lovely film still (see below), adding deep purples and blacks, giving it a richer, more painterly look. Enough to drive a man to poetry.

And now at once, adventuresome, I send

My herald thought into a wilderness:

There let its trumpet blow, and quickly dress

My uncertain path with green, that I may speed

Easily onward, thorough flowers and weed.

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Queer Birthday Suits

19 November 2009 1:55 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Cinematic birthdays for Nov. 19th, this time with lighter loafers.

1889 Clifton Webb, reportedly as out as an actor could be back in the day but Oscar never gave him their top prize. They never give out actors the statue. Sad, but true. Classic films include Oscar favorites like Laura and Three Coins in the Fountain (review) but he's most famous for playing Mr. Belvedere, the uptight gentlemen bachelor of a certain obvious if unspoken persuasion. I saw the first of the three Belvedere films Sitting Pretty (1948) a few years ago and it was quite an... unh... time capsule.

1933 Larry King, asker of inane questions

1942 Calvin Klein makes pretty things

1938 Ted Turner took Jane Fonda away from me (the movies... same thing) ages ago and I've never forgiven him.

1954 Kathleen Quinlan an actress I don't really get

1958 Charlie Kaufman mindbender

1961 Meg Ryan have you ever noticed how people turn on actresses »

- NATHANIEL R

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Bright Star Shines Bright on DVD on January 26th

19 November 2009 8:01 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

You can bring home a brand new drama home on DVD this coming January. Bright Star will be released on DVD on January 26. A Blu-ray release was not announced, but this standard DVD will be priced at $27.96 Srp. The film stars Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw.

From Jane Campion, Academy Award winner of The Piano, comes a sweeping love story that will carry you back through time to experience the passion and romance between acclaimed poet, John Keats and his beloved muse. London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of high fashion. This unlikely pair began at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she was unimpressed not only by his poetry but also by literature in general.

Special Features:

- Deleted Scene

- An Inspiring Romance Featurette

- Becoming Keats and »

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2012 brings Indian summer to UK box office

17 November 2009 7:38 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Roland Emmerich's disaster blockbuster heralds a period of sunny box-office receipts, with the vampires and werewolves of Twilight set to keep the winter chill at bay next week

The winner

Question: when is a summer blockbuster not a summer blockbuster? Answer: when it's released in November, of course. Roland Emmerich's patented formula of awesome planetary destruction and human heroics always screams out for a summer release, but this year Sony chose not to throw his 2012 into a competitive market already crowded with Transformers, Terminators and Wolverine. And the strategy has paid off, with an opening gross of £6.49m, proof that audiences will line up to see a big, dumb action flick no matter what month it is.

It's not the biggest opening of the year – it is behind both Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. But if you strip out the »

- Charles Gant

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Jan Chapman - The Woman Behind So Many Great Films

10 November 2009 2:56 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

One of my longtime obsessions has been finding Australian films, especially those directed by women.  It began almost 20 years ago when I first saw My Brilliant Career and I was blown away.  Thinking back now, seeing that movie was another one of my seminal movie moments and that began a deep love for all things Gillian Armstrong and Judy Davis. One thing you will discover if you dig a little deeper on some of the most interesting flicks to have come out of Australia in the last 20 years is the recurrence of one name in particular producer, Jan Chapman. This woman has produced some great films (lots by women directors) including The Last Days of Chez Nous, The Piano, Lantana, Sommersault and the current Jane Campion film Bright Star. I had the privilege to speak with Jan recently and immediately I was struck (through the phone) with that same sense. »

- Melissa Silverstein

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Frugal Christmas arrives early for Disney at UK box office

10 November 2009 9:04 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

It's only November and A Christmas Carol is already No 1, albeit with a lacklustre £1.92m. The box-office feast will only truly start next week with 2012 and the Twilight sequel

The chart-topper

Knocking Michael Jackson's This Is It off the top spot, Robert Zemeckis's motion-capture animation A Christmas Carol can at least be satisfied with its chart position. As for its opening gross – £1.92m – that's another matter entirely.

In the first place, it's behind the openings of the previous two motion-capture films from the Zemeckis stable: Polar Express earned £2.14m from its first weekend of wide play in 2004, and Beowulf debuted with £2.2m in November 2007. (And bear in mind, there were fewer than 60 3D screens in the UK when Beowulf opened, compared with 260 now.) Second, A Christmas Carol's debut is well behind that of 2009 big-hitters Bolt, Monsters Vs Aliens, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Up. It's even »

- Charles Gant

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People's Choice Awards nominate Bright Star, Hurt Locker, and True Blood

5 November 2009 1:00 AM, PST | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »

The incredibly inane, but nevertheless mainstream representative, People's Choice Awards have nominated some impressive women and films in their categories this year;

Abbie Cornish, of Bright Star, for fave breakout star; Christine Jeffs' Sunshine Cleaning, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker and Jane Campion's Bright Star for fave independent films; Catherine Hardwicke's Twilight as fave film; and the Barrymore-directed Whip It's Ellen Page, Eve and Kristen Wiig as best onscreen pairing. Not to mention the Charlaine Harris-created True Blood, the Eliza Dushku-produced Dollhouse, and female-watched Ghost Whisperer as fave sci-fi/fantasy shows. True Blood, not surprisingly, appears in the TV Obsession category.

Did you know You can vote right here? You're people, and you can choose stuff.

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- Superheidi

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