Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” in theaters on Christmas Day

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You can watch Heath Ledger’s final big-screen performance, in Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” when it arrives in theaters Dec. 25, 2009 after its debut at the Toronto Film Festival.

The Sony Pictures Classics release stars Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law , Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield and Verne Troyer.

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Kansas City Film Critics Circle Picks for 2008

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“Slumdog Millionaire” reportedly edged out “The Wrestler” by one vote for Best Picture of the Year by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.

The complete list of winners:

Best Film
Slumdog Millionaire

Robert Altman Award for Best Director
Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler

Best Actor
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Actress
Meryl Streep – Doubt

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Original Screenplay
Robert Siegel – The Wrestler

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film
Let the Right One In (Sweden) (pictured)

Best Documentary
Man on Wire

Best Animated Film
WALL*E

Vince Koehler Award for Best Science Fiction, Fantasy
or Horror Film
The Dark Knight

The 2008 Online Film Critics Society nominations

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The Wrestler leads the 2009 Online Film Critics Society with five (5) nominations

Best Picture
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“WALL-E”
“The Wrestler”

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, “The Wrestler”
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”
Andrew Stanton, “WALL-E”

Best Actor
Benicio Del Toro, “Che” (pictured)
Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn, “Milk”
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
Michelle Williams, “Wendy and Lucy”
Kate Winslet , “Revolutionary Road”

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey, Jr., “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Eddie Marsan, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Michael Shannon, “Revolutionary Road”

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, “Doubt”
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader”

Best Original Screenplay
“In Bruges” (Martin McDonagh)
“Milk” (Dustin Lance Black)
“Synecdoche” (New York, Charlie Kaufman)
“WALL-E” (Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon)
“The Wrestler” (Robert D. Siegel)

Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Eric Roth)
“The Dark Knight” (Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan)
“Frost/Nixon” (Peter Morgan)
“Let the Right One In” (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Simon Beaufoy)

Best Documentary
“Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father”
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“I.O.U.S.A.”
“Man On Wire”
“My Winnipeg”

Best Foreign Film
“A Christmas Tale”
“The Counterfeiters”
“I’ve Loved You So Long”
“Let the Right One In”
“Waltz with Bashir”

Best Animated Feature Film
“Bolt”
“Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“WALL-E”
“Waltz with Bashir”

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2008 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominees

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The Vancouver Film Critics Circle, announced the nominees for its annual awards today. They are:

CANADIAN FILMS

BEST CANADIAN FILM
C’est pas moi, je le jure! (pictured)
Heaven on Earth
The Necessities of Life

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Antoine L’Écuyer, C’est pas moi, je le jure!
Jim Sturgess, Fifty Dead Men Walking
Natar Ungalaaq, The Necessities of Life

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Marianne Fortier, Maman est chez le coiffeur
Julianne Moore, Blindness
Preity Zinta, Heaven on Earth

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Gael Garcia Bernal, Blindness
Randy Quaid, Real Time
Mark Ruffalo, Blindness

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Suzanne Clément, C’est pas moi, je le jure!
Maya Ritter, Finn’s Girl
Jayne Eastwood, Real Time

BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Atom Egoyan, Adoration
Philippe Falardeau, C’est pas moi, je le jure!
Deepa Mehta, Heaven on Earth

BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Edison & Leo
Stone of Destiny

INTERNATIONAL FILMS

BEST FILM
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

WALL·E
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
Sean Penn, Milk
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road/The Reader

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin, Milk
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis, Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant, Milk

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Edge of Heaven
Let the Right One In
Tell No One

The winners will be announced next Monday [via]

Oklahoma Film Critics Announce Film Picks for 2008

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The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle has announced its third annual list of awards for achievement in film, giving top honors to “Slumdog Millionaire” as the year’s best motion picture.

The group awarded Best Director to the man who helmed “Slumdog Millionaire,” Danny Boyle. Its Top 10 Films of the Year List honored many smaller-budget films in addition to Boyle’s – “The Wrestler,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “Rachel Getting Married” and “Happy-Go-Lucky.”

Top performances included Mickey Rourke as Best Actor for his performance as a past-his-prime professional wrestler in “The Wrestler” and Sally Hawkins as Best Actress for her portrayal of a sunny London schoolteacher in “Happy-Go-Lucky.” Supporting performance honors went to Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler” and the late Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight.”

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

2008 Film Awards

Top Ten Films (listed alphabetically):

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Doubt

Frost/Nixon

Happy-Go-Lucky

Milk

Rachel Getting Married

Slumdog Millionaire

WALL-E

The Wrestler

Best Film of 2008:

Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director(s):

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best First Feature:

Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York

Best Actress:

Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Actor:

Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Supporting Actress:

Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Supporting Actor:

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Documentary:

Man on Wire, dir. James Marsh

Best Foreign Film:

Let the Right One In, dir. Tomas Alfredson

Best Animated Film:

WALL-E

Obviously Worst Film:

The Love Guru

Not-So-Obviously Worst Film:

Mamma Mia!

Best Screenplay: Original:

TIE Robert D. Siegel, The Wrestler

Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Best Screenplay: Adaptation:

Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire (Vikas Swarup, novelist)

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The Houston Film Critics Society Award Winners for 2008

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The Houston Film Critics Society announce their 2008 slate of year-end award winning films. The critics group, based in the nation’s fourth largest city, spread the accolades around, honoring ten different films. The Houston Film Critics Society named The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as the best motion picture of 2008

The HFCS members awarded three outstanding achievement awards this year, honoring Andrea Grover and The Aurora Picture Show, Marian Luntz and The Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Film Department, and Roger Ebert for his advancement of film criticism.

The HFCS complete list of 2008 winners are:
Best Picture – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Best Director of a Motion Picture – Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Sean Penn, “Milk”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Viola Davis, “Doubt”
Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast – “Doubt”
Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Animated Film – “Wall-E”
Best Cinematography – Claudio Miranda, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Best Documentary Feature – “Man on Wire”
Best Foreign Language Film – “Mongol” (pictured)
Best Original Score – “Miracle at St. Anna” by Terence Blanchard
Best Original Song – “Down to Earth” from “Wall-E”

Outstanding Achievement in Cinema – Andrea Grover and The Aurora Picture Show
Outstanding Achievement in Film Programming – Marian Luntz and The Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Film Department
Outstanding Achievement in Film Criticism – Roger Ebert

The Houston Film Critics Society Top Ten Films for 2008:
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Dark Knight
4. Milk
5. Wall-E
6. Frost/Nixon
7. The Wrestler
8. Rachel Getting Married
9. The Reader
10. Gran Torino

2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

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Here are this year’s winners of the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards:

Best Film: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Also nominated: THE DARK KNIGHT, FROST/NIXON, WALL-E, THE WRESTLER

Best Director: Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Also nominated: Darren Aronofsky, THE WRESTLER, Ron Howard, FROST/NIXON, Christopher Nolan, THE DARK KNIGHT, Andrew Stanton, WALL-E

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER

Also nominated: Josh Brolin, W, Leonardo DiCaprio, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, Frank Langella, FROST/NIXON, Sean Penn, MILK

Best Actress: Kate Winslet, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

Also nominated: Anne Hathaway, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, Sally Hawkins, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, Melissa Leo, FROZEN RIVER, Meryl Streep, DOUBT

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT

Also nominated: Robert Downey Jr., TROPIC THUNDER, James Franco, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, Eddie Marsan, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, Michael Shannon, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, THE WRESTLER

Also nominated: Amy Adams, DOUBT, Elizabeth Banks, W, Penelope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, Rosemarie DeWitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

Best Ensemble: FROST/NIXON

Also nominated: BURN AFTER READING, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, TROPIC THUNDER

Best Newcomer: Martin McDonagh, writer/director, IN BRUGES

Also nominated: Rosemarie DeWitt, actress, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED, Rebecca Hall, actress, FROST/NIXON and VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, Danny McBride, actor, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, Dev Patel, actor, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, Catinca Untaru, actress, THE FALL

The DFCS was formed last year and includes 20 critics from newspaper, internet and broadcast outlets within a 150-mile radius of Detroit. [via]

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE as the best film of 2008

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The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the kaleidoscopic fairy tale SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE as the best film of 2008, according to the results of its 15th annual critics’ poll released today.  Rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were MILK (2), THE DARK KNIGHT (3), THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (4), THE WRESTLER (5), THE VISITOR (6), FROST/NIXON (7), DOUBT (8), WALL-E (9) and HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (10).

For Best Actor, the association named Sean Penn for MILK. Runners-up included Mickey Rourke for THE WRESTLER (2), Frank Langella for FROST/NIXON (3), Brad Pitt for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (4) and Richard Jenkins for THE VISITOR (5).

Anne Hathaway was voted Best Actress for RACHEL GETTING MARRIED. Next in the voting were Meryl Streep for DOUBT (2), Sally Hawkins for HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (3), Kristin Scott Thomas for I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (4) and Kate Winslet for REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (5).

In the Best Supporting Actor category, the winner was Heath Ledger for THE DARK KNIGHT. He was followed by Josh Brolin for MILK (2), Eddie Marsan for HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (3), Philip Seymour Hoffman for DOUBT (4) and Robert Downey Jr. for TROPIC THUNDER (5).

For Best Supporting Actress, the association named Viola Davis for DOUBT. Runners-up included Penelope Cruz for VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (2), Marisa Tomei for THE WRESTLER (3), Taraji P. Henson for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (4) and Rosemarie Dewitt for RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (5).

Danny Boyle was voted Best Director for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. Next in the voting were David Fincher for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (2), Christopher Nolan for THE DARK KNIGHT (3), Gus Van Sant for MILK (4) and Ron Howard for FROST/NIXON (5).

The association voted TELL NO ONE as the best foreign-language film of the year. Runners-up were WALTZ WITH BASHIR (2), LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (3), I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (4) and GOMORRAH(5).

MAN ON WIRE won for Best Documentary over WALTZ WITH BASHIR (2), YOUNG AT HEART (3), STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (4) and DEAR ZACHARY: A LETTER TO A SON ABOUT HIS FATHER (5).

WALL-E was named the best animated film of 2008, with KUNG FU PANDA as runner-up. Dustin Lance Black won the Best Screenplay award for MILK over Simon Beaufoy for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

The award for Best Cinematography went to Wally Pfister for THE DARK KNIGHT, followed by Claudio Miranda for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON.

The association voted WENDY AND LUCY as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 32 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout North Texas.[via]

Las Vegas Film Critics Society 2008 Sierra Awards; “Frost/Nixon” on top with five wins

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“Frost/Nixon” led the field with a total of five wins when the Las Vegas Film Critics Society announced the 2008 winners of its Sierra Awards.

The complete list of winners:

Best Picture: Frost/Nixon

Best Foreign Film: Mongol

Best Documentary: Man on Wire

Best Animated Film: Wall-E

Best Director: Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon

Best Actor: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Best Actress: Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road and The Reader

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon

Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Film Editing: Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill, Frost/Nixon

Best Score: James Newton Howard, Defiance

Best Song: “Another Way to Die,” Quantum of Solace

Best Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Costume Design: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Visual Effects: Iron Man

Best Family Film: The Spiderwick Chronicles

Best Youth in Film: David Kross, The Reader

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award: Frank Langella

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“Slumdog Millionaire” Wows London Film Critics’ Circle awards with six nominations

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Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” continued to win over critics, receiving six nominations for London Film Critics’ Circle awards, including the Attenborough Award for British film of the year, director of the year and British actor of the year for Dev Patel.

The 29th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, sponsored by First Direct, in aid of the children’s charity NSPCC will take place Feb. 4.

A complete list of nominees follows:

Film of the year
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“WALL-E”
“The Wrestler”

The Attenborough Award for British film of the year
“Happy-Go-Lucky”
“Hunger”
“In Bruges”
“Man on Wire”
“Slumdog Millionaire”

Foreign-language film of the year
“Gomorra”
“I’ve Loved You So Long”
“The Orphanage”
“Persepolis”
“Waltz With Bashir”

Director of the year
Darren Aronofsky, “The Wrestler”
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Clint Eastwood, “Changeling”
David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Gus Van Sant, “Milk”

British director of the year
Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Terence Davies, “Of Time and the City”
Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Steve McQueen, “Hunger”
Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”

Actor of the year
Josh Brolin, “W.”
Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Sean Penn, “Milk”
Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Actress of the year
Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie, “Changeling”
Meryl Streep, “Doubt”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader” and “Revolutionary Road”

British actor of the year
Michael Fassbender, “Hunger”
Ralph Fiennes, “The Duchess”
Ben Kingsley, “Elegy”
Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Michael Sheen, “Frost/Nixon”

British actress of the year
Rebecca Hall, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Kristin Scott Thomas, “I’ve Loved You So Long”
Tilda Swinton, “Julia”
Kate Winslet, “The Reader” and “Revolutionary Road”

British actor in a supporting role
Liam Cunningham, “Hunger”
Toby Jones, “Frost/Nixon” and “W.”
Eddie Marsan, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Peter O’Toole, “Dean Spanley”
Mark Strong, “Body of Lies”

British actress in a supporting role
Hayley Atwell, “The Duchess”
Kristin Scott Thomas, “Easy Virtue”
Tilda Swinton, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Emma Thompson, “Brideshead Revisited”
Alexis Zegerman, “Happy-Go-Lucky”

Screenwriter of the year
Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
David Hare, “The Reader”
Martin McDonagh, “In Bruges”
Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”
Eric Roth, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

NSPCC Award for young British performer of the year
Asa Butterfield, “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”
Georgia Groome, “Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging”
Bill Milner, “Son of Rambow”
Dev Patel, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Will Poulter, “Son of Rambow”
Thomas Turgoose, “Somers Town” and “Eden Lake”

Breakthrough British filmmaker
Joanna Hogg, writer-director: “Unrelated”
Martin McDonagh, writer-director: “In Bruges”
Steve McQueen, writer-director: “Hunger”
James Watkins, writer-director: “Eden Lake”
Rupert Wyatt, director: “The Escapist”

Dilys Powell Award for outstanding contribution to cinema
Judi Dench
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