Martin Compston, Producer Adrian Sturges, Gemma Arterton, Director J Blakeson, and Eddie Marsan arrive for the premiere of The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a psychological thriller in which Compston and Marsan are apparent kidnappers and Arterton their apparent victim, during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Vue West End on October 24.
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Gemma Arterton arrives for the premiere of J Blakeson’s The Disappearance of Alice Creed, in which two men (Martin Compston, Eddie Marsan) kidnap a woman (Arterton is the unlucky one) and tie her to a bed, during the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at the Vue West End on October 24.
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2009 Australian Film Institute Awards
2009 Australian Film Institute Award nominations: Oct. 28, 2009
2009 Australian Film Institute Award winners: Regent Theatre in Melbourne on Dec.
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On behalf of the London Film Festival jury, Anjelica Huston stated: “A masterpiece: Un prohète has the ambition, purity of vision and clarity of purpose to make it an instant classic.
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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.
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‘Brotherhood’, a film which revolves around the romantic relationship between two male Neo-Nazis, has won ‘best film’ at the Rome Film Festival.
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Brotherhood, a film about two male Neo-Nazis who begin a relationship, has won the best film accolade at the Rome Film Festival.
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With nine nominations, including best film and best director, Hong Kong filmmaker Clara Law’s romantic fantasy Like a Dream (right) leads the 2009 Golden Horse Awards.
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No, this is not an outtake from the best film of 2006. I doubt you'll make it past the first minute.
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2009 San Sebastian Film Festival Awards
2009 San Sebastian Film Festival: Sept. 18-26, 2009
Official Selection
GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH by LU CHUAN (China)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
LE REFUGE by FRANÇOIS OZON (France)
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST DIRECTOR
JAVIER REBOLLO for LA MUJER SIN PIANO (Spain-France)
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTOR
PABLO PINEDA for YO, TAMBIÉN [.
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Tom Ford, Julianne Moore, best actor winner Colin Firth, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode at the premiere of Queer Lion winner (for best film with a gay theme) A Single Man at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
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2009 Venice Film Festival Awards
2009 Venice Film Festival: Aug. 31-Sept. 12, 2009
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Golden Lion for best film: Lebanon by Samuel MAOZ (Israel, France, Germany)
Silver Lion for best director: Shirin NESHAT for Zanan Bedone Mardan (Women Without Men) (Germany, Austria, France)
Special Jury Prize: Soul Kitchen by Fatih AKIN (Germany)
Colin Firth.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince hits theaters on Wednesday. I got a chance to see the film last night and I think its the best film since Alfanso Cuaron’s Prisoner of Azkaban, which is my favorite of the series.
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The winner of 7 French Academy Awards, including best film, best original screenplay, and best actress, Martin Provost’s Séraphine stars Yolande Moreau as painter Séraphine Louis, aka Séraphine de Senlis, a plain, poor, uncultured, devoutly Catholic, and emotionally unbalanced housekeeper who became known as a major artistic talent in the early 20th century.
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