Slumdog Millionaire Chosen Best Movie by NBR

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Awards, Lists, Upcoming Releases

It’s that time of the year again. The time when critics give awards to movies most of us haven’t gotten around to seeing yet. And in the National Board of Review‘s case, many honors are going to films not yet in release.

Last year, the NBR - a group consisting of educators, historians and film industry professionals - chose Old Country for Old Men as its top selection for 2007. Although that movie went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, the organization’s acting picks did not collect any Oscars.

Even though we are still very early in the awards season, there were several noteworthy items in this recently announced list.  While it’s not surprising to see a Clint Eastwood mention, the 78-year-old was actually chosen for his acting (Gran Torino) rather than his directing (Gran Torino or Changeling). Then there’s Josh Brolin’s Best Supporting honor for Milk. His selection not only highlights Sean Penn’s missing name, but Heath Ledger’s as well.

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New York Film Critics Choose ‘No Country’

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Miramax, Animation, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Thrillers, Awards, Lists

On Monday, the New York Film Critics Circle revealed their 2007 film award winners.  This announcement comes shortly after the National Board of Review (NBR) and the Los Angeles Film Critics (LAFCA) revealed their honorees.  Although the Golden Globe nominations are still two days away, certain trends have already started to emerge from just these three lists.

The 2007 NYFCC winners:

• Best Picture: No Country for Old Men*
• Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
• Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis**, There Will Be Blood
• Best Actress: Julie Christie*, Away from Her
• Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
• Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan***, Gone Baby Gone
• Best Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen*, No Country for Old Men
• Best Animated Film: Persepolis**
• Best Foreign Film: The Lives of Others
• Best Documentary: No End in Sight**

*also the NBR winner
**also the LAFCA winner
***both the NBR and LAFCA winner

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‘No Country for Old Men’ Earns Big Honor

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: DreamWorks, Miramax, Paramount, Warner Bros, Action, Animation, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Musicals, Romance, Comedy, Thrillers, Awards, Lists

Although there’s a large slate of movies yet to be released, the National Board of Review kicked off awards season this week with its list of honorees.  Joel and Ethan Coen’s film, No Country for Old Men, walked away with NBR’s prize for Best Film along with two other categories.

The NBR is not necessarily known for predicting Oscar success.  Nevertheless, the group consisting of educators, historians and film industry professionals did select Forrest Whitaker and Helen Mirren as its winners last year.

Here’s a list of the 2007 NBR honorees.  Even if you can’t use these selections in your Academy Awards betting pool, you now know which films you should become familiar with:

• Best Film: No Country for Old Men
• Best Director: Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
• Best Directorial Debut: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
• Best Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
• Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away from Her  (Read the FilmCrunch review here.)
• Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Gone Baby Gone

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NBR Picks the Best Films of ‘06

Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: Awards, Lists

Earlier today, The National Board of Review (NBR), a nonprofit organization, announced its top film awards for 2006.  For nearly a century, NBR has been supporting film as entertainment and art, and is still the first critical body to declare its annual awards.  The winners, selected from 270 of this year’s films, are as follows:

Best Film: Letters From Iwo Jima

Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King Of Scotland

Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen

Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond

Best Supporting Actress: Catherine O’Hara, For Your Consideration

Best Foreign Film: Volver

Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth

Best Animated Feature: Cars

Best Ensemble Cast: The Departed

Breakthrough Performance – Male: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

Breakthrough Performance – Female: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls and Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Best Directorial Debut: Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking

Best Original Screenplay: Zach Helm, Stranger Than Fiction

Best Adapted Screenplay: Ron Nyswaner, The Painted Veil

These awards often foreshadow similar results come Oscar night, so keep an eye on these early predictions.  For a full list of winners, visit the NBR website.

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