Popcorn 'N Roses

A NOT So subtle reminder...

...that the winner for BOTH The Poppy and the  Rosie for 2007 Best Picture (among other awards from the Poppies and Rosies), Wristcutters:A Love Story, hits DVD Tomorrow...heh heh heh...

If there's one movie that you MUST see from last year, it's this one...it's off-beat, witty, charming, and down-and-out HILARIOUS in places, and I guarantee you will NEVER forget it.

You can order it from the link above, or Netflix it IF YOU MUST (it's worth owning, not just renting...), but please, if you haven't see it yet, SEE IT NOW!

Subject:CINEMA Special - 2008 Awards Wrap!

Time for this year's awards wrapup show!  Kim and TC discuss all the winners of the Independent Spirit Awards, the Golden Raspberry Awards, and of course the 2008 Oscars!

Which ones did you want to win? Any you really think didn't deserve to win? Let us know, subjectcinema@popcornnroses.com!

Subject:CINEMA #90 - "The 3rd Annual Poppies And Rosies Awards!"

It's all the years best in this, our annual year-end spectacular.

In this special three-hour edition (don't worry, you can listen in shifts, heh heh heh), TC and Kim pick out the best of the best of 2007, naming their official winners in over two dozen catagories, plus over two dozen more "unofficial" awards for silly things like "Valley Dude Of The Year', and "The Bad Continuity Award" among others.

It's a spectacular show, one that we're proud of. And even though we get a little long winded in these year-end wrap ups, it's worth it. Our picks rarely match other critics lists, but you can be guaranteed that when you sit down to watch the movies that win, you'll usually love it!

So sit back, relax, and have a great new year's even with TC and Kim...we know you'll have a TON of FUN!

See you in 2008!

AWARDS: Detroit, St Louis on "No Country" Bandwagon

Add two more cities to the Coen Brothers kudos....

ST LOUIS FILM CRITICS - WINNERS

BEST PICTURE
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

BEST ACTRESS
ELLEN PAGE - JUNO

BEST ACTOR
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - THERE WILL BE BLOOD

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY RYAN - GONE BABY GONE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
CASEY AFFLECK
- THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

BEST DIRECTOR
ETHAN COEN AND JOEL COEN - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ROGER DEAKINS
- THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

BEST SCREENPLAY (Original or Adapted)
JUNO - DIABLO CODY

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

BEST DOCUMENTARY
SICKO

BEST COMEDY
JUNO

BEST ANIMATED OR FAMILY FILM
RATATOUILLE

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (CGI/Special Effects)
300

BEST SCORE
SWEENEY TODD

MOST ORIGINAL OR INNOVATIVE FILM
I'M NOT THERE

WORST FILM OF THE YEAR
THE BROTHERS SOLOMON

DETROIT FILM CRITICS - WINNERS

Best Film
No Country for Old Men

Best Director
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton

Best Actress
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Ensemble
Juno

Best Newcomer
Diablo Cody, screenwriter, Juno

More year-end critics lists as they come in!

Poppies and Rosies now just a week away!

It's that time of year again...so it's time for the hype to begin! :-)

Next Monday, Popcorn N Roses will announce it's annual Poppies and Rosies on a special episode of our weekly podcast, Subject:CINEMA.The Poppies are given by yours truly, and the Rosies by the Platinum Rose of PNR, and my better half, Kim Brown.

This year's show will hopefully be as entertaining as it is informative, and unlike the Oscars or Golden Globes, we're not hampered by the current WGA Strike...heh heh heh...

I also have to say that we usually don't fall in line with the rest of the sheep...er, critics who all seem to give the same awards to the same movies year after year. Our awards are given from the heart, and from the GUT. We don't award to just anything...but we also award smaller films that deserve more attention that do some of the "indie darlings".

That is NOT to say that they won't win an award...typically, they do. It just means that we don't take everyone else's opinion into account...we make the decisions based on quality, performance, score, and so on...and NOT on inner circle politics (and anyone who says most of the critics awards AREN'T just an entertainment political race is sadly mistaken in most cases...).

For instance...we can't include what we haven't seen. In many cases, and despite considerable efforts on our part, the studios have refused to acknowledge PNR as a legitimate press outlet, and in many cases have refused to grant us screeners. Fortunately, We've worked with a number of indie distributors who were happy to include us, and that's great, but if we haven't seen a movie like "There Will Be Blood" because it's not officially released yet, then it is the studio's fault that we cannot include it on our year end best of lists for PNR and our contributions to the various film organizations we belong to because we didn't recieve a screener. The studios are doing that to themselves.

So anyway, it should be interesting and fun.  We'll Kick off our awards season by announcing our Best Of 2007 Top Ten Lists on Friday, December 28th, as a sneak peak of the Poppies and Rosies, so you won't want to miss that. Check on Friday at 10 AM ET for the official announcement!

AWARDS: A ton of critics lists

OK, there's been a TON of awards and year end lists since my last post, so let's play a little catch-up, shall we?

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AUSTIN FILM CRITICS - WINNERS

Best Film
There Will Be Blood

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney, Juno

Best Foreign Film
Black Book

Best Documentary
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille

Best First Film
Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Adapted Screenplay
Ethan & & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men

Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood

Best Original Score
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood

Breakthrough Artist
Michael Cera, Superbad, Juno

Austin Film Award
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, Grindhouse

Top Ten
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old men
Juno
Into the Wild
310 to Yuma
Knocked Up
Before the Devil Knows Youre Dead
Atonement
American Gangster
Eastern Promises

TORONTO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION - WINNERS

BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men (Alliance Films)

BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE -- TIE
Julie Christie, Away From Her
and
Ellen Page, Juno

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

BEST DIRECTOR
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

BEST CANADIAN FILM
Away From Her (Mongrel Media)

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Away From Her, directed by Sarah Polley

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille (Disney/Pixar)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (Mongrel Media)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight (Mongrel Media)

SAN DIEGO FILM CRITICS - WINNERS

Best Film
No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel

Best Documentary (tie)
Crazy Love by Dan Klores and Fisher Stevens,
and Deep Water by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
Julie Christie, Away from Her

Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best Ensemble
No Country for Old Men

Best Animated Film
Ratatouille by Brad Bird

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men

Best Editing
Paul Tothill, Atonement

Best Score
Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood

Best Production Design
Dante Ferretti, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Body of Work
Christian Bale
3:10 to Yuma, Rescue Dawn and I’m Not There

Kyle Counts Award
Honors those who have made a contribution to film in the city
Larry Zeiger

PHOENIX FILM CRITICS - WINNERS

Best Picture
No Country for Old Men

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel

Best Documentary Feature Film
Sicko by Michael Moore

Best Achievement in Direction
Ethan and Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Julie Christie for Away from Her

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone

Best Acting Ensemble
No Country for Old Men

Best Screenplay written directly for the screen
Diablo Cody for Juno

Best Screenplay adapted from another medium
Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country for Old Men

Best Animated Feature Film
Ratatouille by Brad Bird

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey, Atonement

Best Achievement in Editing
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Original Score
Dario Marianelli, Atonement

Best Original Song
"Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Once

Best Achievement in Production Design
Dante Ferretti, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
300

Best Achievement in Stunts
The Bourne Ultimatum

Breakthrough on Camera
Ellen Page for Juno

Breakthrough behind the Camera
Sarah Polley for Away from Her

Best Performance by a youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
Edward Sanders for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Performance by a youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement

Overlooked Film of the Year
Stardust by Matthew Vaughn

Best Live Action Family Film
Enchanted by Kevin Lima

LAS VEGAS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION - WINNERS

Best Picture
No Country for Old Men

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress
Ellen Page, “Juno”

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”

Best Director
Joel & Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Diablo Cody, “Juno”

Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit, “There Will Be Blood”

Best Film Editing
Christopher Rouse, “The Bourne Ultimatum”

Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

Best Art Direction
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”

Best Visual Effects
“Transformers”

Best Score
Jonny Greenwood, “There Will Be Blood”

Best Song
“Walk Hard” by Marshall Crenshaw, John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan
Performed by John C. Reilly

Best Animated Film
“Ratatouille”

Best Family Film
“Ratatouille”

Best Documentary
“Sicko”

Best Foreign Film
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”

Youth in Film Award (Male)
Ed Sanders, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Youth in Film Award (Female)
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

Best DVD (Packaging, Design and Content)
Blade Runner Ultimate Edition (Warner Home Entertainment)

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
James Hong

LVFCS Top Ten Films for 2007
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
3:10 to Yuma
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Zodiac
Into the Wild
Juno
Eastern Promises
The Lookout
Sunshine

SOUTHEASTERN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION - WINNERS

BEST PICTURES (IN RANKED ORDER)
1. No Country for Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Atonement
4. Juno
5. Michael Clayton
6. Zodiac
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
8. Gone Baby Gone
9. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10. Into the Wild

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 DIRECTOR
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - Juno

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
No End in Sight

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ratatouille

WYATT AWARD
Waitress

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WHEW!  What a list! Clearly, the Coen Brothers are on top, but There Will Be Blood is in the race in a close second.

I think this is the longest list i've ever posted in one sitting...that's what I get for having problems getting to the site this week! We will have more today, including the SAG Nominations and the Indie Critics Polls from INDIEWire as they come in!

AWARDS: AFI names "No Country", "Into The Wild" among the year's 10 best films

The American Film Institute, or AFI for short, has just moments ago released its list of the top 10 films of 2007. They are, in alphabetical order:

BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

INTO THE WILD

JUNO

KNOCKED UP

MICHAEL CLAYTON

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

RATATOUILLE

THE SAVAGES

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

More awards news as it happens!

AWARDS: Chicago jumps on "No Country" bandwagon

The Chicago Film Critcs Association has selected the Coen Brothers epic "No Country For Old Men" as best picture, putting that film in the lead among winners so far.

The complete list of winners is below:

CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION - WINNERS

BEST PICTURE – "No Country for Old Men"

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM – "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"

BEST DIRECTOR – Joel & Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Diablo Cody for" Juno"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Joel & Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men"

BEST ACTOR – Daniel Day-Lewis for "There Will Be Blood"

BEST ACTRESS – Ellen Page for "Juno"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Javier Bardem for "No Country for Old Men"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Cate Blanchett for "I’m Not There"

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova for "Once"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Roger Deakins for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

BEST DOCUMENTARY – "Sicko"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE – "Ratatouille"

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER – Michael Cera for "Juno" and "Superbad"

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER – Ben Affleck for "Gone Baby Gone"

Chicago is also jumping aboard the Ben Affleck gravy train for his debut feature, as noted above. Affleck should think about a permanent jump to behind the camera given his good notices for "Gone Baby Gone".

More this weekend, including AFI's best of list and the Satellite winners on Sunday!

AWARDS: Globe noms shock many; "Atonement" leads with 7 nominations

"Atonement", the british drama that hits theaters this weekend, and that has been almost completely ignored by the many critics' groups thus far, swept its' way into Oscar contention today, landing 7 Golden Globe nominations, more than any other film. "No Country For Old Men", "There Will Be Blood", and "Juno" also racked up multiple nominations.

Other favorites were left out in the cold - "Into the Wild", which just led the Critics' Choice nominations earlier this week, got only musical nominations here, and two other comedies thought to be shoo-in's for the usually eclectic Hollywood Foreign Press, "Superbad" and "Knocked Up" were completely shut out, as was critically acclaimed but so far ignored "Beowulf".

But the Globes are always controversial for both what they pick and what they don't, and things just got a little more interesting...

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS FOR FILM - 2007

Motion picture -- drama
"American Gangster"
"Atonement"
"Eastern Promises"
"The Great Debaters"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Actress -- drama
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Jodie Foster, "The Brave One"
Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"
Keira Knightley, "Atonement"

Actor -- drama
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
James McAvoy, "Atonement"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"
Denzel Washington, "American Gangster"

Picture -- musical or comedy
"Across the Universe"
"Charlie Wilson's War"
"Hairspray"
"Juno"
"Sweeney Todd"

Actress -- musical or comedy
Amy Adams, "Enchanted"
Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray"
Helena Bonham Carter, "Sweeney Todd"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose"
Ellen Page, "Juno"

Actor -- musical or comedy
Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd"
Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Tom Hanks, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Savages"
John C. Reilly, "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"

Supporting actress
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Julia Roberts, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

Supporting actor
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
John Travolta, "Hairspray"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"

Director
Tim Burton, "Sweeney Todd"
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Ridley Scott, "American Gangster"
Joe Wright, "Atonement"

Screenplay
Diablo Cody, "Juno"
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"
Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Aaron Sorkin, "Charlie Wilson's War"

Foreign-language film
"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," Romania
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," France and U.S.
"The Kite Runner," U.S.
"Lust, Caution," Taiwan
"Persepolis," France

Animated film
"Bee Movie"
"Ratatouille"
"The Simpsons Movie"

Original score
Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder, "Into the Wild"
Clint Eastwood, "Grace Is Gone"
Alberto Iglesias, "The Kite Runner"
Dario Marianelli, "Atonement"
Howard Shore, "Eastern Promises"

Original song
"Despedida" from "Love in the Time of Cholera"
"Grace Is Gone" from "Grace Is Gone"
"Guaranteed" from "Into the Wild"
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted"
"Walk Hard" from "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"

I'll have further commentary on the nominations soon, and don't forget, we'll have analysis of the Globe noms and other awards handed out this week on this weekend's edition of Subject:CINEMA, Sunday at 12 noon!

Stay tuned, folks, things just got interesting! More awards news as they happen from Popcorn N Roses!

AWARDS - BFCA announces Critics' Choice nominees

The Broadcast Film Critics Association announced the nominations for the 2007 Critics' Choice awards this morning. Sean Penn's Into The Wild garnered the most nominations with seven, beating second place Juno which landed six nominations.

2007 CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS - NOMINEES

Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

Best Actor
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Best Actress
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Best Director
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement

Best Writer
Diablo Cody - Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War

Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Best Young Actor
Michael Cera - Juno
Michael Cera - Superbad
Freddie Highmore - August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders - Sweeney Todd

Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards - The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb - Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad

Best Family Film
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Best Picture Made for Television
The Company
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage

Best Song
"Come So Far", Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley - Hairspray
"Do You Feel Me", Anthony Hamilton - American Gangster
"Falling Slowly", Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Jesse L. Martin and Cast - Once
"Guaranteed", Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
"That's How You Know", Amy Adams - Enchanted

Best Composer
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood - Grace Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alan Menken - Enchanted

Best Documentary
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End In Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko

Most interesting here is the documentary catagory, where the five serious favorites this year are competing with the crowd favorite The King Of Kong...should be interesting

The Critics' Choice awards will be handed out on January 7th and will be telecast nationally on VH-1.

More awards as we get them!

AWARDS: San Fran bucks trend, picks "Jesse James" as Best Picture

San Francisco bucking a trend? What a shock!  The SF Film Critics Circle have named "The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford" as their Best Picture of 2007. The rest of their awards, however, are falling in line with most other critics' lists...

SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE - WINNERS:

Best Picture     "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

Best Director     Joel and Ethan Coen
    for "No Country for Old Men"

Best Original Screenplay     "The Savages"

Best Adapted Screenplay     "Away from Her"

Best Actor     George Clooney
    for "Michael Clayton"

Best Actress     Julie Christie
    for "Away from Her"
Best Supporting Actor     Casey Affleck
    for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Best Supporting Actress     Amy Ryan
    for "Gone Baby Gone"
Best Foreign
   Language Film     "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Best Documentary     "No End in Sight"
Special Citation
   for under-looked independent film     "Colma: The Musical

Undoubtably, there will be more awards, and PNR will have them all for you right here!

AWARDS: NYCC picks "No Country" as Best Picture

The New York Critics Circle has named the Coen Brothers "No Country For Old Men" as their best picture, falling in line with most of the other critics groups so far.

The full list of winners:

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS: WINNERS

ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"

ACTRESS
Julie Christie, "Away from Her"

DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Cohan, "No Country for Old Men"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"

SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

CINEMATOGRAPHER
Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood"

FOREIGN FILM
"The Lives of Others"

ANIMATED FILM
"Persepolis"

FIRST FILM
Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"

DOCUMENTARY
"No End in Sight"

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Sidney Lumet

SPECIAL CRITICS' AWARD
Charles Burnett, "Killer of Sheep"

Persepolis keeps its winning streak alive, once again besting the rats of Ratatouille for Best Animated Film, while Daniel Day Lewis moves forward in the Best Actor race, bringing him neck and neck with George Clooney. The ladies continue their winning streaks in the Best Actress and Supporting Actress catagories.

Stay tuned, there's plenty more awards on the way!

AWARDS: LA, NY Online pick "There Will Be Blood"; DC, Boston on the "No Country" bandwagon

Some patterns are slowly emerging for the Oscar race, but Best Picture isn't one of them...yet. But before we get to that, here are the best of lists announced over the weekend:

LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION - WINNERS

PICTURE: "There Will Be Blood"
DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
ACTRESS: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en rose"
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Vlad Ivanov, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone" and "Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead"
SCREENPLAY: Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
DOCUMENTARY: "No End in Sight"
ANIMATION: "Ratatouille" and "Persepolis" (tie)
MUSIC: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, "Once"
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Jack Fisk, "There Will Be Blood"
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Janusz Kaminski, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
NEW GENERATION: Sarah Polley, "Away From Her"
INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL: Pedro Costa’s "Colossal Youth"

SPECIAL CITATION: New Crowned Hope series commissioned by director Peter Sellars to honor the anniversary of Mozart’s 250th birthday

LEGACY AWARDS: Milestone Film and Video and the Outfest Legacy Project

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE - WINNERS

BEST PICTURE
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (tie)
There Will Be Blood (tie)

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood

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
Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
There Will Be Blood – Robert Elswit

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Darjeeling Limited – Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola

BEST FOREIGN PICTURE
The Lives of Others (tie)
Persepolis (tie)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis

BEST MUSIC/SCORE
There Will Be Blood – Jonny Greenwood

BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Ellen Page – Juno

BEST DEBUT AS DIRECTOR
Sarah Polley – Away From Her

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

BEST PICTURES (alphabetical)
Atonement (Focus Features)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (THINKFilm)
The Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax)
I'm Not There (The Weinstein Company)
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)

WASHINGTON DC AREA FILM CRITICS - WINNERS

Best Film: No Country for Old Men/Miramax & Paramount Vantage

Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)

Best Actor: George Clooney (Michael Clayton)

Best Actress: Julie Christie (Away From Her)

Best Ensemble: No Country for Old Men/Miramax & Paramount Vantage

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)

Best Breakthrough Performance: Ellen Page (Juno)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War)

Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody (Juno)

Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille/Disney & Pixar

Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly/Miramax

Best Documentary: SiCKO/The Weinstein Company

Best Art Direction: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street/Paramount

BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS - WINNERS

Best Picture: "No Country for Old Men"
Best Foreign Language Picture: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Best Documentary: "Crazy Love"
Best Director: Julian Schnabel ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly")
Best Actor: Frank Langella ("Starting out in the Evening").
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard ("La vie en rose")
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men")
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan ("Gone Baby Gone")
Best Ensemble: "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
Best Screenplay: Brad Bird ("Ratatouille")
Besty Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly")
Best New Filmmaker: Ben Affleck ("Gone Baby Gone")

As I noted above, some patterns ARE beginning to emerge, but they don't appear to be ones that most people thought of ahead of time. Amy Ryan seems to be the favorite over Cate Blanchett with all but one win in the supporting actress catagory for her role in Gone Baby Gone, and while Blanchett DID get the supporting nod from the New York Online critics, it appears her support may be slipping overall.

Julie Christie appears to be moving in front in the lead actress catagory so far, but the two male acting catagories have been all over the road so far, though George Clooney has now picked up two lead awards for his role in Michael Clayton. 

It should also be noted that Los Angeles has favored Daniel Day-Lewis almost every year he has something out, where other critics have usually placed him in the runner-up role in year end lists.

The big surprise so far seems to be the lack of interest in two films thought to be shoo-ins for awards, Sean Penn's Into The Wild and Tim Burton's musical Sweeney Todd. Although both films have been awarded at least once so far, neither film seems to be making in-roads in the major catagories, although Wild's Emile Hirsch has landed a couple of breakthrough awards.

But I think the biggest shocker of the weekend best list announcements was Boston's stunning decision to award Best Screenplay to the animated hit Ratatouille, over other popular screenplay candidates No Country For Old Men, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, and Juno, which have been the favorites thus far - leave it to Boston's critics to buck the trend, they usually do.  And while Ratatouille is winning a lot of the animated film awards, it should be noted that the upcoming Persepolis, an offbeat black and white animated film based on the memoirs of Iranian activist Marjane Satrapi, is starting to emerge (as I predicted a couple of weeks ago) as a possible Oscar spoiler for Remy and company in the animated catatory - it tied with Ratatouille in LA and beat out the rats with the New York Online Critics. And interestingly, it also tied with The Lives Of Others for Best Foreign Film with the same New York Online critics - clearly, critics in New York are big Persepolis fans.

More awards are on the way over the next several weeks. We'll have them all here for you, along with commentary. Chicago film critics announce later this week, along with a few others i'm sure, and the Golden Globe nominations will be announced on Thursday. Stay tuned to PNR for full awards-season coverage!

AWARDS - Film Grammy nominations

Grammy nominations were announced this morning - here are the three film catagory nominees:

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.)

• Across The Universe
  Various Artists
  [Interscope Records]
• Dreamgirls
  Various Artists
  [Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]
• Hairspray
  Various Artists
  [New Line Records]
• Love
  (The Beatles)
  [Apple Records/Capitol Records]
• Once
  Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
  [Canvasback/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax]

Category 83

Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(Award to Composer(s) for an original score created specifically for, or as a companion to, a current legitimate motion picture, television show or series or other visual media.)

• Babel
  Gustavo Santaolalla, composer
  [Concord Records]
• Blood Diamond
  James Newton Howard, composer
  [Varese Sarabande]
• The Departed
  Howard Shore, composer
  [New Line Records]
• Happy Feet
  John Powell, composer
  [Warner Sunset/Atlantic]
• Pan's Labyrinth
  Javier Navarrete, composer
  [Milan Records]
• Ratatouille
  Michael Giacchino, composer
  [Walt Disney Records]

Category 84

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
(A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) written specifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Falling Slowly (From Once)
  Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, songwriters (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)
  Track from: Once
  [Canvasback/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publisher: Copyright Control]
• Guaranteed (From Into The Wild)
  Eddie Vedder, songwriter (Eddie Vedder)
  Track from: Into The Wild
  [J Records; Publisher: Monkey Wrench]
• Love You I Do (From Dreamgirls)
  Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
  Track from: Dreamgirls
  [Music World Music/Sony Urban Music/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax; Publishers: Miroku Music/Williamson Music/Black Chick Music Publishing, SKG Songs]
• The Song Of The Heart (From Happy Feet)
  Prince Rogers Nelson, songwriter (Prince)
  Track from: Happy Feet
  [Warner Sunset/Atlantic; Publishers: Controversy Music/Universal Music Corp.]
• You Know My Name (From Casino Royale)
  David Arnold & Chris Cornell, songwriters (Chris Cornell)
  Track from: Carry On
  [Suretone/Interscope Records; Publishers: Disappearing One/EMI April Music/UA Music/New Columbia Pictures Music, Thrust/Magnum Music/Bucks Music/United Lion Music/Colpix Music]

AWARDS- The Coen Brothers take the first big prize of the season as National Board Of Review names "No Country For Old Men" Best Picture

Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men" took the top honor from the National Board of Review Awards on Wednesday , picking up best picture, as well as best ensemble cast and best adapted screenplay honors.

George Clooney took home best actor for "Michael Clayton" and Julie Christie took home best actress for "Away From Her". Tim Burton took home the best director prize for his forthcoming musical "Sweeney Todd." Best Supporting Actor went to Casey Affleck for "The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford" while Affleck's "Gone Baby Gone" co-star Amy Ryan picked up Best Supporting Actress. Emile Hirsch won breakthrough performance by an actor for "Into the Wild," and Ellen Page won breakthrough performance by an actress for "Juno."

Diablo Cody ("Juno") and Nancy Oliver ("Lars and the Real Girl")tied for best original screenplay.

Best foreign film went to Julian Schnabel's "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" , while the Iraq War expose "Body of War" took home best documentary, "Ratatouille" took home best animated feature, and both "The Great Debaters" and "Persepolis" won the Bvlgari Award for NBR Freedom of Expression.

AWARDS - The Rat Cleans Up - "Ratatouille" leads Annie Award noms

Nominations for animations Annie Awards were announced on Monday, with Ratatouille cleaning up in the feature film catagory, along with The Simpsons Movie, Bee Movie, and Surf's Up.

The complete list of film nominees:

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie - DreamWorks Animation
Persepolis - Sony Pictures Classics
Ratatouille - Pixar Animation Studios
Surf's Up - Sony Pictures Animation
The Simpsons Movie - Twentieth Century Fox

Best Animated Short Subject
Everything Will Be OK - Bitter Films
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater - Walt Disney Feature Animation
Shorty McShorts' Shorts "Mascot Prep" - Walt Disney Television Animation
The Chestnut Tree - Picnic Pictures
Your Friend the Rat - Pixar Animation Studios

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects
Gary Bruins - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios
Deborah Carlson - "Surf's Up" - Sony Pictures Animation
Ryan Laney - "Spider-Man 3" - Sony Pictures Animation
James Mansfield - "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater" - Walt Disney Feature Animation
Jon Reisch - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios

Animation Production Artist
John Clark - "Surf's Up" - Sony Pictures Animation
Michael Isaak - "Bee Movie" - DreamWorks Animation
Hyun-Min Lee - "The Chestnut Tree" - Picnic Pictures
Natasha Liberman - "Growing Up Creepie "Creepie & The Candy Factory" - Taffy Entertainment LLC, Telegrael Teoranta, Discovery Communications Inc., SunWoo Entertainment, Peach Blossom Media
Jim Worthy - My Gym Partner's A Monkey "Meet the Spidermonkeys" - Cartoon Network Studios

Character Animation in a Feature Production
Dave Hardin - "Surf's Up" - Sony Pictures Animation
Alan Hawkins - "Surf's Up" - Sony Pictures Animation
Michal Makarewicz - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Sylvain Deboissy - "Surf's Up" - Sony Pictures Animation
Carter Goodrich - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Brad Bird "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios
Ash Brannon & Chris Buck "Surf's Up" - Sony Pictures Animation
Chris Miller & Raman Hui - "Shrek The Third" - DreamWorks Animation
Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi - "Persepolis" - Sony Pictures Classics
David Silverman - "The Simpsons Movie" - Twentieth Century Fox

Music in an Animated Feature Production
Olivier Bernet - "Persepolis" - Sony Pictures Classics
Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright & Rob Thomas - "Meet The Robinsons" - Walt Disney Feature Animation
Michael Giacchino - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios
Rupert Gregson-Williams - "Bee Movie" - DreamWorks Animation
Amy Powers, Russ DeSalvo & Jeff Danna - "Disney Princess Enchanted Tales" - DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Video/Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
Doug Chiang - "Beowulf" - Paramount Pictures
Harley Jessup - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios
Marelo Vignali - "Surf's Up" - Sony Pictures Animation

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
Don Hall - 'Meet The Robinsons' - Walt Disney Feature Animation
Denise Koyama - "Surf's Up" - Sony Pictures Animation
Ted Mathot - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios
Sean Song - "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" - IMAGI Animation Studios
Nassos Vakalis - "Bee Movie" - DreamWorks Animation

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
Janeane Garofalo - Voice of Collette - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios
Ian Holm - Voice of Skinner - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios
Julie Kavner - Voice of Marge Simpson - "The Simpsons Movie" - Twentieth Century Fox
Patton Oswalt - Voice of Remy - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios
Patrick Warburton - Voice of Ken - "Bee Movie" - DreamWorks Animation

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
Brad Bird - "Ratatouille" - Pixar Animation Studios
James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David, Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti - "The Simpsons Movie" - Twentieth Century Fox
Don Rhymer and Ash Brannon & Chris Buck & Christopher Jenkins - "Surf's Up" - Sony Pictures Animation
Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud - "Persepolis" - Sony Pictures Classics

More awards news as it happens, keep it tuned to Popcorn N Roses for the latest!

AWARDS - Satellite Award nominations full of surprises

The Intl. Press Academy has announced the nominees for the 2007 Satellite Awards, which acknowledge achievements in film, television, DVD and new media. The 12th annual ceremony will be held Dec. 16 in Century City, with awards going out in 49 categories.

And the film nominees are...

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Julie Christie, "Away From Her" (Lionsgate)
Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart" (Paramount Vantage)
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose" (Picturehouse Entertainment)
Tilda Swinton, "Stephanie Daley" (Regent Releasing)
Keira Knightly, "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Laura Linney, "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Denzel Washington, "American Gangster" (Universal Pictures)
Josh Brolin, "No Country For Old Men" (Miramax Films)
Christian Bale, "Rescue Dawn" (MGM)
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)
Frank Langella, "Starting Out in the Evening"(Roadside Attractions)
Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent Pictures)

ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Katherine Heigl, "Knocked Up" (Universal Pictures)
Amy Adams, "Enchanted" (Walt Disney Pictures)
Ellen Page, "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
Emily Mortimer, "Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM)
Nicole Kidman, "Margot at the Wedding" (Paramount Vantage)
Cate Blanchett, "I’m Not There" (The Weinstein Company)

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Richard Gere, "The Hoax" Miramax
Seth Rogen, "Knocked Up" (Universal Pictures)
Ben Kingsley You Kill Me Ifc Films
Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM)
Clive Owen, "Shoot ‘Em Up" (New Line Cinema)
Don Cheadle, "Talk to Me" (Focus Features)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Emmanuelle Seigner, "La Vie En Rose" (Picturehouse Entertainment)
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax Films)
Taraji P. Henson "Talk to Me" (Focus Features)
Ruby Dee, "American Gangster" (Universal Pictures)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jeff Daniels, "The Lookout" (Miramax Films)
Brian Cox, "Zodiac" (Paramount Pictures)
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ben Foster, "3:10 To Yuma" (Lionsgate)
Javier Bardem, "No Country For Old Men" (Miramax Films)
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jessie James" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
"The Lookout" Miramax
"Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead" (ThinkFilm)
"Away From Her" (Lionsgate)
"Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)
"No Country For Old Men" (Miramax Films)
"3:10 To Yuma" (Lionsgate)

MOTION PICTURE, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
"Hairspray" (New Line Cinema)
"Juno"(Fox Searchlight)
"Shoot ‘Em Up" (New Line Cinema)
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM)
"Knocked Up" (Universal Pictures)More than one option(Film) Hairspray
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(Film) Hairspray

MOTION PICTURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE
"Ten Canoes" Australia (Palm Pictures)
"Offside Iran" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"La Vie En Rose" France (Picturehouse Entertainment)
"Lust, Caution" China (Focus Features)
"4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days" Romania Ifc Films
"The Orphanage" Spain (Picturehouse Entertainment)
"Margot at the Wedding" (Paramount Vantage)

MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED OR MIXED MEDIA
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics)
"The Simpsons Movie" Twentieth Century Fox
"The Golden" Compass (New Line Cinema)
""Ratatouille"" (Buena Vista Pictures)
"300" Warner Brothers
"Beowulf" (Paramount Pictures)

MOTION PICTURE, DOCUMENTARY
"The King Of Kong" (Picturehouse Entertainment)
"The 11th Hour Warner" (Independent Pictures)
"Sicko" (Lionsgate)
"No End In Sight"(Magnolia Pictures)
"Darfur Now Warner" (Independent Pictures)
"Lake Of Fire" (ThinkFilm)

DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, "Lust, Caution" (Focus Features)
Olivier Dahan, "La Vie En Rose" (Picture House Entertainment)
David Cronenberg, "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "No Country For Old Men" (Miramax Films)
Sidney Lumet, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" (ThinkFilm)
Sarah Polley, "Away From Her" (Lionsgate)

SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
Scott Frank, "The Lookout" (Miramax Films)
Diablo Cody, "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
Kelly Masterson, "Before the Devil Knows You’Re Dead" (ThinkFilm)
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Nancy Oliver,"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM)
Steven Knight, "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
James Vanderbilt, "Zodiac" (Paramount Pictures)
Christopher Hampton "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "No Country For Old Men" (Miramax Films)
David Benioff, "The Kite Runner" (Paramount Vantage)
Sarah Polley,"Away From Her" (Lionsgate)
Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus,"Lust, Caution" (Focus Features)

ORIGINAL SCORE
Dario Marianelli, "Atonement" (Focus Features)
James Newton Howard, "The Lookout" (Miramax Films)
Michael Giacchino, "Ratatouille" (Buena Vista Pictures)
Alberto Iglesias, "The Kite Runner" (Paramount Vantage)
Howard Shore, "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)
Nick Cave, "The Assassination of Jesse James" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

ORIGINAL SONG
"Do You Feel Me"/Diane Warren, "American Gangster" (Universal Pictures)
"If You Want Me"/Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, "Once" (Fox Searchlight)
"Come So Far"/Marc Shaiman, "Hairspray" (New Line Cinema)
"Rise"/Eddie Vedder, "Into The Wild" (Paramount Vantage)
"Grace Is Gone"/Clint Eastwood & Carole Bayer Sager, "Grace Is Gone" (The Weinstein Company)
"Lyra"/Kate Bush, "The Golden Compass" (New Line Cinema)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Harris Savides, "Zodiac" (Paramount Pictures)
Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage)
Bruno Delbonnel, "Across The Universe" (Revolution Studios)
Janusz Kaminski, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax Films)
Roger Deakins, "The Assassination Of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Henry Braham, "The Golden Compass" (New Line Cinema)

VISUAL EFFECTS
Scott Farrar, "Transformers" (Paramount Pictures)
Michael Fink, "The Golden Compass" (New Line Cinema)
Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth, Daniel Leduc, "300" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Peter Chiang, Charlie Noble, David Vickery, Mattias Lindahl, "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal Pictures)
Thomas Schelesny, Matt Jacobs, Tom Gibbons, "Enchanted" (Walt Disney Pictures)
Jerome Chen, Sean Phillips, Kenn Mc Donald, Michael Lantieri, "Beowulf" (Paramount Pictures)

FILM EDITING
Pietro Scalia, "American Gangster" (Universal Pictures)
Jill Savitt, "The Lookout" (Miramax)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "No Country For Old Men" (Miramax)
Richard Marizy, "La Vie En Rose" (Picturehouse Entertainment)
Christopher Rouse, "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal Pictures)
Ronald Sanders, "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

SOUND (EDITING & MIXING)
Mike Prestwood-Smith, Mark Taylor, Glenn Freemantle, "The Golden Compass" (New Line Cinema)
Nikolas Javelle, Jean-Paul Hurier, "La Vie En Rose" (Picturehouse Entertainment)
Christopher Boyes, Paul Massey, Lee Orloff, George Watters II, "Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’S End" (Buena Vista Pictures)
Scott Heckler, Eric Norris, Derek Vanderhorst, "300" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Karen Baker Landers, Kirk Francis, Per Hallberg, "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal Pictures)
Tod Maitland, Skip Lievsay, Rick Kline, Jeremy Peirson, "I Am Legend" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DESIGN
Guy Dyas, David Allday, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal Pictures)
Patricia Norris, Martin Gendron, Troy Sizemore, "The Assassination Of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Dennis Davenport, David Gropman, "Hairspray" (New Line Cinema)
Mark Tildesley, "Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Gary Freeman, Stephen Morahan, Denis Schnegg, David Allday, Matthew Gray, Charles Wood, "Amazing Grace" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Mark Friedberg, Peter Rogness, "Across the Universe" (Revolution Studios)

COSTUME DESIGN
Alexandra Byrne, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal Pictures)
Yvonne Blake, "Goya’S Ghosts" (Samuel Goldwyn Pictures)
Marit Allen, "La Vie En Rose" (Picturehouse Entertainment)
Rita Ryack, "Hairspray" (New Line Cinema)
Jenny Beavan, "Amazing Grace" (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
Jacqueline Durran, "Antonement" (Focus Features)

SPECIAL AWARDS

BEST ENSEMBLE, MOTION PICTURE
"Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead"

MARY PICKFORD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Kathy Bates

NIKOLA TESLA AWARD IN RECOGNITION FOR VISIONARY ACHIEVEMENTS IN FILMMAKING TECHNOLOGY
Dennis Muren

AUTEUR AWARD
Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell And The Butterfly"

AWARDS - "Into The Wild", "Sicko" top Gotham Awards

The 2007 Gotham Awards were handed out last evening at the annual event in New York City.

2007 GOTHAM AWARD WINNERS:

Best Feature - "Into The Wild"

Best Documentary - "Sicko"

Breakthrough Director - Craig Zobel, "The Great World Of Sound"

Breakthrough Actor - Ellen Page, "Juno"

Best Ensemble Cast (tie) - "Talk To Me" and "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead"

Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You - "Frownland"

The annual awards are awarded by IFP, the largest independent filmmakers network, connecting talent and the film industry together.