2009 Awards/Critical List Discussion Thread

[Morris Schæffer]

How long until the live announcement of the Oscar nominations? I live in Belgium, but found a live stream. That's why I'm asking.

Supposedly, it starts at 5 am and it is currently 11:30 am here in belgium.

http://www.oscars.org/live/index.html

[ledfloyd]

How long until the live announcement of the Oscar nominations? I live in Belgium, but found a live stream. That's why I'm asking.

Supposedly, it starts at 5 am and it is currently 11:30 am here in belgium.

http://www.oscars.org/live/index.html

two and a half hours til 5am LA time. so 2 pm your time?

[Morris Schæffer]

two and a half hours til 5am LA time. so 2 pm your time?

Yep, I think so. Thanks!

[Rowland]

Slant is unveiling its Best of the Aughts, twenty films per day:

http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/feature/best-of-the-aughts-film/216/page_1

[dreamdead]

Slant is unveiling its Best of the Aughts, twenty films per day:

http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/feature/best-of-the-aughts-film/216/page_1

It's quite interesting to see how much overlap, and where the placement is, between ReverseShot's top 20 and this. And to see where Slant places those films that had been on its earlier corrective Top 100 films (Pulse, Fat Girl, Twentynine Palms, etc.)...

[soitgoes...]

The one thing I learn from seeing lists like these is how many films I have overlooked the past ten years.

[Winston*]

BAFTAs

BEST FILM
THE HURT LOCKER – Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
FISH TANK – Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
DUNCAN JONES – Director – Moon

DIRECTOR
THE HURT LOCKER – Kathryn Bigelow

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE HURT LOCKER – Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
UP IN THE AIR – Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A PROPHET – Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard

ANIMATED FILM
UP – Pete Docter

LEADING ACTOR
COLIN FIRTH – A Single Man

LEADING ACTRESS
CAREY MULLIGAN – An Education

SUPPORTING ACTOR
CHRISTOPH WALTZ – Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MO’NIQUE – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

MUSIC
UP – Michael Giacchino

CINEMATOGRAPHY
THE HURT LOCKER – Barry Ackroyd

EDITING
THE HURT LOCKER – Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

PRODUCTION DESIGN
AVATAR – Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

COSTUME DESIGN
THE YOUNG VICTORIA – Sandy Powell

SOUND
THE HURT LOCKER – Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones

MAKE UP & HAIR
THE YOUNG VICTORIA – Jenny Shircore

SHORT ANIMATION
MOTHER OF MANY – Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby

SHORT FILM
I DO AIR – James Bolton, Martina Amati