Take The City And Run

Okay. Here’s the deal: there are now less than two weeks left until 2006, which means the floodgates are open. Prepare to be bombarded by the oddest mix of holiday/family schlock, Oscar-bait, and quality film you’ll see until this time next year. Here’s a few to look forward to through the end of the year…
Terrence […]

The Chappelle Theory will surely float the boat of the conspiracy theorists out there… or just fans who miss Chappelle’s Show.
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Unless you’ve been away for awhile — perhaps on a remote island with primitive tribes and prehistoric beasts — you probably already know that Peter Jackson’s King Kong opens this week. The remake of the 1933 original has been receiving quite a bit of praise — word is that the first third (it’s three hours) […]

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: A History Of Violence
Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: David Cronenberg, A History Of Violence
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Runner-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress
Vera Farmiga, Down To The Bone
Runner-up: Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Supporting Actor
William Hurt, A History Of Violence
Runner-up: Frank Langella, Good Night, And Good Luck
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Keener, The 40 […]

Ten Most Outstanding Motion Pictures
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Good Night, And Good Luck
A History Of Violence
King Kong
Munich
The Squid And The Whale
Syriana
Ten Most Outstanding TV Programs
24
Battlestar Galactica
Deadwood
Grey’s Anatomy
House
Lost
Rescue Me
Sleeper Cell
Sometimes In April
Veronica Mars
AFI Website

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon, Walk The Line
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Keener, Capote
Best Screenplay
Dan Futterman, Capote
Best Documentary
Murderball
David Brudnoy New Filmmaker Award
Joe Wright, Pride & Prejudice
Best Ensemble Cast
Syriana
Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit, Good Night and Good Luck
Best Foreign Film
Kung Fu Hustle

Award winners are listed in bold and bracketed, as needed.
Best Film

Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
[ Good Night, And Good Luck ]
A History Of Violence
Match Point
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Munich
Syriana
Walk The Line

Best Foreign Language Film

2046
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress
Downfall
[ Paradise Now ]
Walk On Water

Best Documentary

Ballets Russes
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
[ March Of The Penguins ]
Murderball

Best Animated Feature
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Best […]

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Best Foreign Language Film
2046
Best Animated Film
Howl’s Moving Castle
Best Non-Fiction Film
Grizzly Man + White Diamond
Best First Film
Capote
Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Screenplay
The Squid And The Whale
Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon, Walk The Line
Best Actor
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Supporting Actor
William Hurt, A History Of Violence
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bello, A History Of Violence
Best Cinematographer
Chrisopher Doyle, Lai Yiu […]

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Screenplay
Good Night, And Good Luck
Best Actor
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon, Walk The Line
Best Supporting Actor
Kevin Costner, The Upside Of Anger
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Junebug
Best Foreign Language
Caché (Hidden)
Best Documentary
Grizzly Man
SFFCC Website

Two high profile adaptations show up on screens this week: The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe (novel by C.S. Lewis) and Brokeback Mountain (short story by E. Annie Proulx). One’s been called “The Passion Of The Christ for kids,” while the other’s known as “the gay cowboy movie.” And reviews […]

The only new wide release this week is Aeon Flux. But there are some limited releases worth plenty of interest:
Far Side Of The Moon is a French Canadian film that’s been on the festival circuit for the last couple of years, but just now making its US debut here in NYC.
Film Forum has an […]

Award winners are listed in bold and bracketed.
Best Feature

Brokeback Mountain
[ Capote ]
A History Of Violence
Keane
Me And You And Everyone We Know

Best Documentary

Ballets Russes
Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room
Grizzly Man
[ Murderball ]
William Eggleston In The Real World

Breakthrough Director

Miranda July, Me And You And Everyone We Know
[ Bennett Miller, Capote ]
Phil Morrison, Junebug
Andrew Wagner, The Talent […]