Category Archives: Festivals & Awards

Best Picture

Festivals & Awards

Oscar Nominees for Best Picture (2014)

American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street
For DiCaprio, ‘Wolf’ Is ‘Reflection of the Truth’: Melena Ryzik (New York Times)

What are the odds?

  1. 12 Years a Slave
  2. American Hustle
  3. Nebraska
  4. Wolf of Wall Street

Foreign Language Film

Festivals & Awards

Oscar Nominated Foreign Language Films (2014)

OSCAR WINNER
The Great Beauty (Italy) La Grande Bellezza
The Glory of Rome, the Sweetness of Life ‘The Great Beauty,’ Starring Toni Servillo: Manohla Dargis (New York Times)
‘The Great Beauty’ Turned Out to Be One of the More Marvelous Experiences of the 2013 Moviegoing Season: Marshall Heyman (Wall Street Journal)

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
Tattoos and Bluegrass Music in the Wilds of Belgium ‘The Broken Circle Breakdown,’ by Felix van Groeningen: Manohla Dargis (New York Times)
A bluegrass-loving couple are joined in tragedy in this immensely moving drama: Mark Kermode (The Guardian)

The Hunt (Denmark)
In a Town of Hunters, a Maligned Man Falls Prey to Malice ‘The Hunt,’ With Mads Mikkelsen, Charts a Town’s Hysteria: Stephen Holden (New York Times)
In ‘The Hunt,’ the persecution of a teacher has a few plot holes ‘The Hunt’ follows a teacher who is the subject of hysteria when a little girl tells a lie about him. ‘The Hunt’ stars Mads Mikkelsen.: Peter Rainer (Christian Science Monitor)

The Missing Picture (Cambodia) L’image manquante
‘The Missing Picture,’ Rithy Panh’s Look at 1970s Cambodia: Manohla Dargis
(New York Times)
The horrors of a childhood under Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge are explored through animation and archive footage in this fascinating Oscar contender: Peter Bradshaw
(The Guardian)
Rithy Panh on ‘The Missing Picture’ and Living With Tragedy: Larry Rohter
(New York Times)

Omar (Palestine)
‘Omar’ becomes the second Palestinian film to receive an Oscar nod: Hannah Brown (Jerusalem Post)
‘Omar’ explores intense Shakespearean-style drama in the West Bank: Hugh Hart
(San Francisco Chronicle)
‘Omar’ director’s Oscar-nominated film explores love and betrayal: Euan Kerr
(Minnesota Public Radio)

Berlin Film Festival

Festivals & Awards

Bai Ri Yan Huo (Black Coal, Thin Ice)
Chinese thriller wins best film and best actor prizes at Berlin festival: Philip Oltermann The Guardian

Berlinale: Berlin International Film Festival (Germany) Der Goldenen Ehrenbären – Golden Bear

Berlin International Film Festival: On the Horizon (New York Times)

64th Berlinale Kicks Off With Premiere of ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’: Rachel Donadio (New York Times)

Featured Movies:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Monument Men
Love is Strange