National Society
of Film Critics Awards
January 6
The
51 members of the National Society of Film Critics named Edward Yang's Yi
Yi best picture of the year. The film received almost twice as many votes
as the runner-up film, Traffic. The awards were dedicated to The New York
Times reviewer Vincent Canby, who died in October and was a former chair
of the society.
And the winners are ...
Best
Picture
Yi
Yi by Edward Yang
Best
Director
Ste...
Sundance
Film Festival
January 18 - 28, 2001
Dramatic
Competition
30 Years To Life by Vanessa Middleton
American Astronaut by Cory McAbee
The Believer by Henry Bean
The Business Of Strangers by Patrick Stettner
The
Deep End by Scott McGehee & David Siegel
Donnie Darko by Richard Kelly
Green Dragon by Ti...
Gulbagge
Awards
Although his film Together
has been acclaimed worldwide, and was the top draw at Sweden's box office,
the film did not get a nomination for this year's Guldbagge Awards, the
country's Oscars. Some people wonder if this is retaliation for the fact
that Moodysson gave the finger to the audience at the ceremony two years
ago. Hmm …. Whatever the reasons, his film did pick up nominations for
...
One
week and counting…..the 2001 edition of the Sundance Film Festival begins next
week as the official kick-off to the film season, and one can feel the tension
mounting as filmmakers, sales agents, distributors and PR agencies work against
the clock to get their media campaigns ready for the big unveiling.
Perhaps because it comes so quickly on the heels of the relaxed Christmas-New
Year's period when the industry is at its lowest ebb, the Festival always...
Nortel
Networks Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival
January 11 - 22 (Palm Spring, CA)
Beyond
the Gala Screenings, Palm Springs is closely observed by the film
community for its screenings of Oscar contenders in the Foreign-Language
category. With 46 (down by one from lasts year's record-breaking
47) films submitted to the Academy, the festival is presenting 33
during its 10-...
People's
Choice Awards
January 7
The People
have spoken … via Gallup poll. The winners of a nationwide celebrity poll
known as the People's Choice Awards were announced January 7. Polling
took place between November 1, 1999 and October 31, 2000 -- which could
explain why last year's release The
Green Mile was named Best Picutre. Julia Roberts was named Best
Actress for the second year in a row, this year ...
Learn what William Friedkin, Kathy Baker, Valeria Golino, Robert Greenwald,
Hannelore Elsner, Ben Younger, Christopher Nolan, Karyn Kusama, Rob Schmidt
and Haskell Wexler would rather be doing if they weren't involved in film.
...
Mikel Etxagibel
has been named the new General Manager for the Donostia-San Sebastián International
Film Festival, joining forces with Festival Director Mikel Olaciregui. A graduate
in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvaine (Belgium), Etxagibel served
as Managing Director for Fagor Domestic Appliances Limited in London (1981-83)
and Export Manager for Fagor Internacional (1984-86). In 1986 he joined Euskal
Telebista, first as Area Production Manager unt...
The first box office champ this year was Cast
Away, about a Fed Ex employee who gets stranded on an island with nothing
but a Wilson volleyball to keep him company. It was quite a week for Tom Hanks'
latest film -- in addition to leading at the box office, the Wilson volleyball
'co-star' used by Tom Hanks sold for $18,400 in an online auction of movie props,
reported the Internet Movie Database. In other box office news, What Women
Want was the next popular film at th...
Julia Roberts was the big winner for the second year in a row at the People's
Choice Awards. The star named Favorite Female Motion Picture Actress
for her role in Erin Brockovich, which was named Best Film. Mel Gibson
was named favorite male performer for his role in The Patriot.
Jim Carrey's Me Myself and Irene was named Best Motion Picture Comedy.
The awards were held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and televised live on
CBS. ...
Nortel
Networks Palm Springs International Film Festival
January 11 - 22 (Palm Spring, CA)
The
12th Annual festival will open with James Ivory's The
Golden Bowl on January 11, 2001. Recreating Henry James'
engaging novel on screen, Ivory's latest effort features a star-studded
cast, including Angelica Houston, Uma Thurman, Nick Nolte, Kate
Beckinsale and Jer...
Wong
Kar-wai is one of the most remarkable Chinese directors in Asia, who
won the Best Director Award at Cannes 1997. He always hides his eyes
behind a pair of sunglasses, supposedly because of the drain of shooting
films. Famous for his spectacular style of filmmaking, Wong Kar-wai
is mysterious in real life as well.
In
In
the Mood for Love, the two spouses do not appear, what's the reason
for ...
Reel Music 18
January 5 - 17, 2001
Dubbed "2001: A Music Odyssey," the 18th annual celebration of music and film kicks off in Oregon this week. As always, eclecticism is the byword - jazz, blues, rock, pop, punk, soul, country, reggae, Jewish, latin, African, soul, classical old and new. Films on the program include Maggie Greenwald's Songcatcher and Barbara Kopple's My Generation.
January 5, opening night, gets festive with an opening gala after the films at the Crystal Ballroom, W...
San
Diego Film Critics Awards
December 20, 2000
Almost
Famous, the loosely autobiographical story of former teenage
Rolling Stone journalist Cameron Crowe, was chosen December 20 as
the best film of 2000 by the San Diego Film Critics Society. The
critics also chose Crowe as best director, and his own screenplay
for the film as best screenp...
Interfilm-Berlin
Lots of fantasy, desires (and no mutations), sex (and no madness), many ecstasies, an exciting future, the fulfilment of your dreams and of course a lot of great films for the year 2001 and the rest of the millennium.
From the interfilm-Berlin team: Heinz, Matthias, Alex, Michael, Eva, David, Leyla, Christian, Helmut, Lorenz and the others.
Silver Images Film Festival
I wish that more filmmakers would consider older people as interesting subject matter, and help dispel...
In
a move that recalled their city's film festival, the Toronto Film
Critics gave the top nod to Ang Lee's Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The film also won the top prize, the
Audience Award at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
The runner-up film was Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, while
the best Canadian film award went to Gary Burns's waydowntown.
And
the win...
58th
Annual Golden Globes List of Nominees
The
Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced December 21 its nominees
for the 58th annual Golden Globes, the ceremony considered the harbinger
of Oscar glory. Traffic by Steven Soderbergh and Gladiator
by Ridley Scott led the list with five nods each.
Best
Motion Picture (Drama)
...
Tony
Leung Chiu-wai, winner of the Best Actor Award at this year's Cannes,
is coy, modish and mature. In his native China, this handsome star
is famous for his charming eyes. Looking into his eyes while interviewing
the star of In
the Mood for Love, Fanfan Ko was more impressed by his brilliant
smile.
You
fulfilled your dream by winning the Best Actor Award at Cannes, how did
it feel?
...
Maggie Cheung Man-yuk was once famous for her coldness and pride towards
the media. Recently, she was highly praised for coming to Mainland
China to promote In
the Mood for Love. Fanfan Ko caught up with this Asian beauty
after China's film awards.
Which one of your successful films impresses you the most?
Ruan
Ling-yu (for which she won the Best Actress Award at Berlinale 1992).
It was shot at a difficult time ...
Awards
Season Begins
The
end of the calendar year brings with it a host of tried-and-true
rituals: the shortened hours of wintry daylight, the long inky darkness
of night, the frenzied shopping spree that has replaced religious
feeling, the endless recycling of sound bites and video clips and
the crystal-ball contemplation by "experts" of what the New Year
has in store.
...
Tromsø International Film Festival
January 16 - 21, 2001(Norway)
Tromsø
International Film Festival was established in 1991 and is Norway's
largest film festival for regular cinema-goers. More than 30,000
attended the festival screenings in 2000.
Tromsø is a small city with approximately 60,000 inhabitants. It
is situated far beyond the polar circle in the northern part of
...
Nodance
Film and Multimedia Festival
January 20- 26, 2001 (Park
City)
The
irreverent, independent Nodance Film & Multimedia Festival is proud
to announce its program line up, including an unprecedented number
of world premieres. The event, held at 333 Main Street in Park City,
Utah from January 20th through January 26th, 2001 presents features,
...
Nodance Film and Multimedia Festival
January 20- 26, 2001 (Park
City)
The irreverent,
independent Nodance Film & Multimedia Festival is proud to announce its program
line up, including an unprecedented number of world premieres. The event, held
at 333 Main Street in Park City, Utah from January 20th through January 26th,
2001 presents features, shorts, documentaries, and music videos in a celebration
of the vibrant alternative digital film culture. Nodance is a membe...
Stuttgart
FilmWinter
January 18 - 21 (Germany)
The
Stuttgarter Filmwinter proudly presents its 14th edition with plenty
of innovations. For the first time ever, there´ll be an extended
exhibition and "Warm up" phase beginning on January 11th.
A presentation of installations and performances, workshops and
music events will take place in the ballroom and other rooms of
...
Basic Instinct 2 backers are having trouble casting the part of a young
male shrink who comes into contact with Sharon Stone's infamous, icepick-wielding
character, Catherine Trammel. Consequently, shooting for the David Cronenberg-directed
pic might not be able to kick off in March as expected. Sources at MGM have hinted
that the entire cast, including Stone, might be shuffled. ...
