International Cinephile Society big on 'The Master,' 'Holy Motors'

Posted by · 10:45 am · January 29th, 2013

Nominations for the group’s awards were announced last week

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'Amour' and 'The Master' lead London Critics' Circle nominations

Posted by · 6:15 am · December 18th, 2012

‘Beasts,’ ‘Pi’ fend off ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ in Film of the Year field

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'Holy Motors' tops Film Comment's list of the year's best

Posted by · 12:23 pm · December 14th, 2012

The FIlm Society of Lincoln Center’s annual survey of film critics, journalists and editors left Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors” at the top of an auteur heavy list of films from fimmakers such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Wes Anderson, among others.

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'Amour' leads the field of 2012 European Film Award nominees

Posted by · 10:57 am · November 3rd, 2012

The nominations for the 25th annual European Film Awards have been announced, and Michael Haneke’s “Amour” led the way with six nominations.

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47 films longlisted for 2012 European Film Awards

Posted by · 6:49 am · September 21st, 2012

Entries range from ‘Amour’ to ‘Iron Sky’… but where’s ‘Holy Motors?’

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Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan to receive yet another Cannes honor

Posted by · 5:34 pm · April 10th, 2012

He’s already been amply rewarded for his films in the Cannes competition, but Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan is due receive the Golden Coach award for his body of work at this year’s Directors’ Fortnight.

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Predicting the foreign-language Oscar shortlist

Posted by · 6:42 pm · January 17th, 2012

Tomorrow, the Academy announces a shortlist of nine contenders for the Best Foreign Language Oscar — we take a look at what they might be.

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59 films vying for foreign-language Oscar

Posted by · 2:40 pm · October 5th, 2011

With the deadline having passed two days ago, our list of submissions for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is complete — and at 59 films, it’s down considerably from the last couple of years, when as many as 67 titles were put forward for consideration. Turkey’s entry, Cannes prizewinner “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia,” heads the list of late entries.

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