The Silence

One of my New Years Resolutions is to keep better record of the films I have seen.  

My first film of 2009 is Ingmar Bergman's THE SILENCE.  It touched on a lot of interesting issues that I enjoy exploring (anger, sex, loneliness, despair) and the Cinematography by Sven Nykvist is stunning. Probably not a movie I would recommend for everyone, but masochists and sadists should enjoy!  Happy New Year!

Best Actress 2008

MY Favorite 5 Leading Female Performances of 2008:

1. Sally Hawkins in Happy Go Lucky

2. Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married

3. Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road

4. Kristin Scott Thomas in I've Loved You So Long

5. Michelle Williams in Wendy and Lucy

Apologies to Melissa Leo. I have not yet seen Frozen River.  

6. Angelina Jolie in Changeling

7. Meryl Streep in Doubt

8. Rebecca Hall in Vicky Cristina Barcelona

1st Stab at a Top Ten List

I haven't seen a few heavy hitters yet (Revolutionary Road, The Wrestler, etc), but here's my first stab.

10. DOUBT

9. A CHRISTMAS TALE

8. THE DARK KNIGHT

7. WALL-E

6. FROST/NIXON

5. HAPPY GO LUCKY

4. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

3. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

2. RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

1. SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

Golden Globe coolness

Really cool nominations:

1980 Best Picture (Comedy): Airplane

1981 Best Actress (Drama): Sissy Spacek in Raggedy Man

1982 Best Actress (Drama): Diane Keaton in Shoot the Moon

1984 Best Actor (Comedy): Steve Martin in All of Me

1985 Best Actor (Comedy): Griffin Dunne in After Hours

1985 Best Actress (Comedy): Mia Farrow in The Purple Rose of Cairo

1987 Best Actress (Comedy): Diane Keaton in Baby Boom

1987 Best Supporting Actor: Richard Dreyfuss in Nuts

1987 Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave in Prick Up Your Ears

1988 Best Supporting Actress: Lena Olin in The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1989 Best Actress: Andie MacDowell in Sex, Lies and Videotape

1990 Best Actress: Mia Farrow in Alice

1993 Best Actress: Anjelica Huston in Addams Family Values

Other stuff too!

Woody Allen at The Golden Globes

ANNIE HALL (1 win, 5 noms)

Actor

*Actress

Director

Picture

Screenplay

INTERIORS (3 noms)

Actress

Director

Screenplay

MANHATTAN

Zero evidence of nominations

ZELIG (1 nom)

Actor

BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (1 nom)

Actress

THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1 win, 4 noms)

Actor

Actress

Picture

*Screenplay

HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1 award, 5 noms)

*Picture

Director

Screenplay

Supporting Actor

Supporting Actress

CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (1 nom)

Picture

ALICE (1 nom)

Actress

MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY (1 nom)

Actress

HUSBANDS AND WIVES (1 nom)

Supporting Actress

MIGHTY APHRODITE (1 win)

* Supporting Actress

EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU (1 nom)

Picture

MATCH POINT (3 noms)

Picture

Screenplay

Supporting Actress

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (4 noms)

Picture

Actor

Actress

Supporting Actress

NYFC

Movies that have won 4 or more NYFC awards;

07 No Country for Old Men - 4

04 Sideways - 4

02 Far From Heaven - 5

91 The Silence of the Lambs -4

87 Broadcast News - 5

85 Prizzi's Honor - 4

There were fewer awards (no Cinematography, for example) before 1980.

77 Annie Hall - 4

72 Cries and Whispers - 4

There were no supporting awards before 1969, so I'm stopping there...

Woody Allen at the NYFCC

Woody and his films have received the following citations at the New York Film Critics Awards;

1977 Annie Hall

Picture, Actress, Director, Screenplay

1978 Interiors

Supporting Actress - Maureen Stapleton

1979 Manhattan

Director

1983  Zelig

Cinematography

1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo

Screenplay

1986 Hannah and Her Sisters

Picture

Supporting Actress - Dianne Wiest

Director

1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors

Supporting Actor - Alan Alda

1994 Bullets Over Broadway

Supporting Actress - Dianne Wiest

1995 Mighty Aphrodite

Supporting Actress - Mira Sorvino

2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz

Golden Globe WINNER Predictions

This is my gut response to the nominations;

Best Picture - Drama: Benjamin Button

Best Picture - Comedy: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Actor -Drama: Leonardo DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road

Best Actress - Drama: Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married

Best Actor - Comedy: Dustin Hoffma in Last Chance Harvey 

Best Actress - Comedy: Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia!

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder

Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Director: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Screenplay: genuinely baffled - Benjamin Button

Best Foreign Film: Waltz with Bashir

Best Animated Film: Wall-E

Best Score: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Song: "Down to Earth" - Wall-E

Any thoughts?