2008 Awards Archives - Page 7 of 23

18Apr

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2008 National Board of Review – Breakthrough Performance Winner and Nominees

2008 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerDoubtViola DavisA Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.AmazonSlumdog MillionaireDev PatelA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"Amazon

18Apr

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2008 Awards, All Movie Awards, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, Freedom of Expression Award, National Board of Review

2008 National Board of Review – Freedom of Expression Award Winner and Nominees

2008 National Board of Review - Freedom of Expression Award WinnerTrumboThrough a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ...Amazon

18Apr

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2008 Awards, All Movie Awards, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review, Top Documentaries

2008 National Board of Review – Top Documentaries Winner and Nominees

2008 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerAmerican TeenA documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.AmazonDear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His FatherA filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.AmazonEncounters at the End of the WorldFilm-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.AmazonMan on WireA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".AmazonRoman Polanski: Wanted and Des...

18Apr

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2008 Awards, All Movie Awards, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review, Top Independent Films

2008 National Board of Review – Top Independent Films Winner and Nominees

2008 National Board of Review - Top Independent Films WinnerFrozen RiverA mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smugling?AmazonHallam FoeHallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.AmazonIn BrugesGuilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.AmazonIn Search of a Midnight KissBroke and alone on New Year's Eve, Wilson just wants t...

18Apr

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2008 Awards, All Movie Awards, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, National Board of Review, Top Ten Films

2008 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner and Nominees

2008 National Board of Review - Top Ten Films WinnerBurn After ReadingA disk containing mysterious information from a CIA agent ends up in the hands of two unscrupulous and daft gym employees who attempt to sell it.AmazonChangelingGrief-stricken mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.AmazonDefianceJewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.AmazonFrost/NixonA dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Ric...

18Apr

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2008 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Actor, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actor Winner and Nominees

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor WinnerMilkSean PennThe story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.Amazon2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor NomineesGran TorinoClint EastwoodAmazonThe WrestlerMickey RourkeAmazon

18Apr

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2008 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Actress, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actress Winner and Nominees

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress WinnerHappy-Go-LuckySally HawkinsA look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.Amazon2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress NomineesFrozen RiverMelissa LeoAmazonRachel Getting MarriedAnne HathawayAmazonRevolutionary RoadKate WinsletAmazon

18Apr

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2008 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Animated Film, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Animated Film Winner and Nominees

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Animated Film WinnerWALL·EIn the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.Amazon2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Animated Film NomineesWaltz with BashirAmazon

18Apr

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2008 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Cinematographer, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Cinematographer Winner and Nominees

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Cinematographer WinnerSlumdog MillionaireAnthony Dod MantleA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"Amazon2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Cinematographer NomineesThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonClaudio MirandaAmazonThe Dark KnightWally PfisterAmazon

18Apr

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2008 Awards, All Movie Awards, Best Director, Film Awards, Film Awards By Year, New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Director Winner and Nominees

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director WinnerHappy-Go-LuckyMike LeighA look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.Amazon2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Director NomineesSlumdog MillionaireDanny BoyleAmazonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDavid FincherAmazon