“Young Victoria”, “Parnassus”, “Crazy Heart” take out CDG Awards

The Young Victoria continues its march to an Oscar with a win in the period category at the recent Costume Designers Guild Awards. Edging out Oscar nominees Nine and Coco Before Chanel as expected, Victoria’s win seems to affirm the Academy’s penchant for English frocks with only the fantasy-winning Parnassus as the lone spoiler for the win. Crazy Heart picked up a prize for best contemporary costuming.

There will be those who say Victoria is not a sure thing but frankly, with 2 other nominations in Make Up and Art Direction, I’d say the writing’s firmly on the wall.

2010 FiFA Scene & Screened

Review format: ANDY / KEVIN

Amores Perros (2000) *** /
Beaufort (2007)
A Common Thread (2004) **½ /
Control (2007) **½
Enchanted (2007) ****½ /
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) ****½ /
Force of Evil (1948)
Fucking Åmål (1998) *** /
Half Nelson (2006) ****½ /
Hawaii, Oslo (2004) ***½ /
Last life in the Universe (2003) ****½ /
Magnolia (1999) **** /
Monster (2003) **½
Nobody Knows (2004) **½ /
Oasis (2002) *½ /
A Prophet (2009) **** /
Paprika (2006) ****½ /
Reds (1981)
Reprise (2006) *** /
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Schindler's List (1993)
Shakespeare in Love (1998) **½ /
Simon (2004) **½ /
Sons (2006) *** /
The Station Agent (2003) **** /
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) **** /
Taxidermia (2006) ***** /
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Turtles Can Fly (2004) **½ /
Volver (2006) * /
Zodiac (2007) *** /

2010 Oscar Nominees

updated 3/2/10

Motion Picture

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Director

Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Lee Daniels – Precious
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Basterds

Actor

Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Actress

Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia

Supporting Actor

Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Supporting Actress

Pénelope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious

Original Screenplay

The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

Adapted Screenplay

An Education
District 9
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

Film Editing

Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

Cinematography

Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Best Original Score

Avatar
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlocke Holmes
Up

Best Original Song

Crazy Heart “The Weary Kind”
Nine “Take it All”
Paris 36 "Loin de Paname"
The Princess and the Frog “Almost There”
The Princess and the Frog "Down in New Orleans"

Best Costume Design

Bright Star
Coco Avant Chanel
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Art Direction

Avatar
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Make Up

Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Sound Editing

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Sound Mixing

Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers

Visual Effects

Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Animated Feature

Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Foreign Language Film

Argentina - The Secret in Their Eyes
France - A Prophet
Germany - The White Ribbon
Israel - Ajami
Peru - The Milk of Sorrow

Live Action Short

The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

Animated Short

French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death

Documentary Short

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardener
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin

Films in Focus