The box office hit and
critical favorite took home five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin and Best Score for Ludovic Bource.
Not exact matches
On the personal side, I
take photos of wine that I like and store them in a notebook called
Favorite Wines and keep copies of all
critical identification (like my driver's license, passport, and insurance papers) in a notebook called Wallet.
Even after «The King's Speech» surprised at the Producers» Guild Awards and
took a dozen Oscar nominations, I held on to the notion that
critical favorite «The Social Network,» a film more in line with the Academy's recent choices, would emerge victorious on Oscar night.
Under Waintrop, Directors» Fortnight has unveiled some of the most talked - about of titles in any Cannes section, whether Houda Benyamina's «Divines» in 2016, Sean Baker's «Florida Project» last year, or this year's opener and
critical favorite, Ciro Guerra's «Birds of a Passage,» a desert mobster saga which delivers a premonitory
take on how the drug trade consolidated in and ended up destroying Colombia.
«When I was studying at NYU, I
took classes in
critical studies, and one of my
favorites was on queer cinema,» Franco says, explaining his fascination with queer art.
After a few misfires («Tamara Drewe,» «Lay The
Favorite»), Stephen Frears returns to
critical — and likely audiences» — good graces with this
take on the true story of Philomena Lee (Judi Dench), a 70 year old woman searching for the son that was
taken away from her 50 years prior after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.
Along the way, he brought up one of his
favorite books, «Democracy By Decree,» a
critical take on, yes, consent decrees.