N.Y. Film Critics' Circle grows
New additions bring member list to 30
The New York Film Critics' Circle is expanding.

Busan Film Critics to hand out awards
'Garden' director Im Sang-soo among honorees
Korean filmmakers will be raking in the hardware tonight with the eighth Busan Film Critics Awards and the third Premiere Rising Star Awards doling out their respective prizes.

'Exile' takes five at Bauhinia awards
Three pics share top prize
Patrick Tam's "After This our Exile" walked off with five prizes at the 12th Golden Bauhinia Awards on Saturday.

VH1 to air Critics Choice Awards
Network to air the show live on Jan. 7
VH1 is making its first push into awards-season programming, inking a three-year deal for the Critics Choice Awards. Net will run the show live Jan. 7 from the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, also airing a pre-show, as well as building out movie content online, execs said.

French critics go 'Public'
Resnais, Almodovar top Gallic honors
Alain Resnais' "Private Fears in Public Places" was voted best Gallic film of 2006 by the French Union of Film Critics on Monday night. The awards, first given in 1946, are voted on by the 200-plus members of the nationwide org.

U.K. journalists vote for 'Labyrinth'
Regional press show they are not provincial in attitude
The U.K.'s regional film journalists have named "Pan's Labyrinth" as their film of the year and feted its Mexican director Guillermo del Toro as their filmmaker of the year in their inaugural film awards, which were announced Monday.

'Departed' tops with St. Louis critics
'Running with Scissors' voted best overlooked film
Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" won the top prize at the St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Assn. Awards, which also named the helmer as best director.

Critics choose 'Departed'
Film, Scorsese get top nods
"Dreamgirls" and "Little Miss Sunshine" were clearly the critics' darlings when the Broadcast Film Critics Assn. doled out its Critics' Choice kudos Friday night in Santa Monica.

'United 93' deemed best by online critics
Scorsese top helmer, Breslin best supporting actress
The Online Film Critics Society have selected Sept. 11 drama "United 93" as its best picture of the year while awarding Martin Scorsese director honors for his helming of "The Departed."

'Labyrinth' wins National Society of Film Critics award
Greengrass takes director prize for 'United 93'
The National Society of Film Critics went foreign for its best picture choice on Saturday, voting Guillermo Del Toro’s political fantasy “Pan’s Labyrinth” the best movie of the year.