Beaufort
"Beaufort" recounts Israel's evacuation of the Southern Lebanese mountaintop fortress of the title in 2000. Script endeavors to maintain a politically neutral s...
The Counterfeiters
The moral quandary of Nazi complicity is revisited in this taut drama....
Katyn
The 1940 massacre by the Soviets of some 15,000 Polish Army officers at Katyn, Russia, reps the hub from which spokes of drama emanate in the WWII epic "Katyn."...
Mongol
This Central Asia-set historical epic boasts breathtaking landscapes, bloody battles, and unique traditions....
12
Expansively, dramatically, magnificently Russian, Nikita Mikhalkov's loose remake of "12 Angry Men" plays like vintage jazz from a veteran band. ...

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'Bioshock'
2K's 'Bioshock,' a critical favorite, took honors in audio, visual art and writing at the Game Developers Choice Awards Wednesday in San Francisco.

GDC names 'Portal' game of the year
'Bioshock' takes writing, audio, visual art honors

"Portal," the highly acclaimed puzzler that publisher-developer Valve released as part of its "Orange Box" compilation, was named game of the year at the Game Developers Choice Awards on Wednesday.
 
Artic Monkeys top Brit Awards
Winehouse, Rihanna perform at U.K. event

Jack Johnson's 'Static' still on top
Disc sales spike for Winehouse, Hancock

WB, Paramount dominate Saturns
'300,' 'Harry Potter' lead the way

'Sweeney,' 'Glory' win at CDGs
Costume Designers Awards bow in L.A.

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Robert Boyle
Honorary Oscar: Robert Boyle
Art director Robert Boyle's movie creations were built 'for the dream rather than the actuality.'
• Robert Boyle aimed for a higher truth
James L. Brooks
Oscar Wilde Awards
U.S.-Ireland Alliance honors Brooks for breadth of imagination in animation, features and TV.
• Oscar Wilde Awards honors Brooks
• U.S.-Ireland Alliance goes beyond film
Vanity Fair party
Oscar's Big Week
Who the real winners and losers are in the writers strike will take years to become clear, but who won and lost in the strike-affected awards party season is already in focus.
• Oscar soiree scene less crowded
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Award Central Poll
Which Oscar-nominated thesp pulled off the most convincing accent?
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (U.S. playing U.K.)
Cate Blanchett in "I’m Not There" (Australia playing U.S.)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (U.S. playing Russia)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (U.K. playing U.S.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (U.K. playing U.S.)