SAG Nominations for film year 2007

MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page, Juno

SUPPORTING MALE ACTOR
Casey Affleck, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

SUPPORTING FEMALE ACTOR
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

ENSEMBLE CAST
3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Hairspray
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
300
The Bourne Ultimatum
I Am Legend
The Kingdom
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End

Favorite movies from recent years

2012: Arbitrage
2011: Moneyball; Rise of the Planet of the Apes; The Lincoln Lawyer
2010: I Love You, Man; The Fighter; A Prophet; The Kids Are All Right
2009: Up in the Air & Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2008: Rachel Getting Married
2007: Into the Wild & Knocked Up
2006: United 93 & The Departed
2005: Capote
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind & The Motorcycle Diaries
2003: The Dreamers & Something's Gotta Give
2002: Lovely and Amazing & Catch Me If You Can & The Bourne Identity
2001: Y Tu Mama Tambien & Mulholland Drive
2000: Memento & High Fidelity
1999: Boys Don't Cry & The Limey
1998: Rushmore & The Spanish Prisoner & Buffalo '66

Movie Gallery in Bankruptcy Court

Movie gallery, the second biggest US video rental retail chain filed a reorganization plan in bankruptcy court.

Real D

A very interesting company - they provided the technology behind the new Beowulf movie.

IMAX and AMC to expand 3-D theaters

Check out the article linked to above. Interesting times in the intersection between old media and new technology.

A Natural Progression

"it was cool, then common, then ridiculous, and now ironic" - quote from friend. What film stars or movies would this be applicable to?

- The career of Sean Connery
- Horror films
- The Breakfast Club

Polanski on Knife in the Water commentary

Polanski: "Typically, I do the framing for each shot." On Knife in the Water, Polanski didn't want shaky camerawork. He dislikes shaky camerawork.

Btw, he studied still photography and lighting techniques in art school.

Knife in the Water is a great foreign film available through Criterion - check it out :)