The British Film Bloggers Circle

As mentioned in my previous post yesterday, I've been picked as one of the bloggers eligible to vote for the British Film Bloggers Circle Awards. The winners will be drawn over the weekend and the list of nominations is here.


What I forget to mention, is what the British Film Bloggers Circle actually is! 


Here's some quotes from Laurent de Alberti, writer at Filmland Empire and one of the Circles founders:

"Spare a thought for  us, poor bloggers, tirelessly spending unpaid hours trying to share our passion and enthusiasm for cinema with the world, all this while being looked down by less charitable, well established journalists... Unlike what that infamous lines from the (godawful) Contagion stated last year, blogging is more than just graffiti with punctuation!"

"An initial idea formed from the lack of community, respect and standards within film blogging."

Now, the fact that I've been asked to be part of this group of  talented writers is is flattering. Unfortunately the mere fact that they've asked me; with my ridiculously low standards and respect for most things, negates their faction as complete insanity. However, as I'm a part of it, I will do my best to take it down from the inside. Especially as I was a big fan of Contagion.


Here's a link explaining more about the circle: 


As stated in the link a website is to follow.

British Film Bloggers Circle Awards: Nominations

Now, I'm not usually one for awards or lists. However, as a bit of fun, I've been asked to cast my vote on the first annual "Bloggies" awards. A bunch of U.K bloggers have got together, made some nominations, and have all cast a vote on our "best" of the year.  Below are the list of nominations which have been selected and the winners will be called over the weekend, which is of course Oscar weekend.  

It'll be interesting to see who wins.

Nominations:

Best Film

Drive

Midnight in Paris

Shame

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy

The Artist

Best Director

Tomas Alfredson for Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy

Paddy Considine for Tyrannosaur

Michel Hazanavicius for The artist

Steve McQueen for Shame

Lynne Ramsay for We need to talk about Kevin

Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive

Best Actor

Jean Dujardin for The artist

Michael Fassbender for Shame

Ryan Gosling for Drive

Peter Mullan for Tyrannosaur

Gary Oldman for Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy

Michael Shannon for Take Shelter

Best Actress:

Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur

Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia

Tilda Swinton for We need to talk about Kevin

Jeong-Hie Yun for Poetry

Michelle Williams for My week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor:

Christian Bale for The Fighter

Stefano Cassetti for Love like poison

Ezra Miller for We need to talk about Kevin

Corey Stoll for Midnight in Paris

Nick Nolte for Warrior

Best Supporting Actress:

Berenice Bejo for The artist

Jessica Chastain for Take shelter

Charlotte Gainsbourg for Melancholia

Carey Mulligan for Drive

Carey Mulligan for Shame

Best Original Screenplay:

Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)

Take shelter (Jeff Nichols)

The artist (Michel Hazanavicius)

The guard (John Michael McDonagh)

Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine)

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Coriolanus (John Logan, screenplay; William Shakespeare, play)

Drive (Hossein Amini, screenplay; James Sallis, book)

The ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, screenplay; Beau Willimon, play)

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy (Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan, screenplay; John Le Carre, novel)

True Grit (Joel & Ethan Coen, screenplay; Charles Portis, novel)

The skin I live in (Pedro & Agustin Almodovar, screenplay; Thierry Jonquin, novel)

We need to talk about Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear screenplay; Lionel Shriver novel)

Best film not in the English language:

Incendies

Poetry

The skin I live in

Trollhunters

Tomboy

Best British Film:

Shame

Submarine

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy

Tyrannosaur

We need to talk about Kevin

Best breakthrough:

Richard Ayoade, Submarine (Director, Writer)

Jessica Chastain, The debt, The tree of like, Take shelter, The help, Coriolanus, Texas killing fields (Actress)

Tom Cullen, Week-end (Actor)

Andrew Haigh, Week-end (Director)

Tom Hiddleston Thor, Deep blue sea, War horse, Archipelago, Midnight in Paris (Actor)