Acclaimed Romanian, French films snubbed by Oscar
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The acclaimed films "4  Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" and "Persepolis" failed to make the  cut when the shortlist of nine contenders for the  foreign-language Oscar was unveiled on Tuesday.
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A harrowing film about illegal abortion in Communist-era Romania beat 21 movies by well-known directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Ethan and Joel Coen, and Wong Kar-wai to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize Sunday.
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This year, controversial films overshadowed the red-carpet arrivals of Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Kate Winslet, and even Borat.
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You know it has not been a vintage  Berlin film festival when the leading contender for top prizes  falls somewhere between "average" and "good" in the critics'  ratings
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Two films at the Cannes film  festival portray how the lack of jobs, money and social  recognition in Europe can drive men to desperation.
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This yearâs Academy Award nominations are being announced this morning. The list will be posted here.
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A look at Oscar contenders in the Best Documentary Film category.
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Two films from Latin America caused a last-minute stir at the Cannes Film Festival &amp;#151; one a riveting tale of escape from a secret Argentine prison and the other a terrifying, bloody fairy tale.
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The Shawshank Redemption is voted the best film never to have won an Oscar in an online poll.
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A culture-clash drama, a quirky portrait of strong women, a harrowing imprisonment story, an unnerving fairy tale and a saga of unheralded World War II heroes are contending for top honors at the Cannes Film Festival.
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New movies from  Sean Penn and Julian Schnabel earned high praise at the  Telluride Film Festival during the Labor Day holiday weekend,  while the absence of a &quot;wow&quot; movie and lengthy lines dampened  some spirits.
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"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem Â but whether any actors would show up was in doubt because of the writers strike.
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Uncertainty rules the Academy Awards as "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led Tuesday with eight nominations each, two other best-picture contenders trailed with seven, and a writers strike left the fate of the show itself up in the air.
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Two films tackle a subject that Hollywood usually prefers to avert its eyes from
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The awards success of abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days indicates that Romanian cinema has come of age.
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Nine movies are in contention for the foreign-language Academy Award.
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In its closing ceremony, the Cannes Film Festival gave two of its most important prizes to Romanian films.