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Austin Film Critics Association

Index Austin Film Critics Association

The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas. [1]

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A History of Violence

A History of Violence is a 2005 American crime thriller film directed by David Cronenberg and written by Josh Olson.

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A Scanner Darkly

A Scanner Darkly is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick, published in 1977.

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A Single Man

A Single Man is a 2009 American drama film based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood.

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Albert Brooks

Albert Lawrence Brooks (born Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director.

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Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor.

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Alicia Vikander

Alicia Amanda Vikander (born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress.

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Allison Janney

Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress.

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Anna Kendrick

Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress and singer.

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Anne Hathaway

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress and singer.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2005

1st AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: Crash The 1st Austin Film Critics Association Awards honored the best in filmmaking for 2005.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2006

2nd AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: United 93 The 2nd Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2006, were announced on January 2, 2007.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2007

3rd AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: There Will Be Blood The 3rd Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2007, were announced on December 20, 2007.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2008

4th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: The Dark Knight The 4th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2008, were announced on December 16, 2008.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2009

5th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: The Hurt Locker The 5th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2009, were announced on December 15, 2009.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2010

6th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: Black Swan The 6th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2010, were announced on December 22, 2010.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2011

7th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: Hugo The 7th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2011, were announced on December 28, 2011.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2012

8th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty The 8th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2012, were announced on December 18, 2012.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2013

9th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: Her The 9th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2013, were announced on December 17, 2013.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2014

10th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: Boyhood The 10th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2014, were announced on December 17, 2014.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2015

11th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: Mad Max: Fury Road The 11th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2015, were announced on December 29, 2015.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2016

12th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: Moonlight The 12th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2016, were announced on December 28, 2016.

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Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2017

13th AFCA Awards ---- Best Film: Get Out The 13th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2017, were announced on January 8, 2018.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Babel (film)

Babel is a 2006 drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga, starring an ensemble cast.

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Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Beasts of the Southern Wild is a 2012 American drama film directed, co-written, and co-scored by Benh Zeitlin.

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Bernie (2011 film)

Bernie is a 2011 American black comedy film directed by Richard Linklater, and written by Linklater and Skip Hollandsworth.

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Birdman (film)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), commonly known simply as Birdman, is a 2014 American black comedy film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

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Black Swan (film)

Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological horror film directed by Darren Aronofsky.

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Bowie High School (Austin, Texas)

James Bowie High School is a public high school in southwest Austin, Texas.

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Boyhood (film)

Boyhood is a 2014 American independent coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, and Ethan Hawke.

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Brick (film)

Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson in his directorial debut, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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Brie Larson

Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers (born October 1, 1989), known professionally as Brie Larson, is an American actress, filmmaker, and musician.

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Call Me by Your Name (film)

Call Me by Your Name is a 2017 coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by James Ivory.

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Capote (film)

Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote directed by Bennett Miller.

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Casey Affleck

Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and director.

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Children of Men

Children of Men is a 2006 British-American dystopian thriller film directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Umeadi Ejiofor (born 10 July 1977) is a British actor.

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Christian Bale

Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor and producer.

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Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz (born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian actor.

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Christopher Nolan

Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is an English film director, screenwriter, and producer who holds both British and American citizenship.

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Colin Firth

Colin Andrew Firth, (born 10 September 1960), is an English actor who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.

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Crash (2004 film)

Crash is a 2004 American drama film produced, directed, and co-written by Paul Haggis.

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Creed (film)

Creed is a 2015 American sports drama film directed by Ryan Coogler and written by Coogler and Aaron Covington.

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Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club is a 2013 American biographical drama film, co-written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

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Daniel Day-Lewis

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is a retired English actor who holds both British and Irish citizenship.

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Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American filmmaker and writer, who is noted for his often surreal and disturbing films.

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Django Unchained

Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, and Don Johnson in supporting roles.

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Drive (2011 film)

Drive is a 2011 American action drama film directed by the Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn.

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Elle (film)

Elle ("she" or "her") is a 2016 French-German neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by David Birke, based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian.

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Ellen Page

Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actress.

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Emmanuel Lubezki

Emmanuel Lubezki Morgenstern, A.S.C., A.M.C. (born 30 November, 1964) is a Mexican cinematographer.

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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic comedy science fiction drama film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry.

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Ex Machina (film)

Ex Machina is a 2014 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Alex Garland (in his directorial debut) and stars Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar Isaac.

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Fences (film)

Fences is a 2016 American period drama film starring, produced and directed by Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.

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Film criticism

Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium.

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Frances McDormand

Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith, June 23, 1957) is an American actress.

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George Miller (director)

George Miller AO (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker and former physician.

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Get Out

Get Out is a 2017 American horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele in his directorial debut.

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Gone Girl (film)

Gone Girl is a 2014 American psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher and written by Gillian Flynn, based on her 2012 novel of the same title.

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Gravity (2013 film)

Gravity is a 2013 science fiction thriller film directed, co-written, co-edited, and produced by Alfonso Cuarón.

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Grindhouse (film)

Grindhouse is a 2007 American horror film double feature co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.

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Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro Gómez (born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, author and former special effects makeup artist.

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Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress and singer.

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Hard Candy (film)

Hard Candy is a 2005 American thriller film film focusing on a 14-year-old female vigilante's trapping and torture of a man whom she suspects of being a sexual predator.

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Heath Ledger

Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 197922 January 2008) was an Australian actor and director.

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Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Lydia Mirren, (born 26 July 1945) is an English actor.

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Her (film)

Her is a 2013 American romantic science-fiction drama film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze.

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Hugo (film)

Hugo is a 2011 historical adventure drama film directed and co-produced by Martin Scorsese and adapted for the screen by John Logan.

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Hustle & Flow

Hustle & Flow is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Craig Brewer and produced by John Singleton and Stephanie Allain.

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I, Tonya

I, Tonya is a 2017 American biographical film directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Steven Rogers.

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Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Til Schweiger, and Mélanie Laurent.

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Inside Out (2015 film)

Inside Out is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (born 16 March 1953) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 120 films since her debut in 1971.

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J. K. Simmons

Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American character actor and voice actor.

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Jack Nicholson

John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker who has performed for over sixty years.

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Jake Gyllenhaal

Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor.

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Jared Leto

Jared Joseph Leto (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and director.

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Javier Bardem

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor.

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Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress.

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Jessica Chastain

Jessica Michelle Chastain (born March 24, 1977) is an American actress and film producer.

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Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquín Rafael Phoenix (né Bottom; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and activist.

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Juno (film)

Juno is a 2007 American coming of age comedy-drama independent film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody.

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Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Ann Bigelow (born November 27, 1951) is an American director, producer, and writer.

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Kill Bill: Volume 1

Kill Bill: Volume 1 is a 2003 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

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La La Land (film)

La La Land is a 2016 American musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Damien Chazelle.

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Laura Linney

Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress and singer.

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer.

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Les Misérables (2012 film)

Les Misérables is a 2012 musical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and scripted by William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, and Herbert Kretzmer, based on the 1862 French novel of the same name by Victor Hugo, which also inspired a 1980 concept album and 1985 musical by Boublil and Schönberg.

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Looper (film)

Looper is a 2012 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by Rian Johnson, and produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern.

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Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (born March 1, 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. The daughter of Kenyan politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, she was born in Mexico City where her father was teaching and was raised in Kenya from the age of one. She attended college in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in film and theater studies from Hampshire College. Nyong'o began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant. In 2008, she made her acting debut with the short film East River and subsequently returned to Kenya to star in the television series Shuga (2009–2012). Also in 2009, she wrote, produced and directed the documentary In My Genes. She then pursued a master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama. Soon after her graduation, she had her first feature film role as Patsey in Steve McQueen's historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013), for which she received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She became the first Kenyan and Mexican actress to win an Academy Award. Nyong'o made her Broadway debut as a teenage orphan in the critically acclaimed play Eclipsed (2015), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Following a motion capture role as Maz Kanata in the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy, Nyong'o starred as Nakia in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Panther (2018). In addition to acting, Nyong'o supports historic preservation. She is vocal about preventing sexual harassment and working for animal rights. In 2014, she was named the most beautiful woman by People. Nyong'o is a 2019 Hollywood Walk of Fame honoree.

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Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 action film co-written, produced, and directed by George Miller.

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Mahershala Ali

Mahershalalhashbaz Ali Gilmore (né Gilmore; February 16, 1974), known professionally as Mahershala Ali, is an American actor and rapper.

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Manchester by the Sea (film)

Manchester by the Sea is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, and starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, and Lucas Hedges.

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Mark Boal

Mark Boal (born January 23, 1973) is an American journalist, screenwriter and film producer.

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Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent (born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, singer, pianist, screenwriter, and director.

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Me and Orson Welles

Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 British-American period drama film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and Claire Danes.

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Megan Ellison

Margaret Elizabeth "Megan" Ellison (born January 31, 1986) is an American film producer and founder of Annapurna Pictures, established in 2011.

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Memento (film)

Memento is a 2000 American neo-noir psychological thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, and produced by Suzanne and Jennifer Todd.

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Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is a German-born Irish actor.

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Michael Shannon

Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor and musician.

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Milk (film)

Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

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Moonlight (2016 film)

Moonlight is a 2016 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.

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Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman (born Neta-Lee Hershlag on June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-American actress, film producer and director.

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Naval aviation

Naval aviation is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases.

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Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn (born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter and producer.

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Nightcrawler (film)

Nightcrawler is a 2014 American thriller film written and directed by Dan Gilroy.

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No Country for Old Men (film)

No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-western neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's novel No Country for Old Men.

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Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth (lit) is a 2006 dark fantasy drama film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro.

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Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an Academy Award winning American actress.

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Paul Haggis

Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television.

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Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also referred to by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor, director, and producer.

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Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American director, writer, and actor.

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Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin and Debra Winger.

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Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur.

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Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream is a 2000 American psychological drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans.

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Rian Johnson

Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker and television director who wrote and directed the films Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper, Brick, and The Brothers Bloom.

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Richard Linklater

Richard Stuart Linklater (born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker and actor.

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Rinko Kikuchi

(born; January 6, 1981) is a Japanese film actress.

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Robert Rodriguez

Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker.

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Room (2015 film)

Room is a 2015 independent drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Emma Donoghue, based on her novel of the same name.

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Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike (born 27 January 1979) is an English actress who began her acting career by appearing in stage productions such as Romeo and Juliet and Skylight.

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Sean Penn

Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker.

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Short Term 12

Short Term 12 is a 2013 American independent drama film written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.

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Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell.

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Sin City

Sin City is a series of neo-noir comics by American comic book writer Frank Miller.

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Sin City (film)

Sin City (also known as Frank Miller's Sin City) is a 2005 American neo-noir crime anthology film written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller.

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Steve Jobs (film)

Steve Jobs is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin.

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Sylvester Stallone

Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, producer and filmmaker.

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Take Shelter

Take Shelter is a 2011 American psychological thriller drama film, written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain.

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Taraji P. Henson

Taraji Penda Henson (born September 11, 1970) is an American actress, singer, and author.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American fantasy romantic drama film directed by David Fincher.

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The Dark Knight (film)

The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan.

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The Debt (2010 film)

The Debt is a 2010 British-American remake of the 2007 Israeli alternate history-thriller film Ha-Hov, directed by John Madden from a screenplay by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Peter Straughan.

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The Departed

The Departed is a 2006 American crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan.

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The Fighter

The Fighter is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, and starring Mark Wahlberg (who also co-produced), Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo.

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The Florida Project

The Florida Project is a 2017 American drama film directed by Sean Baker and written by Baker and Chris Bergoch.

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The Help (film)

The Help is a 2011 American period drama film directed and written by Tate Taylor and adapted from Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name.

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The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal released on June 26, 2009.

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The Incredibles

The Incredibles is a 2004 American computer-animated superhero film written and directed by Brad Bird, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, released by Walt Disney Pictures, and starring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell, Spencer Fox, Jason Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Bird, and Elizabeth Peña.

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The King's Speech

The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler.

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The Lord of the Rings (film series)

The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson.

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The Master (2012 film)

The Master is a 2012 American drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams.

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The Queen (2006 film)

The Queen is a 2006 British fictional drama film depicting the British Royal Family's response to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 31 August 1997.

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The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water is a 2017 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor.

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The Squid and the Whale

The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 American independent arthouse comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson.

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The Tree of Life (film)

The Tree of Life is a 2011 American experimental epic drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick and featuring a cast of Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Jessica Chastain, and Tye Sheridan in his debut feature film role.

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There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a 2017 drama film written, directed, and produced by Martin McDonagh.

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Tilda Swinton

Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress, model, and artist.

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Timothée Chalamet

Timothée Hal Chalamet (born December 27, 1995) is an American actor.

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Tower (2016 film)

Tower is a 2016 animated documentary film directed by Keith Maitland about the 1966 shootings at the University of Texas at Austin.

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True Grit (2010 film)

True Grit is a 2010 American Revisionist Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers and executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

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United 93 (film)

United 93 is a 2006 biographical drama-thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Paul Greengrass, that chronicles events aboard United Airlines Flight 93,Barra, Allen.

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Up (2009 film)

Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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Up in the Air (2009 film)

Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the 2001 novel of the same name, written by Walter Kirn.

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Viola Davis

Viola Davis (born August 11, 1965) is an American actress and producer.

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Walk the Line

Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold.

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We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)

We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2011 British-American psychological thriller drama film directed by Lynne Ramsay, and adapted from Lionel Shriver's novel of the same title.

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Whiplash (2014 film)

Whiplash is a 2014 American drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle.

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Willem Dafoe

William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor with Italian citizenship.

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William Hurt

William McChord Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor.

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Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American political-thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal.

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12 Years a Slave (film)

12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.

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2000 in film

The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.

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2001 in film

The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series, the first of The Fast and the Furious franchise, the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the first of the Ocean's Trilogy, and the first of the Shrek franchise.

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2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events.

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2004 in film

The year 2004 in film involved some significant events.

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2005 in film

The year 2005 saw the release of many significant and successful films.

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2006 in film

The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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2007 in film

The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.

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2008 in film

The year 2008 involved many major movie events.

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2009 in film

The year 2009 saw the release of many films.

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2010 in film

In the year 2010, there was a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films, with numerous other titles being released in 3D formats.

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2011 in film

The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths.

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2012 in film

The following tables list films released in 2012.

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2013 in film

The following tables list films released in 2013.

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2014 in film

The following is an overview of the events of 2014 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.

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2015 in film

2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths.

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2016 in film

2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and deaths.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Film_Critics_Association

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