The Academy Award nominations are finally out, and the list this year includes quite a few surprises – some snubs in the acting categories, Melissa McCarthy for BRIDESMAIDS, and of course the final amount of Best Picture nominations, since for the first time there could have been anywhere from 5 – 10 titles nominated. Topping this list is HUGO with 11 nominations and THE ARTIST with 10, with MONEYBALL and WAR HORSE a surprising second with 6 nominations each.

As always, many of the films are now playing at your local Angelika so whether you’re trying to see all the Best Picture nominees before the awards ceremony on February 26, or just looking to catch up on a few of the year’s best, we’ve got you covered.

BEST PICTURE
THE ARTIST – Now Playing Angelikas New York, Dallas, Plano, and Hawaii, and the Village East Cinema
THE DESCENDANTS – Now Playing Angelikas Dallas, Plano, and Hawaii
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

THE HELP
HUGO
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – Now Playing at the Village East Cinema
MONEYBALL
THE TREE OF LIFE

WAR HORSE – Now Playing at the Village East Cinema

ACTOR
Demian Bichir, A BETTER LIFE
George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
Gary Oldman, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY - Now Playing Angelikas Dallas, Plano, and Hawaii
Brad Pitt, MONEYBALL

ACTRESS
Glenn Close, ALBERT NOBBS – Opens 1/27 Angelikas Dallas, Plano, and Hawaii
Viola Davis, THE HELP
Rooney Mara, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Now Playing at the Angelika Dallas
Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY – Now Playing at the Angelika in Hawaii
Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
BULLHEAD (Belgium)
FOOTNOTE (Israel) – Opens 3/9 Angelika New York, 3/30 Angelika Plano, 4/10 Angelika in Hawaii
IN DARKNESS (Poland) – Opens 2/10 Angelika New York, 3/2 Angelika Plano, 2/23 Angelika in Hawaii
MONSIEUR LAZHAR (Canada)
A SEPARATION (Iran) – Opens 2/3 Angelikas Dallas and Plano, 2/10 Angelika in Hawaii

DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Alexander Payne, THE DESCENDANTS
Martin Scorsese, HUGO

Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Terrence Malick, THE TREE OF LIFE

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, BRIDESMAIDS
J.C. Chandor, MARGIN CALL
Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Asghar Farhadi, A SEPARATION

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	MISS BALA Mexico’s official entry to the Academy Awards, which unfortunately didn’t make the Foreign category shortlist this week. Still, it’s impressed a lot of people at Cannes, Toronto, and NYFF, and Manohla Dargis at the NY Times calls it “a first-rate art-house thriller.” Opens today at the Angelika New York.
	CORIOLANUS Ralph Fiennes directorial debut, which Variety said “could easily pass for the work of an accomplished master,” updates Shakespeare’s play about a prideful, tormented tyrant and features a script which retains most of the Bard’s language and syntax. Opens today at the Angelika New York.
	HAYWIRE King-of-cool director Steven Soderbergh’s fresh take on the spy/revenge thriller. Chris Vognar at the Dallas Morning News gave it a B+, and everyone is loving real-life MMA fighter (and Dallas native!) Gina Carano in the lead role. Opens today at the Angelika Dallas.
	THE ARTIST Fresh from it’s Golden Globe Best Picture (comedy/musical) win, THE ARTIST expands to the Village East this weekend. Also playing at the Angelikas New York, Dallas and Plano, and the Angelika in Hawaii at Kahala 8.
	MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Reopens at the Angelika Plano and moves over to the Village East this weekend in honor of Michelle Williams’ Golden Globe win. Of Williams’ stunning performance, Rogert Ebert said: “She evokes so many Marilyns, public and private, real and make-believe. We didn’t know Monroe, but we believe she must have been something like this.”

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Awards season continues with this week’s announcement of the Golden Globes nominations! The Hollywood Foreign Press showed a lot of love for one of our favorites, THE ARTIST – 6 nominations including Best Comedy or Musical and Best Actor – in addition to some Hollywood standards we’re always happy to see recognized (Glenn Close with her opus ALBERT NOBBS, Tilda Swinton for WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, Clooney, DiCaprio, Woody Allen).

The TV categories were also impressively stacked this year, with big screen stars like Peter Dinklage, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Lange, and Kate Winslet earning nominations for their small screen turns.

With several nominated films now playing at the Angelika, you can start planning your holiday movie viewing now – check out the full list below:

MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
THE DESCENDANTS – Now Playing Angelikas Dallas, Plano, and Hawaii
THE HELP
HUGO
THE IDES OF MARCH
MONEYBALL
WAR HORSE – Opens 12/25 Village East Cinema and Angelika in Hawaii

ACTRESS – DRAMA
Glenn Close, ALBERT NOBBS – Opens 1/27 Angelikas Dallas, Plano, and Hawaii
Viola Davis, THE HELP
Rooney Mara, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Opens 12/21 Angelikas Dallas and Hawaii
Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY – Opens 1/13 Angelikas Plano and Hawaii
Tilda Swinton, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN – Opens 1/27 Angelika New York

ACTOR – DRAMA
George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
Leonard DiCaprio, J. EDGAR – Now Playing Angelika Dallas and Hawaii
Michael Fassbender, SHAME – Now Playing Angelika Dallas, Opens 12/16 Angelika Plano

Ryan Gosling, THE IDES OF MARCH

Brad Pitt, MONEYBALL

MOTION PICTURE — COMEDY OR MUSICAL
50/50
THE ARTIST – Now Playing Angelika New York and the Paris Theatre, Opens 12/23 Angelikas Dallas and Plano
BRIDESMAIDS
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS – Now Playing Village East Cinema
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN – Now Playing Angelikas New York, Plano, and Hawaii

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The first nominations of the season were announced today, and many were surprised at the list:

BEST FEATURE
50/50
BEGINNERS
DRIVE – Now Playing Village East Cinema
TAKE SHELTER – Now Playing Village East Cinema
THE ARTIST – Now Playing Angelika New York, the Paris Theatre; Opens 12/16 Angelikas Dallas and Plano
THE DESCENDANTS – Now Playing Angelikas Dallas, Plano, and Hawaii

DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Mike Mills, BEGINNERS
Jeff Nichols, TAKE SHELTER
Alexander Payne, THE DESCENDANTS
Nicolas Winding Refn, DRIVE

SCREENPLAY
Joseph Cedar, FOOTNOTE
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Tom McCarthy, WIN WIN
Mike Mills, BEGINNERS
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, THE DESCENDANTS

Film Independet’s annual Spirit Awards are given to primarily American-made films of $20 million or less budget. Of note this year is the amount of nominations for THE ARTIST, which some weren’t sure would qualify as a film by a French director and starring mostly French actors; as well as the big names left off the list: George Clooney for THE DESCENDANTS, Woody Allen for MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, Glen Close for ALBERT NOBBS.

Several nominated films are on screen now at the Angelika - click your location below for showtimes and tickets

Angelika New York | Angelika Dallas | Angelika Plano

Angelika in Hawaii at Kahala 8 | the Paris Theatre | the Beekman Theatre | Village East Cinema

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It’s an exciting time of year at the Angelika, as we starting seeing some of the incredible independent films that have been playing at top international film festivals and are likely to be the most interesting Academy Awards candidates this winter. Among those is MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, a Sundance favorite that continues to impress critics and audiences alike. Adam Conway with the Angelika Blog sat down with writer/director Sean Durkin and actress Elizabeth Olsen to discuss their work on the film, including Durkin’s intensive research into women who have lived within cults which inspired the film.

MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE opens today at the Angelika in Hawaii Kahala 8, and continues through the weekend at the Angelika New York.

ABOUT MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE:
One of the most talked about movies out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE is an intense psychological thriller starring Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to re–assimilate with her family after fleeing a cult and its charismatic leader (played by Oscar nominee John Hawkes (WINTER’S BONE). Already generating Oscar buzz, writer/Director Sean Durkin’s haunting and impressive debut was honored with the Best Dramatic Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

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The critically acclaimed MARGIN CALL has been playing for a few weeks now, and continues to impress movie goers at our theaters. Teale at the Angelika New York recently had the opportunity to sit down with director JC Chandor to talk about his feature directorial debut — Chandor had been working in the industry for years, but his background in real estate and unique perspective on the 2008 financial collapse really inspired him to write this insider’s look at first days of what would turn into one of the largest financial crises this country has faced. Check out the interview below:

MARGIN CALL continues through this weekend at the Angelika New York, Dallas, and Plano, as well as the Angelika in Hawaii Consolidated Kahala 8. Tickets are available online at www.AngelikaFilmCenter.com.

ABOUT MARGIN CALL:
One of the most talked about films of the Sundance Film Festival, MARGIN CALL follows the staff of a high-powered brokerage firm on the eve of the 2008 stock market crash. This methodical, absorbing boardroom thriller unfolds over a tense 24 hour period as a looming real estate crisis threatens the company’s assets. Featuring an all-star cast including Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto (STAR TREK), Paul Bettany (MASTER AND COMMANDER), and Kevin Spacey, J.C. Chandor’s debut feature film is an engrossing, unconventional insider’s look the New York Times called “dazzling in its sweep and implication.”

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Adam with the Angelika Blog sat down last week with director Nicolas Winding Refn, whose works include BRONSON and VALHALLA RISING, to talk to him about his new film DRIVE - which earned him the Best Director prize at Cannes this year . Check out the video below where they discuss his filmmaking influences, unique casting choices and even the score for the film.

ABOUT DRIVE:

Helmed by Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (BRONSON), DRIVE is a tense indie thriller about a Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a getaway river in Los Angeles’ criminal underworld. Critics are raving about stunning, nuanced performances from Oscar nominees Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan in this stylish take on the car heist genre.

DRIVE hits the Angelika Dallas and our Angelika in Hawaii (Consolidated Kahala) this Friday 9/16.

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The teaser site for Terrence Malik’s latest, THE TREE OF LIFE, just launched this week - gorgeous and haunting, the site mostly contains clips from the film and a place to leave comments. The fluid interactivity and background music really set the tone for the film, already generating a lot of buzz. Click below to visit the site:

THE TREE OF LIFE is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 50’s. It follows the life journey of eldest son Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack, as an adult, finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking out answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, and Jessica Chastain star in this film about the way both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life.

TREE OF LIFE opens May 27 at Angelika Dallas, Angelika Plano, and Angelika in Hawaii Kahala Theatre.

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It’s that time of year again - Academy Award® season! The 2010 nominations arrived today with a few surprises and a few sure bets. At the Angelika in New York City, Dallas, Houston & Plano, as well as through the Angelika in Hawaii program (Oahu & Maui), we’re excited to exhibit multiple nominees across diverse categories.

ABC’s Oscar® site offers a printable ballot - catch up on the films you missed and mark your predictions. The year’s best films, directors and talent will be decided on Sunday, March 7th!

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The National Board of Review (NBR) named its top picks on Thursday, crowning Jason Reitman’s third feature - UP IN THE AIR - the year’s best film. The Angelika is proud to exhibit the award-winning films listed below, which are currently playing or schedule to open soon at multiple Angelika locations.See AngelikaFilmCenter.com for showtimes & tickets in your city.

Best Film
UP IN THE AIR

Top Films
(In alphabetical order) AN EDUCATION, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, INVICTUS, THE MESSENGER, A SERIOUS MAN

Best Foreign Language Film
A PROPHET

Top Foreign Films
THE MAID, REVANCHE, THE WHITE RIBBON

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