Daniel Day-Lewis

The Coen Brothers join Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron and Billy Wilder in the list of directors that have received three awards for a single film at the Oscars. Their brooding, bloody tale of violence No Country for Old Men won best picture, director and adapted screenplay. Javier Bardem also won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role as Anton Chigurh in No Country. Full list of winners after the jump.  read more »

Here, via Oscar.com, is the text of Daniel Day-Lewis' acceptance speech last night (he won the Oscar for Best Actor):

And that's the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood, so thank you.  read more »

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This Sunday night, the 80th Academy Awards will take place at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, bringing the usual glitzy glut of red carpet fashion, faux-improvised speeches and what is perhaps the most important industry honor of the year: The Best Picture Oscar. Two thousand seven was heavy, judging from the nominees: No Country for Old Men, Atonement, There Will Be Blood, Michael Clayton and Juno.  read more »

Last night, at the star-studded National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards gala, held at Cipriani 42nd Street, we asked Lauren Bacall if she thought the W.G.A. strike would have a lasting effect on the film industry.

“Oh, now is really the time to ask a question that will require lengthy discussion!” Ms. Bacall, 83, said on the frenzied red carpet, stabilizing herself on the arm of her escort, actor and film-historian Robert Osborne.

“All right,” we said in our politest tone. “What’s on your mind, then?”

“Sitting down!” she quipped, before engaging the Daily Transom in a discussion of her favorite film from 2007. “I guess, in a way, it would be There Will Be Blood, because I love Daniel Day-Lewis so much. He’s a brilliant actor.” Mr. Osborne concurred, and for the same reason. “Yeah, because of him,” he said.

Cialis, Viagra, Spanish Fly, whatever—nothing could save the Bucket List (No. 7) from a limp performance this weekend. The movie, starring geriatric gents Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, may have managed a robust national opening, but it was blown away here in the city like a couple of old farts on the observatory deck of the Empire State Building during a wind advisory. At 10 theaters, the film averaged a listless $9,000 per screen. Everyone’s seen Steel Magnolias: Pull the plug!  read more »

Movies in their fifth week are not supposed to post their best numbers to date, but that is precisely what Juno (No. 1) has done, averaging an astonishing $31,500 on eight screens. (According to Variety, Fox Searchlight is gleefully pointing out that Juno is outperforming Little Miss Sunshine, last year’s Academy Award nominee for best picture.) It is clear that this movie about an illegitimate fetus is quickening into a legitimate contender—if only there were an awards show for it to compete in.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood (No. 2) expanded into five theaters over the weekend and nearly doubled its tally, averaging an impressive $48,000 per theater. And this was before it garnered the best picture nod from the National Society of Film Critics over No Country for Old Men (No. 9). Just for good measure, Mr. Anderson picked up best director. (After working with Adam Sandler, how do you think it felt to direct Daniel Day-Lewis, like driving an Aston Martin after a mint green 1972 Volvo station wagon? Thought so.)  read more »

Forty-one New York and Los Angeles movie critics from Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker and Salon.com gathered at Sardi's Restaurant in Times Square Saturday night to vote on the top films of the year.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-touted There Will Be Blood took four prizes, including best picture, at the 42nd annual National Society of Film Critics Awards. Daniel Day-Lewis drew actor kudos, while Mr. Anderson won for director and Robert Elswit for cinematography.

After the jump, Day-Lewis talks to The Observer about life with Anderson, and the complete list of winners.  read more »

Last week, The Third Stringer had the opportunity to sit down with Daniel Day-Lewis and have a chat. How could she say no?  read more »