The Awards Greenhouse CAFE

Ballots To Be Issued ASAP.

2009-05-05T20:00:00.000-05:00

I will be mailing out ballots to everyone whom I think is still a member. Heh. There are a couple new categories. And as per Eileen's suggestion (oh yeah, another new person, yay), we are going to have 8 categories to recognize the suck of 2008! How exciting, no?

Also, because some people seem to be baffled about how to properly determine whether or not someone is a breakthrough/debut performance, I will be creating a list of who actually fits that description. This should prevent some of you fools from nominating Anne Hathaway as Breakthrough Female (LOL), James Franco as Breakthrough Male (Pfft), etc.. Let the little people shine!

Reminder--Send mail to cafe.awards.greenhouse@gmail.com please ♥. Thanks!

2008 CAFE Awards: Breakthrough Females.

2009-05-05T17:47:00.001-05:00

This is the list of eligible women for the breakthrough category. If they are not on here, and were on the main contenders list, they are NOT eligible here.

Hayley Atwell, The Duchess
Summer Bishil, Towelhead
Madison Davenport, Humboldt County
Kat Dennings, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Isamar Gonzales, Chop Shop
Ahney Her, Gran Torino
Danai Jekesai Gurira, The Visitor
Katie Lyons, Boy A
Annamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Lauren McKinney, Paranoid Park
Kate O'Flynn, Happy-Go-Lucky
Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
Tarra Riggs, Ballast
Sara Simmonds, In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Catinca Untaru, The Fall
Misty Upham, Frozen River
Laura Vasiliu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Gemma Ward, The Black Balloon
Viktoria Winge, Reprise
Alexis Zegerman, Happy-Go-Lucky

2008 CAFE Awards: Breakthrough Males.

2009-05-05T17:44:00.002-05:00

This is the list of eligible men for the breakthrough category. If they are not on here, and were on the main contenders list, they are NOT eligible here.

Emile Berling, A Christmas Tale
Jey Crisfar, Otto; or, Up with Dead People
Luke Ford, The Black Balloon
Andrew Garfield, Boy A
Rafi Gavron, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Brandon T. Jones, Tropic Thunder
David Kross, The Reader
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Love Songs
Charlie McDermott, Frozen River
Scoot McNairy, In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Madhur Mittal, Slumdog Millionaire
Gabe Nevins, Paranoid Park
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Alejandro Polanco, Chop Shop
Scott Prendergast, Kabluey
JimMyron Ross, Ballast
Jason Segel, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jeremy Strong, Humboldt County
Bobb'e J. Thompson, Role Models
Greg Timmermans, Ben X
Bee Vang, Gran Torino
Rhys Wakefield, The Black Balloon

2008 CAFE Awards: Primary Actress.

2009-05-05T16:40:00.004-05:00

Kate Beckinsale, Nothing But the Truth
Summer Bishil, Towelhead
Cate Blanchett, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kat Dennings, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Anna Faris, The House Bunny
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Helen Hunt, Then She Found Me
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Norah Jones, My Blueberry Nights
Nicole Kidman, Australia
Keira Knightley, The Duchess
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Rachel McAdams, The Lucky Ones
Frances McDormand, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Julianne Moore, Blindness
Kelly Reilly, Eden Lake
Tarra Riggs, Ballast
Ludivine Sagnier, A Girl Cut in Two
Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
Sara Simmonds, In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia!
Audrey Tautou, Priceless
Emma Thompson, Last Chance Harvey
Catinca Untaru, The Fall
Eileen Walsh, Eden
Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road

2008 CAFE Awards: Primary Actor.

2009-05-05T02:53:00.004-05:00

Michael Angarano, Snow Angels
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight
Adrien Brody, Cadillac Records
Josh Brolin, W.
Nicolas Cazale, The Grocer's Son
Michael Cera, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Steve Coogan, Hamlet 2
Daniel Craig, Defiance
Jey Crisfar, Otto; or, Up with Dead People
Benicio Del Toro, Che
Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Robert Downey, Jr., Iron Man
Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Gad Elmaleh, Priceless
Colin Farrell, In Bruges
Andrew Garfield, Boy A
Louis Garrel, Love Songs
Ricky Gervais, Ghost Town
Jeff Goldblum, Adam Resurrected
Ed Harris, Appaloosa
Dustin Hoffman, Last Chance Harvey
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Synecdoche, New York
Hugh Jackman, Australia
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Ben Kingsley, Elegy
Espen Klouman-Høiner, Reprise
Karl Markovics, The Counterfeiters
Scoot McNairy, In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Gabe Nevins, Paranoid Park
Lee Pace, The Fall
Josh Peck, The Wackness
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Alejandro Polanco, Chop Shop
Scott Prendergast, Kabluey
Dennis Quaid, Smart People
Aidan Quinn, Eden
Sam Rockwell, Choke
Seth Rogen, Pineapple Express
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Paul Rudd, Role Models
Mark Ruffalo, What Doesn't Kill You
Jason Segel, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Michael Shannon, Shotgun Stories
Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon
Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder
Jeremy Strong, Humboldt County
Greg Timmermans, Ben X
Rhys Wakefield, The Black Balloon

2008 CAFE Awards: Secondary Actress.

2009-05-05T01:06:00.006-05:00

Amy Adams, Doubt
Amy Adams, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Elizabeth Banks, W.
Kate Beckinsale, Snow Angels
Patricia Clarkson, Married Life
Toni Collette, Towelhead
Anne Consigny, A Christmas Tale
Penelope Cruz, Elegy
Catherine Deneuve, A Christmas Tale
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Melonie Diaz, Hamlet 2
Ronit Elkabetz, The Band's Visit
Isamar Gonzales, Chop Shop
Kathryn Hahn, Revolutionary Road
Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Ahney Her, Gran Torino
Anjelica Huston, Choke
Scarlett Johansson, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Beyoncé Knowles, Cadillac Records
Lisa Kudrow, Kabluey
Mila Kunis, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Chiara Mastroianni, Love Songs
Rachel McAdams, Married Life
Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading
Bette Midler, Then She Found Me
Samantha Morton, Synecdoche, New York
Ellen Page, Smart People
Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man
Sarah Jessica Parker, Smart People
Marijke Pinoy, Ben X
Hanna Schygulla, The Edge of Heaven
Amanda Seyfried, Mamma Mia!
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Misty Upham, Frozen River
Laura Vasiliu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Justine Waddell, The Fall
Gemma Ward, The Black Balloon
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Nurgül Yesilçay, The Edge of Heaven
Elsa Zylberstein, I've Loved You So Long

2008 CAFE Awards: Secondary Actor.

2009-05-05T00:43:00.008-05:00

Mathieu Amalric, A Christmas Tale
Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Ivan Barnev, I Served the King of England
François Berléand, A Girl Cut in Two
Jeff Bridges, Iron Man
Pierce Brosnan, Married Life
George Clooney, Burn After Reading
Chris Cooper, Married Life
Anders Danielsen Lie, Reprise
Baki Davrak, The Edge of Heaven
August Diehl, The Counterfeiters
Jeffrey Donovan, Changeling
Brad Dourif, Humboldt County
Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder
Aaron Eckhart, The Dark Knight
Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
Ralph Fiennes, The Reader
Luke Ford, The Black Balloon
James Franco, Pineapple Express
Sassan Gabai, The Band's Visit
Rafi Gavron, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
David Harbour, Revolutionary Road
Ethan Hawke, What Doesn't Kill You
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Dennis Hopper, Elegy
Barlow Jacobs, Shotgun Stories
Oldrich Kaiser, I Served the King of England
Ben Kingsley, The Wackness
David Kross, The Reader
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Jude Law, My Blueberry Nights
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Love Songs
Peter Macdissi, Towelhead
Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky
Charlie McDermott, Frozen River
Viggo Mortensen, Appaloosa
Peter Mullan, Boy A
Jack O'Connell, Eden Lake
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Sam Rockwell, Snow Angels
JimMyron Ross, Ballast
Mark Ruffalo, Blindness
Liev Schreiber, Defiance
Seann William Scott, Role Models
Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor
Joseph Julian Soria, Hamlet 2
Devid Streisow, The Counterfeiters
Bee Vang, Gran Torino
Jeffrey Wright, Cadillac Records

2008 CAFE Awards: Tertiary Actress.

2009-05-05T00:36:00.009-05:00

Hiam Abbass, The Visitor
Eileen Atkins, Last Chance Harvey
Hayley Atwell, The Duchess
Kathy Baker, Last Chance Harvey
Liane Balaban, Last Chance Harvey
Elizabeth Banks, Role Models
Kathy Bates, Revolutionary Road
Kristen Bell, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Leslie Bibb, Iron Man
Alice Braga, Blindness
Patricia Clarkson, Elegy
Patricia Clarkson, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Toni Collette, The Black Balloon
Frances Conroy, Humboldt County
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Madison Davenport, Humboldt County
Emmanuelle Devos, A Christmas Tale
Vera Farmiga, Nothing But the Truth
Ari Graynor, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Dark Knight
Rebecca Hall, Frost/Nixon
Amber Heard, Pineapple Express
Clotilde Hesme, Love Songs
Famke Janssen, The Wackness
Danai Jekesai Gurira, The Visitor
Julia Jentsch, I Served the King of England
Jane Lynch, Role Models
Katie Lyons, Boy A
Kelly Macdonald, Choke
Chiara Mastroianni, A Christmas Tale
Mathilda May, A Girl Cut in Two
Lauren McKinney, Paranoid Park
Taylor Momsen, Paranoid Park
Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Appaloosa
Kate O'Flynn, Happy-Go-Lucky
Julia Ormond, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Amanda Peet, What Doesn't Kill You
Rosie Perez, Pineapple Express
Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire
Clémence Poésy, In Bruges
Natalie Portman, My Blueberry Nights
Caroline Sihol, A Girl Cut in Two
Phoebe Strole, Hamlet 2
Tilda Swinton, Burn After Reading
Christine Taylor, Kabluey
Olivia Thirlby, Snow Angels
Emma Thompson, Brideshead Revisited
Laura Verlinden, Ben X
Rachel Weisz, My Blueberry Nights
Michelle Williams, Synecdoche, New York
Viktoria Winge, Reprise
Evan Rachel Wood, The Wrestler
Alexis Zegerman, Happy-Go-Lucky
Patrycia Ziolkowska, The Edge of Heaven

2008 CAFE Awards: Tertiary Actor.

2009-05-05T00:32:00.007-05:00

Tunde Adebimpe, Rachel Getting Married
Alan Alda, Nothing But the Truth
Skylar Astin, Hamlet 2
Kevin Bacon, Frost/Nixon
Jay Baruchel, Tropic Thunder
Jamie Bell, Defiance
Emile Berling, A Christmas Tale
Jack Black, Tropic Thunder
Russell Brand, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Josh Brolin, Milk
Laurent Capelluto, A Christmas Tale
Thomas Haden Church, Smart People
Gary Cole, Pineapple Express
Dominic Cooper, The Duchess
Kevin Corrigan, Pineapple Express
Aaron Eckhart, Towelhead
Shaun Evans, Boy A
Michael Fassbender, Eden Lake
James Franco, Milk
Bruno Ganz, The Reader
Danny Glover, Blindness
Jason Butler Harner, Changeling
Brad William Henke, Choke
Emile Hirsch, Milk
Dennis Hopper, Elegy
Martin Huba, I Served the King of England
Jeremy Irons, Appaloosa
Bill Irwin, Rachel Getting Married
Vlad Ivanov, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Richard Jenkins, Burn After Reading
Brandon T. Jones, Tropic Thunder
Nicky Katt, Snow Angels
Marián Labuda, I Served the King of England
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Douglas Ligon, Shotgun Stories
Matthew Macfadyen, Frost/Nixon
Benoît Magimel, A Girl Cut in Two
John Malkovich, Burn After Reading
John Malkovich, Changeling
Danny McBride, Pineapple Express
Chris Messina, Humboldt County
Chris Messina, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Role Models
Madhur Mittal, Slumdog Millionaire
Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight
Lee Pace, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading
Oliver Platt, Frost/Nixon
Melvil Poupaud, A Christmas Tale
Jordan Prentice, In Bruges
Craig Robinson, Pineapple Express
Sam Rockwell, Frost/Nixon
Jean-Paul Roussillon, A Christmas Tale
Peter Sarsgaard, Elegy
David Strathairn, My Blueberry Nights
Bobb'e J. Thompson, Role Models
Erik Thomson, The Black Balloon
Thomas Turgoose, Eden Lake
Brandon Walters, Australia
Mather Zickel, Rachel Getting Married

2008 CAFE Awards: Female Limited/Cameo Performances.

2009-05-04T21:37:00.004-05:00

Here is the first guide list of what should be placed in the female limited/cameo category. Limited/Cameo performances are a combined category for both those brief, blink-and-you'll-miss-it (k, that's an exaggeration--more like >5 minutes) cameos; AND the in-very-few-scenes-with-limited-character-development limited performances.

Remember, you MUST abide by this list. For example, just 'cause you want to, you cannot place Viola Davis in Tertiary. I will discard your vote; that will either prompt me to give you the opportunity to make a new nod to replace your EPIC FAIL or, if you choose not to, lead to your ranks being bumped-up (thus only leaving you with 4 nominees). Please adhere to the guide for these nominees, kthx <3.

Also note: This is JUST a suggested list of ideas. If some cameo or incredibly limited role is missing from here, you may still nominate it (provided it does not appear on the Tertiary list). There are certainly a couple that I have not seen and therefore cannot verify ^_^.

FEMALE CAMEO/LIMITED PERFORMANCES:

Jeanetta Arnette, Snow Angels
Fairuza Balk, Humboldt County
Maria Bello, Towelhead
Françoise Bertin, A Christmas Tale
Alice Butaud, Elegy
Hope Davis, Synecdoche, New York
Viola Davis, Doubt
Karina Fernandez, Happy-Go-Lucky
Tamyra Gray, Rachel Getting Married
Deborah Harry, Elegy
Shirley Henderson, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gillian Jacobs, Choke
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Synecdoche, New York
Claire Johnston, I've Loved You So Long
Zoe Kazan, Revolutionary Road
Catherine Keener, Hamlet 2
Catherine Keener, Synecdoche, New York
Nursel Köse, The Edge of Heaven
Alexandra Maria Lara, The Reader
Lena Olin, The Reader
Allison Pill, Milk
Amy Poehler, Hamlet 2
Charlotte Rampling, The Duchess
Thelka Reuten, In Bruges
Brigitte Roüan, Love Songs
Amy Ryan, Changeling
Ludivine Sagnier, Love Songs
Amy Sedaris, Snow Angels
Elisabeth Shue, Hamlet 2
Phyllis Somerville, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tilda Swinton, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Emily Watson, Synecdoche, New York
Dianne Wiest, Synecdoche, New York
Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married

2008 CAFE Awards: Male Limited/Cameo Performances.

2009-05-04T20:29:00.007-05:00

Here is the first guide list of what should be placed in the male limited/cameo category. Limited/Cameo performances are a combined category for both those brief, blink-and-you'll-miss-it (k, that's an exaggeration--more like >5 minutes) cameos; AND the in-very-few-scenes-with-limited-character-development limited performances.

Remember, you MUST abide by this list. For example, just 'cause you want to, you cannot place Ralph Fiennes in Tertiary. I will discard your vote; that will either prompt me to give you the opportunity to make a new nod to replace your EPIC FAIL or, if you choose not to, lead to your ranks being bumped-up (thus only leaving you with 4 nominees). Please adhere to the guide for these nominees, kthx <3.

Also note: This is JUST a suggested list of ideas. If some cameo or incredibly limited role is missing from here, you may still nominate it (provided it does not appear on the Tertiary list). There are certainly a couple that I have not seen and therefore cannot verify ^_^.

MALE CAMEO/LIMITED PERFORMANCES:

Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dylan Baker, Revolutionary Road
Jay Baruchel, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Steve Coogan, Tropic Thunder
Joseph Cross, Milk
Tom Cruise, Tropic Thunder
Wally Dalton, Wendy and Lucy
Ralph Fiennes, In Bruges
Jason Flemyng, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gael Garcia Bernal, Blindness
Bill Hader, Pineapple Express
Jared Harris, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anil Kapoor, Slumdog Millionaire
Irrfan Khan, Slumdog Millionaire
Tuncel Kurtiz, The Edge of Heaven
Joe Lo Truglio, Pineapple Express
Jack McBrayer, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Matthew McConaghuey, Tropic Thunder
Nick Nolte, Tropic Thunder
Denis O'Hare, Milk
Michael O'Keefe, Frozen River
Arnie Pantoja, Hamlet 2
Jérémie Renier, In Bruges
Eric Roberts, The Dark Knight
John Robinson, Wendy and Lucy
Paul Rudd, Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
J.K. Simmons, Burn After Reading
Shaun Toub, Iron Man
Jean-Marie Winling, Love Songs
James Young, Boy A

Category Placements: Acting....

2009-05-03T20:26:00.003-05:00

The majority of these have been predetermined for your convenience. A few are still in the midst of decision. I expect these could be prepared by the morning, which means I might be able to send ballots out sometime Monday afternoon! I hope you're pumped. Get your rankings ready.

Oh, by the way, CAFE has a new e-mail account (because the old address's password had, um, technical difficulties...involving my brain...and porn):

cafe.awards.greenhouse@gmail.com

Write it down, cunts.

The Official, Yet Slightly Unofficiated, 2008 Eligibility List!

2009-05-02T16:43:00.006-05:00

Sooo, if you think you notice a SHOCKING omission, I implore you to alert me as soon as possible. Note though that certain films, due to sketchy release dates, will be included on the 2009 list. (One may call this unfair, but one should also remember that this happens every year with foreign films, mostly, and thus is all balanced out.) Films that will NOT be included are: The Class, Hunger, Departures, Gomorrah, and probably a few others.

~~I still have to check on Revanche & Everlasting Memories, so if you're a fan of those, fear not. Or maybe fear 50%. Yes, that's better.~~ PH34R. Disregard all that. They, too, are 2009!

[Note: Thanks to J.D. for making light of a few omissions. I included a couple. The rest can go DIAF, because they only bring the lulz. And not in a good way....]

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27 Dresses
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Adam Resurrected
American Teen
Appaloosa
August Evening
Australia
Ballast
The Band's Visit
The Bank Job
Be Kind Rewind
Ben X
The Black Balloon
Blindness
Bolt
Boy A
Brideshead Revisited
Burn After Reading
Cadillac Records
Caramel
Changeling
Chapter 27
Charlie Bartlett
Che
Chicago 10
Choke
Chop Shop
A Christmas Tale
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Cloverfield
The Counterfeiters
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Doubt
The Duchess
Eden
Eden Lake
The Edge of Heaven
Elegy
Encounters at the End of the World
The Fall
Finding Amanda
Flash of Genius
Flight of the Red Balloon
The Foot-Fist Way
The Forbidden Kingdom
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Get Smart
Ghost Town
A Girl Cut in Two
Gran Torino
The Grocer's Son
Hamlet 2
Happy-Go-Lucky
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Horton Hears a Who!
The House Bunny
Humboldt County
I Served the King of England
In Bruges
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
I've Loved You So Long
Kabluey
Kung-Fu Panda
Last Chance Harvey
Leatherheads
Let the Right One In
Love Songs
The Lucky Ones
Mamma Mia!
Man on Wire
Married Life
Milk
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Mister Foe
Mister Lonely
Mongol
My Blueberry Nights
My Brother Is an Only Child
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nothing But the Truth
The Other Boleyn Girl
Otto; or, Up with Dead People
Paranoid Park
Penelope
Pineapple Express
Priceless
Pride and Glory
Quantum of Solace
Rachel Getting Married
The Reader
Reprise
Revolutionary Road
RocknRolla
Role Models
Sangre de Mi Sangre
Seven Pounds
Shotgun Stories
Sleepwalking
Slumdog Millionaire
Smart People
Snow Angels
Son of Rambow
Stop Loss
Synecdoche, New York
Take Out
The Tale of Desperaux
Taxi to the Dark Side
Tell No One
Then She Found Me
Towelhead
Transsibberian
Tropic Thunder
Trouble the Water
Twilight
Up the Yangtze
Valkyrie
Vantage Point
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Visitor
W.
The Wackness
WALL·E
Waltz with Bashir
Wanted
Wendy and Lucy
What Doesn't Kill You
When Did You Last See Your Father?
The Wrestler
XXY
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Young @ Heart
Zack and Miri Make a Porno

There are 140 on here. I obviously left off complete shit (Oops, wait, sorry! GT trolled its way back *glare*.), but all-in-all, I think this list has all it needs. But again, there's always one or two films that I forgot inadvertently. So look it over and comment. Thanks!

It's been too long....

2009-05-01T08:58:00.002-05:00

I've decided it's about time we resurrect CAFE. We'll probably redo 2005 and 2006 at this point, to welcome new members I've befriended. But start thinking about 2008, 'cause the time is coming!

SAG nominees

2008-12-18T16:28:00.002-05:00

RJ here. Head on over to The Rural Juror to read my take on the SAG nominees. What a weird season, huh?

2007 Full List of Eligible Film in Contention.

2008-01-28T18:30:00.000-05:00

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!!!!

In preparation for the 2007 CAFE Awards, here is the list of all films eligible for our ballots. And below, you'll find the category placements for Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Cameo. Get started!

12:08, East of Bucharest
2 Days in Paris
300
3:10 to Yuma
Across the Universe
After the Wedding
Amazing Grace
American Gangster
Angel-A
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
August Rush
Awake
Away from Her
Becoming Jane
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Black Book
Blades of Glory
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Brave One
Breach
Bridge to Terabithia
Broken English
The Brothers Solomon
The Bucket List
Bug
Catch and Release
Chalk
Charlie Wilson's War
Control
The Darjeeling Limited
Day Night Day Night
Days of Glory
Death at a Funeral
December Boys
Dedication
Disturbia
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eagle Vs. Shark
Eastern Promises
El Cantante
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Enchanted
Evening
Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer
Feast of Love
Fierce People
First Snow
Fracture
Freedom Writers
The Golden Compass
Golden Door
Gone Baby Gone
The Good Night
Goya's Ghosts
Grace Is Gone
The Great Debaters
Grindhouse
Hairspray
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Hannibal Rising
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Hoax
The Host
Hot Fuzz
Hot Rod
The Hottest State
The Hunting Party
I Am Legend
I'm Not There
In the Valley of Elah
Interview
Into the Wild
The Invasion
Ira & Abby
The Italian
The Jane Austen Book Club
Joshua
Juno
King of California
The Kingdom
The Kite Runner
Knocked-Up
Lars and the Real Girl
Lions for Lambs
The Lives of Others
The Lookout
Love in the Time of Cholera
Lucky You
Lust, Caution
Margot at the Wedding
Meet the Robinsons
Michael Clayton
A Mighty Heart
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
The Namesake
The Nanny Diaries
No Country for Old Men
No Reservations
Once
The Orphanage
Paris Je T'aime
P.S. I Love You
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pride
Quiet City
Rails & Ties
Red Road
Redacted
Rendition
Rescue Dawn
Reservation Road
Resurrecting the Champ
Rocket Science
Sang Sattawat
The Savages
Severance
Shoot 'Em Up
Silk
Sleuth
Smokin' Aces
Snow Cake
Southland Tales
Spider-Man 3
Stardust
Starter for 10
Starting Out in the Evening
Steel City
Stephanie Daley
Sunshine
Superbad
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Talk to Me
The Ten
There Will Be Blood
Things We Lost in the Fire
Trade
Transformers
The TV Set
La Vie En Rose
Waitress
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
The Walker
We Own the Night
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Year of the Dog
Youth Without Youth
Zodiac

If I forgot any of if you have any gripes about the categories below, be sure and comment!

2007 Primary Actress List.

2008-01-28T18:29:00.001-05:00

Amy Adams, Enchanted
Lauren Ambrose, Starting Out in the Evening
Halle Berry, Things We Lost in the Fire
Cunt Blandshit, Elizabitch: The Histrionic Succubus
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Claire Danes, Evening
Julie Delpy, 2 Days in Paris
Kate Dickie, Red Road
Vera Farmiga, Joshua
Jodie Foster, The Brave One
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Golden Door
Anne Hathaway, Becoming Jane
Katherine Heigl, Knocked-Up
Marketa Irglova, Once
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Ashley Judd, Bug
Nicole Kidman, Margot at the Wedding
Diane Lane, Fierce People
Laura Linney, The Savages
Rose McGowan, Grindhouse
Sienna Miller, Interview
Ellen Page, Juno
Parker Posey, Broken English
Belen Reuda, The Orphanage
Dakota Blue Richards, The Golden Compass
Keri Russell, Waitress
Molly Shannon, Year of the Dog
Hilary Swank, Freedom Writers
Hilary Swank, P.S. I Love You
Tilda Swinton, Stephanie Daley
Carice Van Houten, Black Book
Naomi Watts, Eastern Promises
Tang Wei, Lust, Caution
Reese Witherspoon, Rendition
Evan Rachel Wood, Across the Universe
Evan Rachel Wood, King of California

2007 Primary Actor List.

2008-01-28T18:28:00.000-05:00

Khalid Abdalla, The Kite Runner
Casey Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Marc Antony, El Cantante
Christian Bale, Rescue Dawn
Steve Buscemi, Interview
Michael Cera, Superbad
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Billy Crudup, Dedication
John Cusack, Grace Is Gone
Matt Damon, The Bourne Ultimatum
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Talk to Me
Morgan Freeman, The Bucket List
Patrick Fugit, Wristcutters: A Love Story
Richard Gere, The Hoax
Adam Goldberg, 2 Days in Paris
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Lookout
Ryan Gosling, Fracture
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Jake Gyllenhaal, Zodiac
Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson's War
Glen Hansard, Once
Freddie Highmore, August Rush
Jonah Hill, Superbad
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Shia LaBeouf, Disturbia
Tony Leung, Lust, Caution
James McAvoy, Atonement
James McAvoy, Starter for 10
Mads Mikkelsen, After the Wedding
Ulrich Muhe, The Lives of Others
Cillian Murphy, Sunshine
Cillian Murphy, The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Jack Nicholson, The Bucket List
Guy Pearce, First Snow
Kal Penn, The Namesake
Ryan Phillippe, Breach
Joaquin Phoenix, Reservation Road
Gordon Pinsent, Away from Her
Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
John C. Reilly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Alan Rickman, Snow Cake
Sam Riley, Control
Sam Rockwell, Joshua
Seth Rogen, Knocked-Up
Michael Shannon, Bug
Jim Sturgess, Across the Universe
Denzel Washington, American Gangster
Denzel Washington, The Great Debaters

2007 Secondary Actress List.

2008-01-28T18:27:00.000-05:00

Clit Bullshit, I'm Not Male (trademark of Amanda)
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Rose Byrne, Sunshine
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Toni Collette, Evening
Lynn Collins, Bug
Drea DeMatteo, Broken English
Isla Fisher, The Lookout
Jennifer Garner, Juno
Nicole Kidman, The Golden Compass
Keira Knightley, Atonement
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Margot at the Wedding
Laura Linney, The Nanny Diaries
Jennifer Lopez, El Cantante
Leslie Mann, Knocked-Up
Michelle Monaghan, Gone Baby Gone
Mandy Moore, Dedication
Emily Mortimer, Lars and the Real Girl
Archie Panjabi, A Mighty Heart
Michelle Pfeiffer, Hairspray
Queen Latifah, Hairspray
Vanessa Redgrave, Evening
Emmanuelle Seigner, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Adrienne Shelly, Waitress
Marley Shelton, Grindhouse
Maggie Smith, Becoming Jane
Jurnee Smollett, The Great Debaters
Shannyn Sossamon, Wristcutters: A Love Story
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Tabu, The Namesake
Amber Tamblyn, Stephanie Daley
Charlize Theron, In the Valley of Elah
Sigourney Weaver, Snow Cake

2007 Secondary Actor List.

2008-01-28T18:24:00.000-05:00

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Christian Bale, 3:10 to Yuma
Christian Bale, I'm Not There
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Adrien Brody, The Darjeeling Limited
Josh Brolin, No Country for Old Men
Michael Cera, Juno
Don Cheadle, Talk to Me
Chris Cooper, Breach
Russell Crowe, 3:10 to Yuma
Russell Crowe, American Gangster
Jeff Daniels, The Lookout
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Patrick Dempsey, Enchanted
Michael Douglas, King of California
Zac Efron, Hairspray
Chris Evans, Sunshine
Nathan Fillion, Waitress
Morgan Freeman, Gone Baby Gone
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rendition
Ethan Hawke, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Anthony Hopkins, Fracture
Terrence Howard, The Brave One
Samuel L. Jackson, Resurrecting the Champ
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Irfan Khan, A Mighty Heart
Irfan Khan, The Namesake
Sebastian Koch, Black Book
Heath Ledger, I'm Not There
James McAvoy, Becoming Jane
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Superbad
Alfred Molina, The Hoax
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Clive Owen, Elizabeth: The Golden Shower
Melvin Poupaud, Broken English
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, August Rush
Sam Rockwell, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Freddy Rodriguez, Grindhouse
Mark Ruffalo, Reservation Road
Mark Ruffalo, Zodiac
Kurt Russell, Grindhouse
Peter Sarsgaard, Year of the Dog
Jason Schwartzman, The Darjeeling Limited
David Strathairn, The Bourne Ultimatum
Justin Theroux, Broken English
John Travolta, Hairspray
Shea Whigham, Wristcutters: A Love Story
Forest Whitaker, The Great Debaters
Tom Wilkinson, Dedication
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Owen Wilson, The Darjeeling Limited
Patrick Wilson, Evening
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn

2007 Tertiary Actress List.

2008-01-28T18:21:00.000-05:00

Amy Adams, Charlie Wilson's War
Joan Allen, The Bourne Ultimatum
Eileen Atkins, Evening
Nancy Beatty, Lars and the Real Girl
Grace Benardczyk, Grace Is Gone
Leslie Bibb, Wristcutters: A Love Story
Amanda Bynes, Hairspray
Geraldine Chaplin, The Orphanage
Joan Chen, Lust, Caution
Stine Fischer Christensen, After the Wedding
Patricia Clarkson, Lars and the Real Girl
Jennifer Connelly, Reservation Road
Anne Consigny, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Abbie Cornish, Elizabeth: The Goldenrod Suckass
Rachel Covey, Enchanted
Marie-Josée Croze, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Olympia Dukakis, Away from Her
Jenna Fischer, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Romola Garai, Atonement
Kelli Garner, Lars and the Real Girl
Mamie Gummer, Evening
Taraji P. Henson, Talk to Me
Cheryl Hines, Waitress
Allison Janney, Juno
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Sidse Babett Knudsen, After the Wedding
Lisa Kudrow, P.S. I Love You
Alexandra Maria Lara, Control
Laura Linney, Breach
Alison Lohman, Things We Lost in the Fire
Kelly Macdonald, No Country for Old Men
Amy Madigan, Gone Baby Gone
Idina Menzel, Enchanted
Samantha Morton, Control
Carrie-Anne Moss, Snow Cake
Rosamund Pike, Fracture
Natasha Richardson, Evening
Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson's War
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Gena Rowlands, Broken English
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Brittany Snow, Hairspray
Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Meryl Streep, Rendition
Juno Temple, Atonement
Sylvie Testud, La Vie en Rose
Olivia Thirlby, Juno
Marisa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Julie Walters, Becoming Jane
Sigourney Weaver, The TV Set
Dianne Wiest, Dedication
Michelle Yeoh, Sunshine

2007 Tertiary Actor List.

2008-01-28T18:18:00.000-05:00

Joe Anderson, Becoming Jane
Bob Balaban, Dedication
Jason Bateman, Juno
Jack Black, Margot at the Wedding
Philip Bosco, The Savages
Vincent Cassel, Eastern Promises
Harry Connick Jr., Bug
Harry Connick Jr., P.S. I Love You
Daniel Craig, The Golden Compass
James Cromwell, Becoming Jane
Hugh Dancy, Evening
Jeremy Davies, Rescue Dawn
Paul Dooley, Hairspray
Robert Downey Jr., Zodiac
Chiwetel Ejiofor, American Gangster
Albert Finney, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Peter Fonda, 3:10 to Yuma
Ben Foster, 3:10 to Yuma
Marcus Carl Franklin, I'm Not There
Dan Futterman, A Mighty Heart
Andy Griffith, Waitress
Ed Harris, Gone Baby Gone
Richard Gere, I'm Not There
Matthew Goode, The Lookout
Tim Guinee, Broken English
Sean Hayes, The Bucket List
Elijah Kelley, Hairspray
Logan Lerner, 3:10 to Yuma
James Marsden, Enchanted
James Marsden, Hairspray
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eastern Promises
Michael Murphy, Away from Her
Alessandro Nivola, Grace Is Gone
Denis O'Hare, A Mighty Heart
Sydney Pollack, Michael Clayton
Jeremy Renner, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Alan Rickman, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Dallas Roberts, 3:10 to Yuma
Paul Rudd, Knocked-Up
Geoffrey Rush, Elizabeth: The Goiter Attack
Ed Sanders, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Peter Sarsgaard, Rendition
Paul Schneider, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Paul Schneider, Lars and the Real Girl
Sam Shepard, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
J.K. Simmons, Juno
Jeremy Sisto, Waitress
Timothy Spall, Enchanted
Timothy Spall, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Shaun Toub, The Kite Runner
Jonathan Tucker, In the Valley of Elah
Alan Tudyk, 3:10 to Yuma
Alan Tudyk, Death at a Funeral
Max Von Sydow, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Tom Waits, Wristcutters: A Love Story
Christopher Walken, Hairspray
Ben Whishaw, I'm Not There

2007 Cameo List

2008-01-28T17:38:00.000-05:00

NOTE: Almost ALL performances in Into the Wild are considered Cameo, with the exception of Keener and Stewart...and of course, Hirsch. Holbrook and the rest are in this category.

Alfie Allen, Atonement
Naveen Andrews, The Brave One
Alan Arkin, Rendition
Will Arnett, Wristcutters: A Love Story
Sacha Baron Cohen, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brenda Blethyn, Atonement
Emily Blunt, Charlie Wilson's War
James Carville, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Glenn Close, Evening
Paddy Considine, The Bourne Ultimatum
Benedict Cumberbatch, Atonement
Embeth Davidtz, Fracture
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Zooey Deschanel, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Michelle Duncan, Atonement
Mary Pat Gleason, Wristcutters: A Love Story
Cuba Gooding Jr., American Gangster
Beth Grant, No Country for Old Men
Marina Hands, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Woody Harrelson, No Country for Old Men
Rosemary Harris, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Russell Harvard, There Will Be Blood
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Anjelica Huston, The Darjeeling Limited
Allison Janney, Hairspray
Patrick Kennedy, Atonement
John Carroll Lynch, Zodiac
Margo Martindale, The Savages
Daniel Mays, Atonement
Gina McKee, Atonement
Gretchen Mol, 3:10 to Yuma
Samantha Morton, Elizabeth: The Garrison Sexchange
Bill Murray, The Darjeeling Limited
Kevin J. O'Connor, There Will Be Blood
Mary-Louise Parker, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Taylor Parks, Hairspray
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Jérémie Renier, Atonement
Susan Sarandon, Enchanted
Susan Sarandon, In the Valley of Elah
Emmanuelle Seigner, La Vie en Rose
Ed Setrakian, Zodiac
Chloe Sevigny, Zodiac
Vinessa Shaw, 3:10 to Yuma
Mira Sorvino, Reservation Road
Jerry Stiller, Hairspray
Justin Theroux, Broken English
Vince Vaughn, Into the Wild
Julia West, Atonement
Luke Wilson, 3:10 to Yuma
Robin Williams, August Rush

R.I.P.

2008-01-23T00:57:00.000-05:00

You will be missed

2005 CAFE AWARDS' WINNERS!

2008-01-19T15:58:00.000-05:00

Well, it took long enough, but here they are: All 30 categories tallied and voted for. And now, for the exciting results:

BEST TAGLINE
The Squid and the Whale - "Joint Custody Blows."

BEST POSTER
Everything Is Illuminated

BEST TRAILER
Jarhead

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A FEATURE FILM (SOUNDS/STUNTS/VISUALS)
King Kong

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Pride & Prejudice

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

BEST ART-DIRECTION/SET-DECORATION
Good Night, and Good Luck.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Brokeback Mountain

BEST EDITING
The Constant Gardener

BEST COMPOSER OF [AN] ORIGINAL SCORE(S)
Gustavo Santaolalla, Brokeback Mountain/North Country

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
TransAmerica: "Travelin' Thru" (Dolly Parton)

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Walk the Line

BEST VOCAL/NARRATIVE PERFORMANCE (Tie #1!)
Peter Sallis, Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
&
Jean Simmons, Howl's Moving Castle

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE
Howl's Moving Castle

BEST BREAKTHROUGH MALE
Cillian Murphy, Breakfast on Pluto

BEST BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE
Amy Adams, Junebug

BEST BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTING/SCREENWRITING
Pride & Prejudice - Deborah Moggach (Writing); Joe Wright (Directing)

BEST OVERALL WORK IN CINEMA THIS YEAR
Catherine Keener = The 40-Year-Old Virgin/The Ballad of Jack and Rose/Capote/The Interpreter

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Judd Apatow & Steve Carell)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST (Tie #2!)
The Best of Youth
&
Pride & Prejudice

BEST CAMEO PERFORMANCE (Tie #3!)
Ralph Fiennes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
&
Roberta Maxwell, Brokeback Mountain

BEST TERTIARY ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

BEST TERTIARY ACTOR
Donald Sutherland, Pride & Prejudice

BEST SECONDARY ACTRESS (Tie #4!)
Amy Adams, Junebug
&
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener

BEST SECONDARY ACTOR
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain

BEST PRIMARY ACTRESS (TIE #5!)
Felicity Huffman, TransAmerica
&
Emily Mortimer, Dear Frankie

BEST PRIMARY ACTOR (TIE #6!)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
&
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MOTION PICTURE
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain

BEST FILM OF THE YEAR
Brokeback Mountain

Hope they each tickle your fancy till a change of pants is needed. Enjoy, caférs!

FYC: Gosling/Adams.

2007-12-18T16:27:00.000-05:00

2004 Films.

2007-11-09T01:41:00.001-05:00

Getting a jump start xP.

Ae Fond Kiss…
After the Sunset
Alexander
Alfie
Along Came Polly
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Around the Bend
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
The Aviator
Bad Education
Before Sunset
Being Julia
Beyond the Sea
Birth
The Bourne Supremacy
Bride & Prejudice
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Bright Young Things
The Brown Bunny
The Butterfly Effect
Callas Forever
Catwoman
The Chorus
The Clearing
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Closer
Code 46
Coffee and Cigarettes
Collateral
The Corporation
Danny Deckchair
Dawn of the Dead
The Day After Tomorrow
De-Lovely
Deep Blue
Dig!
A Dirty Shame
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dogville
The Door in the Floor
The Dreamers
Ella Enchanted
End of the Century
Enduring Love
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eulogy
Eurotrip
Farenheit 9/11
50 First Dates
The Final Cut
Finding Neverland
Flight of the Phoenix
The Forgotten
Friday Night Lights
Garden State
Garfield
The Girl Next Door
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry
Grand Theft Parsons
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
A Home at the End of the World
Home on the Range
Hotel Rwanda
House of Flying Daggers
I Heart Huckabees
I, Robot
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
In Good Company
The Incredibles
Infernal Affairs
Intermission
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Kinsey
The Ladykillers
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
A Love Song for Bobby Long
The Machinist
The Manchurian Candidate
Maria, Full of Grace
Mean Creek
Mean Girls
The Merchant of Venice
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Million Dollar Baby
Miracle
Modigliani
The Mother
The Motorcycle Diaries
Napoleon Dynamite
National Treasure
The Notebook
Ocean's Twelve
Open Water
P.S.
Palindromes
The Passion of the Christ
The Phantom of the Opera
The Polar Express
Primer
The Punisher
Ray
Saved!
Saw
The Sea Inside
Secret Window
Shall We Dance?
Shark Tale
Shaun of the Dead
She Hate Me
Shrek 2
Sideways
Silver City
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Spanglish
Spider-Man 2
The SpongeBob Square-Pants Movie
Stage Beauty
Starsky & Hutch
Still We Belive: The Boston Red Sox Movie
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Super-Size Me
Swing
The Syrian Bride
Taking Lives
Teacher's Pet
Team America: World Police
The Terminal
13 Going on 30
Touch of Pink
Touching the Void
Troy
Van Helsing
Vanity Fair
Vera Drake
A Very Long Engagement
The Village
Walking Tall
A Way of Life
We Don't Live Here Anymore
When Will I Be Loved
Wicker Park
Win a Date with Ted Hamilton!
Woman, Thou Art Loosed
Wondrous Oblivion
The Woodsman

The 2005 CAFE Nominees are here!

2007-11-08T09:29:00.000-05:00

BEST FILM OF THE YEAR
The Best of Youth
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Junebug
Pride & Prejudice

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MOTION PICTURE
George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Wong Kar-Wai, 2046
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Fernando Meirelles, The Constant Gardener
Bennett Miller, Capote
Joe Wright, Pride & Prejudice

BEST ACTOR IN A PRIMARY ROLE
Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mysterious Skin
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Cillian Murphy, Breakfast on Pluto
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck.

BEST ACTRESS IN A PRIMARY ROLE
Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
Toni Collette, In Her Shoes
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman, TransAmerica
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Emily Mortimer, Dear Frankie
Naomi Watts, King Kong

BEST ACTOR IN A SECONDARY ROLE
Brady Corbet, Mysterious Skin
Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale
Matt Dillon, Crash
Bruno Ganz, Downfall
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Matthew Macfadyen, Pride & Prejudice
Steven Robertson, Rory O'Shea Was Here

BEST ACTRESS IN A SECONDARY ROLE
Amy Adams, Junebug
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Catherine Keener, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Rosamund Pike, Pride & Prejudice
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

BEST ACTOR IN A TERTIARY ROLE
Clifton Collins Jr., Capote
Ed Harris, A History of Violence
Richard Jenkins, North Country
Frank Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Benjamin McKenzie, Junebug
Craig T. Nelson, The Family Stone
Donald Sutherland, Pride & Prejudice

BEST ACTRESS IN A TERTIARY ROLE
Brenda Blethyn, Pride & Prejudice
Linda Cardellini, Brokeback Mountain
Anne Hathaway, Brokeback Mountain
Taryn Manning, Hustle & Flow
Tilda Swinton, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Celia Weston, Junebug

BEST CAMEO PERFORMANCE
Judi Dench, Pride & Prejudice
Loretta Devine, Crash
Anna Faris, Brokeback Mountain
Ralph Fiennes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
William Hurt, A History of Violence
Roberta Maxwell, Brokeback Mountain
Randy Quaid, Brokeback Mountain

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
The Best of Youth
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Junebug
Pride & Prejudice

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Breakfast on Pluto (Neil Jordan)
Brokeback Mountain (Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana)
Capote (Dan Futterman)
The Constant Gardener (Jeffrey Caine)
Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki)
Pride & Prejudice (Deborah Moggach & Emma Thompson)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Judd Apatow & Steve Carell)
Crash (Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (George Clooney & Grant Heslov)
Junebug (Angus MacLachlan)
Match Point (Woody Allen)
The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach)

BEST OVERALL WORK OF THE YEAR
Ralph Fiennes = The Chumscrubber/The Constant Gardener/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit/The White Countess
Jake Gyllenhaal = Brokeback Mountain/Jarhead/Proof
Catherine Keener = The 40-Year-Old Virgin/The Ballad of Jack and Rose/Capote/The Interpreter
Rachel McAdams = The Family Stone/Red-Eye/Wedding Crashers
Emily Mortimer = Dear Frankie/Howl's Moving Castle/Match Point
Cillian Murphy = Batman Begins/Breakfast on Pluto/Red-Eye

BEST BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTING AND/OR WRITING
Dear Frankie - Shona Auerbach (Director); Andrea Gibb (Writer)
Everything Is Illuminated - Liev Schreiber (Director/Writer)
Junebug - Angus MacLachlan (Writer); Phil Morrison (Director)
Me and You and Everyone We Know - Miranda July (Director/Writer)
Pride & Prejudice - Deborah Moggach (Co-Writer); Joe Wright (Director)
Rory O'Shea Was Here - Jeffrey Caine & Christian O'Reilly (Writers); Damian O'Donnell (Director)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE
Amy Adams, Junebug
Elizabeth Banks, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone
Isla Fisher, Wedding Crashers
Taraji P. Henson, Hustle & Flow
Q'Orianka Kilcher, The New World
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

BEST BREAKTHROUGH MALE
Jesse Eisenberg, The Squid and the Whale
Marc-André Grondin, C.R.A.Z.Y.
Eugene Hütz, Everything Is Illuminated
Terrence Howard, Crash/Hustle & Flow
James McAvoy, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe/Rory O'Shea Was Here
Cillian Murphy, Breakfast on Pluto
Michael Peña, Crash

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE
Chicken Little
Corpse Bridge
Howl's Moving Castle
Steamboy
Valiant
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

BEST VOCAL/NARRATIVE PERFORMANCE
Lauren Bacall, Howl's Moving Castle
Helena Bonham Carter, Corpse Bride
Morgan Freeman, March of the Penguins
Dawn French, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Liam Neeson, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Peter Sallis, Wallce & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Jean Simmons, Howl's Moving Castle

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Breakfast on Pluto
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Elizabethtown
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Mrs. Henderson Presnts
Walk the Line

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Brokeback Mountain: "A Love That Will Never Grow Old"
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish"
Hustle & Flow: "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp"
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic: "The Porn Song"
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic: "You're Gonna Die Soon"
TransAmerica: "Travelin' Thru"

BEST COMPOSER OF [AN] ORIGINAL SCORE(S)
Harry Gregson-Williams, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe/Kingdom of Heaven
Alberto Iglesias, The Constant Gardener
Dario Marianelli, The Brothers Grimm/Pride & Prejudice
Thomas Newman, Cinderella Man/Jarhead
Gustavo Santaolalla, Brokeback Mountain/North Country
John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha/Munich/Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

BEST EDITING
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Jarhead
Pride & Prejudice

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck.
March of the Penguins
Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World
Pride & Prejudice

BEST ART-DIRECTION/SET-DECORATION
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride & Prejudice

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Kingdom of Heaven
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Cinderella Man
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride & Prejudice
Sin City

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS IN A FEATURE FILM (SOUNDS/STUNTS/VISUALS)
Batman Begins
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Kung-Fu Hustle
Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith

BEST TRAILER
Brokeback Mountain
Everything Is Illuminated
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Jarhead
Sin City
Stay

BEST POSTER
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Breakfast on Pluto
Brokeback Mountain
Everything Is Illuminated
Grizzly Man
Junebug
The Squid and the Whale

BEST TAGLINE
Brokeback Mountain - "Love is a force of nature."
Corpse Bride - "There's been a grave misunderstanding."
Everything Is Illuminated - "Leave normal behind."
Good Night, and Good Luck. - "We will not walk in fear of one another."
Jarhead - "Welcome to the suck."
The Squid and the Whale - "Joint custody blows."

Primary Actress Contenders:

2007-10-16T13:32:00.000-05:00

Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
Camilla Belle, The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Marilou Berry, Look at Me
Juliette Binoche, Cache
Glenn Close, Heights
Toni Collette, In Her Shoes
Claire Danes, Shopgirl
Embeth Davidtz, Junebug
Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Cameron Diaz, In Her Shoes
Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone
Felicity Huffman, TransAmerica
Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know
Nicole Kidman, The Interpreter
Q'Orianka Kilcher, The New World
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Dina Korzun, Forty Shades of Blue
Diane Kruger, Joyeux Nöel
Rachel McAdams, Red-Eye
Radha Mitchell, Melinda and Melinda
Julianne Moore, The Prize-Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Emily Mortimer, Dear Frankie
Gwyneth Paltrow, Proof
Sarah Jessica Parker, The Family Stone
Joan Plowright, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Natasha Richardson, The White Countess
Kylie Sparks, Pizza
Charlize Theron, North Country
Emìlia Vásáryová, Up and Down
Emily Watson, Separate Lies
Naomi Watts, King Kong
Zhang Ziyi, Memoirs of a Geisha

Primary Actor Contenders:

2007-10-16T13:31:00.000-05:00

Daniel Auteuil, Cache
Christian Bale, Batman Begins
Eric Bana, Munich
Jamie Bell, The Chumscrubber
Orlando Bloom, Elizabethtown
Pierce Brosnan, The Matador
Adam Butcher, Saint Ralph
Nicolas Cage, The Weather Man
Steve Carell, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Daniel Craig, Layer Cake
Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
Daniel Day-Lewis, The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Johnny Depp, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Robert Downey Jr., Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Romain Duris, The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Jesse Eisenberg, The Squid and the Whale
Ethan Embry, Pizza
Peter Falk, The Thing About My Folks
Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener
Ralph Fiennes, The White Countess
Petr Forman, Up and Down
Rupert Friend, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mysterious Skin
Marc-André Grondin, C.R.A.Z.Y.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jarhead
John Hawkes, Me and You and Everyone We Know
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Anthony Hopkins, The World's Fastest Indian
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
Tommy Lee Jones, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Anthony LaPaglia, Winter Solstice
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Heath Ledger, Casanova
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, 2046
James McAvoy, Rory O'Shea Was Here
Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence
Cillian Murphy, Breakfast on Pluto
Bill Murray, Broken Flowers
Damien Nguyen, The Beautiful Country
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
Lou Taylor Pucci, Thumbsucker
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Match Point
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Rip Torn, Forty Shades of Blue
Tom Wilkinson, Separate Lies
Elijah Wood, Everything Is Illuminated

Secondary Actress Contenders:

2007-10-16T13:30:00.001-05:00

Amy Adams, Junebug
Elizabeth Banks, Heights
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Amy Brenneman, Nine Lives
Sandra Bullock, Crash
Patricia Clarkson, The Dying Gaul
Glenn Close, Nine Lives
Hope Davis, The Weather Man
Kirsten Dunst, Elizabethtown
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Happy Endings
Georgie Henley, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Taraji P. Henson, Hustle & Flow
Holly Hunter, Nine Lives
Allison Janney, Winter Solstice
Scarlett Johansson, Match Point
Diane Keaton, The Family Stone
Catherine Keener, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Lisa Kudrow, Happy Endings
Diane Ladd, The World's Fastest Indian
Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha
Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale
Shirley MacLaine, In Her Shoes
Sienna Miller, Casanova
Thandie Newton, Crash
Rosamund Pike, Pride & Prejudice
Anna Popplewell, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Danielle Proulx, C.R.A.Z.Y.
Mary Riggans, Dear Frankie
Keri Russell, The Upside of Anger
Chloë Sevigny, Melinda and Melinda
Jennifer Tilly, Saint Ralph
Michelle Trachtenberg, Mysterious Skin
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Robin Wright-Penn, Nine Lives
Michelle Yeoh, Memoirs of a Geisha
Renée Zellweger, Cinderella Man
Zhang Ziyi, 2046

Secondary Actor Contenders:

2007-10-16T13:29:00.000-05:00

Jean-Pierre Bacri, Look at Me
Christian Bale, The New World
Gerard Butler, Dear Frankie
Michael Caine, Batman Begins
Michael Caine, The Weather Man
Don Cheadle, Crash
George Clooney, Syriana
Brady Corbet, Mysterious Skin
Kevin Costner, The Upside of Anger
Michel Côté, C.R.A.Z.Y.
Matt Damon, Syriana
Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale
Matt Dillon, Crash
Rupert Everett, Separate Lies
Colin Farrell, The New World
Will Ferrell, Melinda and Melinda
Bruno Ganz, Downfall
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Ryan Gosling, Stay
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Anthony Hopkins, Proof
Bob Hoskins, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Terrence Howard, Crash
Eugene Hütz, Everything Is Illuminated
Skandar Keynes, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Val Kilmer, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Ben Kingsley, Oliver Twist
Greg Kinnear, The Matador
Matthew Macfadyen, Pride & Prejudice
Jack McElhone, Dear Frankie
William Moseley, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Cillian Murphy, Red-Eye
Michael Peña, Crash
Barry Pepper, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Steven Robertson, Rory O'Shea Was Here
Jason Schwartzman, Shopgirl
Kevin Zegers, TransAmerica

Tertiary Actress Contenders:

2007-10-16T13:28:00.000-05:00

Elizabeth Banks, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Brenda Blethyn, Pride & Prejudice
Linda Cardellini, Brokeback Mountain
Erika Christensen, The Upside of Anger
Frances Conroy, Broken Flowers
Marie-Josée Croze, Munich
Hope Davis, The Matador
Hope Davis, Proof
Julie Delpy, Broken Flowers
Judi Dench, Pride & Prejudice
Loretta Devine, Crash
Rosemarie DeWitt, Cinderella Man
Anna Faris, Brokeback Mountain
Isla Fisher, Wedding Crashers
Fionnula Flanagan, TransAmerica
Brenda Fricker, Rory O'Shea Was Here
Romola Garai, Rory O'Shea Was Here
Ginnifer Goodwin, Walk the Line
Anne Hathaway, Brokeback Mountain
Catherine Keener, Capote
Jessica Lange, Broken Flowers
Gong Li, 2046
Jena Malone, Pride & Prejudice
Taryn Manning, Hustle & Flow
Kate Mara, Brokeback Mountain
Millicent Martin, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Jayma Mays, Red-Eye
Rachel McAdams, The Family Stone
Frances McDormand, North Country
Michelle Monaghan, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Emily Mortimer, Match Point
Ruth Negga, Breakfast on Pluto
Anna Paquin, The Squid and the Whale
Amanda Peet, Melinda and Melinda
Kelly Reilly, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Susan Sarandon, Elizabethtown
Chloë Sevigny, Broken Flowers
Elisabeth Shue, Mysterious Skin
Sharon Small, Dear Frankie
Sissy Spacek, North Country
Sharon Stone, Broken Flowers
Tilda Swinton, Broken Flowers
Tilda Swinton, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Celia Weston, Junebug
Bridgette Wilson, Shopgirl
Alicia Witt, The Upside of Anger
Faye Wong, 2046
Evan Rachel Wood, The Upside of Anger
Ayelet Zurer, Munich

Tertiary Actor Contenders:

2007-10-16T13:27:00.000-05:00

Mathieu Amalric, Munich
Sean Bean, North Country
Craig Bierko, Cinderella Man
Bobby Cannavale, Happy Endings
Clifton Collins, Jr., Capote
Chris Cooper, Capote
Matthew Goode, Match Point
Jake Gyllenhaal, Proof
Ed Harris, A History of Violence
Tom Hollander, Pride & Prejudice
William Hurt, A History of Violence
Danny Huston, The Constant Gardener
Richard Jenkins, North Country
Laurence Kinlan, Breakfast on Pluto
Owen Kline, The Squid and the Whale
Frank Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Michael Lonsdale, Munich
James McAvoy, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Benjamin McKenzie, Junebug
Cillian Murphy, Batman Begins
Liam Neeson, Breakfast on Pluto
Craig T. Nelson, The Family Stone
Alessandro Nivola, Junebug
Edward Norton, Kingdom of Heaven
Christopher Plummer, The New World
Randy Quaid, Brokeback Mountain
Geoffrey Rush, Munich
Peter Sarsgaard, Jarhead
Campbell Scott, Saint Ralph
Alexander Siddig, Syriana
Donald Sutherland, Pride & Prejudice
Shaun Toub, Crash
Ken Watanabe, Memoirs of a Geisha
Luke Wilson, The Family Stone
Scott Wilson, Junebug
Jeffrey Wright, Broken Flowers
Will Young, Mrs. Henderson Presents

Full 2005 Film List.

2007-10-16T13:25:00.000-05:00

Hope you're all pleased!:

Asylum
The Bad News Bears
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Batman Begins
The Baxter
Be Cool
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Beautiful Country
The Best of Youth
Breakfast on Pluto
Brokeback Mountain
Broken Flowers
The Brothers Grimm
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Cache
Capote
Casanova
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chicken Little
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Chumscrubber
Cinderella Man
Coach Carter
The Constant Gardener
Constantine
The Conventioneers
Corpse Bride
Crash
Daltry Calhoun
Dear Frankie
Derailed
Domino
Down to the Bone
Downfall
The Dying Gaul
Elizabethtown
Ellie Parker
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Everything Is Illuminated
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Family Stone
Fantastic Four
Fixing Frank
Flightplan
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Forty Shades of Blue
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Green Street Hooligans
Grizzly Man
Happy Endings
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Havoc
Head-On
Heights
A History of Violence
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Howl's Moving Castle
Hustle & Flow
In Her Shoes
Inside Deep Throat
The Interpreter
The Intruder
Jarhead
Jellysmoke
Joyeux Noël
Junebug
Keane
King Kong
Kingdom of Heaven
Kings and Queen
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kung-Fu Hustle
Last Days
Layer Cake
The Libertine
Little Manhattan
Look at Me
Lords of Dogtown
A Lot Like Love
Ma Mere
Mad Hot Ballroom
Madagascar
March of the Penguins
The Matador
Match Point
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Melinda and Melinda
Memoirs of a Geisha
Millions
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Murderball
Munich
My Summer of Love
Mysterious Skin
The New World
Nine Lives
North Country
Off the Map
Oliver Twist
Our Very Own
Palindromes
Paradise Now
Pizza
Pretty Persuasion
Pride & Prejudice
The Prize-Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Producers
Proof
The Puffy Chair
Red-Eye
Rent
Robots
Room
Rory O'Shea Was Here
Rumor Has It...
Saint Ralph
Saraband
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Separate Lies
Shopgirl
Sin City
The Squid and the Whale
Star Wars -- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Stay
Steamboy
Syriana
The Thing About My Folks
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Tony Takitani
Thumbsucker
TransAmerica
Tsotsi
Turtles Can Fly
2046
An Unfinished Life
Up and Down
The Upside of Anger
Valiant
Walk the Line
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
War of the Worlds
The War Within
The Weaping Meadow
The Weather Man
Wedding Crashers
Where the Truth Lies
The White Countess
Winter Solstice
The World's Fastest Indian
Yes

I bet there are still some missing....

Mayazaki Magic.

2007-10-15T21:06:00.000-05:00

With all of the dubbing done on Hayao's films, it poses a problem trying to decide which year each should be considered in release. So I leave this up to you all: Should we consider his films by their original Japanese release date or their American re-release date?

Here's a list:

• Hols: Prince of the Sun (1968)
• Panda! Go, Panda! (1972)
• Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• Castle in the Sky (1986)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
• Only Yesterday (1991)
• Porco Rosso (1992)
• I Can Hear the Sea (1993)
• Pom Poko (1994)
• Whisper of the Heart (1995)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• The Cat Returns (2002)
• Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• Tales from Earthsea (2006)
• Ponyo on a Cliff (2008)

You tell me....

Coming Along....

2007-09-08T21:21:00.000-05:00

Don't fret! 2005 will be ready by next month!

A more legible list of winners.

2007-08-22T15:12:00.000-05:00

BEST FILM
The Departed

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MOTION PICTURE
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

BEST ACTOR IN A PRIMARY ROLE
Peter O'Toole, Venus

BEST ACTRESS IN A PRIMARY ROLE
Penelope Cruz, Volver

BEST ACTOR IN SECONDARY ROLE
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS IN A SECONDARY ROLE
Carmen Maura, Volver

BEST ACTOR IN A TERTIARY ROLE
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children

BEST ACTRESS IN A TERTIARY ROLE
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Notes on a Scandal (Patrick Marber)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Volver (Pedro Almodovar)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Little Miss Sunshine

BEST CAMEO PERFORMANCE (UBER-TIE!)
Jane Adams, Little Children
Vera Farmiga, Breaking and Entering
Beth Grant, Little Miss Sunshine

BEST OVERALL WORK OF THE YEAR (TIE!)
Cate Blanchett = Babel/The Good German/Little Fish/Notes on a Scandal
Leonardo DiCaprio = Blood Diamond/The Departed

BEST BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTING/SCREENWRITING
Brick: Rian Johnson (Director/Writer)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE IN ACTING
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

BEST BREAKTHROUGH MALE IN ACTING
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Monster House

BEST VOCAL/NARRATIVE PERFORMANCE
Robert Downey, Jr., A Scanner Darkly

BEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
Marie Antoinette

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Casino Royale - "You Know My Name"

BEST COMPOSER OF AN ORIGINAL SCORE OR SCORES
Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil/The Queen

BEST EDITING
United 93

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Children of Men

BEST ART-DIRECTION/SET-DECORATION
The Science of Sleep

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Marie Antoinette

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Pan's Labyrinth

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS (VISUALS, SOUNDS, & TECHINAL STUNTS)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

BEST TRAILER
Little Children

BEST POSTER
Thank You for Smoking

BEST TAGLINE
Shortbus

THE 2006 CAFE AWARDS WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED!

2007-08-13T19:43:00.000-05:00

After a long and strenuous wait, the results are finally in and completely tallied. There are inevitably some expected winners and, naturally, a shitload of surprises. So without further ado, relish in the godliness of these most awesome winners, chosen by you wonderful people out there. ENJOY!:

BEST TAGLINE
Shortbus

BEST POSTER
Thank You for Smoking

BEST TRAILER
Little Children

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS (SOUNDS, STUNTS, & VISUALS)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Pan's Labyrinth

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Marie Antoinette

BEST ART-DIRECTION/SET-DECORATION
The Science of Sleep

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Children of Men

BEST EDITING
United 93

BEST COMPOSER OF AN ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil/The Queen

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Casino Royale - "You Know My Name"

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Marie Antoinette

BEST VOICE/NARRATIVE PERFORMANCE
Robert Downey, Jr., A Scanner Darkly

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE
Monster House

BEST BREAKTHROUGH MALE
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

BEST BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

BEST BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTING/SCREENWRITING
Brick: Rian Johnson (Director/Writer)

BEST OVERALL WORK (Tie!)

Cate Blanchett = Babel/The Good German/Little Fish/Notes on a Scandal

Leonardo DiCaprio = Blood Diamond/The Departed

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Volver (Pedro Almodovar)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Notes on a Scandal (Patrick Marber)

BEST CAMEO PERFORMANCE (Uber-Tie!)
Jane Adams, Little Children
Vera Farmiga, Breaking and Entering
Beth Grant, Little Miss Sunshine

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Little Miss Sunshine

BEST TERTIARY ACTRESS
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada

BEST TERTIARY ACTOR
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children

BEST SECONDARY ACTRESS
Carmen Maura, Volver

BEST SECONDARY ACTOR
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

BEST PRIMARY ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Volver

BEST PRIMARY ACTOR
Peter O'Toole, Venus

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MOTION PICTURE
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

BEST FILM OF THE YEAR
The Departed

And there you have it. I speak on behalf of our triumverate when I say "We hope you're satisfied by the choices before you and cannot wait until the next set." Thanks for contributing your votes and please help to enhance this blog. Until next time, CAFE regulars!

~James De Roxtra, founder of The Awards Greenhouse and CAFE Awards~

Eligible Films for the 2005 CAFE Awards!

2007-07-22T15:38:00.000-05:00

****UPDATED ON 10/15/2007****

Note that this list MAY exclude some movies, albeit unintentionally. So if you notice any films that you believe are missing from this compilation, please inform me IMMEDIATELY, so that I can make the proper adjustments.

That said, this should help you in your quest to decide what to nominate. Proper categories for actors and actresses within each movie are currently underway, so check back within the next week to see the placements. Oh, and of course--please do not fill out your entire ballot until you see the lists. Thanks. Also, a bulletin will be up and a memo sent out regarding deadlines. Hang tight, folks!

Here you go. Enjoy:

Asylum
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Batman Begins
The Baxter
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Beautiful Country
Breakfast on Pluto
Brokeback Mountain
Broken Flowers
The Brothers Grimm
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Cache
Capote
Casanova
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Chumscrubber
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
The Conventioneers
Crash
Dear Frankie
Derailed
Domino
Down to the Bone
Elizabethtown
Ellie Parker
Everything Is Illuminated
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Family Stone
Fantastic Four
Fixing Frank
Flightplan
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Forty Shades of Blue
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Green Street Hooligans
Grizzly Man
Happy Endings
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Havoc
A History of Violence
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Hustle & Flow
In Her Shoes
The Interpreter
Jarhead
Jellysmoke
Joyeux Noël
Junebug
Keane
King Kong
Kingdom of Heaven
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Kung-Fu Hustle
Last Days
The Libertine
Look at Me
Lords of Dogtown
March of the Penguins
The Matador
Match Point
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Melinda and Melinda
Memoirs of a Geisha
Millions
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Murderball
Munich
Mysterious Skin
The New World
Nine Lives
North Country
Oliver Twist
Our Very Own
Palindromes
Paradise Now
Pizza
Pride & Prejudice
The Prize-Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Producers
Proof
The Puffy Chair
Red-Eye
Rent
Room
Rory O'Shea Was Here
Rumor Has It...
Separate Lies
Shopgirl
Sin City
The Squid and the Whale
Star Wars -- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Stay
Syriana
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Thumbsucker
TransAmerica
Tsotsi
2046
Up and Down
The Upside of Anger
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds
The War Within
Wedding Crashers
The White Countess
Winter Solstice

Again, inform us of any omissions and we'd be happy to add them to the list--so long as they are an actual 2005 release ;).

Outstanding work by the peewee.

2007-06-05T18:57:00.000-05:00

Your compilations below are exceptional. Keep working on the full set of nominees.

In the meantime, I will post the set here just in case anyone is curious or lost theirs:

BEST FILM OF THE YEAR
Babel
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Volver

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MOTION PICTURE
Pedro Almodovar, Volver
Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men
Todd Field, Little Children
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

BEST ACTOR IN A PRIMARY ROLE
Gael Garcia Bernal, The Science of Sleep
Aaron Eckhart, Thank You for Smoking
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
James McAvoy, The Last King of Scotland
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Clive Owen, Children of Men

BEST ACTRESS IN A PRIMARY ROLE
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal, SherryBaby
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Gretchen Mol, The Notorious Bettie Page
Kate Winslet, Little Children

BEST ACTOR IN A SECONDARY ROLE
Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland
Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Sergi Lopez, Pan's Labyrinth
Michael Sheen, The Queen
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS IN A SECONDARY ROLE
Claire-Hope Ashitey, Children of Men
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Carmen Maura, Volver
Emma Thompson, Stranger Than Fiction

BEST ACTOR IN A TERTIARY ROLE
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Leslie Phillips, Venus
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

BEST ACTRESS IN A TERTIARY ROLE
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Vera Farmiga, The Departed
Trish Gates, United 93
Mia Kirshner, The Black Dahlia
Vanessa Redgrave, Venus
Phyllis Somerville, Little Children
Maribel Verdu, Pan's Labyrinth

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Babel
The Departed
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
United 93
Volver

BEST CAMEO PERFORMANCE
Jane Adams, Little Children
Adam Brody, Thank You for Smoking
Michael Caine, Children of Men
Vera Farmiga, Breaking and Entering
Beth Grant, Little Miss Sunshine
Rose McGowan, The Black Dahlia
Julia McKenzie, Notes on a Scandal

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron & Timothy J. Sexton, et al.)
The Departed (William Monahan)
The Devil Wears Prada (Aline Brosh McKenna)
Little Children (Todd Field & Tom Perrotta)
Notes on a Scandal (Patrick Marber)
Thank You for Smoking (Jason Reitman)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Babel (Guillermo Arriaga)
Little Miss Sunshine (Michael Arndt)
Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
The Queen (Peter Morgan)
Stranger Than Fiction (Zach Helm)
Volver (Pedro Almodovar)

BEST OVERALL WORK OF THE YEAR
Cate Blanchett = Babel/The Good German/Little Fish/Notes on a Scandal
Leonardo DiCaprio = Blood Diamond/The Departed
Maggie Gyllenhaal = The Great New Wonderful/Monster House/SherryBaby/Stranger Than Fiction/Trust the Man/World Trade Center
Hugh Jackman = Flushed Away/The Fountain/Happy Feet/The Prestige/Scoop/X-Men: The Last Stand
Edward Norton = Down in the Valley/The Illusionist/The Painted Veil
Kate Winslet = All the King's Men/Flushed Away/The Holiday/Little Children

BEST BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTING/SCREENWRITING
Brick - Rian Johnson (Director/Writer)
Half Nelson - Anna Boden (Writer) & Ryan Fleck (Director/Writer)
Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt (Writer); Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (Directors)
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo Del Toro (Director/Writer)
Quinceanera - Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland (Directors/Writers)
Stranger Than Fiction - Zach Helm (Writer)
Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman (Director/Writer)

BEST BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Ivana Baquero, Pan's Labyrinth
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Jodie Whittaker, Venus

BEST BREAKTHROUGH MALE PERFORMANCE
Paul Dano, Little Miss Sunshine
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brick
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Michael Sheen, The Queen
Channing Tatum, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Ben Whishaw, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Patrick Wilson, Hard Candy/Little Children

BEST ANIMATED MOVIE
Cars
Flushed Away
Happy Feet
Monster House
Over the Hedge
A Scanner Darkly

BEST VOCAL/NARRATION PERFORMANCE
Steve Buscemi, Monster House
Steve Carell, Over the Hedge
Robert Downey, Jr., A Scanner Darkly
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Monster House
Will Lyman, Little Children
Robin Williams, Happy Feet

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Children of Men
The Departed
The Devil Wears Prada
Little Miss Sunshine
Marie Antoinette
A Prairie Home Companion

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Bobby: "Never Gonna Break My Faith"
Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan: "O, Kazakhstan!"
Cars: "Our Town"
Casino Royale: "You Know My Name"
Dreamgirls: "Love You, I Do"
An Inconvenient Truth: "I Need To Wake Up"

BEST COMPOSER OF AN ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil/The Queen
Philip Glass, The Illusionist/Notes on a Scandal
James Newton Howard, Blood Diamond
Clint Mansell, The Fountain
Javier Navarrete, Pan's Labyrinth
Thomas Newman, The Good German/Little Children

BEST EDITING
Babel
Blood Diamond
Children of Men
The Departed
The Queen
United 93

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Children of Men
The Illusionist
Little Children
Marie Antoinette
The Painted Veil
Pan's Labyrinth

BEST ART-DIRECTION/SET-DECORATION
Children of Men
Curse of the Golden Flower
Marie Antoinette
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige
The Science of Sleep
Volver

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Black Dahlia
Curse of the Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
Factory Girl
The Fountain
Marie Antoinette

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Apocalypto
The Devil Wears Prada
Marie Antoinette
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Queen

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS (VISUALS, SOUNDS, & STUNTS)
Casino Royale
Children of Men
The Fountain
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Superman Returns
X-Men: The Last Stand

BEST TRAILER
Children of Men
The Departed
The Fountain
Little Children
Marie Antoinette
Notes on a Scandal

BEST POSTER
Children of Men
The Devil Wears Prada
Hard Candy
Little Children
Thank You for Smoking
Volver

BEST TAGLINE
Babel - "If you want to be understood...Listen."
Children of Men - "The last one to die, please turn out the light."
Little Miss Sunshine - "Where's Olive?"
Marie Antoinette - "The party that started a revolution."
Notes on a Scandal - "One woman's mistake is another's opportunity."
Shortbus - "Open your mind...And everything else."

Phew! There you are. What do you think? Voice your throughts accordingly. And to all those voting, PLEASE get working on it. Thanks =).

P.S. Thanks to Mike and J.D. for pointing out certain embarrassing mistakes =P.

If No One Else Is Gonna Do This...

2007-05-22T07:08:00.000-05:00

The nominees for The 2006 CAFE Awards. Whee. This is Part I (more soon):

Babel
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Volver

Pedro Almodovar, Volver
Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men
Todd Field, Little Children
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Gael Garcia Bernal, The Science of Sleep
Aaron Eckhart, Thank You For Smoking
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
James McAvoy, The Last King of Scotland
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Clive Owen, Children of Men

Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Maggie Gyllenhaal, SherryBaby
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Gretchen Mol, The Notorious Bettie Page
Kate Winslet, Little Children

Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland
Steve Carell, Little Miss Sunshine
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Sergi Lopez, Pan's Labyrinth
Michael Sheen, The Queen
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland

Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Carmen Maura, Volver
Emma Thompson, Stranger Than Fiction

Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Leslie Phillips, Venus
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Vera Farmiga, The Departed
Trish Gates, United 93
Mia Kirshner, The Black Dahlia
Vanessa Redgrave, Venus
Phyllis Somerville, Little Children

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Babel
The Departed
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
United 93
Volver

Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron & Timothy J. Sexton, et al.)
The Departed (William Monahan)
The Devil Wears Prada (Aline Brosh McKenna)
Little Children (Todd Field & Tom Perrotta)
Notes on a Scandal (Patrick Marber)
Thank You for Smoking (Jason Reitman)

Babel (Guillermo Arriaga)
Little Miss Sunshine (Michael Arndt)
Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
The Queen (Peter Morgan)
Stranger Than Fiction (Zach Helm)
Volver (Pedro Almodovar)

Cars
Flushed Away
Happy Feet
Monster House
Over the Hedge
A Scanner Darkly

Opinions on this poster?

2007-04-24T11:15:00.000-05:00

For you, James :D

I Am Here -- Give Me Your Money

2007-04-22T23:01:00.001-05:00

I am J.D. Judge of JMC, and I am new. Do not cheer yet, I'm not done. Someone quit and I'm here. Whoopty-doo. I seem to be the only member who cares, so I am awesome. That is all.

You may applaud now. And go to my blog when you're done celebrating me and celebrate me more. Cool.

Congratulations!

2007-04-19T17:20:00.000-05:00

Applause for Amanda L'Heureux for being the first one to e-mail her ballot to the CAFE Address.

But props to Robert Anton as well for being THE first to complete his!

And a little kudos to Mike (Kiddo), for turning his in ahead of time. But he needs to resend it, because files have been corrupted. Thanks!

Welcome to the CAFE.

2007-04-10T09:56:00.000-05:00

We are dedicated to honoring the films that are truly exceptional, but sometimes often go unnoticed in our unjust cinematic society. We are a conglomerate comprised of several Oscar Buzzers from IMDb.com, all striving to have fun praising what earned it. Keep an eye out for our 2006 awards, the first to be dealt out. Thanks for stopping by, and don't make yourself a stranger!