Not long ago, I became a member of a new film review group that just
announced its 2008 nominees:
Received from Ed Rampell, who got it going:
For those of you who may not have heard the live announcement of The
Progie Nominees on Thom Hartmann's Air America program today, here you go -
2008 PROGIES NOMINEES FOR BEST PROGRESSIVE PICTURES
1. THE TRUMBO: The Progie Award for BEST PROGRESSIVE PICTURE is named
after Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, a member of the
Hollywood Ten, who was imprisoned for his beliefs and refusing to
inform. Trumbo helped break the Blacklist when he received screen
credit for "Spartacus" and "Exodus" in 1960.
MILK
CHE
BATTLE IN SEATTLE
THE VISITOR
WENDY AND LUCY
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
2. THE GARFIELD: The Progie Award for BEST ACTOR is named after John
Garfield, who rose from the proletarian theatre to star in
progressive pictures such as "Gentleman's Agreement" and "Force of
Evil," only to run afoul of the Hollywood Blacklist.
SEAN PENN (Milk)
FRANK LANGELLA (Frost/Nixon)
BENICIO DEL TORO (Che)
JOSH BROLIN ("W.")
RICHARD JENKINS ("THE VISITOR")
3. KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For BEST ACTRESS. Named for Karen Morley, who
was driven out of Hollywood in the 1930s for her leftist views, but
who maintained her militant political activism for the rest of her
life, running for Lieutenant Governor on the American Labor Party
ticket in 1954. She passed away in 2003, unrepentant to the end, at
the age of 93.
ANGELINA JOLIE (Changeling)
MICHELLE WILLIAMS (WENDY AND LUCY)
SALLY HAWKINS (Happy-Go-Lucky)
KATE WINSLET ("REVOLUTIONARY ROAD", "THE READER")
MELISSA LEO ("FROZEN RIVER")
4. THE RENOIR: The Progie Award for BEST ANTI-WAR FILM is named after
the great French filmmaker Jean Renoir, who directed the 1937
anti-militarism masterpiece "Grand Illusion."
STOP-LOSS
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
WAR, INC.
BODY OF WAR
THE LUCKY ONES
5. THE GILLO: The Progie Award for BEST PROGRESSIVE FOREIGN FILM is
named after the Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo, who lensed the
1960s classics "The Battle of Algiers" and "Burn!"
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
CHE
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
THE COUNTERFEITERS
THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION
6. THE DZIGA: The Progie Award for BEST PROGRESSIVE DOCUMENTARY is
named after the Soviet filmmaker Dziga Vertov, who directed 1920s
nonfiction films such as the "Kino Pravda" ("Film Truth") series and
"The Man With the Movie Camera."
BODY OF WAR (Phil Donahue)
TROUBLE THE WATER
TRUMBO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
RELIGULOUS
7. ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: Named after brutally slain young actress,
Adrienne Shelly. For the movie this year most opposing violence against women.
CHANGELING
BEFORE THE RAIN
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS
PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL
GRAN TORINO
8. LA PASSIONARA AWARD: For the most positive female images in a
movie, and in light of the historically demeaning portrayal of women in movies.
CHANGELING
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
TROUBLE THE WATER
FROZEN RIVER
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
9. OUR DAILY BREAD AWARD: For the most positive and inspiring working
class images in a movie this year.
KIT KITTREDGE
GRAN TORINO
BATTLE IN SEATTLE
TAKE OUT
THE GARDEN
10. THE ROBESON AWARD: Named after courageous performing legend, Paul
Robeson. The award is for the movie that best expresses the people of
color in light of the historically demeaning portrayal of them in films.
MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA
CADILLAC RECORDS
EXILES
TROUBLE THE WATER
BALLAST
11. THE BRANDO: The Progie Award for BEST PROGRESSIVE FILM ACTIVIST
is named after Marlon Brando, who starred in movies such as the Black
power-themed "Burn!" and 1987's anti-apartheid "A Dry White Season,"
and championed underdogs like the American Indian Movement offscreen.
SEAN PENN
DANNY GLOVER
JOHN CUSACK
SPIKE LEE
ROBERT GREENWALD
12. THE TOMAS GUTIERREZ ALEA AWARD: Named after the late legendary
Cuban filmmaker. For best depicting mass popular uprising or
revolutionary transformation in a movie.
BATTLE IN SEATTLE
CHE
CHICAGO 10
HUNGER
DEFIANCE
14. THE SERGEI: The Progie Award for Best Progressive LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT is named after the Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein,
who created Russian revolutionary classics such as 1925's "Potemkin"
and 1927's "10 Days That Shook the World."
PAUL NEWMAN
JEAN-LUC GODARD
KEN LOACH (UK)
HARRY BELAFONTE
DANNY GLOVER
15. THE LAWSON: The Progie Award for BEST ANTI-FASCIST FILM this
year, is named after screenwriter John Howard Lawson, one of the
Hollywood Ten, who wrote Hollywood's first feature about the Spanish
Civil War, 1938's "Blockade," with Henry Fonda, and anti-Nazi movies
such as 1943's "Sahara," starring Humphrey Bogart.
VALKYRIE
DEFIANCE
GOOD
BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS
THE READER
16. THE MODERN TIMES: The Progie Award for Best Progressive Film
SATIRE is named after Charlie Chaplin, who made 1936's "Modern Times"
and 1940's "The Great Dictator."
FROST/NIXON
W.
RELIGULOUS
WAR, INC.
WALL-E
17. THE ORSON: The Progie Award for BEST OVERLOOKED OR THEATRICALLY
UNRELEASED [seen at festivals, or on TV or DVD only] Progressive Film
is named after actor/director Orson Welles. After he directed the
masterpiece "Citizen Kane" Welles had difficulty getting most of his
other movies made.
THE REAL GREAT DEBATERS
24 CITY
A TIME TO STIR
FIELDS OF FUEL
WINGS OF DEFEAT
18. THE LORENTZ: The Progie Award for Best ENVIRONMENTALIST film is
named after Pare Lorentz, who directed the Depression era classic
documentaries "The Plow That Broke the Plains" and "The River."
THE GARDEN
THE HAPPENING
WALL-E
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER
19. THE PASOLINI: The Progie Award for Best PRO-GAY RIGHTS Film is
named after Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who directed 1964's
"The Gospel According to St. Matthew" and "The Decameron" and "The
Canterbury Tales" in the 1970s.
MILK
CHRIS & DON
NO REGRET (KOREAN)
THE SECRETS
SAVE ME
20. THE LENNON: The Progie Award for Best Progressive MUSICAL OR FILM
ABOUT MUSIC is named after peace activist and musician John Lennon,
who co-starred in the 1967 satire "How I Won the War" and the 2006
doc "The U.S. vs. John Lennon."
ANITA O'DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER
CADILLAC RECORDS
WAR DANCE
THE GITS
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
21. HALL OF SHAME (Reactionary flicks)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
THE DARK KNIGHT
DARK STREETS
NOBEL SON
CHE
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES
HOUSE OF THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES
DOUBT
YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
AN AMERICAN CAROL
MILITARY RECRUITMENT ADS IN THEATRES AND ON TV
RICK WARREN'S VIDEO on his church's website the week of Dec. 21.
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