Golden Globe Awards

What started as a banal insult escalates into civil unrest and riots in this edgy and unpredictable drama by Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Two men from different cultural backgrounds exchange harsh words about an inconsequential issue, which gets blown out of proportion and leads to dangerous consequences in a story that provides a profound look at the historical trauma that has shaped modern Lebanese society.

Directed by Sebastian Lelio (Gloria, Disobedience) A Fantastic Woman won the Best Screenwriting Award at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival and, since then, it has been receiving rave reviews and recognition around the world. A revolutionary film for an ultra-conservative country like Chile, the story revolves around Orlando (Francisco Reyes) a 57-year-old textile company executive with a marriage and family, and a love affair with Marina, a beautiful and much younger trans woman who works as a waitress in a restaurant.

At first glance, middle-aged Ariel Bloch (Shai Avivi) is an established, successful single businessman living an ordinary, worry-free life. One day, after many years without contact, his college girlfriend Ronit (Assi Levy) invites him to lunch.

The Warren Beatty comedy was a remake of 1939’s Here Comes Mr. Jordan, which won an Academy Award for best story and screenplay that year.

With Midnight Express, Oliver Stone made his name known to the world: he wrote the script of this prison drama directed by Alan Parker, winning his first Golden Globe Award. Midnight Express received eight nominations from the HFPA and won six Globes, including Best Film – Drama, Best Script (Stone), Best Supporting Actor, (John Hurt), and Best Original Score by Italian Pop Maestro Giorgio Moroder.

It was Herbert Ross’s night all the way: both Golden Globe winners, The Turning Point for best drama and The Goodbye Girl for best comedy or musical, were directed by Ross and, of course, he won Best Director Globe as well (for Turning Point. )1977 was also the year of Annie Hall, which was the critics’ choice and ended up winning multiple Oscars including Best Picture.

Never envy other people's life: it might lead to a melodramatic mess. This is what happens in The Turning Point, the story of two former dancers (Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft), who meet again after many years: one is now a star (Bancroft) and the other a mother and housewife (MacLaine).

Eric McCormack and Debra Messing will host a 2-hour special on NBC, celebrating the 75 years of the Golden Globes. The.

1977 was not a good year for musicals - or comedies, for that matter. But Barbra Streisand’s remake of the Judy Garland classic (which in turn was a remake of the 1937 Janet Gaynor version, which itself was inspired by 1932’s What Price Hollywood) so impressed the Hollywood Foreign Press, they awarded it five Golden Globes including Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy (Kris Kristofferson), Best Actress, Best Song and of course Best Film.

Sylvester Stallone was, and in some measure will forever be, Rocky Balboa. The underdog boxer character he created would define his career, his professional and personal arch.