A Serious Man wins big with the International Cinephile Society
The International Cinephile Society recently announced their awards for both American and International films of 2009. And A Serious Man was in top form. It won the ICS award for Best Flm, as well as Joel and Ethan Coen taking home Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for, as the ICS explains, “perhaps their most personal and certainly their most brilliant exploration of the relationship between
The International Cinephile Society recently announced their awards for both American and International films of 2009. And A Serious Man was in top form. It won the ICS award for Best Flm, as well as Joel and Ethan Coen taking home Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for, as the ICS explains, “perhaps their most personal and certainly their most brilliant exploration of the relationship between God and Man.” In addition, A Serious Man received commendable runner up notices. Michael Stuhlbarg received a runner up nod for Best Actor (with Colin Firth’s excellent performance in A Single Man edging him out). And Jess Gonchor received a runner-up recognition for his production design work on A Serious Man (with Nelson Lowry’s fantasy world in The Fantastic Mr. Fox winning). While perhaps not as well known as other groups, International Cinephile Society is “an online group made up of 60 accredited journalists, film scholars, historians and other industry professionals who cover film festivals and events on five continents.”