|
BEST
DIRECTOR
|
|
Director
- Film
|
Comment
|
Martin
Scorsese - The Aviator
|
It
will have to be gentle and the movie wil have to do the work |
| Mike
Nichols - Closer |
It's
Nichols... it's his milleu... |
| Bill
Condon - Kinsey |
Surprisingly
strong direction... the more sturdily built movie of the season
so far |
| Walter Salles
- The Motorcycle Diaries |
With
Best Picture comes Best Director... we'll see |
| Alexander
Payne - Sideways |
The
movie needs to be there... but could be |
| X |
| Alejandro
Amenabar - The Sea Inside |
Beautiful,
but tiny |
|
James L.
Brooks - Spanglish
|
A-level
Brooks moves up |
| Clint
Eastwood - Rope Burns |
A
complete unknown as of now |
| Jonathan Demme
- The Manchurian Candidate |
How
hard can the film race? |
| Marc Forster
- Finding Neverland |
Small
movie, big heart |
| Mel
Gibson - The Passion Of The Christ |
No
one wants to believe... |
| Taylor
Hackford - Ray |
If
the movie races, he should jockey |
| Jean-Pierre
Jeunet - A Very Long Engagement |
A
genius... a French genius |
| John Madden
- Proof |
The
movie is a bit of a mystery still |
| Michael
Mann - Collateral |
A
strong director's film... but too early? |
| Michael
Moore - Fahrenheit 9/11 |
He
and Kerry are tied at the hip here |
| Joel
Schumacher - Phantom Of The Opera |
The
movie could take Joel to the promised land |
| Brad
Silberling - Lemony Snicket |
Big
movie, seriously visual, but how seriously perceived? |
| Kevn
Spacey - Beyond The Sea |
The
one-man-show element will tug at voters' hearts |
| Oliver
Stone - Alexander |
Uh...
he's Oliver Stone... |