...Oscar quest. Altman and Hackman gained Oscar momentum Saturday with both the AFI Awards and honors from the National Society of Film Critics. AFI, a film training and preservation organization, is well-respected for its lists ranking all-time...

...friendship, revenge and redemption. The 73-year-old Eastwood was named best director Saturday by the National Society of Film Critics and is nominated for a Golden Globe. * Australian filmmaker Peter Weir, 59, for the seafaring epic...

...awards at this year's Venice International Film Festival and from the National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics, and then exploded when he became a Golden Globe nominee for best actor in a drama alongside Tom Hanks...