The Golden Globe nominations were the usual melange of oddities and head-shakers, but one snub has many prognosticators grumbling : Where was the love for Mike Leigh’s Another Year ? Remember: The Golden Globes thrust Sally Hawkins into the limelight after awarding her Best Actress in 2008 for her performance in Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky . This year, even though Another Year ‘s Lesley Manville just took hope the top prize at the National Board of Review awards, Leigh’s critically adored film — a story about a seemingly happy married couple that is surrounded by sorrowful personalities — was shut out of the nominations altogether. Was Leigh outraged over his film’s exclusion from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association party?
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Another Year Director Mike Leigh on Golden Globes Snub: ‘We’re Not Trappist Monks Up a Mountain’
