Director Quentin Tarantino poses with director Sofia Coppola after arriving at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004, in New York. Tarantino presented Coppola with the Best Director award for her film "Lost in Translation."
Actress Hope Davis arrives at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004, in New York. Davis was the group's choice for best actress for her work in two films: "American Splendor," in which she plays the bookish wife of comic book writer Harvey Pekar, and "The Secret Lives of Dentists," in which she plays a dentist and part-time opera singer who's having an affair.
Actress Liv Tyler, who stars in the "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, arrives at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004.
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini arrive at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004. The directing-writing team of Berman and Pulcini was honored when "American Splendor" was named Best First Film.
Director Quentin Tarantino signals to photographers at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004, in New York.
Actor Elijah Wood arrives at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004, in New York. Wood played Frodo, in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" which was chosen as the critics' top film of 2003.
Director Andrew Jarecki and his wife, Nancy, arrive at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner. Jarecki won the award for the Best Non-Fiction Film for "Capturing the Friedmans."
Actor Eugene Levy arrives at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner. Levy won the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in "A Mighty Wind."
Actress Hope Davis poses for photographers as she arrives at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner. Davis was the group's choice for best actress for her work in two films.
Actor Paul Giamatti, who starred opposite Hope Davis in "American Splendor," arrives at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004, in New York. Giamatti presented the Best Actress award to Davis, who won for "American Splendor" and "The Secret Lives of Dentists."
Actress Liv Tyler and her husband Royston Langdon pose for photographers at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004, in New York.
Director Quentin Tarantino and actress Zoe Cassavettes arrive at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004, in New York.
Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo arrives at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004, in New York. Aghdashloo, won Best Supporting Actress for her role in "House of Sand and Fog."
Sofia Coppola arrives at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner. The critics chose Coppola as Best Director for her dreamlike "Lost in Translation," about an aging actor and a young wife who become friends while suffering from jet lag at a Tokyo hotel. The film's star, Bill Murray, was named Best Actor.
Actors Casey Affleck and Summer Phoenix arrive at the 2003 New York Film Critics Circle 69th annual awards dinner, Jan. 11, 2004, in New York.
'Samurai ' In Japan
Actor Tom Cruise poses with fans outside a cinema before the Spanish premiere of his latest movie "The Last Samurai" in Madrid, Jan. 8, 2004.
Actor Tom Cruise laughs as he signs autographs outside a cinema before the Spanish premiere of his latest movie, "The last Samurai" in Madrid, Jan. 8, 2004.
Tom Cruise, left, laughs with movie director Edward Zwick prior to the Spanish premiere of "The Last Samurai," in Madrid on Jan. 8, 2004.
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada signs autographs outside a cinema where the premiere of his latest movie, "The Last Samurai," was showing in Madrid.
Actor Tom Cruise waves and signs autographs outside a cinema before the Spanish premiere of his latest movi,e "The Last Samurai," in Madrid.