BEST DIRECTOR
Director - Film	Comment
Martin Scorsese - The Departed	Smells like a winner
Steven Soderbergh - The Good German	Black and white and read all over
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls	If the sense of the film being a remarkable pastiche of style, as well as storytelling, turns out to be accurate, could surge
Stephen Frears - The Queen	One of our best
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel	Threats to this nomination are near
Oliver Stone - World Trade Center	Was this enough of a comeback to command love?
Todd Field - Little Children	Brilliant work... will they watch?
Clint Eastwood - Flags of Our Fathers	A regular. But...
Robert DeNiro - The Good Shepherd	If the movie surprises
Gabriele Muccino - The Pursuit of Happyness	A newcomer to L.A... light film... a reach

Charts from October 26 PictureX Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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November 2, 2006
- by David Poland