2007/2008 major critics awards

In this thread I'll update all of the various major awards handed out by the critics for the films released in 2007. We'll have separate threads for The Golden Globes and Oscars of course, but there are plenty of others out there. Starting off with...

National Board of Review


BEST FILM:
No Country for Old Men
RUNNER'S-UP (alphabetical order)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Atonement, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bucket List, Into the Wild, Juno, The Kite Runner, Lars and the Real Girl, Michael Clayton and Sweeney Todd


BEST FOREIGN FILM:
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
RUNNER'S-UP (alphabetical order)
The Band’s Visit, The Counterfeiters, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, La Vie en Rose and Lust, Caution

TOP INDEPENDENT FILMS:
in alphabetical order
Away from Her, Great World of Sound, Honeydripper, In the Valley of Ellah, A Mighty Heart, The Namesake, Once, The Savages, Starting Out in the Evening and Waitress


BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Body of War
RUNNER'S-UP (alphabetical order)
Darfur Now, In the Shadow of the Moon, Nanking, Taxi to the Dark Side and Toots


BEST DIRECTOR:
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd


BEST ACTOR:
George Clooney, Michael Clayton


BEST ACTRESS:
Julie Christie, Away from Her


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone


BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:
No Country for Old Men


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: (tie)
Diablo Cody, Juno
and
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men


BEST BREAKTHROUGH MALE PERFORMANCE:
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild


BEST BREAKTHROUGH FEMALE PERFORMANCE:
Ellen Page, Juno


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Ratatouille

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association


BEST PICTURE:
There Will Be Blood
RUNNER-UP: The Diving Bell & The Butterfly


DIRECTOR:
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly


ACTRESS:
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Runner-up: Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days


ACTOR:
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening


SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
and Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There


SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Vlad Ivanov, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild


FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Runner-up: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly


DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM:
No End in Sight
Runner-up: Sicko


PRODUCTION DESIGN:
There Will Be Blood, Jack Fisk
Runner-up: Sweeney Todd, Dante Ferretti


ANIMATION: (tie)
Ratatouille
and
Persepolis


SCREENPLAY:
The Savages, Tamara Jenkins
Runner-up: There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson


MUSIC:
Once, Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Runner-up: There Will Be Blood, Jonny Greenwood


CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Janusz Kaminski
Runner-up: There Will Be Blood, Robert Elswit


NEW GENERATION:
Sarah Polley, Away From Her


INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL:
Colossal Youth

Great job, Holden. There are just so many coming out now. I was going to link earlier, but your graphics/visuals are always superior. Thank you.

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New York Film Critics Circle


BEST PICTURE:
No Country for Old Men


BEST FOREIGN FILM:
The Lives of Others


BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Persepolis


BEST FIRST FILM:
Away from Her


BEST DOCUMENTARY:
No End in Sight


BEST DIRECTOR:
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men


BEST ACTOR:
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood


BEST ACTRESS:
Julie Christie, Away from Her


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone


BEST SCREENPLAY:
No Country for Old Men, Joel & Ethan Coen


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
There Will Be Blood, Robert Elswit

I sure hope this kind of critical acclaim is the prelude to Julie Christie getting an Oscar nomination, if not another trophy. She has three nominations to date, for Darling, McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Afterglow, having won for her first nom way back in 1966 when she was only twenty-four-years-old. Now she's sixty-six, and Away from Her is quite possibly the very best work of her long career (certainly in the top three). It's a very subtle yet powerful performance, and she's mesmerizing every second she's on the screen. I hope The Academy doesn't overlook her.

The Chicago Film Critics Association Awards will be announced this Friday. You can see their list of nominees HERE.

Actually, Holden, looking at those Chicago nominations, and having seen almost none, they seem almost dead on to me (except for maybe Best Picture).

Indeed...can't say I enjoyed the film too much though...

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The Lives Of Others???

How does that one compete?

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I don't know. Each body has their own bylaws of what qualifies each year. I guess The Lives of Others just missed the cutoff for the New York Critics Circle 2006 batch.

It's a great movie, so I don't care when it gets its due.

Chicago Film Critics Association


BEST PICTURE:
No Country for Old Men


BEST DIRECTOR:
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men


BEST ACTOR:
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood


BEST ACTRESS:
Ellen Page, Juno


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Diablo Cody, Juno


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men



BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days


BEST DOCUMENTARY:
SiCKO


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
Ratatouille


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, Once


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Roger Deakins, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford


MOST PROMISING PERFORMER:
Michael Sera, Juno and Superbad


MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER:
Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone

Hot Fuzz has yet to be mentioned thoughout these awards ! This is a mockery !

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Well, it's British, it's a pastiche-style comedy, it has comedy acting rather than real acting and, let's face it, it's not a patch on Shaun of the Dead and that didn't win much, so are you really surprised?

Aside from it's amazing directing , cinemetography , and acting - i guess it really isn't that special : not to mention it's hillarious

If there are awards for action etc, then maybe. Special effects, technical awards, perhaps. But the acting was off the hammy comedy variety - that's not to say it didn't suit the film perfectly, but it won't win awards.

I must protest, Hot Fuzz was far better than SOTD...

What, how did you reach this conclusion? Were you being waterboarded when you were watching Shawn of the Dead? Both fine movies, but Hot Fuzz had nothing on Peg & Frost's first big-screen outing.

Anyway, glad to see No End in Sight won out over Sicko. I'm fine with Moore but I'm glad they didn't just default to his film's higher takings. Both incredibly left-wing, though.

Why don't conservatives make documentaries? I guess they're too busy running the world to film it.

Is that some English expression? Anyway, I watched HF prior to SOTD, so maybe that could be a factor. I thought SOTD was watered down compared to HF, both in action and humor...:\

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Though I do love shaun of the dead - my first viewing of hot fuzz : i didn't like it as much , but second , third , fourth , fifth - i kept watching hot fuzz again : that's when i figured

Hot Fuzz is actually better than Shaun of the Dead - shaun of the dead is still a in my book : but Hot Fuzz is a visual spectacle , that tells it's own story - rather than a parody.