2008/2009 Major Critics Awards

In this thread I'll list some of the awards given out by the various critics organizations over the next couple months. The first one is already in...

National Board of Review


BEST FILM:
Slumdog Millionaire

TOP TEN RUNNERS-UP (in alphabetical order):
Burn After Reading, Changeling, The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Defiance,
Frost/Nixon, Gran Torino, Milk, WALL-E, The Wrestler


BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
Mongol

TOP FIVE FOREIGN RUNNERS-UP (in alphabetical order):
The Edge of Heaven, Let the Right One In,
Roman de Gare, A Secret, Waltz with Bashir


BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Man On Wire

TOP FIVE DOC RUNNERS-UP (alphabetical order):
American Teen, The Betrayal (Nerakhoon),
Dear Zachary, Encounters at the End of the
World, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

TOP INDEPENDENT FILMS (in alphabetical order):
Frozen River, In Bruges, In Search of a
Midnight Kiss, Mr. Foe, Rachel Getting
Married, Snow Angels, Son of Rambow,
Wendy & Lucy, Vicky Christina Barcelona,
The Visitor


BEST ACTOR:
CLINT EASTWOOD, Gan Torino


BEST ACTRESS:
ANNE HATHAWAY, Rachel Getting Married


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
JOSH BROLIN, Milk


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
PENÉLOPE CRUZ, Vicky Cristina Barcelona


BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:
Doubt


BEST DIRECTOR:
DAVID FINCHER, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

AND...
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT: COURTNEY HUNT, Frozen River
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, ACTOR: DEV PATEL, Slumdog Millionaire
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, FEMALE: VIOLA DAVIS, Doubt
SPOTLIGHT AWARD: MELISSA LEO (Frozen River) and RICHARD JENKINS (The Visitor)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: SIMON BEAUFOY (Slumdog Millionaire) and ERIC ROTH (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: NICK SCHENK, Gran Torino
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: WALL-E

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association


BEST PICTURE:
WALL-E
RUNNER-UP: The Dark Knight


BEST DIRECTOR:
Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
RUNNER-UP: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight


BEST ACTOR:
Sean Penn, MILK
RUNNER-UP: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler


BEST ACTRESS:
Sally Hawkins, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
RUNNER-UP: Melissa Leo, Frozen River


SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Penélope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA
BARCELONA and ELEGY
RUNNER-UP: Viola Davis, Doubt


SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
RUNNER-UP: Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky


BEST SCREENPLAY:
Mike Leigh, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
RUNNER-UP: Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York


BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
STILL LIFE
RUNNER-UP: The Class


BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM:
MAN ON WIRE
RUNNER-UP: Waltz with Bashir


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

AND...


CINEMATOGRAPHY:
STILL LIFE Yu Lik Wai
RUNNER-UP: Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire


ORIGINAL SCORE:
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE A.R. Rahman
RUNNER-UP: Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


PRODUCTION DESIGN:
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK Mark Friedberg
RUNNER-UP: Nathan Crowley, The Dark Knight

Wow, Still life is just now getting to America?

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You liked the film, Adi?

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I liked it yeah. Pretty sure it's not your thang though...:\

Who makes up the national board of review ?

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Where's the New York film critics? They went with Milk.

New York Film Critics Circle


BEST FILM
MILK


BEST DIRECTOR
Mike Leigh, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY


BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, MILK


BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, MILK


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penélope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E


BEST SCREENPLAY
Jenny Lumet, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED


BEST FOREIGN FILM
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS


BEST DOCUMENTARY
MAN ON WIRE

Do these tend have much similarities with the Oscar results?

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Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Last year most of the critics groups picked No Country for Old Men for Picture and Daniel-Day Lewis for Best Actor, but last year was easy to pick a bunch of the biggies. This year I very much doubt you'll see Mike Leigh win the Oscar for Best Director, for example, no matter how many of the critics award it. He's probably in line for a nomination, though. You can usually piece out most of the Oscar nominees from the critics picks, but winners is a different thing.

Yeah, I'm a little surprised to see Happy go lucky get so many nods. I mean I loved the film, but it's not exactly Oscar material, and it's definitely not on the same level as Naked or All or nothing.

No, I agree. It's a good movie, but not on the top tier of Mike Leigh's very best work, no. Of course it's probably more accessible to a mass audience and potential Oscar voters than something as caustic as Naked, so it may be the one of his that breaks him through a little farther into the mainstream in the U.S. And while Leigh hasn't won any Oscars, he has been nominated for a bunch. Five personally; three screenplay and two for Best Director (Secret & Lies & Vera Drake).

I liked it yeah. Pretty sure it's not your thang though...:\..God bless..Good luck

Apparently these people really liked Milk.

In recent years the American Film Institute has been naming a Top Ten list for each year, not ranked only listed alphabetically. This year their choices are...


AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR-OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL•E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER

Chicago Film Critics Association


BEST PICTURE:
WALL-E


BEST DIRECTOR:
Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE


BEST ACTOR:
Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER


BEST ACTRESS:
Anne Hathaway, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Kate Winslet, THE READER


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Andy Stanton & Jim Reardon, WALL-E


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Simon Beaufoy, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE


BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM:
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN


BEST DOCUMENTARY:
MAN ON WIRE


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
WALL-E


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Wally Pfister, THE DARK KNIGHT

I like the Chicago Film Critics choices and their categories , New York Critics could learn something from them.

Sweet, I'll use this as an index for the films I should see in the future. It looks like Slumdog Millionaire is going on top of the list for me to watch.

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I have a question for those in the know...

Why are several of the foreign film selections from 2007? Are they always like that?

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