Toronto Film Critics Awards

The critics from up north make their picks:

BEST PICTURE

“Wendy and Lucy” (Mongrel Media)

Runners-up:“Rachel Getting Married” (Mongrel Media) “WALL*E” (Disney/Pixar)
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE

Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler” (Alliance)

Runners-up: Sean Penn, “Milk” (Alliance) Jean-Claude Van Damme, “JCVD” (Peace Arch)
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

Michelle Williams, “Wendy and Lucy”

Runners-up: Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married” Meryl Streep, “Doubt” (Maple)
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE

Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros)

Runners-up: Josh Brolin, “Milk” Robert Downey, Jr, “Tropic Thunder” (Paramount) Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Doubt”
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE

Rosemarie DeWitt, “Rachel Getting Married”

Runners-up: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (Fox Searchlight) Viola Davis, “Doubt”

BEST DIRECTOR

Jonathan Demme, “Rachel Getting Married”

Runners-up: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Stanton, “WALL*E”
BEST SCREENPLAY

Jenny Lumet, “Rachel Getting Married”

Runners-up: John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt” (Maple) Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
BEST FIRST FEATURE

“Ballast”, directed by Lance Hammer (KinoSmith)

Runners-up: “The Band’s Visit”, directed by Eran Kolirin (Mongrel Media) “Frozen River”, directed by Courtney Hunt (Mongrel Media)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

“WALL*E” (Disney/Pixar)

Runners-up: “Kung-Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animaton) “Persepolis” (Mongrel Media) “Waltz with Bashir” (E1 Films)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

“Let the Right One In” (Mongrel Media)

Runners-up: “The Class” (Mongrel Media) “I’ve Loved You So Long” (Mongrel Media) “A Christmas Tale” (E1)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

“Man on Wire” (Mongrel Media)

Runners-up: “Standard Operating Procedure” (Mongrel Media) “Up the

Yangtze” (KinoSmith/NFB)

-Nice to see some different people awarded the honors, at least for me it is....how bout y'all?