The Iowa Film Critics announce their winners!

Here they are:

Best Picture: “Up in the Air”

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”

Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”

Best Animated Film: “Up”

Best Film That Has Yet To Open In Iowa: “Crazy Heart”

-Nothing too surprising...thoughts?

Central Ohio Film Critics Go Up in the Air

(Columbus, January 7, 2010) Jason Reitman's Up in the Air was named Best Film in the Central Ohio Film Critics Association’s 8th annual awards, which recognize excellence in the film industry for 2009. The film also won three other awards, including Best Director (Reitman), Best Adapted Screenplay (Reitman and Sheldon Turner), and Best Actor (George Clooney). Clooney was also honored as Actor of the Year for his exemplary work in Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and Up in the Air.

Inglourious Basterds, which finished fifth on the Best Film list, was also awarded four prizes: Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz), Best Ensemble, Best Original Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino), and Best Cinematography (Robert Richardson).

Up in the Air and Inglourious Basterds’ four wins match No Country for Old Men’s tally in 2007 for the most awards given to an individual film in the eight years the Columbus-area critics organization has been in existence.

Other films winning multiple awards include Up and An Education. Best Film runner-up Up received awards for Best Score (Michael Giacchino) and Best Animated Film. An Education’s lead performer Carey Mulligan won Best Actress and Breakthrough Film Artist for the coming-of-age film, which placed third on the Best Films List.

Other individual winners include Best Supporting Actress Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.

Other honored films include: Anvil! The Story of Anvil for Best Documentary; Waltz with Bashir (Valz Im Bashir) for Best Foreign Language Film; and Goodbye Solo for Best Overlooked Film.

Founded in 2002, the Central Ohio Film Critics Association is comprised of film critics based in Columbus, Ohio and the surrounding areas. Its membership consists of more than 20 print, radio, television, and new media critics. COFCA's official website at www.cofca.org contains links to member reviews and past award winners.

Winners were announced at a private party on January 7.

Complete list of awards:

Best Films

1. Up in the Air

2. Up

3. An Education

4. Fantastic Mr. Fox

5. Inglourious Basterds

6. The Hurt Locker

7. In the Loop

8. (500) Days of Summer

9. A Serious Man

10. A Single Man

Best Director

-Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

-Runner-up: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor

-George Clooney, Up in the Air

-Runner-up: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Actress

-Carey Mulligan, An Education

-Runner-up: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist

Best Supporting Actor

-Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

-Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, In the Loop

Best Supporting Actress

-Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

-Runner-up: Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds

Best Ensemble

-Inglourious Basterds

-Runner-up: Up in the Air

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)

-George Clooney, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and Up in the Air

-Runner-up: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger and Zombieland

Breakthrough Film Artist

-Carey Mulligan, An Education (for acting)

-Runner-up: Neill Blomkamp, District 9 (for directing and screenwriting)

Best Cinematography

-Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds

-Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle, Antichrist

Best Adapted Screenplay

-Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

-Runner-up: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Original Screenplay

-Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

-Runner-up: Pete Docter and Bob Peterson, Up

Best Score

-Michael Giacchino, Up

-Runner-up: Carter Burwell and Karen O., Where the Wild Things Are

Best Documentary

-Anvil! The Story of Anvil

-Runner-up: The Cove

Best Foreign Language Film

-Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)

-Runner-up: Summer Hours (L’heure d’été)

Best Animated Film

-Up

-Runner-up: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Overlooked Film

-Goodbye Solo

-Runner-up: Moon

COFCA offers its congratulations to the winners.

Previous Best Film winners:

2002: Punch-Drunk Love

2003: Lost in Translation

2004: Million Dollar Baby

2005: A History of Violence

2006: Children of Men

2007: No Country for Old Men

2008: WALL·E

For more information about the Central Ohio Film Critics Association, please visit www.cofca.org or e-mail info@cofca.org.

The complete list of members and their affiliations:

Kevin Carr (www.7mpictures.com, FilmSchoolRejects.com) ; Nick Chordas (The Columbus Dispatch), Bill Clark (www.fromthebalcony.com); John DeSando (90.5 WCBE); Johnny DiLoretto (Fox 28 WTTE); Chad Dull (The Other Paper); Frank Gabrenya (The Columbus Dispatch); Brad Keefe (Columbus Alive); Kaizaad Kotwal (C Magazine, Gay Peoples Chronicle); Kristin Dreyer Kramer (NightsAndWeekends.com, 90.5 WCBE); Joyce Long (WOSU Public Media); Rico Long (WOSU Public Media); Colin Mack (Mack at the Movies.com); Hope Madden (The Other Paper); Shelley Mann (Columbus Alive); Paul Markoff (WOCC-TV3); David Medsker (Bullz-Eye.com, Premium Hollywood); Lori Pearson (Kids-in-Mind.com, critics.com); Mark Pfeiffer (Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema; WOCC-TV3); Dave Redelberger (WBWR-The Brew @ 105.7, WXRS-Radio 106.7); Melissa Starker (Columbus Alive); George Wolf (The Other Paper); Jason Zingale (Bullz-Eye.com).

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle announce their nominees!

Take a gander:

Best Film
“The Hurt Locker”
“A Serious Man”
“Up in the Air”

Best Actor
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Actress
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

Best Supporting Actor
Alfred Molina, “An Education”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Supporting Actress
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique, “Precious”

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Screenplay
Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker”
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Documentary
“Anvil!: The Story of Anvil”
“The Cove”
“Food, Inc.”

Best Canadian Film
“I Killed My Mother”
“Polytechnique”
“The Young Victoria”

Best Actor in a Canadian Film
Xaviar Dolan, “I Killed My Mother”
Sebastien Huberdeau, “Polytechnique”
Stephen McHattie, “Pontypool”

Best Actress in a Canadian Film
Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria”
Anna Dorval, “I Killed My Mother”
Nisreen Faour, “Amreeka”

Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film
François Arnaud, “I Killed My Mother”
Daniel J. Gordon, “Nurse. Fighter. Boy”
John Paul Tremblay, “Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day”

Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film
Lisa Houle, “Pontypool”
Miranda Richardson, “The Young Victoria”
Gabrielle Rose, “Excited”

Best Director of a Canadian Film
Cherien Dabis, “Amreeka”
Xavier Dolan, “I Killed My Mother”
Denis Villeneuve, “Polytechnique”

Best British Columbia Film
“Excited”
“Facing Ali”
“A Shine of Rainbows”

Best Foreign Language Film
“Broken Embraces,” Spain
“The Headless Woman,” Argentina
“Summer Hours,” France

Achievement Award for Contribution to the Film Industry in British Columbia
Nettie Wild
Leonard Schein

-Thoughts?

The Kansas City Film Critics announce their winners!

Here they are:

Best Film-Up in the Air
Best Actress-Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Actor-George Clooney, Up in the Air
Best Supporting Actress-Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Supporting Actor-Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Robert Altman Award for Best Director-Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Adapted Screenplay – Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay – Inglourious Basterds
Best Documentary-Every Little Step
Best Foreign Language Film-Gomorrah
Best Animated Film-Up
Vince Koehler Award for Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film-District 9

-Thoughts?

The Online Film Critics put out their nominations...

...the last one for 2009, I might add. Here they are:

BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Broken Embraces
Police, Adjective
Silent Light
Summer Hours
The White Ribbon

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil!: The True Story of Anvil
The Beaches of Agnes
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
Up

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow (-) The Hurt Locker
Neill Blomkamp (-) District 9
James Cameron (-) Avatar
Joel & Ethan Coen (-) A Serious Man
Quentin Tarantino (-) Inglourious Basterds

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges (-) Crazy Heart
Sharlto Copley (-) District 9
George Clooney (-) Up in the Air
Joaquin Phoenix (-) Two Lovers
Jeremy Renner (-) The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS
Mélanie Laurent (-) Inglourious Basterds
Carey Mulligan (-) An Education
Gabourey Sidibe (-) Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep (-) Julie & Julia
Tilda Swinton (-) Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi (-) In the Loop
Jackie Earle Haley (-) Watchmen
Woody Harrelson (-) The Messenger
Anthony Mackie (-) The Hurt Locker
Christoph Waltz (-) Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vera Farmiga (-) Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick (-) Up in the Air
Diane Kruger (-) Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique (-) Precious
Julianne Moore (-) A Single Man

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(500) Days of Summer (-) Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
The Hurt Locker (-) Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds (-) Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man (-) Joel & Ethan Coen
Up (-) Bob Peterson

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
District 9 (-) Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
Fantastic Mr. Fox (-) Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach
In the Loop (-) Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
Up in the Air (-) Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar (-) Mauro Fiore
District 9 (-) Trent Opaloch
The Hurt Locker (-) Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds (-) Robert Richardson
A Serious Man (-) Roger Deakins

BEST EDITING
(500) Days of Summer (-) Alan Edward Bell
Avatar (-) Steve R. Moore, John Refoua & Stephen Rivkin
District 9 (-) Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker (-) Chris Innis & Bob Murawski
Inglourious Basterds (-) Sally Menke

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Fantastic Mr. Fox (-) Alexandre Desplat
The Informant! (-) Marvin Hamlisch
Star Trek (-) Michael Giacchino
Up (-) Michael Giacchino
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek

-Thoughts?

The Phoenix Film Critics put out their awards...

...behold:

Best Picture
Inglourious Basterds

Top Ten Films of 2009 (in alphabetical order)
Avatar
District 9
(500) Days of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek
Up
Up In The Air

Best Director
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role
George Clooney, Up In The Air

Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role
Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Acting Ensemble
The cast of Inglourious Basterds

Best screenplay written directly for the screen
Up

Best screenplay adapted from another medium
Up In The Air

Best Live Action Family Film
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Overlooked Film
Moon

Best Animated Film
Up

Best Foreign Language Film
Broken Embraces

Best Documentary
Capitalism: A Love Story

Best Original Song
“Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart

Best Original Score
Up

Best Cinematography
Avatar

Best Film Editing
Avatar

Best Production Design
Avatar

Best Costume Design
The Young Victoria

Best Visual Effects
Avatar

Best Stunts
Star Trek

Breakout on Camera
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Breakout Behind the Camera
Neill Blomkamp, District 9

Best Performance by a Youth – Male
Jae Head, The Blind Side

Best Performance by a Youth – Female
Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones

-Thoughts?

The Canadian Press announces its top 10

Take a gander at their picks:

An Education
Avatar
Bad Lieutenent: Port of Call New Orleans
Bright Star
The Hurt Locker
I Killed My Mother
Polytechnique
The Trotsky
Up
Up in the Air

Honorable Mentions: Adventureland, Two Lovers, A Single Man, and Inglourious Basterds.

-Thoughts?

The Indiwire Critics announce their nominees and winners!

Take a look:

Best Picture
35 Shots of Rum
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Headless Woman
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Police, Adjective
A Serious Man
Summer Hours
Two Lovers
Up

Best Director
Oliver Assayas, Summer Hours
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Claire Denis, 35 Shots of Rum
James Gray, Two Lovers
Lucrecia Martel, The Headless Woman

Best Actor
Matt Damon, The Informant!
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Tom Hardy, Bronson
Joaquin Phoenix, Two Lovers
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Best Actress*
Arta Dobroshi, Lorna’s Silence
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Maria Onetto, The Headless Woman
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Tilda Swinton, Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Capaldi, In The Loop
Woody Harrelson, Bright Star
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Paul Schneider, Bright Star
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Samantha Morton, The Messenger

Best Original Screenplay*
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Tony Gilroy, Duplicity
James Gray & Ric Menello, Two Lovers
Corneliu Porumboiu, Police, Adjective
Lynn Shelton, Humpday
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Best Adapted Screenplay
Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Tom Ford & David Scaerce, A Single Man
Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Tony Roche & Simon Blackwell, In the Loop
Peter Morgan, The Damned United
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air

Best Foreign Language Film
35 Shots of Rum
The Headless Woman
Police, Adjective
Still Walking
Summer Hours

Best Documentary
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
The Beaches of Agnes
The Cove
La Danse
Of Time and the City

*-tie resulted in more than 5 nominations

-Thoughts?

The St. Louis Film Critics Association announces its 2009 awards

Here they are:

Best Film: “Up in the Air”
Runner-Up: “The Hurt Locker”

Best Actor: George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Runner-Up: Patton Oswalt in “Big Fan”

Best Actress: Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Runner-Up: Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious”

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz in “Inglorious Basterds”
Runner-up: Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique in “Precious”
Runner-Up: Marion Cotillard in “Nine”

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow in “The Hurt Locker”
Runners-Up (tie): Jason Reitman for “Up in the Air” and Quentin Tarantino for ‘Inglourious Basterds”

Best Screenplay: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for ‘(500) Days of Summer”
Runner-Up: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for “Up in the Air”

Best Cinematography: Dion Beebe for “Nine”
Runner-Up: Eduard Grau for “A Single Man”

Best Music: “Nine”
Runner-Up: “Crazy Heart”

Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”
Runner-Up: “Where the Wild Things Are”

Best Foreign Language Film: “Red Cliff”
Runner-Up: Treeless Mountain

Best Documentary: “Capitalism: A Love Story”
Runner-Up: “Anvil! The Story of Anvil”

Best Animated Film: “Up”
Runner-Up: “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”

Best Comedy: “The Hangover”
Runner-Up: “(500) Days of Summer”

Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film: “Avatar”
Runner-Up (tie): “The Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “(500) Days of Summer”

Favorite Scene: “Up” – the four-minute marriage montage
Runner-Up: “Inglourious Basterds” – the opening farmhouse scene

-Thoughts?

The London Film Critics announce their nominations!

Take a gander:

FILM OF THE YEAR
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
A Prophet
The White Ribbon
Up in the Air

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Bright Star
An Education
Fish Tank
In the Loop
Moon

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
The Class

Katyn

Let the Right One In

A Prophet

The White Ribbon

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air

BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank
Armando Iannucci – In the Loop
Duncan Jones – Moon
Kevin Macdonald – State of Play
Sam Taylor-Wood – Nowhere Boy

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

The Chicago Critics really liked The Hurt Locker it seems....

...as it pretty much swept their awards:

BEST PICTURE: The Hurt Locker

BEST DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow–The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTOR: Jeremy Renner–The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan–An Education

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz–Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo’nique–Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Mark Boal–The Hurt Locker

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner–Up in the Air

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The White Ribbon

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Up

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Anvil: The Story of Anvil

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Barry Ackroyd–The Hurt Locker

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Up–Michael Giacchino

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Carey Mulligan–An Education

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER: Neill Blomkamp–District 9

-Thoughts?

The Florida Film Critics announce their winners...

...and it's Al Gore, no wait...wrong thing. Enough of my humor, here are the winners:

Picture: Up In The Air
Actor: George Clooney, Up In The Air
Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Supp. Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Supp. Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Director: Jason Reitman, Up In The Air
Screenplay: Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, (500) Days of Summer
Cinematography: Mauro Fiore, Avatar
Foreign Language: Sin Nombre
Animated Feature: Up
Documentary: The Cove
Breakout: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

-Thoughts?

The Houston Film Critics select their winners...

Behold:

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: George Clooney, Up in the Air
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Foreign Film: Sin Nombre
Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino, Up
Best Original Song: Petey’s Song by Jarvis Cocker, Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach,
The Fantastic Mr. Fox

-Another nice mix...thoughts?

The Detroit Film Critics Society announces its winners...

...and based off of its nominees (in an earlier post here), there are some surprises:

Best Film: “Up”
Best Director: Pete Docter, “Up”
Best Actor: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Best Ensemble: “The Hangover”
Best Breakthrough Performance: Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”

-Thoughts?

The Utah Film Critics Association announces its winners

Here they are:

Best Picture

Up in the Air
(runners-up: The Hurt Locker; Inglourious Basterds)

Best Achievement in Directing
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
(runner-up: John Hillcoat, The Road)

Best Male Lead Performance
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
(runner-up: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker)

Best Female Lead Performance
Carey Mulligan, An Education
(runner-up: Maya Rudolph, Away We Go)

Best Male Supporting Performance
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
(runner-up: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds)

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
(runner-up: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air)

Best Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox
(runners-up: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer; Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds)

Best Animated Feature
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(runner-up: Up)

Best Documentary Feature
The Cove
(runner-up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil)

Best Non-English Language Feature
Thirst
(runner-up: Sin Nombre)

-They certainly mixed it up in a few places...

The Las Vegas Film Critics speak up!

And here's what they said:

Best Picture
“The Hurt Locker”

Best Actor
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Actress
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, “Inglorious Basterds”

Best Supporting Actress
Monique, “Precious”

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“500 Days of Summer”

Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Film Editing
Bob Murawski, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Costume Design
Anna B. Sheppard, “Inglorious Basterds”

Best Art Direction
“Avatar”

Best Visual Effects
“Star Trek”

Best Documentary
“Anvil: The Story of Anvil”

Best Foreign Film
“Red Cliff” (China)

Best Song
“The Weary Kind” (Theme from “Crazy Heart)
Music and Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Score
Michael Giacchino, “Star Trek”

Best Family Film
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”

Best Animated Film
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”

Youth in Film
“Saoirse Ronan, “The Lovely Bones”

Best DVD (Packaging, Design, and Content)
“The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition)

The William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Roger Deakins

-Thoughts?

Today we also have the nominations from the Chicago Critics!

Here's what they nominated:

BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow (-) The Hurt Locker
Joel & Ethan Coen (-) A Serious Man
Spike Jonze (-) Where the Wild Things Are
Jason Reitman (-) Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino (-) Inglourious Basterds

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges (-) Crazy Heart
George Clooney (-) Up in the Air
Matt Damon (-) The Informant!
Jeremy Renner (-) The Hurt Locker
Michael Stuhlbarg (-) A Serious Man

BEST ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish (-) Bright Star
Carey Mulligan (-) An Education
Maya Rudolph (-) Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe (-) Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep (-) Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi (-) In the Loop
Woody Harrelson (-) The Messenger
Christian McKay (-) Me and Orson Welles
Stanley Tucci (-) The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz (-) Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vera Farmiga (-) Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick (-) Up in the Air
Mo’Nique (-) Precious
Julianne Moore (-) A Single Man
Natalie Portman (-) Brothers

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Away We Go (-) Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
The Hurt Locker (-) Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds (-) Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man (-) Joel & Ethan Coen
Up (-) Bob Peterson

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
An Education (-) Nick Hornby
In the Loop (-) Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
The Informant! (-) Scott Z. Burns
Up in the Air (-) Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil!: The True Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Tyson

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Summer Hours
The White Ribbon

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
Up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar (-) Mauro Fiore
Bright Star (-) Greig Fraser
The Hurt Locker (-) Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds (-) Robert Richardson
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Lance Acord

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar (-) James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox (-) Alexandre Desplat
The Informant! (-) Marvin Hamlisch
Up (-) Michael Giacchino
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Sharlto Copley (-) District 9
Christian McKay (-) Me and Orson Welles
Carey Mulligan (-) An Education
Max Records (-) Where the Wild Things Are
Gabourey Sidibe (-) Precious

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Neill Blomkamp (-) District 9
Scott Cooper (-) Crazy Heart
Cary Fukunaga (-) Sin Nombre
Duncan Jones (-) Moon
Marc Webb (-) (500) Days of Summer

-Where the Wild Things Are and Up in the Air both tied for the most nominations with 6...thoughts?

The critics from the Dallas-Fort Worth area speak up today too...

...and announce the following awards:

Best Picture: Up in the Air
Best Director: Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Actor: George Clooney, Up in the Air
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Screenplay: Up in the Air
Best Foreign-Language Film: Sin Nombre
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Cinematography: The Lovely Bones

Top Ten:
1. Up in the Air
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Precious
4. Up
5. An Education
6. A Serious Man
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Avatar
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Russell Smith Award: Precious

-Thoughts?

Behold the Toronto Film Critics Awards

Here they are:

• Best Picture: “Hunger”, “Inglourious Basterds” (tie)
• Best Performance, Male: Nicolas Cage, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”
• Best Performance, Female: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
• Best Supporting Performance, Male: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
• Best Supporting Performance, Female: Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
• Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
• Best Screenplay: “Inglourious Basterds” written by Quentin Tarantino, and “Up in the Air” written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner based on the novel by Walter Kirn (tie)
• Best First Feature: Steve McQueen, “Hunger”
• Best Animated Feature: “The Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• Best Foreign-Language Film: “The White Ribbon”
• Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove”

-Thoughts?

The African-American Film Critics Association hands out its awards

They went as follows, starting with their top 10 of 2009:

1. Precious
2. The Princess and The Frog
3. Up In The Air
4. The Hurt Locker
5. This Is It
6. American Violet
7. Goodbye Solo
8. Medicine for Melancholy
9. Good Hair
10. Up

Best Actor- Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”

Best Actress- Nicole Beharie, “American Violet”

Best Supporting Actress- Mo’Nique, “Precious”

Best Supporting Actor- Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt Locker”

Best Director- Lee Daniels, “Precious”

Best Screenplay (tie)- Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious” and R. Clements, R. Edwards, J. Musker, “The Princess and the Frog”

Special Achievement- Michael Jackson, “This Is It”

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