AWARDS NEWS: The latest critics lists

I know we went over most of these on Subject:CINEMA this week, but we didn't give the complete winners lists for the various groups, and the London critics have made their nominations now,  so here we go:

UTAH FILM CRITICS

 Best Picture
The Dark Knight
(runner-up: Rachel Getting Married)

Best Achievement in Directing
Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
(runner-up: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight)

Best Lead Performance by an Actor
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
(runners-up: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor; Sean Penn, Milk)

Best Lead Performance by an Actress
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
(runner-up: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married)

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
(no runner-up)

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
(runners-up: Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading; Misty Upham, Frozen River; Evan Rachel Wood, The Wrestler)

Best Screenplay
Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
(runner-up: Robert Siegel, The Wrestler)

Best Documentary Feature
Man on Wire
(runners-up: Encounters at the End of the World; Waltz with Bashir)

Best Non-English Language Feature
Let the Right One In
(runner-up: Waltz with Bashir)

Best Animated Feature
WALL-E
(runner-up: Kung Fu Panda)

TORONTO FILM CRITICS

Best Picture
WENDY & LUCY

Best Director
Jonathan Demme for Rachel Getting Married

Best Actor
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Actress
Michelle Williams for Wendy and Lucy

Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress
Rosemarie DeWitt for Rachel Getting Married

Best Screenplay
Jenny Lumet for Rachel Getting Married

Best Foreign Language Film
Let the Right One In (Sweden)

Best Animated Feature
WALL*E

Best Documentary
Man on Wire

Best First Feature
Ballast

LAS VEGAS FILM CRITICS

Picture
Frost/Nixon

Actor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Actress
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road, The Reader

Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Supporting Actress
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Director
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon

Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon

Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Film Editing
Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill, Frost/Nixon

Score
James Newton Howard, Defiance

Song
Another Way to Die, Quantum of Solace

Family Film
The Spiderwick Chronicles

Documentary
Man on Wire

Animated Film
Wall-E

Foreign Film
Mongol (Russia)

Costume Design
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Art Direction
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Visual Effects
Iron Man

Youth in Film
David Kross, The Reader

FLORIDA FILM CRITICS

Picture
Slumdog Millionaire

Actor
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Actress
Melissa Leo, Frozen River

Supp. Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Supp. Actress
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Cinematography
Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight

Foreign Language
Let The Right One In

Animated Feature
Wall*E

Documentary
Man On Wire

Breakout
Martin McDonagh, writer/director of “In Bruges”

Golden Orange
Dick Morris/Sarasota Film Society

CHICAGO FILM CRITICS

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
WALL-E (Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Let the Right One In

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Man On Wire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Dark Knight (Wally Pfister)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
WALL-E (Thomas Newman)

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire

MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR
Tomas Alfredson – Let the Right One In

LONDON FILM CRITICS NOMINATIONS

FILM OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)
Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Milk (Momentum)
Wall-E (Disney)
The Wrestler (Optimum)

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Hunger (Pathe)
In Bruges (Universal)
Man on Wire (Icon)
Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Gomorrah (Optimum)
I’ve Loved You So Long (Lionsgate)
The Orphanage (Optimum)
Persepolis (Optimum)
Waltz With Bashir (Artificial Eye)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler (Optimum)
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Clint Eastwood – Changeling (Universal)
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)
Gus Van Sant – Milk (Momentum)

BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Terence Davies – Of Time and the City (BFI)
Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Steve McQueen – Hunger (Pathe)
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight (Warner)

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Josh Brolin – W. (Lionsgate)
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Warner)
Sean Penn – Milk (Momentum)
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler (Optimum)

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Optimum)
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married (Sony)
Angelina Jolie – Changeling (Universal)
Meryl Streep – Doubt (Miramax)
Kate Winslet – The Reader (Entertainment) and Revolutionary Road (Paramount)

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Fassbender – Hunger (Pathe)
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess (Pathe)
Ben Kingsley – Elegy (Entertainment)
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Michael Sheen – Frost/Nixon (Universal)

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Optimum)
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long (Lionsgate)
Tilda Swinton – Julia (Chelsea)
Kate Winslet – The Reader (Entertainment) and Revolutionary Road (Paramount)

BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Liam Cunningham – Hunger (Pathe)
Toby Jones – Frost/Nixon (Universal) and W. (Lionsgate)
Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Peter O'Toole – Dean Spanley (Icon)
Mark Strong – Body of Lies (Warner)

BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hayley Atwell – The Duchess (Pathe)
Kristin Scott Thomas – Easy Virtue (Pathe)
Tilda Swinton – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)
Emma Thompson – Brideshead Revisited (Miramax)
Alexis Zegerman – Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
David Hare – The Reader (Entertainment)
Martin McDonagh – In Bruges (Universal)
Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)

THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Asa Butterfield – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Miramax)
Georgia Groome – Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (Paramount)
Bill Milner – Son of Rambow (Optimum)
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Will Poulter – Son of Rambow (Optimum)
Thomas Turgoose – Somers Town
(Optimum) and Eden Lake (Optimum)

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Joanna Hogg – writer-director: Unrelated (New Wave)
Martin McDonagh – writer-director: In Bruges (Universal)
Steve McQueen – writer-director: Hunger (Pathe)
James Watkins – writer-director: Eden Lake (Optimum)
Rupert Wyatt – director: The Escapist (Vertigo)

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Dame Judi Dench

SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD AWARDS NOMINATIONS (films only)

Best Cast

    Doubt
    Frost/Nixon
    Milk
    Slumdog Millionaire
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actor

    Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
    Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
    Sean Penn – Milk
    Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
    Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Actress

    Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
    Angelina Jolie – Changeling
    Melissa Leo – Frozen River
    Meryl Streep – Doubt
    Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actor

    Josh Brolin – Milk
    Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
    Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
    Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
    Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Supporting Actress

    Amy Adams – Doubt
    Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Viola Davis – Doubt
    Taraji P Henson – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
    Kate Winslet – The Reader

Best Stunt Ensemble

    The Dark Knight
    Hellboy II The Golden Army
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
    Iron Man
    Wanted

There are still several more critics groups to come, so we'll try to stay on top of things for you. Between prepping for the launch of the new site next Sunday, and the fact that Kim and I have both been battling some sort of stomach virus this weekend, it's been hard to keep up. But we'll do our level best…