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…