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Guess we should have a place to list awards and nominations and stuff so it doesn't crowd too much of Random.

Today the Boston and Los Angeles film critics announced their winners. Tomorrow New York will weigh in.


Los Angeles:

PICTURE: "The Hurt Locker"
Runner-up: "Up in the Air"

DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Runner-up: Michael Haneke, "The White Ribbon"

ACTRESS: Yolande Moreau, "Séraphine"
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

ACTOR: Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
Runner-up: Colin Firth, "A Single Man"

ANIMATION: "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Runner-up: “Up"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Summer Hours"
Runner-up: "The White Ribbon"

NEW GENERATION: Neill Blomkamp, "District 9"

MUSIC/SCORE: T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton, "Crazy Heart"
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Philip Ivey, "District 9"
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, "Avatar"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christian Berger, "The White Ribbon"
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd, "The Hurt Locker"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'Nique, "Precious"
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, "In the Loop"

SCREENPLAY: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air"
Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, "In the Loop"

DOCUMENTARY / NON-FICTION FILM: "The Beaches of Agnès" and "The Cove" (tie)

***

Boston:

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

Best Actor: Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker

Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

Best Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man

Best Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker

Best Documentary: The Cove

Best Animated Film: Up

Best Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker

Best New Filmmaker: Neill Blomkamp for District 9

Best Ensemble Cast: TIE; Precious and Star Trek

Best Use of Music in a Film: Crazy Heart
 
A less prestigious group here, but should still be mentioned:

New York Online Film Critics

Best Film: Avatar
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Breakthrough Performer: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Ensemble: In the Loop
Best Foreign Film: The White Ribbon
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Directorial Debut: Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer
Best Film Music or Score: Crazy Heart
NYFCO Top Ten Films of 2009
Adventureland (Miramax Films)
Avatar (20th Century Fox)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight)
The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Co.)
The Messenger (Oscilloscope)
Precious (Lionsgate)
A Serious Man (Focus Features
Two Lovers (Magnolia)
Up (Disney/Pixar)
Up in the Air (Paramount)

That's two out of three acting awards for Bridges today. I'm pretty happy with that. Waltz and Monique also have a sweep going.
 
The Hurt Locker is going to have a lot of traction going into the Oscars. Which is very cool. And I have no idea who the New York Online critics are, but they gave Best Pic and Best Director awards to Avatar and Bigelow respectively. Which is kind of funny.
 
And there's also the notable group from last week, always first out of the gate, and always with questionable ethics behind their voting:

EDIT: See LMP's post below.
 
Great idea, and here's a repost of the National Board of Review Winners and Lists:

Best Film:
Up in the Air

Best Foreign Language Film:
A Prophet, France

Best Animated Feature:
Up

Best Documentary Feature:
The Cove

Best Actor (tie):
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
George Clooney - Up in the Air

Best Actress:
Carey Mulligan - An Education

Best Supporting Actor:
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger

Best Supporting Actress:
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air

Breakthrough Male Performances:
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Breakthrough Female Performances:
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious

Best Ensemble Cast:
It's Complicated

Best Director:
Clint Eastwood - Invictus

Best Directorial Debut (tie):
Duncan Jones - Moon
Oren Moverman - The Messenger
Marc Webb - 500 Days of Summer

Best Screenplay - Adapted:
Up in the Air - Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner

Best Screenplay - Original:
A Serious Man - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Top 10 Films
500 Days of Summer
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Invictus
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Star Trek
Up
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are


Top Independent Films:
Amreeka
District 9
Goodbye Solo
Humpday
In the Loop
Julia
Me and Orson Welles
Moon
Sugar
Two Lovers


Top Documentaries:
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
Crude
Food, Inc.
Good Hair
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers


Top Foreign Films:
The Maid
Revanche
The Song of Sparrows
Three Monkeys
The White Ribbon
 
The Hurt Locker is going to have a lot of traction going into the Oscars. Which is very cool. And I have no idea who the New York Online critics are, but they gave Best Pic and Best Director awards to Avatar and Bigelow respectively. Which is kind of funny.

Yeah, I'm sure if Cameron loses to Bigelow at any of the televised events he will be cheering louder than anyone. It's nice to see his continuing support.

Also good news are the two screenplay wins for the Coens. I've no doubt they'll be nominated, and I'd really like to see them win again. Of course, I've seen very few of these films so far to compare. A Serious Man, Up, Inglourious Basterds, and District 9 is all I've got under my belt. And I don't plan on ever seeing Precious or Invictus.
 
Yes, I think the screenplay award of basically between the Coens and Tarantino right now,with probably a stronger support behind the former, which is perfectly fine by me.
 
I think he just answered your question, Lance. Sorry about that.

That's fine. I recognized the list, and just couldn't place what group it was from. I guess that's because it's the National Board of Review. I'll gladly forget.
 
Yes, I think the screenplay award of basically between the Coens and Tarantino right now,with probably a stronger support behind the former, which is perfectly fine by me.

Same here.

Would you both like to throw some Best Picture predictions right now as well?
 
I'm fucking worthless when it comes to BP predictions. I've actually been waiting for the Oscar blogs, and likewise Laz's own compiled predictions so that I could actually offer something worthwhile to my own friends.
 
Incontention's list is very reliable. I've been discussing it back-and-forth with a buddy of mine and here's what we've kind of agreed upon:

Avatar (Dir. James Cameron)
An Education (Dir. Lone Scherfig)
The Hurt Locker (Dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
Inglourious Basterds (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
Invictus (Dir. Clint Eastwood)
Nine (Dir. Rob Marshall)
Precious (Dir. Lee Daniels)
A Serious Man (Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen)
Up (Dir. Peter Docter & Bob Peterson)
Up in the Air (Dir. Jason Reitman)

Avatar's mostly contingent on the box office at this point, and I could see Crazy Heart, The Lovely Bones, or A Single Man popping in that spot as well.
 
I'm still not convinced about Up being allowed out of the animation ghetto. And I'm not sure it should be.

A Single Man isn't going to contend aside from Firth and the art direction.

I'd say it's probably between Up in the Air and The Hurt Locker, and if the former starts doing well at the box office, that could be the difference. My money is on Bigelow for Director either way. Too historical of an opportunity to pass up.
 
American Film Institute:

(in alphabetical order)

CORALINE
THE HANGOVER
THE HURT LOCKER
THE MESSENGER
PRECIOUS
A SERIOUS MAN
A SINGLE MAN
SUGAR
UP
UP IN THE AIR



Wow. It's diverse, to be sure, but no Avatar and...The Hangover?
 
Wow. That AFI list is pretty schitzo. I'm still really curious as to how this 10 Best Picture noms is going to work. I really think if they were going to go that way, they should do it like the Golden Globes.

I really need to catch The Hurt Locker. I've heard really good things about it.
 
Wow. That AFI list is pretty schitzo. I'm still really curious as to how this 10 Best Picture noms is going to work. I really think if they were going to go that way, they should do it like the Golden Globes.

They could certainly try to get a separate pool of dramas and comedy/musicals to make things more inclusive, and have them all compete together, but there's no way the Academy would give out two separate Best Picture awards.
 
I'm still not convinced about Up being allowed out of the animation ghetto. And I'm not sure it should be.

A Single Man isn't going to contend aside from Firth and the art direction.

I'd say it's probably between Up in the Air and The Hurt Locker, and if the former starts doing well at the box office, that could be the difference. My money is on Bigelow for Director either way. Too historical of an opportunity to pass up.

I think the fall-out from Wall-E not making it the year before combined with Pixar's pedigree and the creation of the Top 10 format is the perfect storm that'll allow Up to be on that final list.

Fair enough. Maybe a Julianne Moore nom somewhere?

Up in the Air for Picture, with Bigelow as Director and Reitman/Turner winning Adapted Screenplay would be totally fine by me, and entirely within the realm of possibility.

Of course, the most exciting win of the night could be Jeff Bridges. Long-fucking-time coming.

Good lord, ain't it the truth.
 
I think the fall-out from Wall-E not making it the year before combined with Pixar's pedigree and the creation of the Top 10 format is the perfect storm that'll allow Up to be on that final list.


Up in the Air for Picture, with Bigelow as Director and Reitman/Turner winning Adapted Screenplay would be totally fine by me, and entirely within the realm of possibility.

I kind of hope not. There have been more than enough great films this year that Up could still easily fall out, which I'd be perfectly OK with. As much as I did like Up, the Pixar worship is starting to wear thin. Although, maybe if Up gets into the Best Pic race, there will be more inclination to award something else the animation statue? I could only hope anyway, as I've already seen two vastly superior animated films this year that are likely to make the shortlist.

That's very likely as well, and more or less fine by me (assuming I don't despise Up in the Air, which I don't anticipate), though I'd really like somebody else to take the screenplay category.
 
American Film Institute:

(in alphabetical order)

CORALINE
THE HANGOVER
THE HURT LOCKER
THE MESSENGER
PRECIOUS
A SERIOUS MAN
A SINGLE MAN
SUGAR
UP
UP IN THE AIR



Wow. It's diverse, to be sure, but no Avatar and...The Hangover?


I am glad to see the Hurt Locker getting so much attention

for those that have not seen it, I'm afraid the hype may get their expectations too high

I am also happy to see Sugar included on some lists

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it is a great little film that usually gets completely overlooked

SUGAR || A SONY PICTURES CLASSICS RELEASE
 
Avatar's mostly contingent on the box office at this point, and I could see Crazy Heart, The Lovely Bones, or A Single Man popping in that spot as well.

Hasn't The Lovely Bones been getting very lukewarm reviews, though?

I cannot wait to see Crazy Heart. Damn.
 
It's at 40% on RT with only 70 reviews, so it has a chance to go up. I'm just guessing the combination of it being an adaptation of a popular book and the pedigree of Peter Jackson and some of the cast will keep it in contention.
 
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