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LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
(announced Dec. 13)
Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Runner-up: “Up in the Air”
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Runner-up: Michael Haneke, “The White Ribbon”
Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Runner-up: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Actress: Yolande Moreau, “Séraphine”
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Supporting actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, “In the Loop”
Supporting actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci and Tony Roche, “In the Loop”
Foreign language film: “Summer Hours″
Runner-up: “The White Ribbon”
Animated feature: “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Runner-up: “Up”
Documentary: “The Beaches of Agnes” and “The Cove” (tie)
Cinematography: Christian Berger, “The White Ribbon”
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd, “The Hurt Locker”
Production design: Philip Ivey, “District 9″
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, “Avatar”
Music score: T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton, “Crazy Heart”
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
New Generation: Neill Blomkamp, “District 9″
Douglas Edwards: C.W. Winters and Anders Edstrom, “The Anchorage”
Career Achievement: Jean-Paul Belmondo
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
(announced Dec. 14)
Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Actor: George Clooney, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “Up in the Air”
Actress: Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Supporting actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Supporting actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Screenplay: “In the Loop”
Cinematography: “The White Ribbon”
Animated film: “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Non-fiction film: “Of Time and the City”
Foreign language film: “Summer Hours”
First feature: “Hunger”
AFI'S 10 BEST OF 2009
(announced Dec. 13)
“Coraline”
“The Hangover”
“The Hurt Locker”
“The Messenger”
“Precious”
“A Serious Man”
“A Single Man”
“Sugar”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE
(announced Dec. 13)
Picture: “Avatar”
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Actress: Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Supporting actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Supporting actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Foreign language film: “The White Ribbon”
Documentary: “The Cove”
Animated feature: “Up”
Cinematography: Robert Richardson, “Inglourious Basterds”
Music: T-Bone Burnett and Steve Bruton, “Crazy Heart”
Ensemble: “In the Loop”
Debut feature: “(500) Days of Summer”
Breakthrough performer: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Top 11 Best Films
“Adventureland,” “Avatar,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “The Messenger,” “Precious,” “A Serious Man,” “Two Lovers,” “Up,” “Up in the Air”
BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
(announced Dec. 13)
Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Ensemble (tie): “Precious” and “Star Trek”
Actor: Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”
Actress: Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Supporting actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Supporting actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man”
Foreign language film: “Summer Hours”
Documentary: “The Cove”
Animated feature: “Up”
New filmmaker: Neill Blomkamp, “District 9″
Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd, “The Hurt Locker”
Film editing: Chris Innis and Bob Murawski, “The Hurt Locker”
Use of music: “Crazy Heart”
WASHINGTON D.C. AREA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
(announced Dec. 6)
Film: “Up in the Air”
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Actor: George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Actress: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Supporting actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Supporting actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Adapted screenplay: “Up in the Air”
Original screenplay: “Inglourious Basterds”
Breakthrough performance: Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Ensemble: “The Hurt Locker”
Animated film: “Up”
Foreign film: “Sin Nombre”
Documentary: “Food, Inc.”
Art direction: “Nine”
15TH BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION’S CRITICS' CHOICE AWARD NOMINEES
(announced Dec. 14)
Picture: “Avatar,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Invictus,” “Nine,” “Precious,” “A Serious Man,” “Up,” “Up in the Air”
Directing:
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Clint Eastwood, “Invictus”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Actor:
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Viggo Mortensen, “The Road”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”
Actress:
Emily Blunt, “The Young Victoria”
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Saoirse Ronan, “The Lovely Bones”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”
Supporting actor:
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christian McKay, “Me and Orson Welles”
Alfred Molina, “An Education”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Supporting actress:
Marion Cotillard, “Nine”
Vera Farmiga, “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Julianne Moore, “A Single Man”
Samantha Morton, “The Messenger”
Young actor/actress:
Jae Head, “The Blind Side”
Bailee Madison, “Brothers”
Max Records, “Where the Wild Things Are”
Saoirse Ronan, “The Lovely Bones”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Road”
Acting ensemble: “Inglourious Basterds,” “Nine,” “Precious,” “Star Trek,” “Up in the Air”
Adapted screenplay: “District 9,” “An Education,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Precious," “A Single Man,” “Up in the Air”
Original screenplay: “(500) Days of Summer,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “A Serious Man,” “Up”
Animated feature: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “The Princess and the Frog,” “Up”
Art direction: “Avatar,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “The Lovely Bones,” “Nine,” “A Single Man”
Cinematography: “Avatar,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “The Lovely Bones,” “Nine”
Costume design: “Bright Star,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Nine,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” “The Young Victoria”
Editing: “Avatar,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Nine,” “Up in the Air”
Makeup: “Avatar,” “District 9,” “Nine,” “The Road,” “Star Trek”
Score: “The Informant!,” “The Princess and the Frog,” “Sherlock Holmes,” “Up,” “Where the Wild Things Are”
Song:
“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart”
“(I Want To) Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”
“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“All is Love” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
Sound: “Avatar,” “District 9,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Nine,” “Star Trek”
Visual effects: “2012,″ “Avatar,” “District 9,” “The Lovely Bones,” “Star Trek”
Action movie: “Avatar,” “District 9,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Star Trek”
Comedy: “(500) Days of Summer,” “The Hangover,” “It’s Complicated,” “The Proposal,” “Zombieland”
Picture made for television: “Gifted Hands,” “Grey Gardens,” “Into the Storm,” “Taking Chance”
Foreign language film: “Broken Embraces,” “Coco Before Chanel,” “Red Cliff,” “Sin Nombre,” “The White Ribbon”
Documentary feature: “Anvil!: The Story of Anvil,” “Capitalism: A Love Story,” “The Cove,” “Food, Inc.,” “Michael Jackson’s This Is It”
