Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association often thought to be contrarian to the New York Film Critics’ picks, decided that Michael Haneke’s foreign language drama Amour was more worthy of awards, giving it their top film award, while honoring director Paul Thomas Anderson for his quizzical drama The Master. Actor Daniel Day-Lewis was honored by NYFCO and BSFC for his performance as the 16th President of the United States in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, an award that LAFCA gave to Joaquin Phoenix for Anderson’s film. Lincoln‘s screenplay by playwright Tony Kushner was honored by Boston, while LAFCA gave it to Chris Terrio’s screenplay for Ben Affleck’s Argo. 85-year-old Emmanuelle Riva, a veteran French film actress, came out of retirement to star in Michael Haneke’s Amour, a performance all three critics’ groups honored, although LAFCA gave it to her in a tie with Jennifer Lawrence for David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook. Of interest was that NYFCO gave its Breakthrough Performer award to 8-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis for Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, which may represent the largest age gap between two awards winners in recorded history. NYFCO also honored Zeitlin for Best Debut Director. On Friday, the fairly new and significantly smaller Boston Online Film Critics Association also announced their awards, giving their top film award to Zero Dark Thirty and director to Bigelow, while both they and NYFCO gave their supporting awards to Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln and Anne Hathaway for Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables. LAFCA, by comparison, gave their supporting awards to Amy Adams for The Master and Dwight Henry for “Beasts.” Below, you can read the list of winners from each group announced over this past weekend. Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) BEST PICTURE: Amour BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master BEST ACTRESS (TIE): Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook; Emmanuelle Riva, Amour BEST ACTOR: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, The Master BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild BEST SCREENPLAY: Chris Terrio, Argo BEST EDITING: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, Zero Dark Thirty BEST ANIMATION: Frankenweenie BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins, Skyfall BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Gatekeepers BEST MUSIC SCORE Winner: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN, Winner: David Crank and Jack Fisk, The Master DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD: Leviathan The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) FILM Zero Dark Thirty (Sony) DIRECTOR Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty ACTOR Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln ACTRESS Emmanuelle Riva, Amour SUPPORTING ACTOR Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln SUPPORTING ACTRESS Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables SCREENPLAY Zero Dark Thirty (Mark Boal) FOREIGN LANGUAGE Amour (Sony Pictures Classics) DOCUMENTARY The Central Park FIve (Sundance Selects) ANIMATED FEATURE Chico and Rita (GKIDS) CINEMATOGRAPHY Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda) USE OF MUSIC Django Unchained (Mary Ramos, music supervisor) BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild DEBUT AS DIRECTOR Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild ENSEMBLE CAST Argo NYFCO’S TOP TEN FILMS OF 2012 (alphabetical) Argo (Warner Bros) Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva , Amour Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, Lincoln Best Supporting Actor: Ezra Miller, Perks of Being a Wallflower Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner,Lincoln Best Cinematography: Mihai Malaimare Jr, The Master Best Editing: William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty Best Use of Music: Moonrise Kingdom Best New Filmmaker: David France, How to Survive a Plague Best Documentary: How to Survive a Plague Best Animated: Frankenweenie Best Foreign Language Film: Amour Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) BEST PICTURE: ZERO DARK THIRTY BEST DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, LINCOLN BEST ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tommy Lee Jones, LINCOLN BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, LES MISERABLES BEST SCREENPLAY: Tony Kushner, LINCOLN BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: OSLO, AUGUST 31ST BEST DOCUMENTARY: HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE BEST ANIMATED FILM: PARANORMAN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins, SKYFALL BEST EDITING: William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor, ZERO DARK THIRTY BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Jonny Greenwood, THE MASTER BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: MOONRISE KINGDOM THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR: Show Comments |
Sunday December 9th marked another big milestone for director Kathryn Bigelow and her military thriller