Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Yada Yada Yada...more critic awards

There's a number of Texas critics' awards groups. I don't understand why they just don't come together to form one Texas Film Critics Association. There's also the Toronto critics, who seem to be the only group to go off in their own direction, rather than following the consensus.

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics
Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Actress: Anne Hathway, Rachel Getting Married
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt
Screenplay: Milk
Cinematography: The Dark Knight

Austin Film Critics
Picture: The Dark Knight
Director: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Actress: Anne Hathway, Rachel Getting Married
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Adapted Screenplay: The Dark Knight
Original Screenplay: Synecdoche, New York
Cinematography: The Fall
Score: The Dark Knight


Top Ten:
1. The Dark Knight
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Milk
4. Synecdoche, New York
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. The Wrestler
7. WALL-E
8. Frost/Nixon
9. Let the Right One In
10. Gran Torino

Houston Film Critics
Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt
Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Cinematography: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Score: Miracle at St. Anna
Ensemble: Doubt

Toronto Film Critics
Picture: Wendy and Lucy
Director: Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married
Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Actress: Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress: Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Screenplay: Rachel Getting Married

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