THREE critics groups announced their lists today – The Boston Society of Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the New York Film Critics Online.
Thanks to LA, Zero Dark Thirty is no longer the only game in town – Los Angeles honored the French import Amour as best picture, while NY and Boston went with the frontrunning Zero.
Acting awards were all over the road, but most prominent among all names today were not one but TWO names from “The Perks Of Being A Wallflower” from Boston – longtime PNR fave Ezra Miller took top honors from the BSFC for Best Supporting Actor, while co-star Emma Watson took the runner up slot in the Supporting Actress category. Neither have been considered serious candidates for the Golden Globes or Oscar by the Oscar pundits; now, with Boston’s track record showing they are usually a decent barometer of potential bigger award nominees, ’tis time for the pundits to rethink their candidates lists.
Here are the full list of winners from all three organizations:
New York Film Critics Online
Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Breakthrough Performer: Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Debut Director: Benh Zeitlin,Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ensemble Cast: Argo
Best Screenplay: Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Documentary: The Central Park Five
Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Best Film Music or Score: Django Unchained
Los Angeles Film Critics Association:
BEST PICTURE: Amour
Runner-up: The Master
BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ACTRESS (TIE): Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook; Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
BEST ACTOR: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Runner-up: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, The Master
Runner-up: Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises & Les Miserables
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Runner-up: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
BEST SCREENPLAY: Chris Terrio, Argo
Runner-up: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST EDITING: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, Zero Dark Thirty
Runner-up: William Goldenberg, Argo
BEST ANIMATION: Frankenweenie
Runner-up: It’s Such A Beautiful Day
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Holy Motors
Runner-up: Footnote
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins, Skyfall
Runner-up: Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master
BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Gatekeepers
Runner-up: Searching For Sugar Man
NEW GENERATION AWARD: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts Of The Southern Wild.
BEST MUSIC SCORE Winner: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, The Master
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN, Winner: David Crank and Jack Fisk, The Master
Runner-up: Adam Stockhausen, “Moonrise Kingdom
DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD: Leviathan
Boston Society of Film Critics:
Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
Runners-up: Runner-up: Amour and Moonrise Kingdom
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Runner-up: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Runner-up: Deanie Yip, A Simple Life
Best Supporting Actor: Ezra Miller, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Runner-up: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, Lincoln
Runner-up: Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best Director: Katheryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
Runner-up: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Best Cinematography: The Master, Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Runner-up: (TIE) Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom; Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Best Documentary: How To Survive A Plague
Runner-up: The Queen Of Versailles
Best Animated Film – Frankenweenie
Runner-up: ParaNorman
Best Film Editing: Zero Dark Thirty, William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor (in honor of Karen Shmeer)
Runner-up: Argo, William Goldenberg
Best New Filmmaker: David France, How To Survive A Plague
Runner-up: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Ensemble Cast: Seven Psychopaths
Runner-up: Moonrise Kingdom)
Best Use of Music in a Film: Moonrise Kingdom, Alexandre Desplat, Mark Mothersbaugh
Runner-up: Django Unchained, music editor Robb Boyd, music supervisor Mary Ramos
Stay tuned to PNR’s Red Carpet Monitor – more critics groups announce this week, along with the Golden Globe nominees on Thursday!
