Academy Award favourites were unleashed last night at the Critics Awards as Kathryn Bigelow’s ZERO DARK THIRTY collected Best Picture both at New York and Chicago’s inaugural ceremonies. New York also honoured screenwriter Mark Boal for Best Screenplay. Los Angeles, on the other hand, made a different cut and stirred a little more Oscars debate when they asserted Michael Haneke’s AMOUR as their own Best Picture.
Daniel Day-Lewis’ title role in Spielberg’s LINCOLN stepped down to make way for Joaquin Phoenix’s role in THE MASTER for the Best Actor gong. Amy Adams for Supporting Actress and Paul Thomas Anderson for Director managed to swipe even more victories for THE MASTER.
AMOUR’s Emmanuelle Riva cleared all three Critics’ boards deservedly for her astonishing performance, except in LA where she shares a tie with SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK’s Jennifer Lawrence. Daniel Day-Lewis received two Acting gongs for his playing of Abraham LINCOLN. A full list of the prizewinners are shown below:
BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
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 actor: Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best supporting actress: Sally Field, Lincoln
Best ensemble cast: Seven Psychopaths
Best animated film: Frankenweenie
Best documentary: How to Survive a Plague
Best foreign-language film: Amour
Best screenplay: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
Best cinematography: Mihai Malaimare, Jr., The Master
Best editing: William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty
Best use of music in a film: Moonrise Kingdom
Best new filmmaker: David France, How to Survive a Plague
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 Miserables
Best ensemble cast: Argo
Best animated film: Chico and Rita
Best foreign language film: Amour
Best documentary: The Central Park Five
Best screenplay: Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Best cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Best use of music: Django Unchained
Best debut director: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Breakthrough performance: Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS
Best picture: Amour (Runner-up: The Master)
Best director: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master (Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty)
Best actor: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master (Runner-up: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors)
Best actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook and Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best supporting actor: Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild (Runner-up: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained)
Best supporting actress: Amy Adams, The Master (Runner-up: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables and The Dark Knight Rises)
Best animated film: Frankenweenie (Runner-up: It’s Such a Beautiful Day)
Best foreign-language film: Holy Motors (Runner-up: Footnote)
Best documentary: The Gatekeepers (Runner-up: Searching for Sugar Man)
Best screenplay: Chris Terrio, Argo (Runner-up: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook)
Best cinematography: Roger Deakins, Skyfall (Runner-up: Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master)
Best editing: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, Zero Dark Thirty (Runner-up: William Goldenberg, Argo)
Best music score: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild (Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, The Master)
Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Leviathan
New Generation Award: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Source: Inside Movies
