More Critics Awards...

Here's what the next 2 weeks look like:

Dec. 10 - New York Film Critics Circle Winners
Dec. 11 - Broadcast Film Critics Association noms - (awards 1/7)
Dec. 13 - GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS!!!! (awards - 1/13)
Dec. 14 - Chicago Film Critics Winners (EBERT!)
Dec. 16 - AFI Winners, Satellite Winners
Dec. 20 - Screen Actors Guild Nominations - (awards - 1/27)

I'll have my Globe and SAG predix the Tuesday before their respective nomations. And my full list of Oscar predictions will be December 21 - a month and a day before the nominations. FUN STUFF, KIDS!

Oh, and to make things easier:
NCFOM - No Country for Old Men
TWBB - There Will Be Blood
AR/GBG - Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
BTDKYD - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
TDBATB - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
This will just save me time.



WASHINGTON DC FILM CRITICS:

Best Picture - NCFOM
Best Director - Ethan & Joel Coen, NCFOM
Best Actor - George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Best Actress - Julie Christie, Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem, NCFOM
Best Supporting Actress - AR/GBG & BTDKYD
Best Original Screenplay - Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay - Charlie Wilson's War
Best Ensemble - NCFOM
Best Foreign Language Film - TDBATB
Best Animated Film - Ratatouille
Best Documentary Film - Sicko
Best Art Direction - Sweeney Todd
Best Breakthrough Performance - Ellen Page, Juno

BOSTOM FILM CRITICS:

Best Picture - NCFOM
Best Direction - Julian Schnabel, TDBATB
Best Actor - Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening
Best Actress - Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Best Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem, NCFOM
Best Supporting Actress - AR/GBG
Best Cinematography - TDBATB
Best Screenplay - Ratatouille
Best Documentary - Crazy Love
Best Foreign Language Film - TDBATB
Best New Filmmaker - Ben Affleck, GBG
Best Ensemble Cast - BTDKYD

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE:

Best Picture - (tie) - TWBB & TDBATB
Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis, TWBB
Best Actress - Julie Christie, Away From Her
Director - PT Anderson, TWBB
Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem, NCFOM
Breakthrough Performaner - Ellen Page, Juno
Debut Director - Sarah Polley, Away From Her
Ensemble Cast - BTDKYD
Screenplay - The Darjeeling Limited
Documentary - Sicko
Foreign Language Film - (tie) - The Lives of Others & Persepolis
Animated - Persepolis
Cinematography - TWBB
Film Music - TWBB

Top 10 films (in alphabetical order) (it's actually 11???)
Atonement - BTDKYD - The Darjeeling Limited - TDBATB - I'm Not There - Juno - Michael Clayton - NCFOM - Persepolis - Sweeney Todd - TWBB


LOS ANGELOS FILM CRITICS:

Best Picture - TWBB
Runner-Up: TDBATB
Best Director - PT Anderson - TWBB
Runner-Up: Julian Schnabel - TDBATB
Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis - TWBB
Runner-Up: Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Runner-Up: Anamaria Marinca - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Best Supporting Actor: Vlad Ivanov - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Runner-Up: Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Best Supporting Actress: AR, GBG & BTDKYD
Runner-Up: Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Best Screenplay: The Savages
Runner-Up: TWBB
Best Animated Film: (tie) Ratatouille & Persepolis
Best Documentary Film: No End In Sight
Runner-Up: Sicko
Best Cinematography: TDBATB
Runner-Up: TWBB
Best Production Design: TDBATB
Runner-Up: Sweeney Todd
Best Music: Once
Runner-Up: TWBB
New Generation Award: Sarah Polley, Away From Her