CRITICS & AFI WINNERS ROUND-UP

Winners for a very busy Sunday: Brad Pitt, Albert Brooks, Melissa McCarthy, Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life, The Artist, Hugo and The Descendants.

AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE TOP 10 FILMS OF 2011:
BRIDESMAIDS
THE DESCENDANTS
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
THE HELP
HUGO
J. EDGAR
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MONEYBALL
THE TREE OF LIFE
WAR HORSE

BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
PICTURE: THE ARTIST
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese - Hugo
ACTOR: Brad Pitt - Moneyball
ACTRESS: Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
SUPP. ACTOR: Albert Brooks - Drive
SUPP. ACTRESS: Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
ENSEMBLE CAST: Carnage
SCREENPLAY: Moneyball
USE OF MUSIC: Drive & The Artist
EDITING: The Clock
CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE TREE OF LIFE
BEST NEW FILMMAKER: Sean Durkin - Martha Marcy May Marlene
DOCUMENTARY: Project Nim
FOREIGN FILM: Incendies

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE:
BEST PICTURE: THE ARTIST
BEST DIRECTOR: MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS - The Artist
BEST ACTOR: MICHAEL SHANNON - Take Shelter (runners-up: MICHAEL FASSBENDER - Shame and GARY OLDMAN - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
BEST ACTRESS: MERYL STREEP - The Iron Lady
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: BRIDESMAIDS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: ALBERT BROOKS - Drive
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: MELISSA MCCARTHY – Bridesmaids
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER: JESSICA CHASTAIN – The Tree of Life, The Help, The Debt, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, Coriolanus
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: EMMANUEL LUBEZKI - The Tree of Life
BEST SCREENPLAY: ALEXANDER PAYNE, NAT FAXON, JIM RASH - The Descedants
BEST USE OF MUSIC: LUDOVIC BOURCE for The Artist
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR: JOE CORNISH for Attack the Block
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: A SEPARATION
BEST DOCUMENTARY: CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS AWARDS:
(website here, featuring runner-ups)
BEST PICTURE: The Descendants
BEST DIRECTOR: Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
BEST ACTOR: Michael Fassbender - A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame and X-Men: First Class
BEST ACTRESS: Yun Jung Hee - Poetry
BEST SUPP. ACTOR: Christopher Plummer - Beginners
BEST SUPP. ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain - Corialanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields and The Tree of Life
BEST SCREENPLAY: A Separation
BEST MUSIC/SCORE: Hanna
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Hugo
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Tree of Life
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Rango

SAN FRANCISCO CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS:
Best Picture: “The Tree of Life”
Best Director: Terrence Malick - “The Tree of Life”
Best Original Screenplay: J.C. Chandor - “Margin Call”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan - “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Best Actor: Gary Oldman - “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton - “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks - “Drive”
Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave - “Coriolanus”
Best Animated Feature: “Rango”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Certified Copy”
Best Documentary: “Tabloid”
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki - “The Tree of Life”
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
National Film Preservation Foundation, in recognition of for its work in the preservation and dissemination of endangered, culturally significant films
Special Citation for underappreciated independent cinema
“The Mill and the Cross”