Thursday, December 1, 2011

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW WINNERS

Usually the first out of the gate, perhaps letting them go second has allowed them to make some pretty inspired picks. They, as usual, love Eastwood. So maybe not.

Best Film: HUGO
Best Director: MARTIN SCORSESE - HUGO
Best Actor: GEORGE CLOONEY - THE DESCENDANTS
Best Actress: TILDA SWINTON - WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Best Supporting Actor: CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER - BEGINNERS
Best Supporting Actress: SHAILENE WOODLEY - THE DESCENDANTS
Best Original Screenplay: 50/50 - WILL REISER
Best Adapted Screenplay: THE DESCENDANTS - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Best Ensemble: THE HELP
Best Animated Feature: RANGO
Breakthrough Performance: (tie) Felicity Jones - Like Crazy / Rooney Mara - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Debut Director: J.C. Chandor - Margin Call
Spotlight Award: Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class)
NBR Freedom of Expression: (tie) Crime After Crime AND Pariah
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation
Best Documentary: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Special Achievement in Filmmaking: The Harry Potter Franchise

Top 10 Films (alphabetical)
THE ARTIST
THE DESCENDANTS
DRIVE
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2
HUGO
THE IDES OF MARCH
J. EDGAR
TREE OF LIFE
WAR HORSE

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
13 ASSASSINS
ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN
FOOTNOTE
LE HAVRE
POINT BLANK

Top 5 Documentaries
BORN TO BE WILD
BUCK
GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
PROJECT NIM
SENNA

Top 10 Independent Films:
50/50
ANOTHER EARTH
BEGINNERS
A BETTER LIFE
CEDAR RAPIDS
MARGIN CALL
SHAME
TAKE SHELTER
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
WIN WIN

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