New York Film Critics Pick "No Country for Old Men"; NYFCO Cite a Tie Beteween "There Will Be Blood" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

The fun thing about the New York Film Critics is each year they announce their awards "live" as each comes in. The first awards posted at 11:14 EST and the suspense kept up until 12:44, when at last No Country For Old Men was announced as Best Picture.

The results:

Best Picture — No Country For Old Men
Best Director — Joel & Ethan Coen / No Country For Old Men
Best Actor — Daniel Day-Lewis / There Will Be Blood
Best Actress — Juiie Christie / Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor — Javier Bardem / No Country For Old Men
Best Supporting Actress — Amy Ryan / Gone Baby Gone
Best Cinematography — Robert Elswit / There Will Be Blood
Best Screenplay — Joel & Ethan Coen / No Country For Old Men
Best Animated Film — Persepolis
Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) — No End in Sight
Best Foreign-Language Film — The Lives of Others
Best First Film — Away From Her
Lifetime Achievement Award — Sidney Lumet
Special Critics Award — “Killer of Sheep” by Charles Burnett

Here's the link to their site with the full list of winners.

New York Film Critics Circle Last Ten Best Pictures:
2006: UNITED 93
2005: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
2004: SIDEWAYS
2003: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
2002: FAR FROM HEAVEN
2001: MULHOLLAND DRIVE
2000: TRAFFIC
1999: TOPSY-TURVY
1998: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1997: L. A. CONFIDENTIAL

Here is the winners from the New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO):

BEST PICTURE
Tie: There Will Be Blood and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie (Away From Her)

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, and Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Tie: The Lives of Others and Persepolis

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)

BEST FILM SCORE/MUSIC
Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Ellen Page (Juno)

TOP TEN PICTURES (Alphabetical)
Atonement
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Darjeeling Limited
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I'm Not There
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
Persepolis
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

Members of New York Film Critics Online:
Ethan Alter (Film Journal International)
Chris Barsanti (Film Threat)
Fred & Mary Ann Brussat (Spirituality And Practice)
Marcy Dermansky (World Film Guide)
Edward Douglas (Comingsoon.net)
David Edelstein (New York Magazine)
Jurgen Fauth (World Film Guide)
Ed Gonzalez (Slant Magazine)
Susan Granger (SSG Syndicate)
Ron Henriques (Latinoreview.com)
Brandon Judell (Indiewire)
Harvey Karten (Compuserve)
Glenn Kenny (Premiere)
Kurt Loder (MTV)
Maitland McDonagh (TV Guide Online)
Prairie Miller (WBAI; Long Island Press)
Scott Nash (Three Movie Buffs)
Michelle Orange (The Reeler)
Louis Proyect (Marx Mail)
Rex Reed (New York Observer)
Julian Roman (Movieweb.com; Latino Review; Black Film)
Chuck Schwartz (Cranky Critic)
Dana Stevens (Slate, NYTimes.com)
Armond White (New York Press, AOL Black Voices)
Kam Williams (Black Film)
William Wolf (Wolf Entertainment Guide)
Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)

Here's the link to their site with the full list of winners.

NYFCO Past Winners for Best Picture:
2006: THE QUEEN
2005: THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
2004: SIDEWAYS
2003: LOST IN TRANSLATION
2002: CHICAGO
2001: MULHOLLAND DRIVE
2000: BILLY ELLIOT