Wednesday, December 19, 2007

"No Country" Again with Phoenix, (newly formed) Detroit, and Toronto Critics Groups


Phoenix Film Critics Society Picks:

Best Picture
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Top Ten Films (In Alphabetical Order)
Atonement
Away From Her
Hairspray
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
3:10 to Yuma
Zodiac

Best Achievement in Direction
Ethan and Joel Coen for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day Lewis for THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Julie Christie for AWAY FROM HER

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Javier Bardem for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Ryan for GONE BABY GONE

Best Ensemble Acting
The Cast of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Best Screenplay written directly for the screen
Diablo Cody for JUNO

Best Screenplay adapted from another medium
Joel and Ethan Coen for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Adapted from the novel by Cormac McCarthy

Best Live Action Family Film
ENCHANTED

Overlooked Film of the Year
STARDUST

Best Animated Film
RATATOUILLE

Best Foreign Language Film
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY

Best Documentary
SICKO

Best Original Song
"Falling Slowly" from ONCE

Best Original Score
ATONEMENT

Best Achievement in Cinematography
ATONEMENT

Best Achievement in Editing
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Best Achievement in Production Design
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

Best Achievement in Costume Design
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
300

Best Achievement in Stunts
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

Breakthrough on Camera
Ellen Page for JUNO

Breakthrough behind the Camera
Sarah Polley for AWAY FROM HER

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male
Edward Sanders for SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female
Saoirse Ronan for ATONEMENT

Here's the link a list of their website.

Detroit Film Critics: winners:

Best Film: No Country For Old Men
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Best Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Juno
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best Ensemble: Juno
Best Newcomer: Diablo Cody, screenwriter, Juno

Toronto Film Critics Association

Best Film: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen

Runners-up: Eastern Promises; Zodiac

Best Foreign-Language Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu

Runners-up: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; The Lives of Others

Best Canadian Film: Away from Her by Sarah Polley

Runners-up: Eastern Promises; Radiant City

Best Documentary: No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson

Runners-up: Iraq in Fragments; My Kid Could Paint That

Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Runners-up: David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises; David Fincher, Zodiac

Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Runners-up: George Clooney, Michael Clayton; Gordon Pinsent, Away from Her

Best Actress (tie): Julie Christie in Away from Her and Ellen Page in Juno

Runner-up: Laura Dern, Inland Empire

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Runners-up: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War

Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There

Runners-up: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone; Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Runners-up: Diablo Cody, Juno; Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton

Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille by Brad Bird

Runners-up: Paprika; The Simpsons Movie

Best First Feature: Away from Her by Sarah Polley

Runners-up: Gone Baby Gone, directed by Ben Affleck; Michael Clayton, directed by Tony Gilroy

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