Category Archives: Precursors
Houston Film Critics Like “The Descendants”, “Drive”
Best Picture: The Descendants
Best Director: Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Shame
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks, Drive
Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Foxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Best Song: “Life’s a Happy Song,” from The Muppets, music & lyrics by Bret McKenzie
Best Score: Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Best Foreign Film: I Saw the Devil
Best Documentary: Project Nim
Best Animated: Rango
Worst Film of the Year: Your Highness
State of the Race: Precursors Chart
If my chart shows anything, it’s that The Artist is leading right now for Best Picture and it looks like Lubezki might just finally win himself an Oscar for his work on The Tree of Life. Also, Jessica Chastain is going to have a problem come Oscar time because per Academy rules a performer can only be nominated for one performance per category, so she may end up splitting her votes between too many roles and end up nomination-less.
I have the chart split into three sections because otherwise it is giant.
New York Film Critics Online Name “The Artist” Best Picture, Director
Somehow I missed this on Sunday.
FILM
The Artist
DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
ACTOR
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Albert Brooks, Drive
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
SCREENPLAY
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
A Separation
DOCUMENTARY
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin
USE OF MUSIC
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
BREAKOUT PERFORMER
Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life, The Help,The Debt, Take Shelter
DEBUT AS DIRECTOR
Joe Cornish, Attack the Block
ENSEMBLE CAST
Bridesmaids
TOP PICTURES OF 2011 (alphabetical)
The Artist (The Weinstein Co.)
The Descendants (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Drive (Film District)
The Help (DreamWorksPictures)
Hugo (Paramount Pictures)
Melancholia (Magnolia Pictures)
Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics)
Take Shelter (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
War Horse (Dreamworks Pictures)
Toronto Film Critics Name “The Tree of Life” Best Picture, Director
Best Picture: The Tree of Life
Best Director: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Actor: Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Actress: Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter
Best Screenplay: Moneyball
Best First Feature: Attack the Block
Best Animated Film: The Adventures of Tintin
“The Artist” Named Best Picture, Nicolas Winding Refn Best Director By Las Vegas Film Critics
Best Picture: The Artist
Top 10 Films (in order of votes):
- The Artist
- Hugo
- Moneyball
- The Descendants
- Drive
- The Help
- 50/50
- Midnight in Paris
- Shame
- Warrior
Best Foreign Film: 13 Assassins
Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Best Actress: Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks (Drive)
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Best Screenplay: Moneyball
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Best Costume Design: The Artist
Best Film Editing: Hugo
Best Score: The Artist
Best Visual Effects: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best Animated Film: Rango
Best Documentary: Project Nim
Best Family Film: Hugo
Youth in Film: Asa Butterfield (Hugo)
Best DVD: Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy
William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award: Albert Brooks
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“The Artist” Named Best Picture, Director By Indiana Film Critics
Best Film of the Year
Winner: The Artist
Runner-up: The Descendants
Other Finalists: Coriolanus, Drive, Hugo, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Muppets, The Skin I Live In, Super 8, The Tree of Life
Best Animated Film
Winner: Rango
Runner-up: Winnie the Pooh
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: The Skin I Live In
Runner-up: 13 Assassins
Best Documentary
Winner: Project Nim
Runner-up: Into the Abyss
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Win Win
Runner-up: Margin Call
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: The Descendants
Runner-up: Moneyball
Best Director
Winner: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Runner-up: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Actress
Winner: Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Runner-up: Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Viola Davis, The Help
Runner-up: Amy Ryan, Win Win
Best Actor
Winner: Paul Giamatti, Win Win
Runner-up: Ralph Fiennes, Coriolanus
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Runner-up: Albert Brooks, Drive
Best Musical Score
Winner: Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Runner-up: Howard Shore, Hugo
Original Vision Award
Winner: The Tree of Life
Runner-up: The Artist
The Hoosier Award
Winner: Lindsay Goffman, producer of Dumbstruck
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The American Film Institute Announces Their Top Ten Films of the Year
This is in alphabetical order:
- Bridesmaids
- The Descendants
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- The Help
- Hugo
- J. Edgar
- Midnight In Paris
- Moneyball
- The Tree of Life
- War Horse
San Francisco Film Critics Name The Tree of Life Best Picture, Director
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” Special Citation for underappreciated independent cinema The Mill and The Cross
Boston Society of Film Critics Names “The Artist” Best Picture
Best Picture – “The Artist”
Best Actor – Brad Pitt for “Moneyball”
Best Actress – Michelle Williams for “My Week with Marilyn”
Best Supporting Actor – Albert Brooks for “Drive”
Best Supporting Actress – Melissa McCarthy for “Bridesmaids”
Best Director – Martin Scorses for “Hugo”
Best Screenplay – Moneyball
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki for “The Tree of Life”
Best Documentary – “Project Nim”
Best Foreign-Language Film – “Incendies”
Best Animated Film – Rango
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Christian Marclay for “The Clock”
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Sean Durkin for “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
Best Ensemble Cast – Carnage
Best Use of Music in a Film – Tie: “Drive” and “The Artist”
“The Descendants” Named Best Picture, Malick Named Best Director By LA Film Critics
Best Picture: Winner: The Descendants Runner-up: The Tree of Life
Best Actor: Winner: Micahel Fassbender “A Dangerous Method,” “Jane Eyre,” “Shame,” and “X-Men: First Class” Runner-up: Michael Shannon “Take Shelter”
Best Actress: Winner: Yun Jung-Hee “Poetry” Runner-up: Kirsten Dunst “Melancholia”
Best Supporting Actor: Winner: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners” Runner-up: Patton Oswalt, “Young Adult”
Best Supporting Actress: Winner: Jessica Chastain, “Coriolanus,” “The Debt,” “The Help,” “Take Shelter,” “Texas Killing Fields,” “The Tree of Life” Runner-up: Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
Best Director: Winner: Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life” Runner-up: Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
Best Screenplay: Winner: Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation.” Runner-up: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, “The Descendants.”
Best Documentary/Non-fiction Film: Winner: “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” Runner-up: “The Arbor”
Best Foreign-Language Film: Winner: “City of Life and Death” Runner-up: “A Separation”
Best Animated Film: Winner: Rango Runner-up: The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Best Cinematography: Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki, “The Tree of Life” Runner-Up: Cao Yu, “City of Life and Death”
Best Production Design: Winner: Dante Ferretti, “Hugo” Runner-Up: Maria Djurkovic, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Best Music/Score: Winner: The Chemical Brothers, “Hanna” Runner-Up: Cliff Martinez, “Drive”
Career Achievement: Doris Day
Douglas E. Edwards Award for Independent/Experimental Film/Video: “Spark of Being”
New Generation Award: The creative team behind “Martha Marcy May Marlene” (Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Josh Mond and Elizabeth Olsen)
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