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“Lincoln” Sweeps Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Awards

Best Film: Lincoln

Top Ten

Lincoln
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Life of Pi
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
The Master
Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Runners-up: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master, John Hawkes, The Sessions, Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables, Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Runners-up: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook, Helen Mirren, Hitchcock, Emmanuelle Riva, Amour, Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Runners-up: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master, Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained, Alan Arkin, Argo and Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook

Supporting Actress: Sally Field, Lincoln
Runners-up: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables, Amy Adams, The Master, Helen Hunt, The Sessions and Ann Dowd, Compliance

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Runners-up: Steven Spielberg, Lincoln, Ben Affleck, Argo, Ang Lee, Life of Pi and Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Foreign Film: Amour
Runners-up: A Royal Affair, The Intouchables, Holy Motors, The Kid with a Bike

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Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Laud “The Descendants”

Dec 16

Posted by Marya E. Gates

Best Film of 2011: THE DESCENDANTS

Top 10 Films of the Year:
01.THE DESCENDANTS
02.THE ARTIST
03.EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
04.MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
05.THE TREE OF LIFE
06.HUGO
07.50/50
08.DRIVE
09.SHAME
10.MONEYBALL

Best Actor: George Clooney – THE DESCENDANTS. Runners-up: Jean Dujardin for THE ARTIST (2), Michael Fassbender for SHAME (3), Brad Pitt for MONEYBALL (4) and Michael Shannon for TAKE SHELTER (5).

Best Actress: Michelle Williams – MY WEEK WITH MARILYN. Runners-up:Tilda Swinton for WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (2), Meryl Streep for THE IRON LADY (3), Charlize Theron for YOUNG ADULT (4) and Kirsten Dunst for MELANCHOLIA (5).

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer – BEGINNERS. Runners-up: Albert Brooks for DRIVE (2), Max von Sydow for EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE (3), Armie Hammer for J. EDGAR (4) and Kenneth Branagh for MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (5).

Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley – THE DESCENDANTS. Runners-up: Berenice Bejo for THE ARTIST (2), Octavia Spencer for THE HELP (3), Melissa McCarthy for BRIDESMAIDS (4) and Carey Mulligan for SHAME (5).

Best Director: Alexander Payne – THE DESCENDANTS. Runners-up: Michel Hazanavicius for THE ARTIST (2), Terrence Malick for THE TREE OF LIFE (3), Martin Scorsese for HUGO (4) and Woody Allen for MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (5).

Best Foreign-Language Film: A SEPARATION Runners-up: THE SKIN I LIVE IN (2), INCENDIES (3), 13 ASSASSINS (4) and a tie between OF GODS AND MEN and CERTIFIED COPY (5).

Best Documentary: CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS Runners-up: PROJECT NIM (2), THE INTERRUPTERS (3), PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES (4) and BUCK (5).

Best Animated Film: RANGO Runner-up: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

Best Screenplay: THE DESCENDANTS Runner-up: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS.

Best Cinematography: THE TREE OF LIFE Runner-up: WAR HORSE.

Russell Smith Award: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

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