Awards Season 2007

[domino harvey]

What happens to the Oscars if the WGA remains on strike?

[tavernier]

Best. News. Ever. (Please let the strike continue!)

[postmodern-chuck]

Just so everyone knows, the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards are being updated live.

You can see the results as they are announced right here.

All winners have been announced and accounted for:

Best Picture

No Country For Old Men

Best Actor

Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone

Best Director

Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Screenplay

Brad Bird for Ratatouille

Best Cinematography

Janusz Kaminski for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Documentary

Crazy Love

Best Foreign-Language Film

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best New Filmmaker

Ben Affleck for Gone Baby Gone

Best Ensemble Cast

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

[domino harvey]

Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening

What in the world

[Cold Bishop]

Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening

What in the world

Doesn't suprise me... I've heard nothing but good word about his performance. Haven't seen the film myself however.

[postmodern-chuck]

Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening

What in the world

Doesn't suprise me... I've heard nothing but good word about his performance. Haven't seen the film myself however.

Looks like Skeletor is on the road to Oscar...

[Jeff]

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

2007 LAFCA Awards

Best Picture: "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose"
Runner-up: Anamaria Marinca "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Frank Langella, "Starting Out In The Evening"

Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"
Runner-up:Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood"

Supporting actress: Amy Ryan for "Gone Baby Gone" and "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"

Supporting actor: Vlad Ivanov, "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner-up: Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"

Foreign language film: "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Runner-up: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Documentary/Non-fiction film: "No End in Sight" directed by Charles Ferguson

Production design:Jack Fisk, "There Will Be Blood"
Runner-up: Dante Ferretti, "Sweeney Todd"

Animation: (Tie) "Persepolis" and "Ratatouille"

Music: Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, "Once"
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, "There Will Be Blood"

Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Runner-up: Robert Elswit, "There Will Be Blood"

New generation: Sarah Polley, "Away From Her"

Douglas Edwards Indie Award: "Colossal Youth" directed by Pedro Costa

Career Achievement: Sidney Lumet

[domino harvey]

Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening

What in the world

Doesn't suprise me... I've heard nothing but good word about his performance. Haven't seen the film myself however.

I never even heard of it until today and look there, he's now picked up two in a row. Goes to show you how fickle the road to Oscar can be

[Jeff]

New York Film Critics Online:

Picture - (tie) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly/There Will Be Blood
Actor - Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Actress - Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Director - PT Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Breakthrough Performer - Ellen Page (Juno)
Debut Director - Sarah Polley (Away from Her)
Ensemble Cast - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Screenplay - The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola)
Documentary - Sicko
Foreign Language - (tie) Lives of Others/Persepolis
Animated - Persepolis
Cinematography - There Will Be Blood (Robert Elswit)
Film Music - There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)

Top Ten Films (Alphabetical - 11 Films)
Atonement (Focus Features)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (THINKFilm)
The Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax)
I'm Not There (The Weinstein Company)
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)

[Jeff]

Washington D.C Critics:

BEST PICTURE
Winner: No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Ethan and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)

BEST ACTOR
Winner: George Clooney (Michael Clayton)

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Julie Christie (Away from Her)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Diablo Cody (Juno)

BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: No Country for Old Men

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: Ratatouille

BEST ART DIRECTION
Winner: Sweeney Todd

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Winner: Ellen Page (Juno)

[THX1378]

Time to add There Will Be Blood back into the Oscar game with the critics wins that it's picked up. Got a feeling that Blood is going to knock out Gangster for a best picture nom now. Also have a feeling that unless Atonement starts picking up some steam that it's going to be out of the running since it hasn't won any critics awards so far. Also no love for the Kite Runner tells me that it's out of the running for good. One that does look to be picking up steam is The Diving Bell and the Butterfly along with Blood, which could take Juno's or Atonement's spot.

[rs98762001]

It seems like NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THE DIVING BELL..., THERE WILL BE BLOOD and ATONEMENT are the four most likely Best Picture nominees. Although the latter has not won any of the critical awards yet, it did get a very strong general response and is exactly the kind of prestigious, star-driven, literary-based film the Academy laps up. If I had to put money on it, I bet the final spot goes to the wretched JUNO, a la LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE in 2006, to sweeten the otherwise extremely dark and heavy pot.

[domino harvey]

It seems like NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THE DIVING BELL..., THERE WILL BE BLOOD and ATONEMENT are the four most likely Best Picture nominees. Although the latter has not won any of the critical awards yet, it did get a very strong general response and is exactly the kind of prestigious, star-driven, literary-based film the Academy laps up. If I had to put money on it, I bet the final spot goes to the wretched JUNO, a la LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE in 2006, to sweeten the otherwise extremely dark and heavy pot.

I nearly posted my predictions for Best Pic like ten minutes ago, and they are 5-5 what you just posted. =D>
If these 5 make it, this very well could be the best year for Best Pic nominated films in decades.

[Jeff]

It seems like NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THE DIVING BELL..., THERE WILL BE BLOOD and ATONEMENT are the four most likely Best Picture nominees. Although the latter has not won any of the critical awards yet, it did get a very strong general response and is exactly the kind of prestigious, star-driven, literary-based film the Academy laps up. If I had to put money on it, I bet the final spot goes to the wretched JUNO, a la LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE in 2006, to sweeten the otherwise extremely dark and heavy pot.

I would certainly be very pleased with that line-up, but I don't know how likely it is. The critics group awards are not necessarily indicative of success with the Academy. The critics tend to choose more challenging films. I still have doubts about the likelihood of TWBB making it in.

The New York Film Critic's Circle has revealed their choices:

BEST FILM
No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTORS
Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)

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

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie (Away From Her)

BEST SUPPRTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
No End in Sight

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Lives of Others

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Persepolis

BEST FIRST FILM
Sarah Polley (Away from Her)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Sidney Lumet

SPECIAL CRITICS' AWARD
Charles Burnett (Killer of Sheep)

[Jeff]

The Chicago Critics do nominations first. Here they are:

Best Picture
"Into the Wild"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"Once"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
David Fincher, "Zodiac"
Jason Reitman, "Juno"

Best Actor
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Frank Langella, "Starting Out in the Evening"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"

Best Actress
Julie Christie, "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Ellen Page, "Juno"

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchet, "I'm Not There"
Jennifer Jason Leigh, "Margot at the Wedding"
Leslie Mann, "Knocked Up"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

Best Adapted Screenplay
"Atonement"
"Into the Wild"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
"Zodiac"

Best Original Screenplay
"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"Ratatouille"
"The Savages"

Best Cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Score
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
"Atonement"
"Lust, Caution"
"Once"
"There Will Be Blood"

Best Animated Feature
"Beowulf"
"Meet the Robinsons"
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"The Simpsons Movie"

Best Foreign Film
"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
"La Vie en Rose"
"Lust, Caution"
"The Orphanage"

Best Documentary
"Darfur Now"
"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters"
"Lake of Fire"
"No End in Sight"
"Sicko"

Promising Director
Ben Affleck, "Gone Baby Gone"
John Carney, "Once"
Craig Gillespie, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"
Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"

Promising Performer
Nikki Blonsky, "Hairspray"
Michael Cera, "Juno"/"Superbad"
Glen Hansard, "Once"
Carice van Houten, "Black Book"
Tang Wei, "Lust, Caution"

[Jeff]

San Francisco Critics:

Best Film:
The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford by Andrew Dominik

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel

Best Documentary:
No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson

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

Best Actor:
George Clooney for Michael Clayton

Best Actress:
Julie Christie for Away from Her

Best Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone

Best Original Screenplay:
Tamara Jenkins for The Savages

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Sarah Polley for Away from Her

[THX1378]

So is it safe to say that so far the one thing we know for sure based on all the critics awards is that Amy Ryan is pretty much the lock and the win for best supporting actress for Gone Baby Gone. I think she has won every critics award so far.

[Jeff]

The Broadcast Film Critics Association Critics' Choice Awards are generally the best predictors of Oscars. Of course nominating ten movies for best picture doesn't hurt.

Here are this year's nominees:

Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood

Best Actor
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling - Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Best Actress
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Acting Ensemble
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Best Director
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement

Best Writer
Diablo Cody - Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn - Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin - Charlie Wilson's War

Best Animated Feature
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Best Young Actor
Michael Cera - Juno
Michael Cera - Superbad
Freddie Highmore - August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada - The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders - Sweeney Todd

Best Young Actress
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards - The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb - Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad

Best Family Film
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Best Picture Made for Television
The Company
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War

Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage

Best Song
"Come So Far", Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley - Hairspray
"Do You Feel Me", Anthony Hamilton - American Gangster
"Falling Slowly", Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Jesse L. Martin and Cast - Once
"Guaranteed", Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
"That's How You Know", Amy Adams - Enchanted

Best Composer
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat - Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood - Grace Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alan Menken - Enchanted

Best Documentary
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End In Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko

[tavernier]

So is it safe to say that so far the one thing we know for sure based on all the critics awards is that Amy Ryan is pretty much the lock and the win for best supporting actress for Gone Baby Gone. I think she has won every critics award so far.

Better her than Cate...if only for Barmy's sake.

[Andre Jurieu]

Best Comedy Movie
Dan in Real Life

Yeesh! Was it that bad a year for comedy? I thought Zodiac was funnier than Dan in Real Life.

[tavernier]

You're singling out Dan in Real Life from that lame list?

[Andre Jurieu]

You're singling out Dan in Real Life from that lame list?

It's the worst offender on that lame list. I could go on about their various selections, but I have to pick my battles.

[tavernier]

I'd have gone with Knocked Up if I had to single out one offender, but hey.

[portnoy]

If I had to choose an offender, it's the BFCA for ghettoizing comedy in its own category.

[domino harvey]

Anyone read that hilarious AP article about the recent wins for No Country For Old Men & There Will Be Blood? It was basically 2000 words of "But what about American Gangster, where is American Gangster, we were told American Gangster was the Best Picture!"