Awards Season is well under way Stateside, as the run-up to the Oscars continues.
Kathryn Bigelow’s film about the manhunt for Osama bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty, Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or winning Amour and Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master have all staked claim to Oscar glory at next year’s Academy Awards in February.
The New York Film Critics Online, Los Angeles Film Critics and Boston Society of Film Critics have all announced their awards for 2012. In New York and Boston, Zero Dark Thirty won both Best Picture and the Best Director (for Bigelow). Amour won for Best Picture in LA, with Paul Thomas Anderson picking up Best Director for The Master – with The Master also recognised as runner up for Best Picture.
Amour‘s leading lady Emmanuelle Riva swept the board for Best Actress – although she tied with Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) in Los Angeles. No nod for Zero Dark Thirty‘s Jessica Chastain despite high praise for her strong performance. Riva’s turn as an elderly lady who suffers a stroke is sensational though, so it’s no surprise she took top honours.
Steven Spielberg’s Civil War epic Lincoln also took home several awards, including Best Actor for Daniel Day Lewis in New York and Boston, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (for Sally Field) in Boston, and Best Supporting Actor (for Tommy Lee Jones) in New York.
In other categories, Tim Burton and Disney’s Frankenweenie has emerged as the front runner for Best Animated Film, taking home that award in Boston and LA. But the Best Documentary race is wide open with How to Survive a Plague, The Central Park Five, and The Gatekeepers winning an award each – although Plague also won Best Documentary at the Gotham Independent Film Awards last month.
And let’s raise a glass to Admit One favourite, Beasts of the Southern Wild, which quietly amassed four awards, including Best Debut Director for Benh Zeitlin in New York. Great to see it doing well – perhaps it’s the dark horse in the Oscar race….
Who do you think will take home the iconic gold statuettes come February?
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Here are all the results:
BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
Best film: Zero Dark Thirty
Best director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best supporting actor: Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Best supporting actress: Sally Field, Lincoln
Best ensemble cast: Seven Psychopaths
Best animated film: Frankenweenie
Best documentary: How to Survive a Plague
Best foreign-language film: Amour
Best screenplay: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
Best cinematography: Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master
Best editing: William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty
Best use of music in a film: Moonrise Kingdom
Best new filmmaker: David France, How to Survive a Plague
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE
Best picture: Zero Dark Thirty
Best director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best supporting actor: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best supporting actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Best ensemble cast: Argo
Best animated film: Chico and Rita
Best foreign language film: Amour
Best documentary: The Central Park Five
Best screenplay: Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Best cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Best use of music: Django Unchained
Best debut director: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Breakthrough performance: Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild.
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS
Best picture: Amour (Runner-up: The Master)
Best director: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master (Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty)
Best actor: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master (Runner-up: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors)
Best actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook and Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Best supporting actor: Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild (Runner-up: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained)
Best supporting actress: Amy Adams, The Master (Runner-up: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables and The Dark Knight Rises)
Best animated film: Frankenweenie (Runner-up: It’s Such a Beautiful Day)
Best foreign-language film: Holy Motors (Runner-up: Footnote)
Best documentary: The Gatekeepers (Runner-up: Searching for Sugar Man)
Best screenplay: Chris Terrio, Argo (Runner-up: David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook)
Best cinematography: Roger Deakins, Skyfall (Runner-up: Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master)
Best editing: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, Zero Dark Thirty (Runner-up: William Goldenberg, Argo)
Best music score: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild (Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, The Master)
Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Leviathan
New Generation Award: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
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Source: Entertainment Weekly
