If you’re a fan of the late-year awards season, be sure to add Movie City News to your hit list, because they deliver some consistently excellent coverage. Mid-December is when most of the critics’ groups start doling out their accolades, and so far we’ve gotten input from reviewers’ groups in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington.
Boston Film Critics Awards
Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Best Director
Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line)
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Keener (Capote)
Best Screenplay
Dan Futterman (Capote)
Best Documentary
Murderball
David Brudnoy New Filmmaker Award
Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice)
Best Ensemble Cast
Syriana
Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit (Good Night and Good Luck)
Best Foreign Film
Kung Fu Hustle
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: A History of Violence
Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: David Cronenberg, A History of Violence
Best Actor
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Runner-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress
Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone
Runner-up: Dame Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Supporting Actor
William Hurt, A History of Violence
Runner-up: Frank Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Keener, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Capote, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, & The Interpreter
Runner-up: Amy Adams, Junebug
Best Screenplay
TIE between
Dan Futterman, Capote
and
Noah Baumbach, The Squid & The Whale
Best Cinematography
Robert Elswit, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Runner-up: Chris Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung, Yiu-Fai Lai, 2046
Best Production Design
William Chang, 2046
Runner-up: James D. Bissell, Good Night, And Good Luck.
Best Music Score
Howl’s Moving Castle, Joe Hisaishi
Runner-up: Tony Takatani, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Best Foreign-Language Film
Cache, directed by Michael Haneke
Runner-up: 2046, directed by Wong Kar Wai
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog
Runner-up: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room directed by Alex Gibney
Best Animation
Nick Park and Steve Box, Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award
La Commune (Paris, 1871) directed by Peter Watkins
New Generation Award
Terrence Howard
Career Achievement Award
Richard Widmark
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Non-Fiction Films
Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man and White Diamond
Best Foreign-Language Film
2046, directed by Wong Kar Wai
Best First Film
Bennet Miller for Capote
Best Animated Feature
Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle
Best Actor
Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon for Walk The Line
Best Supporting Actor
William Hurt, A History of Violence
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Best Cinematography
Chris Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung, Yiu-Fai Lai for 2046
Best Screenplay
Noah Baumbach for The Squid & The Whale
NYFCO Awards (New York Film Critics Online)
Best Picture
The Squid and the Whale
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Best Actress
Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice)
Best Director
Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener)
Best Supporting Actor
Oliver Platt (Casanova)
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Junebug)
Best Breakthrough Performer
Terrence Howard (Hustle and Flow, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Four Brothers)
Best Debut Director
Paul Haggis (Crash)
Best Screenplay
Paul Haggis (Crash)
Best Documentary
Grizzly Man
Best Foreign Language
Downfall
Best Animated
Wallace & Gromit – The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Cinematography
March of the Penguins
Top 9
The Best of Youth (Miramax)
Brokeback Mountain (Focus)
Capote (Sony Classics)
The Constant Gardener (Focus)
Crash (Lions Gate)
Good Night, and Good Luck. (Warner Independent)
Munich (Universal/DreamWorks)
The Squid and the Whale (Samuel Goldwyn)
Syriana (Warner Bros.)
Washington Area Film Critics Awards
Best Actor
Phillip Seymor Hoffman – Capote
Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Junebug
Best Director
Steven Spielberg – Munich
Best Original Screenplay
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – Crash
Best Adapted Screenplay
Dan Futterman – Capote
Best Film
Munich / Universal
Best Foreign Film
Kung Fu Hustle / Sony Pictures Classic
Best Animated Feature
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit / DreamWorks
Best Documentary
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room / Magnolia Pictures
Best Breakthrough Performance
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
Best Ensemble
Crash / Lions Gate
Best Art Direction
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe / Buena Vista
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This is just the tip of the iceberg, awards-wise, but you can expect lots of frequent updates over the upcoming weeks.
