It’s tough to keep up with all the critics’ awards being tossed out this time of year, but Movie City News sure helps out a whole lot. This time we have the year-end picks from critic’s groups in Phoenix, Arizona, and Toronto, Ontario.
Phoenix Film Critics Awards
Best Picture
Cinderella Man
Best Director
George Clooney – Good Night and Good Luck
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain
Best Ensemble Acting
Crash
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Crash
Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium
Brokeback Mountain
Best Live Action Family Film
Millions
Overlooked Film of the Year
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Best Animated Film
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Foreign Language Film
Kung Fu Hustle
Best Documentary
March of the Penguins
Best Original Song
Travelin’ Thru – Transamerica
Best Score
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Best Use of Previously Published or Recorded Music
Walk the Line
Best Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain
Best Film Editing
Sin City
Best Production Design
King Kong
Best Costume Design
Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Visual Effects
King Kong
Best Stunts
Batman Begins
Best Makeup
Sin City
Breakout Performance of the Year – On Screen
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
Breakout Performance of the Year – Behind the Camera
Paul Haggis – Crash
Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Male
Freddie Highmore – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female
Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Best Trailer
King Kong
Top Ten Films of 2005
A History of Violence
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Cinderella Man
Crash
Good Night and Good Luck
In Her Shoes
King Kong
Sin City
Walk the Line
Toronto Film Critics Awards
Best Picture
A History of Violence
Best Director
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress
Laura Linney, The Squid & the Whale
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Keener, Capote
Best Screenplay
Noah Baumbach, The Squid & the Whale
Best Animated Film
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-rabbit
Best Foreign Language
The World
Best Documentary
Grizzly Man
Best First Feature
Bennett Miller, Capote
