Los Angeles Film Critics (except Gbaby) Give Out Awards
As we’re gearing up toward Oscar season, the New York and Los Angeles critics awards are always a good barometer for who is going to get the Academy Award nominations. That would seem to be good news for The Descendants and The Artist who got the best picture awards on the two coasts. Of course there are no guarantees. Last year, The Social Network won a lot of the early awards only to lose late in the game to The Kings Speech. The Los Angeles Film Critics Awards go to:
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Best Picture: The Descendants
Best Animation: Rango
Best Director: Terrance Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men First Class
Best Actress: Yun Jung-hee, Poetry
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, Tree of Life
Best Foreign Language Film: City of Life and Death
Best Independent/Experimental: Spark of Being
Best Documentary/Nonfiction: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Best Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Best Production Design: Dante Ferratti, Hugo
Best Music/Score: The Chemical Brothers, Hanna
New Generation: The Creative Team behind Martha Marcy May Marlene