Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - 2005
by Andre Soares
26th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - 2005
The 26th Boston Society of Film Critics Award winners were announced on December 11, 2005.
The Boston Society of Film Critics followed the lead of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, selecting the gay love story Brokeback Mountain as the best film of 2005. Ang Lee was voted best director, while Steven Spielberg’s Munich was the runner up in both categories. The Boston critics also matched the L.A. critics in their choice for best actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote. Best actress was Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line, while the best foreign film was Stephen Chow’s action-packed Kung Fu Hustle. Wong Kar Wai’s 2046 was the runner up.
Best Film: Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Munich
Best Foreign-Language Film Kung fu / Kung Fu Hustle by Stephen Chow
Runner-up: 2046 by Wong Kar Wai
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Runner-up: Steven Spielberg, Munich
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Runner-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Runner-up: Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener, Capote, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, and The 40 Year Old Virgin
Best Ensemble: Syriana
Best Screenplay: Dan Futterman, Capote
Best Cinematography: Robert Elswit, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Documentary: Murderball by Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
Runner-up: Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog
David Brudnoy New Filmmaker Award: Joe Wright, Pride & Prejudice
Best discoveries/rediscoveries: Welcome Danger, Blackmail, Outcast of the Islands, The Little Fugitive, Seven Men From Now (the above films were shown at local art houses and universities)
Special Mention: The Leff Foundation and to Mikes Bowes of the nonprofit filmmakers’ support group Central Productions
Boston Society of Film Critics Site
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