Chicago Film Critics Awards Articles

Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life Most US-based film critics' groups have chosen either Alexander Payne's The Descendants or Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist as the year's Best Film. Not so the Chicago Film Critics, who went instead for Terrence Malick's cosmically inclined family drama The Tree of Life, which earlier this year won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Brad [...]

Brad Pitt in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life THE TREE OF LIFE, Michael Shannon, THE INTERRUPTERS: Chicago Film Critics Surprise Winners BEST PICTURE The Artist The Descendants Drive Hugo * The Tree of Life BEST FOREIGN FILM In a Better World Incendies * A Separation The Skin I Live In Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives BEST DIRECTOR Michel Hazanavicius for The [...]

Andrew Garfield, Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network The Chicago Film Critics Association went for their fellow critics groups' popular choices: David Fincher's The Social Network for Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin); Natalie Portman as Best Actress for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan; Colin Firth as Best Actor for Tom Hooper's The King's Speech. [List of Chicago Film Critics winners.] In the supporting [...]

Jesse Eisenberg, Brenda Song, Andrew Garfield, The Social Network THE SOCIAL NETWORK, A PROPHET: Chicago Film Critics Awards Best Picture: The Social Network Best Foreign Language Film: A Prophet Best Director: David Fincher for The Social Network Best Actor: Colin Firth in The King’s Speech Best Actress: Natalie Portman in Black Swan Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale The Fighter Best Supporting Actress: Hailee Steinfeld in [...]