Chicago Film Critics Awards Articles

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine David Fincher’s The Social Network topped the Chicago Film Critics Association’s list of 2010 nominations. Fincher’s drama about the creation of Facebook nabbed a total of eight nods, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor (Jesse Eisenberg). Next in line with six nominations apiece were Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech, Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone, and Joel [...]

Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Black Swan David Fincher-Jesse Eisenberg’s THE SOCIAL NETWORK Leads Chicago Film Critics’ Nominations BEST PICTURE Black Swan Inception The King’s Speech The Social Network Winter’s Bone BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM Biutiful The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I Am Love Mother A Prophet BEST DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky–Black Swan David Fincher–The Social Network Debra Granik–Winter’s Bone Tom Hooper–The King’s Speech Christopher Nolan–Inception BEST [...]

Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker, which follows a bomb disposal unit as they go about doing their work, was the big winner with the Chicago Film Critics Association. The film won in each of the five categories it was nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (for [...]

2009 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009 Chicago Film Critics winners: Dec. 21, 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (Jonathan Olley / Summit Entertainment)   BEST PICTURE * The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds A Serious Man Up in the Air Where the Wild Things Are BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM Broken Embraces Red Cliff Sin Nombre Summer Hours * [...]