Christian McKay Articles

Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (François Duhamel / The Weinstein Co.) If US critics found only two lead actresses to vote for in 2009 (Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan), they had an even tougher time finding a supporting actor. Or perhaps it was just his own thespian brilliance that made Christoph Waltz walk away with nearly every critics’ award out there. With more than 90 [...]

George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) The Utah Film Critics have revealed their list of winners, which includes both the predictable and the unexpected. In the former category are best picture Up in the Air, best animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox, best documentary The Cove, and best supporting actress Mo’Nique for Precious. In the latter category are best actor Viggo [...]

2009 Utah Film Critics Association Awards 2009 Utah Film Critics winners: Dec. 18, 2009   George Clooney, Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount)   Best Picture Up in the Air Runners-up: The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds Best Non-English Language Feature Thirst Runner-up: Sin Nombre Best Documentary Feature The Cove Runner-up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil Best Animated Feature Fantastic Mr. [...]

Another major critical surprise: The Hurt Locker (above, with Jeremy Renner) was voted best picture of 2009 by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle. The Iraq War drama’s director, Kathryn Bigelow, received top honors as well. All kidding aside, a more unique choice — though not all that unexpected considering that it’s San Francisco — was Colin Firth for best actor. In Tom Ford’s A [...]