Kansas City Film Critics Awards Articles

The Descendants: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley Best Film: The Descendants directed by Alexander Payne Best Foreign Film: A Separation (Iran) directed by Asghar Farhadi Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life Best Actor: George Clooney for The Descendants Best Actress: Kirsten Dunst for Melancholia Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer for Beginners Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain for The Tree of Life Best Original Screenplay: [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Inception David Fincher's Facebook drama The Social Network has won its first couple of 2011 awards: Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin) from the Kansas City Film Critics Circle. Fincher, however, lost the Best Director award to Christopher Nolan for the sci-fi thriller Inception, which also earned Nolan a citation for Best Original Screenplay and a special prize, the [...]

Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake in David Fincher's The Social Network Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION Wins Three Awards: Kansas City Film Critics' Winners Best Film: The Social Network Best Foreign Language Film: Mother (South Korea) Robert Altman Award for Best Director: Christopher Nolan – Inception Best Actress: Natalie Portman – Black Swan Best Actor: Colin Firth – The King's Speech Best Supporting Actress: Hailee Steinfeld – True [...]

Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount) Usual suspects Up, Up in the Air, Kathryn Bigelow, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Mo'Nique, and Christoph Waltz are the Kansas City Film Critics Circle's choices for best of 2009. Jason Reitman's comedy-drama Up in the Air was voted the best film, but as it's happened before Kathryn Bigelow was the best director [...]