2008 New York Film Critics Winners
There were no major surprises in the list of the New York Film Critics Circle’s 2008 winners — unless you count last year’s Romanian abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days being chosen this year’s best foreign film. (Last year, the New York critics’ picked the German drama The Lives of Others — released in Los Angeles in 2006 — as their top foreign film; the previous year, their choice was the French underground drama Army of Shadows, a 1969 release in its country of origin.)
Milk was voted best film, Sean Penn (above) was the best actor for his performance as slain gay leader Harvey Milk, and Josh Brolin was chosen best supporting actor for the same film. [...]
by Andre Soares | December 10, 2008
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Tags: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Film Awards, Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh, Milk, New York Film Critics Awards, Penélope Cruz, Sally Hawkins, Sean Penn, WALL-E
New York Film Critics Awards 2008
2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2008 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: Dec. 10, 2008
Best Picture: Milk directed by Gus Van Sant
Runners-up: Rachel Getting Married; Happy-Go-Lucky and Slumdog Millionaire (tie)
Best Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days directed by Cristian Mungiu
Runners-up: A Christmas Tale; The Class
Best First Film: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Runners-up: Ballast; Reprise
Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh
Runners-up: Waltz with Bashir; Trouble the Water
Best Animated Film: WALL-E directed by Andrew Stanton
Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir
Best Director: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Runners-up: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire; David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Runners-up: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler; Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Runners-up: Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Kate Winslet, [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 10, 2008
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Tags: 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Film Awards, Frozen River, Josh Brolin, Man on Wire, Mike Leigh, Milk, New York Film Critics Awards, Penélope Cruz, Sally Hawkins, Sean Penn, WALL-E
New York Film Critics Awards 2007
2007 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 10, 2007
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
Best Picture: No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-up: There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson, I’m Not There by Todd Haynes
Best Foreign Film: The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Best Documentary: No End in Sight by Charles Ferguson
Best Animated Film: Persepolis by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
Best First Film: Sarah Polley, Away from Her
Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Runners-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, Todd Haynes, I’m Not There
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Runner-up: Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Best Actress: Julie Christie, [...]
by Andre Soares | December 5, 2007
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Tags: Amy Ryan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Film Awards, Javier Bardem, Joel and Ethan Coen, Julie Christie, New York Film Critics Awards, No Country for Old Men, No End in Sight, Persepolis, The Lives of Others
