The Online Film Critics Society has today announced the winners of our annual awards. Discussing the awards of one's own group one way or the other seems déclassé, and so I present them without further commentary.
Best Picture
Argo
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Best Adapted Screenplay
Argo, by Chris Terrio
Best Original Screenplay
Moonrise Kingdom, by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Best Cinematography
Skyfall (Roger Deakins)
Best Editing
Cloud Atlas (Alexander Berner)
Best Animated Feature
ParaNorman
Best Film Not in the English Language
Holy Motors
Best Documentary
This Is Not a Film
Special Awards
-To driectors Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb of This Is Not a Film, for their act of protest against the Iranian government.
-To legendary composer Ennio Morricone for his amazing and celebrated career in films.
-To the “For the Love of Film” blog-a-thon and Fandor in conjunction with the National Preservation Foundation for their work this year to raise money for an exhibition of the restoration of one of Alfred Hitchcock’s oldest works, The White Shadow.
07 January 2013
3 comments:
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I'll say it, then: Argo? Seriously? A perfectly entertaining but but largely forgettable thriller is the year's BEST PICTURE? I question the Online Film Critics Society's judgment; I really do.
ReplyDeleteAgreeing with you, and further pointing out if we were so gaga for The Master, that should have been our #1, and it would have at least been a more distinguished choice, even if I personally have little use for the movie, would still be déclassé.
ReplyDeleteNot exactly the most fantastic year for film, was it?
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