Sono stati assegnati nelle ultime ore diversi premi della critica "locale" americana. Se a Boston a vincere il premio come miglior film è stato The Artist, con la regia assegnata a Martin Scorsese per Hugo Cabret e il premio come miglior attore a Brad Pitt per Moneyball, a Los Angeles la critica ha voluto premiare The Descendants come miglior film e la regia a Terrence Malick per The Tree of Life (già Runner-Up come miglior film). I critici online di New York si sono invece davvero affezionati a The Artist.
Come abbiamo già detto altre volte i premi della critica raramente danno indicazioni su quali film vinceranno agli Oscar, ma – mano a mano che si accumulano – segnalano le tendenze nei film che ottengono più riconoscimenti e che, inevitabilmente, si sono fatti notare e potrebbero ottenere delle nomination a fine gennaio.
E' arrivata anche la top ten dell'American Film Institute, che segnala i dieci film di maggior rilievo usciti ogni anno (tra tutti potrebbe sembrare un pesce fuor d'acqua Bridesmaids, e tuttavia Melissa McCarthy come migliore attrice non protagonista ha vinto sia a Boston che ai New York Film Critics Online Awards, e a questo punto il Golden Globe sembra in tasca).
Ecco i vari premi assegnati:
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS AWARDS
BEST PICTURE:
- Winner: The Descendants
- Runner-Up: The Tree of Life
BEST ACTOR:
- Winner: Michael Fassbender (Shame, Jane Eyre, X Men: First Class, A Dangerous Method)
- Runner-Up: Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
BEST ACTRESS:
- Winner: Yun Jung-hee (Poetry)
- Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
- Winner: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
- Runner-Up: Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
- Winner: Jessica Chastain (The Help, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter)
- Runner-Up: Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
BEST DIRECTOR:
- Winner: Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
- Runner-Up: Martin Scorcese (Hugo)
BEST SCREENPLAY:
- Winner: A Separation
- Runner-Up: The Descendants
BEST ANIMATION:
- Winner: Rango
- Runner-Up: The Adventures of Tin-Tin
BEST MUSIC:
- Winner: The Chemical Brothers (Hanna)
- Runner-Up: Cliff Martinez (Drive)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
- Winner: Emanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)
- Runner-Up: Cao Yu (City of Life and Death)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
- Winner: Hugo
- Runner-Up: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS
Best Picture
- WINNER:The Artist
- RUNNER-UP: Hugo/Margaret
Best Actor
- WINNER: Brad Pitt for Moneyball
- RUNNER-UP: George Clooney for The Descendants/Michael Fassbender for Shame
Best Actress –
- WINNER:Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn
- RUNNER-UP: Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor –
- WINNER: Albert Brooks for Drive
Best Supporting Actress –
- WINNER: Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids
- RUNNER-UP: Jeannie Berlin for Margaret
Best Director –
- WINNER: Martin Scorsese for Hugo
- RUNNER-UP: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Best Screenplay –
- WINNER: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin for Moneyball
- RUNNER-UP: Margaret
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree of Life
Best Documentary –
- WINNER: Project Nim
- RUNNER-UP: Bill Cunningham New York
Best Foreign-Language Film –
- WINNER: Incendies
- RUNNER-UP: Poetry/A Separation
Best Animated Film – Rango
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Christian Marclay for The Clock
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Sean Durkin for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Best Ensemble Cast –
- WINNER: Carnage
- RUNNER-UP: Margaret
Best Use of Music in a Film – Tie: Drive and The Artist
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE AWARDS
- Best Picture: “The Artist”
- Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
- Best Actor: Michael Shannon, “Take Shelter”
Runners-up: Michael Fassbender, “Shame” and Gary Oldman, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” - Best Actress: Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”
Runner-up: Viola Davis, “The Help” - Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks, “Drive”
- Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
- Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, “The Descendants”
- Best Foreign-Language Film: “A Separation”
- Best Documentary: “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”
- Best Animated Feature: “The Adventures of Tintin”
- Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, “The Tree of Life”
- Best Use of Music: Ludovic Bource, “The Artist”
- Best Ensemble Cast: “Bridesmaids”
- Best Debut Director: Joe Cornish, “Attack the Block”
- Breakthrough Performer: Jessica Chastain, “The Tree of Life,” “The Help,” “The Debt,” “Take Shelter,” “Texas Killing Fields,” “Coriolanus”
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR
- Bridesmaids
- The Descendants
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- The Help
- Hugo
- J. Edgar
- Midnight In Paris
- Moneyball
- The Tree Of Life
- War Horse
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