Awards: AFI Names Best Of 2011; LA And Boston Critic Groups Honor 'The Descendants' And 'The Artist'
We're getting into the full swing of the awards season for 2011, and this evening four organizations announced their picks for best achievement in film in 2011. The biggest group is the American Film Institute, which released a simple unranked list of ten 'movies of the year,' which includes Bridesmaids, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Hugo and The Tree of Life.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association named The Descendants as best picture of 2011, while the Boston Society of Film Critics named The Artist best film of the year, which was also voted as the top film by the New York Film Critics Online.
Lists from all four organizations are below.
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
TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Game Of Thrones
The Good Wife
Homeland
Justified
Louie
Modern Family
Parks And Recreation
SPECIAL AWARDS
The Artist
The Harry Potter Series
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
BEST PICTURE: The Descendants
Runner-Up: The Tree of Life
BEST ANIMATION: Rango
Runner-Up: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
BEST DIRECTOR: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
BEST ACTOR: Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class
Runner-Up: Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
BEST ACTRESS: Yun Jung-hee, Poetry
Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: City of Life and Death
Runner-Up: A Separation
BEST INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL: Spark of Being
BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Runner- Up: The Arbor
BEST SCREENPLAY: Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Runner-Up: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Runner-Up: Patton Oswalt, Young Adult
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, Tree of Life
Runner-Up: Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Runner-Up: Cao Yu, City of Life and Death
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Dante Ferretti, Hugo
Runner-Up: Maria Djurkovic, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
BEST MUSIC/SCORE: The Chemical Brothers, Hanna
Runner-Up: Cliff Martinez, Drive
NEW GENERATION: The creative team behind Martha Marcy May Marlene (Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Josh Mond and Elizabeth Olsen)
Boston Society of Film Critics
Best Picture: The Artist
Runners-up: Hugo and Margaret
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Runner-up: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Actor: Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Runners-up: George Clooney, The Decendants and Michael Fassbender, Shame
Best Actress: Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Runner-up: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks, Drive
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Runner-up: Jeannie Berlin, Margaret
Best Screenplay: Moneyball
Runner-up: Margaret
Best Foreign Film: Incendies
Runners-up: A Separation and Poetry
Best Cinematography: The Tree of Life
Runner-up: Hugo
Best Documentary: Project Nim
Runner-up: Bill Cunningham, New York
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer): The Clock
Runner-up: Hugo
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy): Sean Durkin, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Runner-up: JC Chandor, Margin Call
Best Ensemble Cast: Carnage
Runner-up: Margaret
Best Use of Music in a Film: The Artist and Drive
Runner-up: The Descendants
New York Film Critics Online
Picture: The Artist
Actor: Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Actress: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Director: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks, Drive
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Breakthrough Performer: Jessica Chastain, Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields, The Tree of Life
Debut Director: Joe Cornish, Attack The Block
Ensemble Cast: Bridesmaids
Screenplay: The Descendants
Documentary: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Foreign Language: A Separation
Animated: The Adventures of Tintin
Cinematography: The Tree of Life
Film Music or Score: The Artist