While we here in DC will be announcing the winners of our own awards tomorrow morning, this weekend has seen three other critics' awards handed out, with a few surprises. For Kathryn Bigelow, it was another stellar showing for her Osama Bin Laden film, Zero Dark Thirty, which was awarded Best Picture from both the New York Film Critics Online and the Boston Society of Film Critics, adding to its stellar run which has seen it take home top honors twice already. They both also awarded Bigelow the Best Director award, and in general it was like both groups were reading off the same script. Both agreed to Daniel Day-Lewis as Best Actor for Lincoln, as well as 85-year old Emmanuelle Riva for Michael Haneke's Amour. The big surprise coming from Boston was the choice of Ezra Miller for his supporting turn in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, beating out runner-up Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association held their LAFCA Awards and they went in a wildly different direction, nearly leaving Zero Dark Thirty off the map completely. The film won a single Best Editing award, while Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, which has been getting ignored for the most part, took home four awards. Anderson won for Best Director, Joaquin Phoenix for Best Actor, Amy Adams in Best Supporting Actress, and one for Production Design.
LA also awarded the Best Picture to Amour, and had Riva tying Silver Linings Playbook's Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress. That's three wins in a single weekend for Riva, which has to thrust her right into the thick of the Oscar mix. Beasts of the Southern Wild was well-represented out on the left coast, with Dwight Henry nabbing Best Supporting Actor, director Benh Zeitlin winning the New Generation Award, and taking home one for Best Music.
The full list of winners is below. Tune in tomorrow morning at 8am eastern for the winners of the WAFCA Awards.
LA Film Critics Awards
Best Picture - "Amour" (Runner Up: "The Master")
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master" (RU: Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty")
Best Actress: Tie: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook," Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master" (RU: Denis Lavant, "Holy Motors")
Best Screenplay - Chris Terrio, "Argo" (RU: David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook")
Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams, "The Master" (RU: Anne Hathaway, "The Dark Knight Rises" & "Les Misérables")
Best Supporting Actor - Dwight Henry, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild (RU: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained")
Best Foreign Language Film - "Holy Motors" (RU: "Footnote")
Best Cinematography - "Skyfall" (RU: "The Master")
Best Editing "Zero Dark Thirty" (RU: "Argo")
Best Documentary - "The Gatekeepers (RU: "Searching For Sugar Man")
Best Animation - "Frankenweenie" (RU: "It's Such A Beautiful Day")
Best Music/Score - "Beasts Of The Southern Wild" (RU: "The Master")
Best Production Design - "The Master" (RU: "Moonrise Kingdom")
New Generation Award: Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
Boston Film Critics Awards
Best Picture - "Zero Dark Thirty" (Runner up: "Moonrise Kingdom"/"Amour")
Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty" (RU: Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master")
Best Screenplay - Tony Kushner, "Lincoln" (RU: Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom")
Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln" (RU: Denis Lavant, "Holy Motors")
Best Actress - Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour" (RU: Deanie Yip, "A Simple Life")
Best Supporting Actor - Ezra Miller, "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower" (RU Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained")
Best Supporting Actress - Sally Field, "Lincoln" (RU: Emma Watson, "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower")
Best Ensemble: "Seven Psychopaths" (RU: "Moonrise Kingdom")
Best Animated Film: "Frankenweenie" (RU: "ParaNorman")
Best Documentary: "How To Survive A Plague" (RU: "The Queen Of Versailles")
Best New Filmmaker - David France, "How To Survive A Plague" (RU: Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild")
Best Editing - "Zero Dark Thirty" (RU: "Argo")
Best Cinematography - "The Master" (RU: "Life Of Pi," "Moonrise Kingdom")
Best Use Of Music - "Moonrise Kingdom" (RU: "Django Unchained")
New York Film Critics Online Awards
Best Picture - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Ensemble - "Argo"
Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Best Actress - Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Best Supporting Actor - Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Best Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Debut Director - Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
Best Use Of Music - "Django Unchained"
Best Cinematography - "LIfe Of PI"
Best Screenplay - "Zero Dark Thirty"
Breakthrough Performance - Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts Of The Southern Wild"
