The New York Film Critics Circle went with the Coen Brothers in a big way, with "No Country for Old Men" winning best picture, the bros bagging best director(s) and screenplay, and Javier Bardem named best supporting actor. With yesterday's Boston critics awards and Washington, DC nods favoring the Coens too, momentum appears to be building. Interesting to note that the NY crix went with Daniel Day-Lewis for best actor in "There Will be Blood," a film for which the LA critics wholly rolled over (I'm not saying that like it's a bad thing) but that has otherwise gone relatively unfeted so far. Also interesting to note that Amy Ryan is looking more and more unstoppable (Cate who?), that Julie Christie and Marion Cotillard appear headed for a smackdown, and that "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" seems like everyone's second-favorite movie. (What's "The Lives of Others" doing on this list, by the way? It won a 2006 foreign language Oscar but was a 2007 U.S. release, something that was talked about in yesterday's Boston meeting but ultimately regarded as a 2006 movie. New York decided to go the other way.)
The New York full list:
Best Picture - No Country For Old Men
Best Director - Joel & Ethan Coen / No Country For Old Men
Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis / There Will Be Blood
Best Actress - Julie Christie / Away From Her
Best Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem / No Country For Old Men
Best Supporting Actress - Amy Ryan / Gone Baby Gone
Best Cinematography - Robert Elswit / There Will Be Blood
Best Screenplay - Joel & Ethan Coen / No Country For Old Men
Best Animated Film ? Persepolis
Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) - No End in Sight
Best Foreign-Language Film ? The Lives of Others
Best First Film ? Away From Her
Lifetime Achievement Award ? Sidney Lumet
Special Critics Award - "Killer of Sheep" by Charles Burnett
