The Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Online and the Boston Society Of Film Critics have all selected David Fincher’s The Social Network as the year’s best film. First the L.A. Film Critics Association announced their choices with David Fincher’s film picking up Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Music, and in a tie with Carlos’ Olivier Assayas for Best Director. The French-German television mini-series-turned theatrical film Carlos also took home the award for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Here is the full list of winners and runners-up.
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Best Picture
The Social Network
Runner-up: Carlos
Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Runner-up: Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
Best Actress
Kim Hye-ja, Mother
Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Best Supporting Actor
Niels Arestrup, A Prophet
Runner-up: Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Runner-up: Olivia Williams, The Ghost Writer
Best Director
Olivier Assayas, Carlos and David Fincher, The Social Network (tie)
Best Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Runner-up: David Seidler, The King’s Speech
Best Cinematography
Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
Runner-up: Roger Deakins, True Grit
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
Last Train Home
Runner-up: Exit Through the Gift Shop
Best Foreign-Language Film
Carlos
Runner-up: Mother
Best Animated Film
Toy Story 3
Runner-up: The Illusionist
New Generation Award
Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture
Best Music/Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network and Alexandre Desplat, The Ghost Writer (tie)
Best Production Design
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Inception
Runner-up: Eve Stewart, The King’s Speech
Douglas E. Edwards Award for Independent/Experimental Film/Video
Film Socialism
Legacy of Cinema
Serge Bromberg for his preservation efforts, including his work on Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno
Next the American Film Institute have announced their top 10 movies and TV programs of 2010. As usual, the list is placed in alphabetical order so technically there is no winner. Only three TV programs with more than two seasons were mentioned while two shows, Terriers and Community are nowhere to be found. Here are the lists.
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR
BLACK SWAN
THE FIGHTER
INCEPTION
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
127 HOURS
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
THE TOWN
TOY STORY 3
TRUE GRIT
WINTER’S BONE
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AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
THE BIG C
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
BREAKING BAD
GLEE
MAD MEN
MODERN FAMILY
THE PACIFIC
TEMPLE GRANDIN
30 ROCK
THE WALKING DEAD
After the Boston Society of Film Critics announced their picks: David Fincher’s The Social Network swept the awards winning Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Use of Music. Thankfully Oscar frontrunner and the much over-rated The King’s Speech walked away empty handed.
And finally The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) have announced their annual award winners, and once again David Fincher’s The Social Network led the way, taking best picture, best director, and best screenplay.
Here is the full list of winners:
Picture
The Social Network
Actor
James Franco, 127 Hours
Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Director
David Fincher, The Social Network
Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Supporting Actress
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Breakthrough Performer
Noomi Repace, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Debut Director
John Wells, The Company Men
Ensemble Cast
The Kids Are All Right
Screenplay
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Documentary
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Foreign Language
I Am Love
Animated
Toy Story 3
Cinematography
Black Swan
Film Music or Score
Black Swan