BFCA, LAFCA, WAFCA, and NYFCC Announce Noms, Winners

That's the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, and the New York Film Critics Circle for those of you who don't dig acronyms. Collectively, the awards and nods from these major critics' groups give major Oscar boosts to some of my favorite '08 films, namely "Milk," "Man on Wire," "Happy-Go-Lucky," Wall-E," and "Rachel Getting Married." They also reinforce Heath Ledger's and Penolpe Cruz's probable dominations in the supporting acting categories.

Stay tuned for more award noms/wins, to be posted as they're announced. It's all leading up to my Year in Review, currently under construction.

BFCA
Best Picture Nominees:

"Changeling," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Dark Knight," "Doubt," "Frost/Nixon," "Milk," "The Reader," "Slumdog Millionaire," "Wall-E," "The Wrestler."
*For a complete list of all other BFCA nominees, CLICK HERE

LAFCA
Best Picture: "WALL•E"
Best Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Best Actor: Sean Penn, "Milk"
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "Elegy"
Best Screenplay: Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
Best Foreign Language film: "Still Life"
Best Documentary: "Man on Wire"
Best Animated Feature: "Waltz With Bashir"
Best Cinematography: Yu Lik Wai, "Still Life"
Best Music/Score: A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"
New Generation Award: Steve McQueen, "Hunger"
Best Production Design: Mark Friedberg, "Synecdoche, New York"

WAFCA

Best Film: "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Director: Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, "Doubt"

Best Ensemble: "Doubt"

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"

Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie DeWitt, "Rachel Getting Married"

Best Breakthrough Performance: Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"

Best Original Screenplay: Jenny Lumet, "Rachel Getting Married"

Best Animated Feature: "Wall•E"

Best Foreign Language Film: "Let The Right One In"

Best Documentary: "Man On Wire"

Best Art Direction: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

NYFCC

BEST PICTURE: "Milk"

BEST DIRECTOR: Mike Leigh, "Happy-Go-Lucky"

BEST ACTRESS: Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky "
BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn, "Milk"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Josh Brolin, "Milk"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

BEST SCREENPLAY: Jenny Lumet, "Rachel Getting Married "
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER: Anthony Dod Mantle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
BEST ANIMATED FILM: "WALL-E"
BEST FIRST FILM: Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"
BEST FOREIGN FILM: "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn, "Milk"
BEST NON-FICTION FILM (DOC.): "Man on Wire"