DFWFCA, HFCS, AFCA, PFCS, TFCA Announce Winners

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DALLAS FORTH WORTH FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
TOP TEN FILMS OF 2008:
1. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
2. MILK
3. THE DARK KNIGHT
4. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
5. THE WRESTLER
6. THE VISITOR
7. FROST/NIXON
8. DOUBT
9. WALL-E
10. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
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Best Film: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Director: Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Best Actor: Sean Penn, MILK
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, DOUBT
Best Foreign Language Film: TELL NO ONE
Best Documentary: MAN ON WIRE
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
Best Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, MILK
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister,THE DARK KNIGHT
WENDY AND LUCY won the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.

HOUSTON FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
BEST PICTURE: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
BEST DIRECTOR: DANNY BOYLE, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: SEAN PENN, MILK
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: ANNE HATHAWAY, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: HEATH LEDGER, THE DARK KNIGHT
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: VIOLA DAVIS, DOUBT
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: DOUBT
BEST SCREENPLAY: SIMON BEAUFOY, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
BEST ANIMATED FILM: WALL-E
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: CLAUDIO MIRANDA, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: MAN ON WIRE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: MONGOL
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA BY TERENCE BLANCHARD
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: DOWN TO EARTH FROM WALL-E
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMA: ANDREA GROVER AND THE AURORA PICTURE SHOW
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM PROGRAMMING: MARIAN LUNTZ AND THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON’S FILM DEPARTMENT

AUSTIN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
TOP TEN FILS OF 2008:
1. “The Dark Knight
2. “Slumdog Millionaire”
3. “Milk”
4. “Synecdoche, New York”
5. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
6. “The Wrestler”
7. “Wall*E”
8. “Frost/Nixon”
9. “Let the Right One In”
10. “Gran Torino”
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Picture: “The Dark Knight”
Director: Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”
Actor: Sean Penn, “Milk”
Actress: Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight
Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Original Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York
Adapted Screenplay: “The Dark Knight,” Jonthan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
Cinematography: “The Fall,” Colin Watkinson
Original Score: “The Dark Knight,” James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmerman
Foreign Language Film: “Let the Right One In” (”Låt den rätte komma in”) (Sweden)
Documentary Film: “Man on Wire”
Animated Feature: “Wall*E”
Breakthrough Artist Award: Danny McBride, Pineapple Express/The Foot Fist Way/Tropic Thunder
First Film: Nacho Vigalondo, “Timecrimes” (”Los Cronocrímenes”)
Austin Film: “Crawford”

PHOENIX FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
TOP TEN FILMS OF 2008:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, In Bruges (wow!), Milk, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire, The Visitor, Wall-E, The Wrestler
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role: Meryl Streep, Doubt
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Acting Ensemble: The cast of Milk
Best screenplay written directly for the screen: In Bruges
Best screenplay adapted from another medium: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Live Action Family Film: High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Best Overlooked Film: In Bruges
Best Animated Film: Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Best Original Song: “The Wrestler” from The Wrestler
Best Original Score: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Cinematography: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Production Design: The Dark Knight
Best Costume Design: The Duchess
Best Visual Effects: The Dark Knight
Best Stunts: The Dark Knight
Breakout on Camera: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Breakout Behind the Camera: Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Best Performance by a Youth - Male: Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Performance by a Youth - Female: Dakota Fanning, Secret Life of Bees

TORONTO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
BEST PICTURE: “Wendy and Lucy”
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE: Michelle Williams, “Wendy and Lucy”
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE: Rosemarie DeWitt, “Rachel Getting Married”
BEST DIRECTOR: Jonathan Demme, “Rachel Getting Married”
BEST SCREENPLAY: Jenny Lumet, “Rachel Getting Married”
BEST FIRST FEATURE: “Ballast”, directed by Lance Hammer
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “WALL*E”
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: “Let the Right One In”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Man on Wire”