Posts Tagged ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
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Shawn Levy
The Oregonian

1 A Christmas Tale
2 Happy Go Lucky
3 Synechdoche, NY
4 Rachel Getting Married
5 Stranded
6 Frost/Nixon
7 Tell No One
8 Wendy & Lucy
9 Wall-E
10 Doubt
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Marc Mohan
The Oregonian

1 Young at Heart
2 Let the Right One In
3 The Dark Knight
4 Snow Angels
5 Man on Wire
6 Tropic Thunder
7 Tell No One
8 Iron Man
9 OSS 117: Nest of Spies
10 4 Mos, 3 Wks & 2 Days
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Peter DeBruge
Variety

1 Wall-E
2 The Wrestler
3 Man on Wire
4 Gomorrah
5 The Order of Myths
6 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
7 Shotgun Stories
8 Hunger
9 The Visitor
10 The Dark Knight
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Richard Brody
The New Yorker

1 Still Life
2 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3 Woman on the Beach
4 Fengming: A Chinese Memoir
5 The Other Half
6 Cassandra’s Dream
7 Frownland
8 Gran Torino
9 Paraguayan Hammock
10 Summer Palace
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Sam Adams
Philadelphia City Paper

1 Savage Grace
2 Taxi to the Dark Side
3 Wendy & Lucy
4 Wall-E
5 Blindness
6 The Class
7 The Edge of Heaven
8 Encounters at End of the World
9 Burn After Reading
10 Speed Racer
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Steven Persall
St. Petersburg Times

1 Slumdog Millionaire
2 The Reader
3 The Dark Knight
4 The Wrestler
5 Milk
6 Let the Right One In
7 Rachel Getting Married
7 Happy Go Lucky
9 Frost/Nixon
10 Gonzo
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Manohla Dargis
New York Times

1 Happy Go Lucky
2 Synechdoche, NY
3 Alexandra
4 Flight of the Red Balloon
5 Silent Light
6 Paranoid Park
7 The Dark Knight
8 Encounters at End of the World
9 Still Life
10 Wendy & Lucy
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A.O. Scott
New York Times

1 Wall-E
2 Silent Light
3 Secret of the Grain
4 Man on Wire
5 The Edge of Heaven
6 Happy Go Lucky
7 Wendy & Lucy
8 Milk
9 Rachel Getting Married
10 Cadillac Records
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Stephen Holden
New York Times

1 4 Mos, 3 Wks & 2 Days
2 The Edge of Heaven
3 Wall-E
4 Milk
5 The Last Mistress
6 Happy Go Lucky
7 A Christmas Tale
8 Tell No One
9 Frozen River
10 The Visitor
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Anne Thompson
Variety

1 Wall-E
2 Slumdog Millionaire
3 Milk
4 Everlasting Moments
5 Happy Go Lucky
6 A Christmas Tale
7 Man on Wire
8 Waltz with Bashir
9 Wendy & Lucy
10 Appaloosa

Sam Adams | Richard Brody | Manohla Dargis | Peter DeBruge | Stephen Holden | Shawn Levy | Marc Mohan | Steven Persall | A.O. Scott | Anne Thompson

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

1 Wall-E
2 Milk
3 The Dark Knight
4 Waltz with Bashir
5 Gomorrah
6 Wendy & Lucy
7 Trouble the Watter
8 Happy Go Lucky
9 Man on Wire
10 Tropic Thunder
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David Ansen
Newsweek

1 Let the Right One In
2 Encounters at End of the World
3 Wendy & Lucy
4 Frost/Nixon
5 Man on Wire
6 Silent Light
7 The Wrestler
8 Tropic Thunder
9 Wall-E
9 Waltz with Bashir
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Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

1 The Wrestler
2 The Dark Knight
3 Rachel Getting Married
4 Wall-E
5 Momma’s Man
6 The Edge of Heaven
7 Burn After Reading
8 The Class
9 Milk
10 Tell No One
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Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

1 Wall-E
2 The Class
3 A Christmas Tale
4 Let the Right One In
5 The Flight of the Red Balloon
6 Alexandra
7 Man On Wire
8 Snow Angels
9 Still Life
10 The Dark Knight
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Jennifer Merin
About.com

1 The Class
2 The Fall
3 Happy Go Lucky
4 Milk
5 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
6 The Reader
7 Slumdog Millionaire
8 Standard Operating Procedure
9 The Visitor
10 Wendy & Lucy
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Glenn Kenny
SomeCameRunning

1 The Duchess of Langeaise
2 The Last Mistress
3 Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World
4 Romance of Astree & Celedon
5 Synechdoche, NY
6 A Christmas Tale
7 Flight of the Red Ballon
8 Gran Torino
9 The Wrestler
10 Che
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Brian Tallerico
movietretriever.com

1 Wall-E
2 The Dark Knight
3 Milk
4 Slumdog Millionaire
4 Rachel Getting Married
6 Happy Go Lucky
7 The Wrestler
8 The Visitor
9 Let the Right One In
10 Hunger
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Hank Sartin
Time Out Chicago

1 Milk
2 Hunger
3 Che
4 Dear Zachary
5 Happy Go Lucky
6 Wall-E
7 The Order of Myths
8 The Dark Knight
9 Let the Right One In
10 The Witnesses
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African American
Film Critics

1 The Dark Knight
2 Slumdog Millionaire
3 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4 Secret Life of Bees
4 Cadillac Records
6 Miracle at St. Anna
7 Milk
8 Seven Pounds
9 Doubt
10 Iron Man
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Ethan Alter
Giant Magazine

1 Che
2 Synecdoche, NY
3 Speed Racer
4 Wall-E
5 Milk
6 Reprise
7 The Class
8 Up the Yangtze
9 The Edge of Heaven
10 Burn After Reading

African American Film Critics | David Ansen | Ethan Alter | Filmbrain | Owen Gleiberman | Glenn Kenney | Jennifer Merin | Michael Phillips | Hank Sartin | Lisa Schwarzbaum | Brian Tallerico

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
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Jürgen Fauth
About.com

1 Che
2 A Christmas Tale
3 Speed Racer
4 Man on Wire
5 In Bruges
6 The Edge of Heaven
7 Tell No One
8 Let the Right One Ine
9 The Wrestler
10 Love Songs
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Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out Chicago

1 Che
2 Paranoid Park
3 Hunger
4 Wall-E
5 The Wrestler
6 Flight of the Red Balloon
7 Changeling
8 Burn After Reading
9 A Christmas Tale
10 Silent Light
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Michael Atkinson
IFC.com

1 My Winnipeg
2 Ballast
3 Wendy & Lucy
4 Silent Light
5 Still Life
6 Waltz with Bashir
7 Flight of the Red Balloon
8 The Wrestler
9 Synedoche, NY
10 My Blueberry Nights
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Alison Willmore
IFC.com

1 A Christmas Tale
2 Wendy & Lucy
3 Paranoid Park
4 Happy Go Lucky
5 Silent Light
6 The Order of Myths
7 Frownland
8 Mik
9 Momma’s Man
10 Reprise
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Richard Jameson
MSN Movies

1 The Edge of Heaven
2 A Christmas Tale
3 I’ve Loved You So Long
4 Wendy & Lucy
5 Let the Right One In
6 In Bruges
7 Changeling
8 Wall-E
9 A Girl Cut in Two
10 Tell No One
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Don Kaye
MSN Movies

1 The Dark Knight
2 The Wrestler
3 Dear Zachary
4 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5 Let the Right One In
6 A Christmas Tale
7 Milk
8 The Burrowers
9 Iron Man
10 Synedoche, NY
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Dave McCoy
MSN Movies

1 In Bruges
2 The Wrestler
3 Rachel Getting Married/I’ve Loved You So Long
4 Pineapple Express
5 Wall-E
6 Happy Go Lucky
7 A Christmas Tale
8 Let the Right One In
9 Man on Wire
10 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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Kim Morgan
MSN Movies

1 The Wrestler
2 In Bruges
3 Pineapple Express
4 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5 Synechdoche, NY
6 Slumdog Millionaire
7 Standard Operating Procedure
8 The Dark Knight
9 Let the Right One In
10 The Foot Fist Way
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Kathleen Murphy
MSN Movies

1 The Edge of Heaven
2 A Christmas Tale
3 In Bruges
4 I’ve Loved You So Long
5 Wendy & Lucy
6 Let the Right One In
7 Wall-E
8 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
9 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
10 Towelhead
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Matt Singer
IFC.com

1 My Winnipeg
2 Rachel Getting Married
3 The Dark Knight
4 Wendy & Lucy
5 The Wrestler
6 Milk
7 Let the Right One In
8 Doubt
9 Dear Zachary
10 A Christmas Tale

Michael Atkinson | Jürgen Fauth | Richard Jameson | Don Kaye | Ben Kenigsberg | Dave McCoy | Kim Morgan | Kathleen Murphy | Matt Singer | Alison Willmore

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
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Rex Reed
NY Observer

1 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2 Revolutionary Road
3 Rachel Getting Married
4 The Reader
5 Slumdog Millionaire
6 Frost/Nixon
7 Milk
8 4 Mos, 3 Wks & 2 Days
9 The Visitor
10 Good
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Greg Ellwood
MSN

1 The Dark Knight
2 The Reader
3 Slumdog Millionaire
4 Frost/Nixon
5 Let the Right One In
6 The Wrestler
7 U2 3D
8 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
9 The Wackness
10 Boy A
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Sean Axmaker
MSN Movies

1 A Christmas Tale
2 The Edge of Heaven
3 Milk
4 Wall-E
5 Let the Right One In
6 The Dark Knight
7 The Fall
8 Standard Operating Procedure
9 My Blueberry Nights
10 Rachel Getting Married
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Karina Longworth
Spoutblog

1 A Christmas Tale
2 Synechdoche, NY
3 Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness
4 My Winnipeg
5 Woman on the Beach
6 Rachel Getting Married
7 La France
8 Mister Lonely
9 Flight of the Red Ballon
10 Encounters at End of World
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Jim Emerson
MSN Movies

1 Pineapple Express
2 In Bruges
3 Wendy & Lucy
4 The Edge of Heaven
5 A Christmas Tale
6 Let the Right One In
7 Chop Shop
8 Che
9 The Fall
10 Shotgun Stories
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David Fear
MSN Movies

1 Happy Go Lucky
2 Ballast
3 The Secret of the Grain
4 Man on Wire
5 Waltz with Bashir
6 Wall-E
7 Let the Right One In
8 Gomorrah
9 The Edge of Heaven
10 Duchess of Langeais
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Keith Phipps
Onion AV Club

1 Rachel Getting Married
2 Wall-E
3 Wendy and Lucy
4 Che
5 The Dark Knight
6 Milk
7 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
8 Reprise
9 Let the Right One In
10 Happy Go Lucky
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Nathan Rabin
Onion AV Club

1 Rachel Getting Married
2 The Dark Knight
3 Synechdoche, NY
4 Wall-E
5 Operation Filmmaker
6 Reprise
7 Stuck
8 The Wrestler
9 Happy Go Lucky
10 Milk
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Tasha Robinson
Onion AV Club

1 The Fall
2 Wall-E
3 Man on Wire
4 Redbelt
5 Synechdoche, NY
6 Cloverfield
7 Surfwise
8 The Reader
9 The Edge of Heaven
10 The Pool
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Scott Tobias
Onion AV Club

1 Rachel Getting Married
2 Wall-E
3 4 Mos, 3 Wks & 2 Days
4 Standard Operating Procudure
5 Paranoid Park
6 Man on Wire
7 Funny Games
8 Wendy & Lucy
9 The Dark Knight
10 Stuck

Sean Axmaker | Greg Ellwood | Jim Emerson | David Fear | Karina Longworth | Keith Phipps | Nathan Rabin | Rex Reed | Tasha Robinson | Scott Tobias |

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
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David Germain
Associated Press

1 Happy Go Lucky
2 Wall-E
3 Encounter at End of World
4 Slumdog Millionaire
5 Frozen River
6 The Visitor
7 The Wrestler
8 Frost/Nixon
9 The Dark Knight
10 Wendy & Lucy
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Christy Lemire
Associated Press

1 The Wrestler
2 Frost/Nixon
3 Man on Wire
4 Waltz with Bashir
5 Wall-E
6 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7 Frozen River
8 Milk
9 Paranoid Park
10 Iron Man
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James Rocchi
Cinematical

1 Che
2 The Wrestler
3 Slumdog Millionaire
4 Milk
5 Reprise
6 Ballast
7 The Dark Knight
8 Man on Wire
9 Funny Games
10 Waltz with Bashir
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Noel Murray
Onion AV Club

1 Wall-E
2 Burn After Reading
3 Synechdoche, NY
4 4 Mos, 3 Wks & 2 Days
5 The Dark Knight
6 Surfwise
7 Rachel Getting Married
8 Paranoid Park
9 Milk
10 My Winnipeg
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Austin Film Critics

1 The Dark Knight
2 Slumdog Millionaire
3 Milk
4 Synechdoche, NY
5 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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Dallas – Ft. Worth
Film Critics

1 Slumdog Millionaire
2 Milk
3 The Dark Knight
4 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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Kris Tapley
In Contention

1 Slumdog Millionaire
2 Bolt
3 Synechdoche, NY
4 Pineapple Express
5 The Dark Knight
6 Hunger
7 The Wrestler
8 Dear Zachary
9 Gomorrah
10 Let the Right One In
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Nathan Lee
WNYC

1 Une Catastrope
2 The Headless Woman
3 I No Longer Hear the Guitar
4 Before I Forget
5 Inside
6 Wall-E
7 Che
8 Mother of Tears
9 Flight of the Red Balloon
10 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

1 Rachel Getting Married
2 In the City of Sylvia
3 The Witnesses
4 Standard Operating Procedure
5 Summer Palace
6 Encounters at End of World
7 Mukhsin
8 My Father My Lord
9 Let the Right One In
10 Happy Go Lucky
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Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

1 Synechdoche, NY
2 Flight of the Red Balloon
3 Boarding Gate
4 Reprise
5 The Dark Knight
6 Dear Zachary
7 Chris & Don
8 Encounters at End of World
9 The Strangers
10 August Evening

Austin Film Critics | Dallas Ft. Worth Film Critics | David Germain | Ed Gonzalez | Nathan Lee | Christy Lemire | Noel Murray | James Rocchi | Nick Schager | Kris Tapley

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
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Richard Roeper
Chicago Sun Times

1 Slumdog Millionaire
2 The Dark Knight
3 The Wrestler
4 In Bruges
5 I’ve Loved You So Long
6 Gran Torino
7 Milk
8 The Visitor
9 Forgetting Sarah Marshall
10 Frozen River
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Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today

1 The Visitor
2 The Wrestler
3 Frozen River
4 Let the Right One In
5 I’ve Loved You So Long
6 Tell No One
7 A Christmas Tale
8 Slumdog Millionaire
9 Doubt
10 Man on Wire
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AFI

1 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2 The Dark Knight
3 Frost/Nixon
4 Frozen River
5 Gran Torino
6 Iron Man
7 Milk
8 Wall-E
9 Wendy & Lucy
10 The Wrestler
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SoEastern Film Critics

1 Milk
2 Slumdog Millionaire
3 Wall-E
4 The Dark Knight
5 The Wrestler
6 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7 The Reader
8 The Visitor
9 Frost/Nixon
10 Revolutionary Road
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Milan Paurich
Cleveland Scene

1 A Christmas Tale
2 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3 Wall-E
4 Revolutionary Road
5 Changeling
6 Synechdoche, NY
7 Milk
8 Che
9 Gran Torino
10 Ashes of Time Redux/As Tears Go By/My Blueberry Nights
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Philip French
The Observer

1 Appaloosa
2 Changeling
3 Couscous
4 Diving Bell & the Butterfly
5 The Edge of Heaven
6 Gomorrah
7 In Bruges
8 Man on Wire
9 No Country for Old Men
10 Waltz with Bashir
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Joanna Langfield
The Movie Minute

1 Slumdog Millionaire
2 The Reader
3 Doubt
4 The Wrestler
5 Milk
6 Happy Go Lucky
7 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
8 Wall-E
9 Frost/Nixon
10 I’ve Loved You So Long
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Stephen King
Entertainment Weekly

1 The Dark Knight
2 Slumdog Millionaire
3 Wall-E
4 Tropic Thunder
5 Funny Games
6 The Bank Job
7 Lakeview Terrace
8 The Ruins
9 Redbelt
10 Death Race
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Rebecca Murray
About.com

1 The Dark Knight
2 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3 Slumdog Millionaire
4 Wall-E
5 The Reader
6 Frost/Nixon
7 In Bruges
8 Milk
9 The Visitor
10 Defiance
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The Guardian Staff

1 No Country for Old Men
2 Man on Wire
3 There Will Be Blood
4 Gomorrah
5 Waltz with Bashir
6 In Bruges
7 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
8 Diving Bell & The Butterfly
9 Hunger
10 Wall-E

AFI | Philip French | Guardian Staff | Steve King | Joanna Langfield | Rebecca Murray | Milan Paurich | Richard Roeper | SouthEastern Film Critics | Susan Wloszczyna

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Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

1 Milk
2 Slumdog Millionaire
3 The Dark Knight
4 Frost/Nixon
5 Wall-E
6 Revolutionary Road
7 The Visitor
8 Doubt
9 Rachel Getting Married
10 Man on Wire
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Lou Lumenick
New York Post

1 Slumdog Millionaire
2 Wall-E
3 Milk
4 A Christmas Tale
5 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6 Iron Man
7 Revolutionary Road
8 The Visitor
9 Synecdoche, NY
10 Waltz With Bashir
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National Board
of Review

1 Burn After Reading
2 Changeling
3 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4 The Dark Knight
5 Defiance
6 Frost/Nixon
7 Gran Torino
8 Milk
9 Wall-E
10 The Wrestler
* Slumdog Millionaire
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Marshall Fine
Hollywood and Fine

1 Revolutionary Road
2 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3 Wall-E
4 Frost/Nixon
5 The Visitor
6 Doubt
7 Milk
8 The Wrestler
9 Elegy
10 Happy-Go-Lucky
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Kyle Smith
New York Post

1 Slumdog Millionaire
2 Man on Wire
3 Seven Pounds
4 The Dark Knight
5 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
6 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
8 Doubt
9 Rachel Getting Married
10 Funny Games
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Shawn Edwards
Fox-TV

1 The Dark Knight
2 Slumdog Millionaire
3 The Visitor
4 Iron Man
5 Miracle at St. Anna
6 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7 The Express
8 Twilight
9 Secret Life of Bees
10 Fling
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David Edelstein
NY Magazine

1 Rachel Getting Married
2 Wall-E
3 Happy -Go-Lucky
4 Cadillac Records
5 The Class
6 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
7 Waltz with Bashir
8 Shotgun Stories
9 Doubt
10 Trouble the Water
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David Denby
New Yorker

1 Defiance
2 Rachel Getting Married
3 The Class
4 The Wrestler
5 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
6 Wall-E
7 Milk
8 Trouble the Water
9 Revolutionary Road
10 I’ve Loved You So Long
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Richard Corliss
Time Magazine

1 Wall-E
2 Synecdoche, NY
3 My Winnipeg
4 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
5 Milk
6 Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7 Slumdog Millionaire
8 Iron Man
9 Speed Racer
10 Encounters at End of World
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Anthony Lane
New Yorker

1 The Orphanage
2 The Edge of Heaven
3 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
4 I’ve Loved You So Long
5 We Own the Night
6 Quantum of Solace
7 Iron Man
8 The Wrestler
9 Changeling
10 Wall-E

Richard Corliss | David Denby | David Edelstein | Shawn Edwards | Marshall Fine | Anthony Lane | Lou Lumenick | Nawtional Board of Review | Kyle Smith | Peter Travers

The Top Ten Chart for January 6, 2009

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Top Ten Lists; 265 Films Listed; 106 Films with one vote; Five films appear on more than 100 lists; Iron Man jumps 10 spots into the Top 20.

One Vote Wonders

2008-2009 Critics Scoreboard

Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best
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Actor
Best
Supp Actress
Best Screenplay Best Animation Best Doc Foreign Language Total
AWFJ
BAFTA
BFCA
Boston*
Detroit
DFW
Florida
GGlobes
Iowa
NBR
NYOnline
Oklahoma
Phoenix
San Diego
WashingtonDC
AWFJ
BAFTA
BFCA
Chicago
Detroit
DFW
Florida
GGlobes
Houston
Iowa
Los Angeles
NYOnline
Ohio
Oklahoma
Phoenix
San Diego
SoEast FC
WashingtonDC
BAFTA
BFCA

Florida
GGlobes
Houston
London
NBR
NYOnline
Ohio
Oklahoma
Phoenix
San Diego
SoEast FC
WashingtonDC
46.5
Boston*
Chicago
Los Angeles
Online
Utah AWFJ
Chicago
Ohio
Online
Austin
BAFTA
BFCA
Boston
Chicago
DFW
Florida
GGlobes
Houston
Iowa
Las Vegas
NBR
New York
NYOnline
Ohio
Oklahoma
Online
Phoenix

San Diego
SoEast FC
St. Louis
Toronto
Utah
WashingtonDC
32.5
Austin
Utah
Austin
Online
Austin
AWFJ

BAFTA
BFCA
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
DFW
Florida
GGlobes
Houston
Iowa
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
NYOnline
Ohio
Oklahoma
Online
Phoenix
San Francisco
San Diego
SoEast FC
St. Louis
Toronto
Utah
Vancouver
WashingtonDC
31
New York
San Francisco
SoEast FC
Vancouver
Boston
San Francisco
Austin
AWFJ

BFCA
Boston*
DFW
Houston
Los Angeles
National
New York
NYOnline
Phoenix
San Francisco*
SoEast FC
St. Louis
Vancouver
NBR
New York
Spirit
Boston
DFW
Oklahoma*
San Francisco
SoEast FC
27.5

London
Spirit
BAFTA
Boston*
Chicago
Detroit
Florida
GGlobes
Iowa
London
Ohio
Oklahoma
Online
San Diego
San Francisco*
Spirit
Toronto

Utah
WashingtonDC
Detroit
Florida
Las Vegas
Ohio
Oklahoma
Phoenix

San Francisco
San Diego
Oklahoma* 26.5
Austin
AWFJ*
BFCA
Boston
Florida
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
National
NBR
New York
NYOnline
Ohio
Oklahoma
Online
Phoenix
San Diego
SoEast FC
Spirit
St. Louis
Toronto
Utah
WashingtonDC
21.5
Toronto Austin
BFCA*
Chicago
DFW

Houston
NBR
SoEast FC
Toronto
Utah
Vancouver
WashingtonDC
Toronto
Utah

New York
14.5
National
New York
AWFJ*
Boston
GGlobes
Los Angeles
National
New York
NYOnline
Oklahoma
San Francisco
National Los Angeles
National
13.3
Online Austin
Boston
Florida
Oklahoma
Online
Phoenix
San Diego
San Francisco
SoEast FC
Toronto
Utah

WashingtonDC
13
GGlobes BAFTA
Boston
Iowa
Los Angeles
NBR
New York
NYOnline
SoEast FC
Spirit
Spirit 11


BFCA*
Iowa
Phoenix
WashingtonDC
AWFJ
Houston
St. Louis
AWFJ 7.5
AWFJ*
BAFTA
London
San Diego
Vancouver*
BFCA
Chicago
GGlobes
Las Vegas*
7.3
Las Vegas Las Vegas Las Vegas AWFJ
Las Vegas
San Francisco
St. Louis
7
Houston
St. Louis
London
NBR
Vancouver
Austin 6
National BFCA
GGlobes
Los Angeles
London 5
AWFJ*
Detroit
GGlobes
St. Louis
Vancouver*
Las Vegas* 4.3
Florida
Ohio
Spirit
Utah
4
New York
NYOnline
Ohio
3
GGlobes BAFTA
Phoenix
3
Houston
Las Vegas
NBR
3
Toronto Online
Toronto
3
NBR NBR 2
National Vancouver 2
Spirit San Diego 2
San Francisco 1
Los Angeles 1
AWFJ 1
Spirit 1
AWFJ* .5

Writer’s Guild of America

Thursday, January 1st, 2009



ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, Fox Searchlight Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Waltz with Bashir, Written by Ari Folman, Sony Pictures Classics

TELEVISION NOMINEES

DRAMATIC SERIES
Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Jane Anderson, Rick Cleveland, Kater Gordon, David Isaacs, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner; AMC

COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Andrew Guest, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Ron Weiner; NBC

NEW SERIES
In Treatment, Written by Rodrigo Garcia, Bryan Goluboff, Davey Holmes, William Meritt Johnson, Amy Lippman, Sarah Treem; HBO

EPISODIC DRAMA – any length – one airing time
“Pilot” (Eli Stone), Written by Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim; ABC

EPISODIC COMEDY – any length – one airing time
“Succession” (30 Rock), Written by Andrew Guest & John Riggi; NBC

LONG FORM – ORIGINAL – over one hour
Recount, Written by Danny Strong; HBO

LONG FORM – ADAPTATION – over one hour
John Adams, “Episode 1, Join or Die,” Teleplay by Kirk Ellis, Based on the book by David McCullough; “Episode 2, Independence,” Teleplay by Kirk Ellis, Based on the book by David McCullough; HBO

ANIMATION – any length – one airing time
“Apocalypse Cow” (The Simpsons), Written by Jeff Westbrook; Fox

COMEDY/VARIETY – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES
Saturday Night Live, Head Writers Seth Meyers, Andrew Steele, Paula Pell, Writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Charlie Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Robert Smigel, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketches by Robert Carlock; NBC

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Written by Billy Kimball, Aaron Lee, Jennifer Celotta, Rainn Wilson; IFC/AMC

DAYTIME SERIALS
As the World Turns, Written by Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Courtney Simon, Lisa Connor, David A. Levinson, Peter Brash, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Cheryl Davis, Leslie Nipkow; CBS

CHILDREN’S EPISODIC & SPECIALS
“Elmo’s Christmas Countdown” (Sesame Workshop), Written by Joey Mazzarino; ABC

CHILDRENS SCRIPT- LONG FORM OR SPECIAL
“Polar Bears” (The Naked Brothers Band), Written by Polly Draper; Nickelodeon

DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS
“Bush’s War: Part One” (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk; PBS

DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“Secrets of the Parthenon” (NOVA), Written by Gary Glassman; PBS

NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT
ABC Weekend News, Written by Joel Siegel, Karen Mooney, David Muir; ABC

NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Yankee Stadium and the New Gilded Age” (Bill Moyers Journal), Writers Bill Moyers & Michael Winship; PBS

Women Film Critics Circle

Thursday, January 1st, 2009


BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
Changeling

BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
Frozen River

BEST STORYTELLER [Screenwriting Award]
Jennifer Lumet: Rachel Getting Married

BEST ACTRESS:
Melissa Leo: Frozen River

BEST ACTOR
Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS:
Abigail Breslin: Kit Kittredge and Definitely Maybe

BEST COMEDIC ACTRESS: *TIE*
Sally Hawkins: Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep: Mamma Mia!

BEST FOREIGN FILM
I’ve Loved You So Long

BEST FEMALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE:
The Secret Life Of Bees

BEST UNRELEASED MOVIE:
How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES:
Nothing But The Truth

BEST MUSIC:
Cadillac Records

BEST ANIMATED FEMALE:
Eve: WALL-E

BEST FAMILY FILM
WALL-E

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Meryl Streep

ACTING AND ACTIVISM:
Natalie Portman

ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women:
Changeling

JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: For best expressing the woman of color experience in America:
Ballast

KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity:
Battle In Seattle

COURAGE IN ACTING:
Deidra Edwards in DisFigured: For redefining conventional standards of female physical beauty and pride on screen, and promoting positive images of big bodied women.

BEST DOCUMENTARIES:

GROUNDBREAKER:
A Walk To Beautiful

ABOVE AND BEYOND:
Wings Of Defeat

COURAGE IN FILMMAKING:
Traces Of The Trade

MOST OFFENSIVE MALE CHARACTERS
Aaron Eckhart: Towelhead
Sam Rockwell: Choke,
Larry Bishop: Hell Ride
Paul Rudd, Sean William Scott: Role Models
Jason Mewes: Zack And Miri Make a Porno

TOP TEN HALL OF SHAME
Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired
House Of The Sleeping Beauties
The Women
The Life Before Her Eyes
The Hottie and the Nottie
Savage Grace
Made Of Honor
The Family That Preys
Hounddog
Zack And Miri Make A Porno


Golden Satellite Awards

Thursday, January 1st, 2009



FILME (Drama)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Director
Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Actress (Drama)
Angelina Jolie, CHANGELING

Actor (Drama)
Richard Jenkins, THE VISITOR

FILME (ComMus)
Happy. Go. Lucky

Actress (ComMus)
Sally Hawkins, HAPPY. GO. LUCKY

Actor (ComMus)
Ricky Gervais, GHOST TOWN

Actor Supporting
Michael Shannon, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD.

Actress Supporting
Rosemarie DeWitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED.

Foreign Language Film
Gomorra

Animated or mixedmedia film
WALL-E

Documentary
Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer and Man on Wire

Original screenplay
Thomas McCarthy, “The Visitor”

Adapted screenplay
Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”

Original score
by A.R.Rahman, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Original song
“Another Way to Die” from Quantum of Solace

Cinematography
Mandy Walker, Australia

Visual effects
Chris Godfrey, James E. Price and Diana Giorgiutti, Australia

Editing
Dan Lebental, Iron Man

Sound (editing and mixing)
Richard King, The Dark Knight

Art direction and production design
Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy and Beverly Dunn, Australia

Costume design
Michael O’Connor, The Duchess

Producer’s Guild

Thursday, January 1st, 2009




The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Christian Colson

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures

MAN ON WIRE
Simon Chinn

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

WALL-E
Jim Morris

The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award In Episodic Television – Comedy

30 ROCK
Lorne Michaels
Tina Fey
Marci Klein
Robert Carlock
Jeff Richmond
Jerry Kupfer
David Miner

Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television-Drama:

MAD MEN

Producer of the Year Award in Non-Fiction Television:

60 MINUTES
Jeff Fager

Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television:

THE COLBERT REPORT
Stephen T. Colbert, DFA
Jon Stewart
Allison Silverman
Richard Dahm
Meredith Bennett
Tom Purcell

David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television:

JOHN ADAMS
David Coatsworth
Frank Doelger
Gary Goetzman
Tom Hanks
Steven Shareshian

PGA honorary awards and recipients:

Milestone Award
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard

David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
Michael Douglas

Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
David Chase

Visionary Award
Jeff Skoll

Vanguard Award
MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson

The Stanley Kramer Award
Milk
Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen

Nominations

The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award
in Theatrical Motion Pictures

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall
Ceán Chaffin
THE DARK KNIGHT
Christopher Nolan
Charles Roven
Emma Thomas
FROST/NIXON
Brian Grazer
Ron Howard
Eric Fellner
MILK
Dan Jinks
Bruce Cohen
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Christian Colson

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures

MAN ON WIRE
Simon Chinn
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE
Julie Bilson Ahlberg
Errol Morris
TROUBLE THE WATER
Carl Deal
Tia Lessin

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

BOLT
Clark Spencer
KUNG FU PANDA
Melissa Cobb
WALL-E
Jim Morris

The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award In Episodic Television – Comedy

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
Larry David
Jeff Garlin
Tim Gibbons
Erin O’Malley
Alec Berg
Dave Mandel
Jeff Schaffer
ENTOURAGE
Stephen Levinson
Doug Ellin
Rob Weiss
Denis Biggs
Lori Jo Nemhauser
Wayne Carmona
THE OFFICE
Greg Daniels
Kent Zbornak
30 ROCK
Lorne Michaels
Tina Fey
Marci Klein
Robert Carlock
Jeff Richmond
Jerry Kupfer
David Miner
WEEDS

Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television-Drama:

BOSTON LEGAL
Bill D’Elia
David E. Kelley
Mike Listo
Steve Robin
Janet Knutsen
DAMAGES
Mark A. Baker
Glenn Kessler
Todd A. Kessler
Daniel Zelman
DEXTER
John Goldwyn
Sara Colleton
Clyde Phillips
Robert Lloyd Lewis
LOST
Jack Bender
Carlton Cuse
Drew Goddard
Jean Higgins
Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz
Damon Lindelof
Liz Sarnoff
Stephen Williams
Ra’uf Glasglow

MAD MEN

Producer of the Year Award in Non-Fiction Television:

DEADLIEST CATCH
Thom Beers
Jeff Conroy
Lisa Tanzer
Ethan Prochnik
FRONTLINE
David Fanning
KATHY GRIFFIN: MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST
Marcia Mulé
Bryan Scott
Lisa M. Tucker
Kathy Griffin
Chris Carlson
Amy Kohn
60 MINUTES
Jeff Fager
THIS AMERICAN LIFE
Ken Druckerman
Ira Glass
Lisa Pollak
Julie Snyder
Banks Tarver
Nancy Updike
Kevin Vargas
Christopher Wilcha

Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television:

AMAZING RACE
Jerry Bruckheimer
Bertram van Munster
Jonathan Littman
Hayma “Screech” Washington
Amy Chacon
Elise Doganieri
Mark Vertullo
THE COLBERT REPORT
Stephen T. Colbert, DFA
Jon Stewart
Allison Silverman
Richard Dahm
Meredith Bennett
Tom Purcell
PROJECT RUNWAY
Rich Bye
Rich Buhrman
Jane Cha
Dan Cutforth
Desiree Gruber
Heidi Klum
Jane Lipsitz
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
Bill Maher
Scott Carter
Sheila Griffiths
Dean Johnsen
TOP CHEF
Rich Buhrman
Liz Cook
Dan Cutforth
Jane Lipsitz
Shauna Minoprio
Nan Strait
Andrew Wallace

David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television:

24: REDEMPTION
BERNARD AND DORIS
JOHN ADAMS
David Coatsworth
Frank Doelger
Gary Goetzman
Tom Hanks
Steven Shareshian
A RAISIN IN THE SUN

RECOUNT

PGA honorary awards and recipients:

Milestone Award
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard

David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
Michael Douglas

Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
David Chase

Visionary Award
Jeff Skoll

Vanguard Award
MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson

The Stanley Kramer Award
Milk
Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen

People’s Choice Awards

Thursday, January 1st, 2009



Movie
“The Dark Knight”

Family movie
“WALL-E”

Action movie
“The Dark Knight”

Comedy movie
“27 Dresses”

Drama movie
“The Secret Life of Bees”

Independent movie
“The Secret Life of Bees”

Favorite cast
“The Dark Knight”

Male movie star
Will Smith

Leading man
Brad Pitt

Male action star
Will Smith

Female movie star
Reese Witherspoon

Leading lady
Kate Hudson

Female action star
Angelina Jolie

On-screen matchup
Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”

Superhero
Christian Bale as Batman, “The Dark Knight”

TV drama
“House”

TV comedy
“Two and a Half Men”

TV animated comedy
“The Simpsons”

Sci-fi/fantasy show
“Heroes”

Reality show
“Dancing With the Stars”

Game show
“Deal or No Deal”

Male TV star
Hugh Laurie

Female TV star
Christina Applegate

Talk show host
Ellen DeGeneres

Scene-stealing guest star
Robin Williams, “Law & Order Special Victims Unit”

TV drama diva
Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Johnson, “The Closer”

New TV comedy
“Gary Unmarried”

New TV drama
“The Mentalist”

Male singer
Chris Brown

Female singer
Carrie Underwood

Group
Rascal Flatts

R&B song
Alicia Keys, “No One”

Pop song
Katy Perry, “I Kissed a Girl”

Rock song
Kid Rock, “All Summer Long”

Country song
Carrie Underwood, “Last Name”

Hip-hop song
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain, “Low”

Combined forces
Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown, “No Air”

Song from a soundtrack
“Mamma Mia” from “Mamma Mia!”

Funny male star
Adam Sandler

Funny female star
Tina Fey

Star under 35
Carrie Underwood

Online sensation
“Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”

User-generated video
“Barack Roll”

Kansas City Film Critics

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

BEST FILM
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler

BEST ACTOR
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Robert D. Siegel, The Wrestler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Let the Right One In (Sweden)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Man on Wire

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Wall*E

THE VINCE KOEHLER AWARD
For Best Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film
The Dark Knight

Gotham Awards

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Best Feature

Frozen River
Courtney Hunt, director; Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Documentary

Trouble the Water
Tia Lessin & Carl Deal, producers/directors (Zeitgeist Films)
Best Ensemble Performance (tie)

Synecdoche, New York
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Tom Noonan (Sony Pictures Classics)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz (The Weinstein Company)

Breakthrough Director

Lance Hammer for Ballast (Alluvial Film Company)
Breakthrough Actor

Melissa Leo in Frozen River (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You™

Sita Sings the Blues
Nina Paley, producer/director

NOMINATIONS

Best Feature

Ballast
Lance Hammer, director; Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh, producers (Alluvial Film Company)

Frozen River
Courtney Hunt, director; Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Synecdoche, New York
Charlie Kaufman, director; Anthony Bregman, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Sidney Kimmel, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Visitor
Tom McCarthy, director; Mary Jane Skalski, Michael London, producers (Overture Films)
The Wrestler
Darren Aronofsky, director; Scott Franklin, Darren Aronofsky, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Best Documentary

Chris & Don: A Love Story
Guido Santi & Tina Mascara, directors; Julia Scott, Tina Mascara, Guido Santi, James White, producers (Zeitgeist Films)

Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog, director; Henry Kaiser, producer (THINKFilm / Image Entertainment)
Man on Wire
James Marsh, director; Simon Chinn, producer (Magnolia Pictures)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Maria Zenovich, director; Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Lila Yacoub, Marina Zenovich, producers (THINKFilm in association with HBO Documentaries)
Trouble the Water
Tia Lessin & Carl Deal, producers/directors (Zeitgeist Films)
Best Ensemble Performance

Ballast
Micheal J. Smith, Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail (Alluvial Film Company)

Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather Zickel, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George, Debra Winger (Sony Pictures Classics)
Synecdoche, New York
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Tom Noonan (Sony Pictures Classics)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz (The Weinstein Company)
The Visitor
Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbas, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira (Overture Films)
Breakthrough Director

Antonio Campos for Afterschool

Dennis Dortch for A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy (Magnolia Pictures)

Lance Hammer for Ballast (Alluvial Film Company)

Barry Jenkins for Medicine for Melancholy (IFC Films)

Alex Rivera for Sleep Dealer (Maya Releasing)
Breakthrough Actor

Pedro Castaneda in August Evening (Maya Releasing)

Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married (Sony Pictures Classics)

Rebecca Hall in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (The Weinstein Company)

Melissa Leo in Frozen River (Sony Pictures Classics)

Alejandro Polanco in Chop Shop (Koch Lorber Films)

Micheal J. Smith, Sr. in Ballast (Alluvial Film Company)
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You™

Afterschool
Antonio Campos, director; Josh Mond, Sean Durkin, producers
Meadowlark
Taylor Greeson, producer/director
The New Year Parade
Tom Quinn, director; Steve Beal, Tom Quinn, producers
Sita Sings the Blues
Nina Paley, producer/director
Wellness
Jake Mahaffy, director; Jake Mahaffy, Jeff Clark, producers

The European Film Awards

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

EUROPEAN FILM 2008
Gomorra (Gomorrah)

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2008
Matteo Garrone, Gomorra

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2008
Toni Servillo, Gomorra, Il Divo

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2008
Kristin Scott Thomas, Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve Loved You So Long)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITERS 2008
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and Roberto Saviano, Gomorra

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2008
Marco Onorato, Gomorra

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY PRIX D’EXCELLENCE 2008
Magdalena Biedrzycka, costume design, Katyn

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2008
Max Richter, Waltz with Bashir

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008
Hunger

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS’ AWARD 2008 – Prix FIPRESCI
La Graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain)

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2008 – Prix ARTE
René

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dame Judi Dench

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2008
Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring, Lars von Trier, and Thomas Vinterberg (founders of the Dogma Movement)

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2008
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Director’s Guild

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Nominations

FEATURE FILM
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant – Milk

Costume Designers Guild

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Excellence in Costume Design for Film – Period
WINNER
The Duchess: Michael O’Connor
NOMINEES
Changeling: Deborah Hopper
Milk: Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road: Albert Wolsky
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Jacqueline West

Excellence in Commercial Costume Design
WINNER
Casey Storm
For “Milk, White Gold”.

Excellence in Costume Design for Film – Contemporary
WINNER
Slumdog Millionaire: Suttirat Anne Larlarb
NOMINEES
Iron Man: Laura Jean Shannon, Rebecca Bentjen
Mamma Mia!: Ann Roth
Sex and the City: Patricia Field
The Wrestler: Amy Westcott

Excellence in Costume Design for Film – Fantasy
WINNER
The Dark Knight: Lindy Hemming
NOMINEES
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: Isis Mussenden
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: Sanja Milkovic Hays

Outstanding Costume Design for Television Movie/Mini-Series
WINNER
John Adams: Donna Zakowska
NOMINEES
Return to Cranford: Jenny Beavan
Sense & Sensibility: Michele Clapton
Bernard and Doris: Joseph G. Aulisi
Coco Chanel: Pierre-Yves Gayraud, Stefano De Nardis

Outstanding Costume Design for Television Series – Period/Fantasy
WINNER
Mad Men: Katherine Jane Bryant
NOMINEES
Pushing Daisies: Robert Blackman
The Tudors: Joan Bergin

Outstanding Costume Design for Television Series – Contemporary
WINNER
Ugly Betty: Eduardo Castro, Patricia Field
NOMINEES
30 Rock: Tom Broecker
Dancing with the Stars: Randall Christensen
Entourage: Amy Westcott
Gossip Girl: Eric Daman

Cinema Audio Society

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Awards

For Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Resul Pookutty
Ian Tapp
Richard Pryke

Television Movies and Mini-Series
John Adams, Episode 1: “Join or Die”
Jay Meagher, CAS
Mike Minkler, CAS
Bob Beemer, CAS

Television Series
24: “Redemption”
William F. Gocke, CAS
Michael Olman, CAS
Kenneth Kobett, CAS

Television – Non-Fiction, Variety or Music – Series or Specials:
Deadliest Catch: ”No Mercy”
Bob Bronow, CAS
DVD Original Programming:
Smashing Pumpkins- If All Goes Wrong
Kerry Brown
Brian Slack

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Nominations

For Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing

Motion Pictures:
THE DARK KNIGHT
Ed Novick
Lora Hirschberg
Gary A. Rizzo

IRON MAN
Mark Ulano, CAS
Christopher Boyes
Lora Hirschberg

QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Chris Munro, CAS
Mike Prestwood Smith
Mark Taylor

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Resul Pookutty
Ian Tapp
Richard Pryke

WALL-E
Tom Myers
Michael Semanick, CAS

Television Movies and Mini-Series

Generation Kill, Episode 5: “A Burning Dog”
Danny Hambrook
Stuart Hilliker
Alexandros Sidiropoulous

John Adams, Episode 1: “Join or Die”
Jay Meagher, CAS
Mike Minkler, CAS
Bob Beemer, CAS

John Adams, Episode 2: “Independence”
Jay Meagher, CAS
Mike Minkler, CAS
Bob Beemer, CAS

John Adams, Episode 3: “Don’t Tread on Me”
Jay Meagher, CAS
Marc Fishman
Tony Lamberti

Recount
Gary Alper
Gary C. Bourgeois, CAS
Greg Orloff, CAS

Television Series

24: “Redemption”
William F. Gocke, CAS
Michael Olman, CAS
Kenneth Kobett, CAS

Dexter: Episode 5: “Turning Biminese”
Roger Pietschman, CAS
Elmo Ponsdomenech
Kevin Roache

House: “Lsst Resort”
Von Varge
Gerry Lentz, CAS
Rich Weingart, CAS

Lost: “Meet Kevin Johnson”
Robert Anderson, Jr., CAS
Frank Morrone, CAS
Scott Weber

Mad Men: “The Jet Set”
Peter Bentley
Ken Teaney, CAS
Geoffrey Rubay

Television – Non-Fiction, Variety or Music – Series or Specials:

American Idol: Season 7 Finale
Brian Riordan, CAS
Conner Moore

Deadliest Catch: ”No Mercy”
Bob Bronow, CAS

Great Performances at the Met: “La Boheme”
Bill King
Ken Hahn, CAS
Jay Saks
John Bowen

Great Performances: “Company”
Jorge Silva
Ken Hahn, CAS

Steve Miller Band Live in Chicago
Andy Johns
Brian Slack

DVD Original Programming:

Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
Carlos Sotolongo
Mark Fleming, CAS
Tom Dahl, CAS

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
Nominees TBA

Runnin’ Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Andy Johns
Brian Slack

Smashing Pumpkins- If All Goes Wrong
Kerry Brown
Brian Slack

Wargames: The Dead Code
Terry O’Bright, CAS