NYFCC winners announced
The 2009 New York Film Critics’ Circle Award Winners:
Best Film
“The Hurt Locker”
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker”
Best Screenplay
“In the Loop”
Best Actress
Meryl Streep for “Julie & Julia”
Best Actor
George Clooney for “Up In The Air” and “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Best Supporting Actress
Mo’Nique for “Precious”
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz for “Inglourious Basterds”
Best Cinematography
Christian Berger for “The White Ribbon”
Best Animated Film
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Best Non-fiction Film
“Of Time and the City”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Summer Hours”
Best First Feature
“Hunger,” director Steve McQueen
Special Award
To Andrew Sarris for his contribution to film criticism
Ryan Adams says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:04am
The members of the NYFCC:
Thelma Adams
US Weekly
John Anderson
Newsday
Melissa Anderson
Time Out New York
David Ansen
Newsweek
Dwight Brown
NNPA & UPSCALE
Richard Corliss
Time
Mike D’Angelo
Esquire Magazine
David Denby
New Yorker
Karen Durbin
Elle Magazine
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
David Fear
Time Out New York
Marshall Fine
Star Magazine
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
Stuart Klawans
The Nation
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
Vincent Musetto
New York Post
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor
Rex Reed
New York Observer
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York
Leah Rozen
People Magazine
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
Richard Schickel
Time
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
Kyle Smith
New York Post
Steve Snyder
New York Sun
Dana Stevens
Slate.com
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
Armond White
NY Press
Stephen Whitty
Newhouse Newspapers
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
filmboymichael says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:05am
yes – they need to announce soon – I’m not getting ANY work done today….
bharatnayak says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:08am
I need to study for my exams.
Waiting for the results.
Robert says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:09am
I kind of like it better when they announce winners one or two at a time. But then I’m a bit of a masochist. Such sweet torture!
unlikelyhood says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:09am
that’s an animation-friendly group, there
Jimmy T. says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:11am
Holy sh*t. Precious wins best pic. Streep wins best actress.
Loyal says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:11am
Armond White hasn’t posted a review of Avatar yet.
Nel says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:14am
@ Jim T – not funny!!
Nel says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:15am
Apologies to Jim – In the Loop best Sceen Play – YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
filmboymichael says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:15am
it’s a little funny….i wouldn’t HATE that outcome….
k-a says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:15am
@Loyal… I have a feeling its not his cup of tea
Dorothy Porker says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:15am
This is torture. And not the good kind. Ugh.
Nel says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:16am
Christopher Waltz and Monique best supporting ???
Hunter says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:16am
The delay is probably due to Armond White holding out for a Best Actor nom for Jason Statham in Crank 2.
JJ says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:16am
Def a great group there.
Matt says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:16am
The Hurt Locker is BP
Jabba says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:17am
It was comming. I saw it. I leave you waiting for it.
han says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:17am
meryllllllllllllllllllll
Loyal says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:17am
http://twitter.com/EDouglasWW
NYFCC go with Hurt Locker, Bigelow, Streep, Clooney, Mo’Nique and Waltz
Matt says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:18am
Fantastic Mr. Fox wins best Animated
Nel says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:19am
From Twitter
New York Crix name Hurt Locker, Bigelow best pic and director; Meryl Streep and George Clooney, actress and actor.
Yay Meryl but Yay In the Loop more!!
Brooke says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:19am
If that Twitter is true, Carey Mulligan better start watching her Ass…….
Agley says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:20am
So true, so same.
Matt says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:21am
Starting to look like The Hurt Locker might become the movie to beat.
Kate Winslet says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:21am
I knew that Meryl would pick up critics’ awards for playing Julia Child. Maybe it really was the best acting performance of 2009 by a female! She will win her Oscar next year and Sean Penn gets to hand her the prize. Go Meryl!
j says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:22am
More supp sweeping.
If even the critics are choosing the Big Movie Star Frontrunners (as opposed to Mulligan/Sidibe or Firth/Bridges), given their usual more off-the-track choices…might the Academy be even more inclined to go mainstream than usual?
However…YAY STREEP! First win here in over 2 decades. Looking good for her. I guess Clooney’s win helps Up in the Air over the other contenders, so that’s good I suppose as I doubt Bright Star/Single Man have even 0.1% chance of a win.
Summer Hours isn’t even eligible is it for the Oscars? So if it keeps going like this, even the biggest otherwise, White Ribbon, will be frontrunner with an asterisk.
Congrats to Sasha, who’s been pushing In the Loop for forever.
Ugh Fox.
darren says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:22am
the winners have been announced:
http://www.indiewire.com/article/nyff_picks_09_winners/
Brooke says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:23am
Houston….we have a new Best Picture FrontRunner……
Ross says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:23am
MERYL STREEEEEEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now Meryl has 3 critics’ group, including a major critics’ group! Here is our next best actress winner!
A. J. Roscoe says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:24am
Up lost again.
The Natural says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:25am
Blech!!! Horrible winners, although at least Meryl Streep took a well deserving win! Hurt Locker needs to stop. Not a worthy film, not in the slightest.
Jordan says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:25am
I’m glad up lost, it isnt as good as people put it out to be
AD says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:26am
Great for the Hurt Locker and Kathryn Bigelow! We need more women directors! I am happy for Meryl Streep and Fantastic Mister Fox…
daveylow says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:28am
It’s official. The Hurt Locker is the most overrated film of the year.
But seriously if The Hurt Locker wins Best Picture at the Oscars, I doubt if it will lead to people running to see it at the theaters. Not that should be the point of the awards.
But it certainly isn’t the reason viewers will watch the Oscars–to see The Hurt Locker win top awards.
New York critics are just as unoriginal in their thinking as other critics across the country. The only interesting wins – In the Loop and Fantastic Mr. Fox, when they could have chosen Up
WalterNeff says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:29am
It’s a bingo!
fs20rh says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:29am
hopefully this will mean they will actually give The Hurt Locker a wide release because it only played in like 500 theaters at its peak and made 12 million dollars so the majority of the country is going to be like “What the hell is The Hurt Locker” sounds like a bad horror film. This movie deserves to be seen.
Pat says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:30am
Yay Meryl Streep!!!
Kevin Klawitter says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:30am
“But seriously if The Hurt Locker wins Best Picture at the Oscars, I doubt if it will lead to people running to see it at the box office.”
Of course not, daveylow. It will have been out on DVD for over a month by the time the Oscars roll around.
Have you even SEEN “The Hurt Locker”?
Dorothy Porker says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:30am
Thrilled for La Streep.
Joschi says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:30am
Hurraaay Mr. Berger!!
Curtis says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:30am
Another sweep for Mo and Walz
Joschi says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:31am
i’ve seen “The Hurt Locker”, Kevin. And i also thought it’s very overrated!
Other Ryan says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:31am
So happy for Meryl! Not that I don’t think Mo’Nique and Waltz deserve this (they do! and probably the Oscars as well!), but I do wish other supporting actors win a few of the other critic awards.
Also Fantastic Mr. Fox won LA and NY. Ooh. Interesting!
Robert says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:33am
I’m kind of surprised NYFC went with Clooney, although I’m not exactly sure why I’m surprised. And yes, it looks like this positions Streep as the definite Oscar frontrunner for Best Actress. I sort of suspected that beforehand, but this really gives her an added boost. I thought NYFC would favor Mulligan.
The Natural says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:33am
“It’s official. The Hurt Locker is the most overrated film of the year.”
LOL, it’s been official since July. I can’t think of a possible, legit winner here that would have been more undeserving. There are AT LEAST ten better films this year. Any one would have been a better choice, and a more inspired one, too. Way to go NY.
Armand says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:34am
Lovin’ the love for The Hurt Locker, Bigelow, and The Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Chris says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:35am
I recently saw The Hurt Locker for the first time and I liked it. However, it’s no way worthy as a Best Picture or Director winner. I agree with other people, very overrated.
salma says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:36am
Sasha, the picture is so fitting. Great thought!
I hope Meryl win her third Oscar. Winning NYFCC means a lot…
daveylow says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:37am
I don’t think Streep will win SAG or BAFTA this year.
It will be interesting to see if she keeps building momentum as the season progresses. I’d like to know if Streep won by a large margin.
At least the NY critics kept it interesting by choosing Clooney instead of Bridges but I’d like someone to be brave enough to give Firth an award, who truly deserves one.
The Natural says:
Monday, December 14, 2009 at 10:37am
Yep. The constant Bigelow wins reek of straight-up sexism. Oooooh look, a woman made a big, manly war film! I didn’t know ladies could play the game like us! Give her the award! WHO CARES IF SHE’S A WOMAN!!! She doesn’t deserve it!