Just as the NYFCC and the NBR did before it, the Boston Online Film Critics Association has bestowed top honors to Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty. I think it’s safe to say that Bigelow’s film about the greatest manhunt in US history is shaping up to be the critics’ darling of the year. Is ZDT about to do what The Social Network did a couple years ago? Do these early wins make it the film to beat come Oscar time? You can visit the BOFCA website here, and see the rest of the winners after the jump.
BEST PICTURE: ZERO DARK THIRTY
BEST DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY
BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, LINCOLN
BEST ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tommy Lee Jones, LINCOLN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, LES MISERABLES
BEST SCREENPLAY: Tony Kushner, LINCOLN
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: OSLO, AUGUST 31ST
BEST DOCUMENTARY: HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
BEST ANIMATED FILM: PARANORMAN
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins, SKYFALL
BEST EDITING: William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor, ZERO DARK THIRTY
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Jonny Greenwood, THE MASTER
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: MOONRISE KINGDOM
THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR:
- ZERO DARK THIRTY
- BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
- LINCOLN
- MOONRISE KINGDOM
- DJANGO UNCHAINED
- OSLO, AUGUST 31ST
- HOLY MOTORS
- THE MASTER
- ARGO
- CLOUD ATLAS
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Tags: Boston Online Film Critics Association, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain, kathryn bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
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Will go see this the same way some children eat spinach and I know my resistance comes from thinking the last ten + years of war have been just so much jingoistic BS and that I greeted the actual raid with “meh”. Still none of those attitudes mean that you can’t make a great movie about a distasteful subject. The fact that The Master and Cloud Atlas are on their 10 best list and Les Miserables is not, doesn’t say much for the group itself.
Jamie(Quote) (Reply)
Les Mis is actually not being universally praised as people expected. Check Rotten Tomatoes for early reviews.
GL(Quote) (Reply)
I generally avoid commenting particularly since I know many here have seen the movies much before I do, so my comments remain muted. But seeing someone being so judgmental about any Film Critics groups’ selections make me wonder – With what kind of ego does one say “The fact that The Master and Cloud Atlas are on their 10 best list and Les Miserables is not, doesn’t say much for the group itself.”
Awards in general are a subjective consideration and as such should be taken with a pinch of salt, but belittle a group of fairly respected film critics because someone’s personal favorite has not been included is stupid so much so that I had to point it out.
Anupam(Quote) (Reply)
Another group on board with Zero Dark Thirty. No complaints here with that…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)