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2011 NYFCO Awards « Result #1 on Dec 11, 2011, 5:35pm »
Film - The Artist Actor - Michael Shannon (Take Shelter) Actress - Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) Director - Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Supporting Actor - Albert Brooks (Drive) Supporting Actress - Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) Breakthrough Performer - Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Coriolanus, Texas Killing Fields) Debut Director - Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) Ensemble Cast - Bridesmaids Screenplay - The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) Documentary - Cave of Forgotten Dreams Foreign Language - A Separation Animated - The Adventures of Tintin Cinematography - The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki) Use of Music - The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
TOP 10 FILMS OF 2011 (in alphabetical order)
1 The Artist (The Weinstein Company) 2 The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) 3 Drive (FilmDistrict) 4 The Help (DreamWorks Pictures) 5 Hugo (Paramount) 6 Melancholia (Magnolia Pictures) 7 Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics) 8 Take Shelter (Sony Pictures Classics) 9 The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight) 10 War Horse (DreamWorks Pictures)
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2010 NYFCO FILM AWARDS « Result #2 on Dec 11, 2010, 7:37pm »
Picture - The Social Network
Actor - James Franco, 127 Hours
Actress - Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Director - David Fincher, The Social Network
Supporting Actor - Christian Bale, The Fighter
Supporting Actress - Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Breakthrough Performer - Noomi Rapace, The Millenium Trilogy
Debut Director - John Wells, The Company Men
Ensemble Cast - The Kids Are All Right
Screenplay - The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin
Documentary - Exit through the Gift Shop
Foreign Language - I Am Love
Animated - Toy Story 3
Cinematography - Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
Film Music or Score - Black Swan, Clint Mansell
Top 10 Films 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics) Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Blue Valentine (The Weinstein Co.) The Ghost Writer (Summit) Inception (Warner Bros.) The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) The King's Speech (The Weinstein Co.) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Universal) The Social Network (Sony)
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Broken Mirrors - A Book Review « Result #3 on Apr 28, 2010, 10:35pm »
Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento, by Maitland McDonagh. Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Just ask anyone at Fangoria, the best-known magazine specializing in horror films. You’ll be assured that Maitland McDonagh is a leading national authority on the genre. But wait: Maitland. Isn’t that a woman’s name? Yes indeed. If some people wonder how a red-blooded American male can go for chick flicks like “Pretty Woman,” “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Remains of the day,” those same movie fans would pigeonhole slasher pics as those made strictly for the testosterone set.
I’ve noticed, nonetheless, that gory films are patronized by large majorities of young men, so call McDonagh an exception. As one who has written about erotic films, to wit: “Movie Lust” and “The 50 Most Erotic Films of All Time,” this author cannot be squeezed into a preconceived notion of gender preferences.
In her updated, newly-expanded tome on the films of Dario Argento, “Broken Mirrors/Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento,” McDonagh does not bother offering a clear impression of just why she became a fan of testosterone fare, but does say that “On the strength of ‘Deep Red’ I started researching and found that while there was plenty of writing about the man and his films…there was nothing academic….Argento’s films were a graduate student’s dream…seething with subtext and vibrating with visual virtuosity.” In other words, here was a director whose works she does not universally like (she agrees with me that “La terza madre” is nothing to write home about, nor is “The Bird With the Crystal Plumage”), but the film department at Columbia University requires a thesis of graduate students, and why not see if the department would accept something considered tawdry and commercial--like horror?
The book was developed out of her Master’s thesis, with McDonagh’s probably going through what I did with my own thesis when I hooked a publisher who showed some interest in my writing a book. “Just rewrite your dissertation and remove everything that’s boring,” was the advice of the Utah-based editor, which decided not to accept my “book” when it was ground down to a single page. No problem with “Broken Mirrors.” Though I have not seen McDonagh’s thesis, probably available at Columbia’s Butler library, I see that whatever it states has successfully been re-formed into a readable, often exciting piece of work.
The book is intriguing, though not targeted to the youthful fan base of of the lesser Frankenstein/Dracula/Wolfman series but rather to movie-goers who have read more than their BlackBerry messages and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. They can appreciate the way the author combines a scholarly tone with the reading ease of a solid novel. Look at this description of: “penny-dreadful narratives seething with subtext and vibrating with visual virtuosity.” Alliteration and deftly condensed verbiage abound in the paperback’s 293 pages. If these words connect with you, consider the purchase.
As for the way “Broken Mirrors” is organized, the bulk is a film by film analysis of Argento’s works, which means that the best way to tackle it is to pick up the DVDs (all of Argento’s films are available in that format) and then give yourself a few weeks. Set your player up with “The Bird With the Crystal Plumage,” then read the chapter—one which, by the way, compares Argento with Hitchcock. Everything about the movie that has you puzzled will be explained by the text. Ditto “Four Flies and Grey Velvet,” which to McDonagh represents “substantial advances over ‘The Bird With the Crystal Plumage.’”
You’ll get McDonagh’s take on whether “Suspiria” works as an extremely violent supernatural thriller, how Argento uses supernatural fantasy in “Phenomena,” what happens to a woman in “The Stendhal Syndrome” who is trapped by a serial killer in an abandoned warehouse, and lots more. There are loads of black-and-white pictures of key scenes in the films.
The book concludes with an interview with the director, who believes that “all French directors are former film critics” and why he finds the American studio system distasteful: “When you work with a studio, everyone is an artist and everybody has a suggestion for some way to change your work.” Perhaps the most resonant paragraph in the book opens with “…if commercial art is always in danger of becoming a whore, then high art is equally in danger of becoming an old maid.” This is as good a summation as any of the high-culture, low-culture schism which is discussed on and on by art-house lovers and the strictly action-gore-sweet romance sets, the two sides sometimes agreeing no more than today’s Republicans and Democrats.
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2001-2012 NYFCO AWARDS « Result #4 on Mar 2, 2010, 7:10pm »
NYFCO AWARDS 2001-2012 Note: Awards list for 2000 is missing in action.
FILM 2001 – Mulholland Drive 2002 – Chicago 2003 – Lost in Translation 2004 – Sideways 2005 – The Squid and the Whale 2006 – The Queen 2007 - The Diving Bell & the Butterfly/ There Will Be Blood (tie) 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire 2009 - Avatar 2010 - The Social Network 2011 - The Artist 2012 - Zero Dark Thirty
DIRECTOR 2001 – David Lynch – Mulholland Drive 2002 – Todd Haynes – Far From Heaven(tie) 2002 - Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York (tie) 2003 – Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation 2004 – Martin Scorsese – The Aviator 2005 – Fernando Meirelles – Constant Gardener 2006 – Stephen Frears – The Queen 2007 - Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood 2008 - Danny Boyle w/ Loveelen Tandan - Slumdog Millionaire 2009 - Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker 2010 - David Fincher - The Social Network 2011 - Michael Hazanavicius - The Artist 2012- Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
ACTOR 2001 – Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom 2002 – Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York 2003 – Bill Murray – Lost in Translation 2004 – Jamie Foxx – Ray 2005 – Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote 2006 – Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland 2007 - Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood 2008 - Sean Penn - Milk 2009 - Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart 2010 - James Franco - 127 Hours 2011 - Michael Shannon - Take Shelter 2012 - Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
ACTRESS 2001 – Judi Dench - Iris 2002 – Julianne Moore – Far From Heaven 2003 – Charlize Theron – Monster 2004 – Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake 2005 – Keira Knightley – Pride and Prejudice 2006 – Helen Mirren – The Queen 2007 - Julie Christie - Away From Her 2008 - Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky 2009 - Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia 2010 - Natalie Portman - Black Swan 2011- Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady 2012 - Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
SUPPORTING ACTOR 2001 – Steve Buscemi – Ghost World 2002 – Willem Dafoe – Spider-man 2003 – Alec Baldwin – The Cooler 2004 – Thomas Haden Church – Sideways 2005 – Oliver Platt – Casanova 2006 – Michael Sheen – The Queen 2007 - Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men 2008 - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight 2009 - Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds 2010 - Christian Bale - The Fighter 2011 - Albert Brooks - Drive 2012 - Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
SUPPORTING ACTRESS 2001 – Maggie Smith – Gosford Park 2002 – Edie Falco – Sunshine State 2003 – Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation 2004 – Virginia Madsen – Sideways 2005 – Amy Adams - Junebug 2006 – Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls (tie) 2006 – Catherine O’Hara – For Your Consideration (tie) 2007 - Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There 2008 - Penelope Cruz - Vicki Cristina Barcelona 2009 - Mo'Nique - Precious 2010 - Melissa Leo - The Fighter 2011 - Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids 2012 - Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
SCREENPLAY 2001 – In the Bedroom – Todd Field, Robert Festinger (adapted) 2001 – Mulholland Drive – David Lynch (original) 2002 – Far From Heaven – Todd Haynes 2003 – In America - Jim, Naomi, Kirsten Sheridan 2004 – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman 2005 – Crash - Paul Haggis 2006 – The Queen - Peter Morgan 2007 - The Darjeeling Limited - Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy 2009 - Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino 2010 - The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin 2011 - The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash 2012 - Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal
CINEMATOGRAPHY 2001 – The Man Who Wasn’t There – Roger Deakins 2002 – Far From Heaven – Edward Lachman 2003 – Girl with a Pearl Earring - Eduardo Serra 2004 – Hero - Christopher Doyle 2005 – March of the Penguins 2006 – The Illusionist - Dick Pope 2007 - There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle 2009 - Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson 2010 - Black Swan - Matthew Libatique 2011 - The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki 2012- Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2001 – In the Mood for Love 2002 – Y tu mama tambien 2003 - Demonlover 2004 – The Motorcycle Diaries 2005 – Downfall 2006 – Pan’s Labyrinth 2007 - The Lives of Others/ Persepolis (tie) 2008 - 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days 2009 - The White Ribbon 2010 - I Am Love 2011 - A Separation 2012 - Amour
DOCUMENTARY 2001 – The Gleaners and I 2002 – Bowling for Columbine 2003 – Winged Migration 2004 – Broadway: The Golden Age (tie) 2004 – Super Size Me (tie) 2005 – Grizzly Man 2006 – An Inconvenient Truth 2007 - Sicko 2008 - Man on Wire 2009 - The Cove 2010 - Exit through the Gift Shop 2011 - Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2012 - The Central Park Five
ANIMATION 2001 - (no award) 2002 – Spirited Away 2003 – Finding Nemo 2004 – The Incredibles 2005 – Wallace & Gromit 2006 – Happy Feet 2007 - Persepolis 2008 - Wall-E 2009 - Up 2010 - Toy Story 3 2011 - The Adventures of Tintin 2012 - Chico and Rita
DEBUT DIRECTOR 2001 – Todd Field – In the Bedroom (breakthrough) 2005 – Paul Haggis – Crash 2006 – Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine 2007 - Sarah Polley - Away From Her 2008 - Martin McDonagh - In Bruges 2009 -Marc Webb - (500) Days of Summer 2010 - John Wells - The Company Men 2011 - Joe Cornish - Attack the Block 2012 - Benh Zeitlin- Beasts of the Southern Wild
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER 2001 – Naomi Watts – Mulholland Drive 2005 – Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Four Brothers 2006 – Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls 2007 - Ellen Page - Juno 2008 - Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky 2009 - Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds 2010 - Noomi Rapace - The Millennium Trilogy 2011 - Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life, The Help, The Debt, Take Shelter 2012 - Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
ENSEMBLE CAST 2006 – Little Miss Sunshine 2007 - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2008 - Milk 2009 - In the Loop 2010 - The Kids Are All Right 2011 - Bridesmaids 2012 - Argo
USE OF MUSIC 2006 – Philip Glass – The Illusionist 2007 - There Will Be Blood - Johnny Greenwood 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman 2009 - Crazy Heart - Steve Bruton, T. Bone Burnett, Jeffrey Pollack 2010 - Black Swan - Clint Mansell 2011 - The Artist - Ludovic Bource 2012 - Django Unchained - Mary Ramos, music supervisor
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2009 NYFCO FILM AWARDS « Result #5 on Dec 13, 2009, 6:28pm »
12/13/09
Inglourious Basterds took the lion’s share of awards while Avatar was named best picture by the prestigious New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) at its tenth annual meeting. Jeff Bridges was named Best Actor for his role in Crazy Heart while Meryl Streep received Best Actress honors for her performance in Julie & Julia. Best Director honors went to Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. Christoph Waltz was named Best Supporting Actor for Inglourious Basterds and Mo'Nique was selected as Best Supporting Actress for Precious. The White Ribbon was NYFCO’s choice for Best Foreign film, while Best Documentary honors went to The Cove.
The Complete List ****************************** BEST PICTURE Avatar (20th Century Fox)
DIRECTOR Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
ACTOR Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
ACTRESS Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
SUPPORTING ACTOR Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Mo'Nique (Precious)
CINEMATOGRAPHY Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE The White Ribbon (Sony Classics)
DOCUMENTARY The Cove (Roadside Attractions)
ANIMATED FEATURE Up (Disney/Pixar)
FILM MUSIC OR SCORE Crazy Heart - Steve Bruton & T. Bone Burnett, music supervisor, Jeffrey Pollack
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
DEBUT AS DIRECTOR Marc Webb [(500) Days of Summer]
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE In the Loop (IFC Films)
TOP 11 FILMS (Alphabetical) Adventureland (Miramax Films) Avatar (20th Century Fox) Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight) The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment) Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company) The Messenger (Oscilloscope) Precious (Lionsgate) A Serious Man (Focus Features) Two Lovers (Magnolia Up (Disney/Pixar) Up in the Air (Paramount)
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2008 NYFCO FILM AWARDS « Result #6 on Dec 14, 2008, 6:20pm »
NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINE AWARDS FOR 2008 http://NYFCO.org Contact: Harvey Karten harveycritic@gmail.com (718) 596-2686 12/14/08
Slumdog Millionaire took the lion's share of awards, named best picture by New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO), composed of 27 web-based reviewers and 2 print critics with a strong online presence. Sean Penn was named best actor for his role in Milk while Sally Hawkins received best actress honors for her performance in Happy-Go-Lucky. Best director honors went to Danny Boyle and his co-director, Loveleen Tandan for Slumdog Millionaire. Heath Ledger was named best supporting actor for The Dark Knight and Penelope Cruz was selected as best supporting actress for Vicki Cristina Barcelona. 4 Months, 3 Weeks 2 Days was NYFCO's choice for best foreign film, while best documentary honors went to Man on Wire.
The Complete List
BEST PICTURE Slumdog Millionaire
BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle w/ Loveleen Tandan - 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 - Vicki Cristina Barcelona
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
BEST SCREENPLAY Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
BEST FOREIGN PICTURE 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
BEST DOCUMENTARY Man on Wire
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Wall-E
BEST SCORE Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
BEST DEBUT AS DIRECTOR Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Milk
BEST PICTURES (alphabetical) Che A Christmas Tale The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Happy-Go-Lucky Milk Rachel Getting Married Slumdog Millionaire Wall-E The Wrestler
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2001-2012 NYFCO FILM AWARDS « Result #7 on Nov 22, 2008, 10:53pm »
NYFCO AWARDS 2001-2012 Note: Awards list for 2000 is missing in action.
FILM 2001 – Mulholland Drive 2002 – Chicago 2003 – Lost in Translation 2004 – Sideways 2005 – The Squid and the Whale 2006 – The Queen 2007 - The Diving Bell & the Butterfly/ There Will Be Blood (tie) 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire 2009 - Avatar 2010 - The Social Network 2011 - The Artist 2012 -
DIRECTOR 2001 – David Lynch – Mulholland Drive 2002 – Todd Haynes – Far From Heaven(tie) 2002 - Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York (tie) 2003 – Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation 2004 – Martin Scorsese – The Aviator 2005 – Fernando Meirelles – Constant Gardener 2006 – Stephen Frears – The Queen 2007 - Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood 2008 - Danny Boyle w/ Loveelen Tandan - Slumdog Millionaire 2009 - Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker 2010 - David Fincher - The Social Network 2011 - Michael Hazanavicius - The Artist 2012-
ACTOR 2001 – Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom 2002 – Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York 2003 – Bill Murray – Lost in Translation 2004 – Jamie Foxx – Ray 2005 – Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote 2006 – Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland 2007 - Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood 2008 - Sean Penn - Milk 2009 - Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart 2010 - James Franco - 127 Hours 2011 - Michael Shannon - Take Shelter 2012 -
ACTRESS 2001 – Judi Dench - Iris 2002 – Julianne Moore – Far From Heaven 2003 – Charlize Theron – Monster 2004 – Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake 2005 – Keira Knightley – Pride and Prejudice 2006 – Helen Mirren – The Queen 2007 - Julie Christie - Away From Her 2008 - Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky 2009 - Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia 2010 - Natalie Portman - Black Swan 2011- Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady 2012 -
SUPPORTING ACTOR 2001 – Steve Buscemi – Ghost World 2002 – Willem Dafoe – Spider-man 2003 – Alec Baldwin – The Cooler 2004 – Thomas Haden Church – Sideways 2005 – Oliver Platt – Casanova 2006 – Michael Sheen – The Queen 2007 - Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men 2008 - Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight 2009 - Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds 2010 - Christian Bale - The Fighter 2011 - Albert Brooks - Drive 2012 -
SUPPORTING ACTRESS 2001 – Maggie Smith – Gosford Park 2002 – Edie Falco – Sunshine State 2003 – Scarlett Johansson – Lost in Translation 2004 – Virginia Madsen – Sideways 2005 – Amy Adams - Junebug 2006 – Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls (tie) 2006 – Catherine O’Hara – For Your Consideration (tie) 2007 - Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There 2008 - Penelope Cruz - Vicki Cristina Barcelona 2009 - Mo'Nique - Precious 2010 - Melissa Leo - The Fighter 2011 - Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids 2012 -
SCREENPLAY 2001 – In the Bedroom – Todd Field, Robert Festinger (adapted) 2001 – Mulholland Drive – David Lynch (original) 2002 – Far From Heaven – Todd Haynes 2003 – In America - Jim, Naomi, Kirsten Sheridan 2004 – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman 2005 – Crash - Paul Haggis 2006 – The Queen - Peter Morgan 2007 - The Darjeeling Limited - Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy 2009 - Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino 2010 - The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin 2011 - The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash 2012 -
CINEMATOGRAPHY 2001 – The Man Who Wasn’t There – Roger Deakins 2002 – Far From Heaven – Edward Lachman 2003 – Girl with a Pearl Earring - Eduardo Serra 2004 – Hero - Christopher Doyle 2005 – March of the Penguins 2006 – The Illusionist - Dick Pope 2007 - There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle 2009 - Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson 2010 - Black Swan - Matthew Libatique 2011 - The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki 2012-
FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2001 – In the Mood for Love 2002 – Y tu mama tambien 2003 - Demonlover 2004 – The Motorcycle Diaries 2005 – Downfall 2006 – Pan’s Labyrinth 2007 - The Lives of Others/ Persepolis (tie) 2008 - 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days 2009 - The White Ribbon 2010 - I Am Love 2011 - A Separation 2012 -
DOCUMENTARY 2001 – The Gleaners and I 2002 – Bowling for Columbine 2003 – Winged Migration 2004 – Broadway: The Golden Age (tie) 2004 – Super Size Me (tie) 2005 – Grizzly Man 2006 – An Inconvenient Truth 2007 - Sicko 2008 - Man on Wire 2009 - The Cove 2010 - Exit through the Gift Shop 2011 - Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2012 -
ANIMATION 2001 - (no award) 2002 – Spirited Away 2003 – Finding Nemo 2004 – The Incredibles 2005 – Wallace & Gromit 2006 – Happy Feet 2007 - Persepolis 2008 - Wall-E 2009 - Up 2010 - Toy Story 3 2011 - The Adventures of Tintin 2012 -
DEBUT DIRECTOR 2001 – Todd Field – In the Bedroom (breakthrough) 2005 – Paul Haggis – Crash 2006 – Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine 2007 - Sarah Polley - Away From Her 2008 - Martin McDonagh - In Bruges 2009 -Marc Webb - (500) Days of Summer 2010 - John Wells - The Company Men 2011 - Joe Cornish - Attack the Block 2012 -
BREAKOUT PERFORMER 2001 – Naomi Watts – Mulholland Drive 2005 – Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, Four Brothers 2006 – Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls 2007 - Ellen Page - Juno 2008 - Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky 2009 - Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds 2010 - Noomi Rapace - The Millennium Trilogy 2011 - Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life, The Help, The Debt, Take Shelter 2012 -
ENSEMBLE CAST 2006 – Little Miss Sunshine 2007 - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2008 - Milk 2009 - In the Loop 2010 - The Kids Are All Right 2011 - Bridesmaids 2012 -
MUSIC/SCORE 2006 – Philip Glass – The Illusionist 2007 - There Will Be Blood - Johnny Greenwood 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman 2009 - Crazy Heart - Steve Bruton, T. Bone Burnett, Jeffrey Pollack 2010 - Black Swan - Clint Mansell 2011 - The Artist - Ludovic Bource 2012 -
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HOW DO I APPLY TO NYFCO? « Result #9 on Nov 22, 2008, 10:49pm »
New York Film Critics Online - Updated 9/30/11
The New York Film Critics Online, is an organization composed of 33 top online film critics in New York City. It has a rich mix of reviewers who have carved out original, innovative spaces on the internet for critical illumination. The group meets once a year, in December, and votes its film awards for that year.
We currently have a full roster of critics. But NYFCO is open to considering occasional new applications from those whose websites exemplify unique qualities, such as the writers' prestige in the film community, special points of view by which critics analyze and rate movies, and those who would add to NYFCO's standard of cultural diversity that acknowledges and reflects the NYC movie audience.
Invitations require the unanimous vote of our 3 directors. You may Apply For Admission To NYFCO if at the time of your application:
1) You live in the New York City area.
2) You get invited by Manhattan studio publicists to new films in advance of opening day.
3) During the past 12 months, you personally (not you and your web staff) post 50 or more reviews of films newly released to New York theaters ( DVD reviews count only of current films). Each review should be posted by New York opening day, but never later than two weeks after opening. Capsule reviews (under 300 words) will not count for admissions purposes. Members must continue to fulfill these requirements to retain NYFCO affiliation.
4) You are willing to link your URL to http://rottentomatoes.com (having an author number on Rotten Tomatoes already is a plus)
5) You are principally an online critic as opposed to a print or broadcast critic with an online presence.
6) Your reviews should be easily to find, preferably with a page that includes all your links in much the way that Rotten Tomatoes author pages list them.
7) You do not belong to other online critics' organizations.
8) You are not affiliated with a website that already has a current member.
Note: If you are from an under-represented group in the critics' community (e.g. women, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latino-Americans), that's a plus. If you write for a prestigious site, e.g. Salon, Slate, Film Journal, that's a plus.
How To Apply To NYFCO
If you answer is YES to all of the above, please send an E-Mail to harveycritic@gmail.com and state the following:
1) Your name. 2) Your home address. 3) Your phone number. 4) Your website URL. 5) Your E-Mail address. 6) A one-paragraph biographical sketch.
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2007 NYFCO Film Awards « Result #10 on Dec 9, 2007, 9:39pm »
"There Will Be Blood" snagged five of the fifteen awards voted by New York Film Critics Online, a New York-based group composed of 24 web-based reviewers and 3 print critics with a strong online presence. "There Will Be Blood and "The Divine Bell and the Butterfly" were tied for best picture, while "Daniel Day-Lewis was named best actor for his role as a voraciously greedy oil tycoon in "There Will Be Blood." Julie Christie received best actress honors as a beautiful woman in the clutches of Alzheimer's disease in "Away From Her." Best director kudos went to Paul Thomas Anderson for "There Will Be Blood." NYFCO chose Michael Moore's "Sicko," a humorous indictment of America's health care system, as best documentary, while "The Lives of Others" and "Persepolis" ended in a dead heat for best foreign language picture.
The Complete list:
BEST PICTURE The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (tie) There Will Be Blood (tie)
BEST DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTOR Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
BEST ACTRESS Julie Christie – Away From Her
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY There Will Be Blood – Robert Elswit
BEST SCREENPLAY The Darjeeling Limited – Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola
BEST FOREIGN PICTURE The Lives of Others (tie) Persepolis (tie)
BEST DOCUMENTARY Sicko
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Persepolis
BEST MUSIC/SCORE There Will Be Blood – Jonny Greenwood
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE Ellen Page – Juno
BEST DEBUT AS DIRECTOR Sarah Polley – Away From Her
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
BEST PICTURES (alphabetical) Atonement (Focus Features) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (THINKFilm) The Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax) I'm Not There (The Weinstein Company) Juno (Fox Searchlight) Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.) No Country for Old Men (Miramax) Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics) Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks) There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)
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2006 NYFCO Film Awards « Result #11 on Dec 10, 2006, 6:03pm »
NY FILM CRITICS ONLINE AWARDS FOR 2006
New York Film Critics Online is composed of major reviewers in the New York area who work exclusively for online publications or for print/broadcast media with a strong online presence. The twenty-six members (NYFCO.ORG) met at O'Neal's Restaurant, 49 W 64 Street in Manhattan on December 10th, 2006, and voted for these awards:
Picture THE QUEEN
Director STEPHEN FREARS - The Queen
Screenplay PETER MORGAN - The Queen
Cinematography DICK POPE - The Illusionist
Actor FOREST WHITAKER - The Last King of Scotland
Actress HELEN MIRREN - The Queen
Supporting Actor MICHAEL SHEEN - The Queen
Supporting Actress JENNIFER HUDSON - Dreamgirls (tie) CATHERINE O'HARA - For Your Consideration (tie)
Ensemble Cast LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Debut as Director JONATHAN DAYTON, VALERIE FARIS - Little Miss Sunshine
Breakthrough Performer JENNIFER HUDSON - Dreamgirls
Film Score PHILIP GLASS - The Illusionist
Documentary Feature AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Animated Feature HAPPY FEET
Foreign Language Picture PAN'S LABYRINTH
Humanitarian Award DEEPA MEHTA (Water) for taking risks to create films about the difficulties of social change in India especially as it affects women.
Top 10 Films (Alphabetical): BABEL (Paramount Vantage) THE FOUNTAIN (Warner Bros.) INLAND EMPIRE (Absurda) LITTLE CHILDREN (New Line) LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Fox Searchlight) PAN'S LABYRINTH (Picturehouse) THE QUEEN (Miramax) THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (Fox Searchlight) VOLVER (Sony Pictures Classics) WATER (Fox Searchlight)
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2005 NYFCO Film Awards « Result #15 on Dec 11, 2005, 3:18pm »
The 2005 NYFCO (New York Film Critics Online) Awards Awards Meeting held at Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction in the East Village
Picture - The Squid and the Whale Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) Actress - Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice) Director - Fernando Meirelles (Constant Gardener) Supporting Actor - Oliver Platt (Casanova) Supporting Actress - Amy Adams (Junebug) Breakthrough Performer - Terrence Howard (Hustle and Flow, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Four Brothers) Debut Director - Paul Haggis (Crash) Screenplay - Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco (Crash) Documentary - Grizzly Man Foreign Language - Downfall Animated - Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Cinematography - March of the Penguins
Top 9 Films (in alphabetical order): The Best of Youth (Miramax) Brokeback Mountain (Focus) Capote (Sony Classics) The Constant Gardener (Focus) Crash (Lions Gate) Good Night, and Good Luck. (Warner Independent) Munich (Universal/DreamWorks) The Squid and the Whale (Samuel Goldwyn) Syriana (Warner Bros.)
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2003 NYFCO Film Awards « Result #16 on Feb 7, 2005, 3:59pm »
The New York Film Critics Online Awards 2003
• Best Picture - Lost in Translation • Best Director - Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) • Best Actor - Bill Murray (Lost in Translation) • Best Actress - Charlize Theron (Monster) • Best Support Actor - Alec Baldwin (The Cooler) • Best Support Actress - Scarlett Johanson (Lost in Translation) • Best Screenplay - In America (Jim, Naomi & Kirsten Sheridan) • Best Foreign Language Film - Demonlover (Oliver Assayas, France) • Best Documentary - Winged Migration • Best Cinematography - Girl with a Pearl Earring (Eduardo Serra) • Best Animation - Finding Nemo • Breakthrough performance - Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent) Top Ten Films 1. Lost in Translation 2. American Splendor 3. In America 4. 21 Grams 5. A Mighty Wind (tie) Cold Mountain (tie) Girl with a Pearl Earring (tie) Lawless Heart (tie) The Barbarian Invasions (tie) 10. The Station Agent
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2004 NYFCO Film Awards « Result #17 on Feb 7, 2005, 3:56pm »
NYFCO 2004 Film Awards
The New York Film Critics Online met at the Judson Memorial Church on Dec. 11th and voted these awards.
PICTURE Sideways
DIRECTOR Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)
ACTOR Jamie Foxx
ACTRESS Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
SUPPORT ACTOR Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)
SUPPORT ACTRESS Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
SCREENPLAY Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Charlie Kaufman)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE The Motorcycle Diaries
DOCUMENTARY Broadway: The Golden Age (tie) Super Size Me (tie)
ANIMATION The Incredibles
CINEMATOGRAPHY Hero (Christopher Doyle)
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR Topher Grace (P.S.; In Good Company)
DEBUT DIRECTOR Joshua Marston (Maria, Full of Grace)
TOP NINE FILMS 1. Sideways 2. The Aviator 3. Before Sunset 4. Hero 5. Kinsey 6. Bad Education 7. The Incredibles 8. The Motorcycle Diaries 9. House of Flying Daggers
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