It's verging on a sweep for Kathryn Bigelow. Fresh off the Golden Globe nom for The Hurt Locker, the Toronto Film Critic's Association has just published their list of award winners and while the film itself didn't get the best picture nod, there Bigelow is again as best director. The fact that they picked Nicolas Cage as best actor for his role in Bad Lieutenant makes me particularly proud of where I live, as does the general diversity of the rest of the list. If we're not careful people might actually start to think that Toronto's critics actually watch more than is available in the multiplex ...
The list!
BEST PICTURE (TIE)
"Hunger" (Maple Pictures)
"Inglourious Basterds" (Alliance Films)
Runner-up:
"The Hurt Locker" (Maple Pictures)
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Nicolas Cage, "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"
Runners-up:
George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Michael Fassbender, "Hunger"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Viggo Mortensen, "The Road"
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
Runners-up:
Arta Dobroshi, "Le Silence de Lorna"
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
Runners-up:
Christian McKay, "Me & Orson Welles"
Timothy Olyphant, "A Perfect Getaway"
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Runners-up:
Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Mo'nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Runners-up:
Steve McQueen, "Hunger"
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
BEST SCREENPLAY (TIE)
"Inglourious Basterds", written by Quentin Tarantino
"Up in the Air", written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
based on the novel by Walter Kirn
Runner-up:
"A Serious Man", written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
BEST FIRST FEATURE
"Hunger", directed by Steve McQueen
Runners-up:
"District 9", directed by Neill Blomkamp
"(500) Days of Summer", directed by Marc Webb
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (Fox Searchlight)
Runners-up:
"Coraline" (Alliance Films)
"Up" (Disney-Pixar)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
"The White Ribbon" (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up:
"Police, adjective" (filmswelike)
"Summer Hours" (E1 Entertainment)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"The Cove" (Maple Pictures)
Runners-up:
"Anvil! The Story of Anvil" (filmswelike)
"The Beaches of Agnes" (E1 Entertainment)
The list!
BEST PICTURE (TIE)
"Hunger" (Maple Pictures)
"Inglourious Basterds" (Alliance Films)
Runner-up:
"The Hurt Locker" (Maple Pictures)
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Nicolas Cage, "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"
Runners-up:
George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Michael Fassbender, "Hunger"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Viggo Mortensen, "The Road"
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
Runners-up:
Arta Dobroshi, "Le Silence de Lorna"
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"
Runners-up:
Christian McKay, "Me & Orson Welles"
Timothy Olyphant, "A Perfect Getaway"
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Runners-up:
Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
Mo'nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
Runners-up:
Steve McQueen, "Hunger"
Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
BEST SCREENPLAY (TIE)
"Inglourious Basterds", written by Quentin Tarantino
"Up in the Air", written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
based on the novel by Walter Kirn
Runner-up:
"A Serious Man", written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
BEST FIRST FEATURE
"Hunger", directed by Steve McQueen
Runners-up:
"District 9", directed by Neill Blomkamp
"(500) Days of Summer", directed by Marc Webb
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (Fox Searchlight)
Runners-up:
"Coraline" (Alliance Films)
"Up" (Disney-Pixar)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
"The White Ribbon" (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up:
"Police, adjective" (filmswelike)
"Summer Hours" (E1 Entertainment)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"The Cove" (Maple Pictures)
Runners-up:
"Anvil! The Story of Anvil" (filmswelike)
"The Beaches of Agnes" (E1 Entertainment)
Wow Me and Orson Welles showed up. I had almost forgotten about wanting to see that.
Now that is a list I can get behind!
I love out the Toronto Critics really got behind the lovely WENDY & LUCY last year as well. That is a two-peat for female directors!