The New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Because apparently NYC is so important, it gets two critics awards...

Best Foreign Film

The Lives of Others

for the LAST TIME, it's a 2006 movie...stop rewarding it!

Best Animated Film

Persepolis

cool

Best First Film

Sarah Polley

Away from Her

Best Documentary

No End in Sight

Best Cinematographer

Robert Elswit

There Will Be Blood

Best Screenplay

Joel and Ethan Coen

No Country for Old Men

about time. That dialogue was fantastic.

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Ryan

Gone Baby Gone

okay, either she's going to be a lock for the win, or she'll be this year's Virginia Madsen (the one who sweeps the critics awards, but loses at all of the televised award shows, including the Oscars)

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem

No Country for Old Men

excellent....friend-o.

Best Actress

Julie Christie

Away from Her

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Best Director

Joel and Ethan Coen

No Country for Old Men

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss

Best Actor

Daniel Day Lewis

There Will Be Blood

just when Johnny Depp had a serious shot, you decided to stop being a hermit and make another movie and like all your performances we're treating it like the Second Coming of Christ (though in all fairness, this is probably true...)...

Best Picture

No Country for Old Men

hmmm, not a single win for Atonement yet..this is interesting..

Lifetime Achievement

Sidney Lumet

Special Critics' Award

Charles Burnett

Killer of Sheep