Quadruple Critic Attack: Boston, LA, NYC, and the AFI

Today's a big day for critics awards, as four of the biggest/most important give out their winners: the Boston Film Critics, The LA Film Critics Association, the New York Online Critics, and the American Film Institute. In a year that has thus far failed to find its Hurt Locker/Slumdog Millionaire/No Country for Old Men, today's big 4 could either help produce a clearer front-runner, or simply add more confusion to the mix. Frankly, I'd rather the latter happen; the Oscars are always more fun when they're less predictable, and these past few years, the top award was never much of a surprise by the time Oscar night rolled around. I won't devote entire posts to each of the big four, but rather keep one post (this one) with updates for each as they are announced. Announcements won't start for at least a few hours, but here's our basic framework:

PS: A pair of asterisks will be placed by the most recently announced award from each group.

Boston Film Critics [completed]:

**Best Picture: The Social Network

Best Actor: Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network

Best Actress: Natalie Portman - Black Swan

Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale - The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Lewis - Conviction

Best Director: David Fincher - The Social Network

Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network

Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins - True Grit

Best Documentary: Marwencol

Best Foreign Language Film: Mother

Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3

Best Editing: Andrew Weisblum - Black Swan

Best New Filmmaker: Jeff Malmberg - Marwencol

Best Ensemble Cast: The Fighter

Best Use of Music: The Social Network - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

LA Film Critics Association[completed]:

Best Picture: The Social Network

Best Director (tie): Oliver Assayas (Carlos) and David Fincher (The Social Network)

Best Actor: Colin Firth - The King's Speech

Best Actress: Kim Hye-ja - Mother

Best Supporting Actor: Niels Arestrup - A Prophet

Best Supporting Actress: Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network

Best Cinematography: Black Swan

Best Production Design: Inception

Best Documentary: Last Train Home

**Douglas E. Edwards Award for Experimental Film/Video: Film Socialism

Best Score(tie): The Ghost Writer (Alexandre Desplat) and The Social Network (Reznor/Ross)

New York Film Critics Online[completed]:

Best Picture: The Social Network

Best Director: David Fincher - The Social Network

Best Actor: James Franco - 127 Hours

Best Actress: Natalie Portman - Black Swan

Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale - The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo - The Fighter

Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network

Best Cinematography: Black Swan

Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Language Film: I am Love

Best Documentary: Exit Through the Gift Shop

Best Ensemble Cast: The Kids Are All Right

Best Score: Black Swan

Breakthrough Performance: Noomi Rapace - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Debut Director: John Wells - The Company Men

AFI Top 10[completed/alphabetical]:

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

127 Hours

The Social Network

The Town

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter's Bone