Los Angeles Film Critics Association

The LAFCA (one of the twin behemoths of critics awards -the other being the NYFCC) are announcing their awards. They're located at ground zero of all things movie, so it's a big deal.


Their choices for best of 2007
Picture: There Will Be Blood
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Very interesting. Nice to see him getting the credit he's deserved since the beginning
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Actress: Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Supporting Actor: Vlad Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone and Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)
LA critics like the unsavory characters for their supporting awards --both are total nightmares

Animated -tie: Ratatouille and Persepolis
Two of the year's finest so that's a nice twist
Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)
Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski (The Diving Bell and Butterfly)
Production Design: Jack Fisk (There Will Be Blood)
Documentary: No End in Sight
New Generation: Sarah Polley (Away From Her)
Smart choice here.
Legacy Award: Milestone Film & Video and Outfest Legacy Project
Douglas Edward Indie Award: Pedro Costa (Collossal Youth)
Music: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (Once)
Sigh. I guess they're only getting a song nomination at the Oscars. It's an easy way to honor a film that a lot of people love.
Career: Sidney Lumet
He could still be your lone wolf directorial nominee for Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, though competition is stiff

Their BEST decrees from years past...
2006 Pic: Letters from Iwo Jima, Dir: Greengrass (United 93), Actor -tie: Whitaker (Last King of Scotland) and Cohen (Borat), Actress: Mirren (The Queen), Supp Actor: Sheen (The Queen), Supp Actress: Gheorghiu (The Death of Mr Lazarescu)
2005 Pic: Brokeback Mountain Dir: Lee (Brokeback Mountain), Actor: Hoffman (Capote), Actress: Farmiga (Down to the Bone), Supp Actor: Hurt (A History of Violence), Supp Actress: Keener (a bunch of movies)
2004 Pic: Sideways Dir: Payne (Sideways), Actor: Neeson (Kinsey), Actress: Staunton (Vera Drake), Supp Actor: Church (Sideways), Supp Actress: Madsen (Sideways)
2003 Pic: American Splendor Dir: Jackson (The Return of the King) Actor: Murray (Lost in Translation), Watts (21 Grams), Supp Actor: Nighy (a bunch of movies), Supp Actress: Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog)
2002 Pic: About Schmidt Dir: Almodovar (Talk to Her) Actor -tie: Nicholson (About Schmidt) and Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York), Actress: Moore (Far From Heaven and The Hours), Supp Actor: Cooper (Adaptation), Supp Actress: Falco (Sunshine State)
2001 Pic: In the Bedroom Dir: Lynch (Mulholland Dr), Actor: Washington (Training Day), Actress: Spacek (In the Bedroom), Supp Actor: Broadbent (Iris and Moulin Rouge!), Supp Actress: Winslet (Iris)
2000 Pic: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dir: Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich and Traffic), Actor: Douglas (Wonder Boys), Actress: Roberts (Erin Brockovich), Supp Actor: Dafoe (Shadow of the Vampire), Supp Actress: McDormand (Almost Famous and Wonder Boys)
1999 Pic: The Insider Dir: Mendes (American Beauty), Actor: Crowe (The Insider), Swank (Boys Don't Cry), Supp Actor: Plummer (The Insider), Supp Actress: Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry)
1998 Pic: Saving Private Ryan Dir: Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan), Actor: McKellen (Gods and Monsters), Actress -tie: Montenegro (Central Station) and Sheedy (High Art), Supp Actor -tie: Thornton (A Simple Plan) and Murray (Rushmore), Supp Actress: Allen (Pleasantville)
1997 Pic: LA Confidential Dir: Hanson (LA Confidential) Actor: Duvall (The Apostle), Actress: Bonham-Carter (Wings of the Dove), Supp Actor: Reynolds (Boogie Nights), Supp Actress: Moore (Boogie Nights)