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ANNOUNCES THE

BEST OF 2011

NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS!

 

(Detroit, Michigan – December 16, 2011)…The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2011 nominees and winners in ten categories.  The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 22 Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan.

 

Each critic submitted their top 5 picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Breakthrough Performance, Best Screenplay, and Best Documentary.   From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top 5 in each category have been placed on the final ballot.  The final ballots were then given to each critic to rank in order.  The results were once again tabulated and the winners were decided.

 

 

THE NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS FOR 2011

PICKED BY THE DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

(in alphabetical order)

Winners are in red

1.  BEST PICTURE

• THE ARTIST
• THE DESCENDANTS
• HUGO
• TAKE SHELTER
• THE TREE OF LIFE

 

2.  BEST DIRECTOR

• MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS – THE ARTIST
• TERRENCE MALICK – THE TREE OF LIFE
• JEFF NICHOLS – TAKE SHELTER
• MARTIN SCORSESE– HUGO
• NICHOLAS WINDING REFN – DRIVE

 

3.  BEST ACTOR

• GEORGE CLOONEY– THE DESCENDANTS
• JEAN DUJARDIN – THE ARTIST
• MICHAEL FASSBENDER – SHAME
• BRAD PITT – MONEYBALL
• MICHAEL SHANNON – TAKE SHELTER

 

 4.  BEST ACTRESS

• VIOLA DAVIS – THE HELP
• FELICITY JONES – LIKE CRAZY
• MERYL STREEP – THE IRON LADY
• CHARLIZE THERON – YOUNG ADULT
• MICHELLE WILLIAMS – MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

 

5.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

        ·    KENNETH BRANAGH  -- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN   
        ·     ALBERT BROOKS -- DRIVE
        ·     RYAN GOSLING  -- CRAZY STUPID LOVE
        ·     PATTON OSWALT -- YOUNG ADULT
        ·     CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER  -- BEGINNERS

 

6.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• BERENICE BEJO – THE ARTIST
• JESSICA CHASTAIN – TAKE SHELTER
• CAREY MULLIGAN - SHAME
• VANESSA REDGRAVE – CORIOLANUS
• OCTAVIA SPENCER – THE HELP
  

7.  BEST ENSEMBLE

• CARNAGE
• CEDAR RAPIDS
• CRAZY STUPID LOVE
• THE HELP
• MARGIN CALL
• WIN WIN

 

8.  BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• JESSICA CHASTAIN – THE HELP/TAKE SHELTER/THE TREE OF LIFE
• FELICITY JONES – LIKE CRAZY
• MELISSA MCCARTHY – BRIDESMAIDS
• ELIZABETH OLSEN –MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
• SHAILENE WOODLEY– THE DESCENDANTS

 

9.  BEST SCREENPLAY

• 50/50 – WILL REISER
• THE ARTIST – MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS
• BEGINNERS – MIKE MILLS
• MONEYBALL – AARON SORKIN & STEVEN ZAILLIAN
• TAKE SHELTER– JEFF NICHOLS

 

10.  BEST DOCUMENTARY

• INTO ETERNITY
• INTO THE ABYSS
• MARWENCOL
• TABLOID
• WE WERE HERE

 

 

The Detroit Film Critics Society members for the 2011-2012 season in alphabetical order are Kirk Baird – The Toledo Blade, Jason Buchanan – allmovie.com, Jim Fordyce – www.MIentertainment.biz, Adam Graham – The Detroit News, Corey Hall – The Metro Times, Tom Long – The Detroit News, Jeff Meyers – The Metro Times, John Monaghan – The Detroit Free Press, Warren Pierce – WJR Radio, Greg Russell – WMYD-TV, James Sanford – The Kalamazoo Gazette, Tom Santilli – Examiner.com, Debbie Schlussel – Sirius Patriot Channel 144’s Mike Church Show, Perry Seibert – allmovieguide.com, John Serba – The Grand Rapids Press, Lee Thomas – WJBK Fox 2, Mike Tyrkus – Cinemanerdz.com, Kirk Vanderbeek – Real Detroit Weekly, Greg Walton – WIOG/KRSP, and Stephanie Webb – WZZM, ABC 13, Chris Williams – Advisor & Source Newspapers, and Rob Worley- Backlot D. 

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

RUTH DANIELS, DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

AT (248) 703-0997 OR ruthd@emagine-entertainment.com

More information is available on the website at detroitfilmcritics.com

 

 

 

        

 

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Detroit Film Critics Society 2007 Awards

BEST OF 2008

    NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS!

 

(Detroit, Michigan – December 19, 2008)…The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2008 winners in eight categories. 

 

Each critic submitted their top 5 picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Best Newcomer.  From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top 5 in each category were put on the final ballot.  The final ballots were then given to each critic to rank in order.  The results were once again tabulated and the winners were decided.

 

THE NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS FOR 2008

PICKED BY THE DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

(WINNERS ARE IN RED AND UNDERLINED)

 

1.  BEST FILM

• THE DARK KNIGHT
• FROST/NIXON
• SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE -- http://www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire/
• WALL-E
• THE WRESTLER

 

2.  BEST DIRECTOR

• DARREN ARONOFSKY – THE WRESTLER
• DANNY BOYLE -- SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000965/
• RON HOWARD – FROST/NIXON
• CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – THE DARK KNIGHT
• ANDREW STANTON – WALL-E

 

3.  BEST ACTOR

• JOSH BROLIN - W
• LEONARDO DICAPRIO – REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
• FRANK LANGELLA – FROST/NIXON
• SEAN PENN - MILK
• MICKEY ROURKE – THE WRESTLER http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000620/

 

4.  BEST ACTRESS

• ANNE HATHAWAY – RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
• SALLY HAWKINS – HAPPY GO LUCKY
• MELISSA LEO – FROZEN RIVER
• MERYL STREEP - DOUBT
• KATE WINSLET – REVOLUTIONARY ROAD http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000701/

 

5.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

               ·         ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. – TROPIC THUNDER

·         JAMES FRANCO – PINEAPPLE EXPRESS

·         HEATH LEDGER – THE DARK KNIGHT
 http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=heath+ledger&x=9&y=13

·         EDDIE MARSAN – HAPPY GO LUCKY

·         MICHAEL SHANNON – REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

 

 6.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

• AMY ADAMS - DOUBT
• ELIZABETH BANKS - W
• PENELOPE CRUZ – VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
• ROMEMARIE DEWITT – RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
• MARISA TOMEI – THE WRESTLER http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000673/

 

7.  BEST ENSEMBLE

• BURN AFTER READING
• FROST/NIXON http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870111/
• RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
• REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
• TROPIC THUNDER

 

8.  BEST NEWCOMER

• ROSEMARIE DEWITT – RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
• REBECCA HALL – FROST/NIXON & VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
• DANNY MCBRIDE – PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
• MARTIN MCDONAGH – IN BRUGES (WRITER/DIRECTOR) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1732981/
• DEV PATEL – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
• CATINCA UNTARU – THE FALL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

      

 

 

 ANNOUNCED THE

BEST OF 2009

NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS!

 

(Detroit, Michigan –December 19, 2009 )…The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2009 nominees in eight categories.  The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 21 Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan. 

 

Each critic submitted their top 5 picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Best Breakthrough Performance.  From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top 5 in each category were put on the final ballot.  The final ballots were then given to each critic to rank in order.  The results were once again tabulated and the winners were decided.

  

 

THE NOMINATIONS FOR 2009

PICKED BY THE DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

( in alphabetical order)

 

1.  BEST FILM

• (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• UP
• UP IN THE AIR

 

2.  BEST DIRECTOR

• KATHRYN BIGELOW– THE HURT LOCKER
• PETE DOCTER - UP
• JASON REITMAN – UP IN THE AIR
• QUENTIN TARANTINO – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• MARC WEBB – (500) DAYS OF SUMMER

 

3.  BEST ACTOR

• GEORGE CLOONEY – UP IN THE AIR
• MATT DAMON – THE INFORMANT
• COLIN FIRTH – A SINGLE MAN
• JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT – (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
• SAM ROCKWELL - MOON

4.  BEST ACTRESS

• ALISON LOHMAN – DRAG ME TO HELL
• CAREY MULLIGAN – AN EDUCATION
• SAOIRSE RONAN – THE LOVELY BONES
• GABOUREY “GABBY” SIDIBE – PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
• MERYL STREEP – JULIE & JULIA

 

5.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

·         WOODY HARRELSON – THE MESSENGER

·         WOODY HARRELSON - ZOMBIELAND

·         CHRISTIAN MCKAY – ME & ORSON WELLES

·         STANLEY TUCCI – THE LOVELY BONES

·         CHRISTOPH WALTZ – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

 

6.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• MARION COTILLARD - NINE
• VERA FARMIGA – UP IN THE AIR
• ANNA KENDRICK – UP IN THE AIR
• MELANIE LAURENT – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• MO’NIQUE - PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE

 

7.  BEST ENSEMBLE

• THE HANGOVER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
• STAR TREK
• ZOMBIELAND

 

8.  BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• ANNA KENDRICK – UP IN THE AIR
• CHRISTIAN MCKAY – ME & ORSON WELLES
• CAREY MULLIGAN – AN EDUCATION
• CHRIS PINE – STAR TREK
• GABOUREY “GABBY” SIDIBE – PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
• CHRISTOPH WALTZ – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

 

The Detroit Film Critics Society members for the 2009-2010 season in alphabetical order are Kirk Baird – The Toledo Blade, Jason Buchanan – allmovieguide.com, Colette Evangelista – Capital Area Women’s Lifestyle Magazine, Jim Fordyce – www.MIentertainment.biz,  Adam Graham – The Detroit News, Corey Hall – The Metro Times, Tom Long – The Detroit News, Jeff Meyers – The Metro Times, Robin Miner-Swartz – The Lansing State Journal, Chad Mitchell – The Chad Show, John Monaghan – The Detroit Free Press, Warren Pierce – WJR Radio, Greg Russell – WMYD-TV, James Sanford – The Kalamazoo Gazette, Debbie Schlussel – Sirius Patriot Channel 144’s Mike Church Show, Perry Seibert – allmovieguide.com, John Serba – The Grand Rapids Press, Lee Thomas – Fox 2, Kirk Vanderbeek – Real Detroit Weekly, Greg Walton – WIOG/KRSP, and Chris Williams – Advisor & Source Newspapers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

RUTH DANIELS, DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

AT (248) 703-0997 OR ruthd@emagine-entertainment.com

More information is available on the website at detroitfilmcritics.com

   

ANNOUNCES THE

                     BEST OF 2010

   NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS!
 

(Detroit, Michigan – December 16, 2010)…The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2010 nominees and winners in eight categories.  The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 20 Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan.  

 

Each critic submitted their top 5 picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Best Breakthrough Performance.  From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top 5 in each category were put on the final ballot.  The final ballots were then given to each critic to rank in order.  The results were once again tabulated and the winners were decided.

 

The group also has decided to add two new categories in 2011: Best Documentary and Best Screenplay. 

  

THE NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS FOR 2010

PICKED BY THE DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

( in alphabetical order)

Winners are in red

 

1.  BEST FILM     

• 127 HOURS
• INCEPTION
• THE KING’S SPEECH
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/
• WINTER’S BONE

 

2.  BEST DIRECTOR

• DANNY BOYLE – 127 HOURS  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000965/
• DAVID FINCHER – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• DEBRA GRANIK – WINTER’S BONE
• TOM HOOPER –THE KING’S SPEECH
• CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – INCEPTION
• EDGAR WRIGHT – SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD

   

  3.  BEST ACTOR

   

  • JEFF BRIDGES – TRUE GRIT
  • JESSE EISENBERG – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
  • COLIN FIRTH – THE KING’S  SPEECH  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000147/
  • JAMES FRANCO – 127 HOURS
  • RYAN GOSLING – BLUE VALENTINE

   

   

  4.  BEST ACTRESS

  • NICOLE KIDMAN – RABBIT HOLE
  • JENNIFER LAWRENCE – WINTER’S BONE  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2225369/
  • CAREY MULLIGAN – NEVER LET ME GO
  • NATALIE PORTMAN – BLACK SWAN
  • MICHELLE WILLIAMS – BLUE VALENTINE

   

  5.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

  ·         CHRISTIAN BALE – THE FIGHTER  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000288/

  ·         ANDREW GARFIELD – THE SOCIAL NETWORK

  ·         JOHN HAWKES – WINTER’S BONE

  ·         SAM ROCKWELL – CONVICTION

  ·         MARK RUFFALO – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

  ·         GEOFFREY RUSH – THE KING’S SPEECH

   

   

   

    6.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

  • AMY ADAMS – THE FIGHTER   http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010736/
  • HELENA BONHAM CARTER – THE KING’S SPEECH
  • GRETA GERWIG - GREENBERG
  • MELISSA LEO – THE FIGHTER
  • JACKI WEAVER – ANIMAL KINGDOM
     

  7.  BEST ENSEMBLE

  • THE FIGHTER
  • THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
  • THE KING’S SPEECH
  • SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD
  • WINTER’S BONE  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399683/

  8.  BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

  • ANDREW GARFIELD – THE SOCIAL NETWORK/NEVER LET ME GO
  • GRETA GERWIG - GREENBERG
  • JENNIFER LAWRENCE – WINTER’S BONE  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2225369/
  • CHLOE MORETZ – KICK-ASS/LET ME IN
  • MIA WASIKOWSKA – THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

   

  The Detroit Film Critics Society members for the 2010-2011 season in alphabetical order are Kirk Baird – The Toledo Blade, Jason Buchanan – allmovie.com, Colette Evangelista – Capital Women’s Lifestyle Magazine, Jim Fordyce – www.MIentertainment.biz,  Adam Graham – The Detroit News, Corey Hall – The Metro Times, Tom Long – The Detroit News, Jeff Meyers – The Metro Times, Warren Pierce – WJR Radio, Greg Russell – WMYD-TV, James Sanford – The Kalamazoo Gazette, Tom Santilli – Examiner.com, Debbie Schlussel – Sirius Patriot Channel 144’s Mike Church Show, Perry Seibert – allmovieguide.com, John Serba – The Grand Rapids Press, Lee Thomas – Fox 2, Kirk Vanderbeek – Real Detroit Weekly, Greg Walton – WIOG/KRSP, and Stephanie Webb – WZZM, ABC 13, Chris Williams – Advisor & Source Newspapers. 

   

  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

  RUTH DANIELS, DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

  AT (248) 703-0997 OR ruthd@emagine-entertainment.com

  More information is available on the website at detroitfilmcritics.com 

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