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Here are the films from 2008 that were mentioned that I have not seen as yet. 

 

 

A Christmas Tale with Jean-Paul Roussillion, Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve, Anne Consigny, Chiara Mastroianni and Emmanuelle Devos

 

Gomorrah with Salvatore Cantalupo, Salvatore Abruzzese and Gianfelice Imparato

 

Hunger with Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham

 

35 Shots of Rum with Alex Descas and Mati Diop

 

Wendy and Lucy with Michelle Williams and Wally Dalton

 

 

 

 

A Christmas Tale got nominations in all four categories from me.  Deneuve plays the matriarch of a well off family that suffers from a number of problems.  One is that decades earlier one of the children suffered from cancer, and another of the children was conceived in order to save him, only for this not to work.  Now Denueve is suffering from cancer and is looking for a blood relative to provide the bone marrow that may save her.  Roussillion plays her husband, Amalric her older son, viewed as the black sheep of the family, especially by his sister played by Consigny.  Mastroianni plays the wife of the son conceived to save his brother, who wonders whether she should have been with her husband's cousin.  Devos plays Amalric's Jewish girlfriend who drops for a time.

 

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To quote from Philip Lopate's essay on the film for the Criterion Collection:  "In the eight films he’s made since 1991, Arnaud Desplechin has been developing a visionary world, a personal style that goes against the grain of standard cinematic practice today. He’s a master of ensemble mise-en-scène and a brilliant director of actors, and his interest tends to fan out over many characters, whose mixed strengths and flaws jolt the viewer out of easy identification with any of them, compelling instead a more complex, deferred, time-capsule-release sympathy. This environmental, novelistically long approach, with its digressive and converging plotlines, is admirably suited to the family romance, a specialty of Desplechin’s, with A Christmas Tale his greatest example....

 

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"What sets A Christmas Tale apart from any holiday film in memory, however, is its technique. Desplechin has always been an immensely skillful and vigorous visual stylist who stops just short of making a fetish of the pictorial. Here he employs a catchall of self-conscious devices that draw our attention to the film’s fabrication: chapter headings, actors directly addressing the cam­era, iris shots, split screens, shadow puppets representing the characters, multiple first-person voice-overs, and a third-person omniscient narrator. Oddly enough, none of these devices have the Brechtian alienation effect of taking us out of the action in order to induce critical reflection; rather, they are shortcuts that propel us further into the naturalistic narrative. They are all warming, amusing modes of storytelling, and very New Wave (think of Truffaut’s high-speed openings in Shoot the Piano Player and Jules and Jim). Their ultimate effect is to keep us off balance. The same could be said for the director’s approach here to individual shots, a stutter-step technique that includes short pans and tracks, multiple takes of actions that last only a few seconds, and a good deal of cutting. The aesthetic of deep-focus, long-duration takes that Desplechin developed in earlier films has been jettisoned, replaced by the visual equivalent of turntable scratching (as we see Ivan do as DJ of the town dance). And if the visuals keep us jarred, the soundtrack’s astounding variety, from Vivaldi to raga to Cecil Taylor, induces another sort of disorientation."

 

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Gommorah is an Italian movie that tells a number of interweaving stories about the Camorra, the organized crime institution as ruthless and powerful as the more famous Mafia, who ruthless dominate Naples.  One of these subplots include the two young men, who I singled out as runner-ups.  These two cocky teenagers think they can make their way into the glories of violent crime out of sheer brashness.  It's not too much of a spoiler to suggest that it's not that easy.

 

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Hunger helped introduce the world to both the director Steve McQueen and the actor Michael Fassbender.  It's about the IRA hunger strikes in 1980-1981 in order to regain political status for IRA prisoners.  Ultimately Fassbender, who plays the strike leader Bobby Sands, dies (after being elected to Parliament) as do several other prisoners.  Apparently the British tactfully made some concessions after the strike ended.  One crucial scene is a 17 1/2 minute long take where Fassbender argues the morality of hunger strikes with a Catholic priest played by Liam Cunnigham.  I nominated both actors.

 

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35 Shots of Rum is a movie directed by Claire Denis.  It deals with a widower (he's a train driver) and his close relationship with his grown daughter.  Alex Descas got my fifth nomination for best actor.  The title refers to the beverage he drinks when his daughter is successfully married at the end of the movie.  To quote from Peter Bradshaw's review from The Guardian:  "The action of Denis's film, and the themes and ideas attendant on it, are never forced or directed in the conventional way; she manages the succession of scenes in a miraculously understated style so that the audience is immersed in the characters' world and comes to intuit their feelings, and appreciate what is at stake, without having things spelt out. Denis has a brilliant wordless sequence in which Lionel's family group, stymied by a car breakdown, take shelter from the driving rain in a cafe, a stopover that turns into an impromptu party: we see the principals' hidden emotional lives coming to the surface."

 

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I'm not the best fan of Kelly Reichardt movies, but Wendy and Lucy benefits from a compelling plot.  Michelle Williams plays Wendy is traveling in Alaska with her dog Lucy.  Wendy is clearly fairly poor, and when her car breaks down in one town, she ends up losing her dog. 

 

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Two British period dramas are based on historical characters, whose looks are only known from paintings. Notice the similarity between the two screenshots.

 

The Other Boleyn Girl is an adaptation of a historical novel by Philippa Gregory. It's a romanticized account of the rivalry between two sisters. Mary Boleyn (Scarlett Johansson) was the mistress of King Henry VIII, until the other Boleyn girl Anne (Natalie Portman) became the second of his six wives. The two actresses have worked on their British accent and exploit the contrast between the two personalities, meek vs. manipulating. The costumes and decors take you back to the 16th century. Eric Bana plays the king. The supporting cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas and young talents like Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne.

 

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The Duchess is based on a historical biography by Amanda Foreman. This one has a completely British cast. William and Georgiana Cavendish, or the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, didn't have a happy marriage. He started an affair with Lady Bess Foster (Hayley Atwell). Ralph Fiennes makes the duke look cold, formal and aloof. Keira Knightley shows the emotions of someone trapped in a golden cage. The costume and make-up department studied the portraits of the historical characters, although the duke was somewhat chunkier in real life.

 

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Leading vs. Supporting Categories in 2009 …

IMO Woody Harrelson was the leading actor in The Messenger.  Oscar had him in supporting.

Christopher Plummer was the co-leading actor in The Last Station with James McAvoy.  Helen Mirren was the leading actress.  Oscar had Plummer in the supporting category.

Maggie Gyllenhaal is supporting in Crazy Heart.

Matt Damon is supporting in Invictus.

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It’s now time for 2009.  We will be on 2009 until next Tuesday.  On Wednesday we will begin the best of the decade review.

 

Here are Oscar’s choices for 2009.  Winners in bold. 

 

Best Actor

 

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart*

George Clooney, Up In the Air

Colin Firth, A Single Man

Morgan Freeman, Invictus

Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker (08)

 

Best Actress

 

Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side*

Helen Mirren, The Last Station

Carey Mulligan, An Education

Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

 

Best Supporting Actor

 

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds*

Matt Damon, Invictus

Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Christopher Plummer, The Last Station

Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

 

Best Supporting Actress

 

Mo’Nique, Precious*

Penelope Cruz, Nine

Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air

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Here are my choices of the 97 films I've seen from 2009 for…

 

Best Supporting Actress of 2009

 

1.  MO’NIQUE (Mary Lee Jones Johnston), Precious

2.  ANNA KENDRICK (Natalie Keener), Up in the Air

3.  PATRICIA CLARKSON (Melanie Celestine), Whatever Works

4.  MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL (Jean Craddock), Crazy Heart

5.  SUSAN SARANDON (Grandma Lynn), The Lovely Bones

 

6.  PENELOPE CRUZ (Carla Albanese), Nine

7.  RACHEL WEISZ (Abigail Salmon), The Lovely Bones

8.  PORTIA (Mrs. Burrell), The Messenger

9.  LEONIE BENESCH (Eva), The White Ribbon

10.  KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS (Mimi Smith), Nowhere Boy

 

and ...

 

MARION COTILLARD (Luisa Acari Contini), Nine

CHARLIZE THERON (“the Woman”), The Road

XOSHA ROQUEMORE (Jo Ann), Precious

JULIANNE MOORE (Charlotte/‘Charley’/Charly in the letter), A Single Man

VERA FARMIGA (Alex Goran), Up in the Air

ROSAMUND PIKE (Helen), An Education

MELANIE LYNSKEY (Ginger Whitacre), The Informant!

JESSICA MCMANUS (Sarah Gopnik), A Serious Man

ANNE-MARIE DUFF (Julia Lennon), Nowhere Boy

SAMANTHA MORTON (Olivia Pitterson), The Messenger

ADRIANE LENOX (Denise Oher), The Blind Side

NEALLA GORDON (Mrs. Sondra Lichtenstein), Precious

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Here are my choices of the 97 films I've seen from 2009 for…

 

Best Supporting Actor of 2009

 

1.  ZACH GALIFIANAKIS (Alan Garner), The Hangover

2.  BRAD DOURIF (Ned Shoenholtz), The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

3.  STANLEY TUCCI (George Harvey), The Lovely Bones

4.  BILL MURRAY (Frank Quinn), Get Low

5.  JIM BROADBENT (Sam Longson), The Damned United

 

6.  NIELS ARESTRUP (Cesar Luciani), A Prophet

7.  RICHARD KIND (Arthur Gopnik) , A Serious Man

8.  TIMOTHY SPALL (Peter Taylor), The Damned United

9.  SAM SHEPARD (Hank Cahill), Brothers

10. GUILLERMO FRANCELLA (Pablo R. Sandoval), The Secret in Their Eyes

 

and ...

 

PAUL SCHNEIDER (Charles Brown), Bright Star

MATT DAMON (Francois Pienaar), Invictus

ANGEL CABAN (Mr. Vasquez), The Messenger

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2009

 

BEST ACTOR

Sam Rockwell  Moon****

Viggo Mortensen  The Road

Woody Harrelson  The Messenger

Michael Cera  Youth in Revolt

Michael Stuhlbarg  A Serious Man

Peter Capaldi  In the Loop

Kang-ho Song  Thirst

Seth Rogen  Observe & Report

Ricardo Darin  The Secret in Their Eyes

 

BEST ACTRESS

Melanie Laurent  Inglourious Basterds****

Carey Mulligan  An Education

Soledad Villamil  The Secret in Their Eyes

Abbie Cornish  Bright Star

Katie Jarvis  Fish Tank

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christoph Waltz  Inglourious Basterds****

Jackie Earle Haley  Watchmen

Michael Fassbender  Inglourious Basterds

Stephen Lang  Public Enemies

John Hurt  44 Inch Chest

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Diane Kruger  Inglourious Basterds****

Vera Farmiga  Up in the Air

Celia Weston  Observe & Report

 

BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE

Isabelle Fuhrman  Orphan****

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Actor

James McAvoy/The Last Station

Christopher Plummer/The Last Station

Jeff Bridges/Crazy Heart

Lluis Homar/Broken Embraces

Tom Sturridge/Pirate Radio

Ben Whishaw/Bright Star

Michael Sthulbarg/ A Serious Man

Clive Owen/The Boys Are Back

Joseph Gordon-Levitt/(500) Days of Summer

Morgan Freeman/Invictus

Robert Duvall/Get Low

George Clooney/Up in the Air

Russell Crowe/State of Play

Robert De Niro/ Everybody's Fine

John Krasinski/Away We Go

Alec Baldwin/It's Complicated

 

Actress

Meryl Streep/Julie and Julia

Gabourey Sidibe/Precious

Emily Blunt/The Young Victoria

Carey Mulligan/An Education

Penelope Cruz/Broken Embraces

Abbie Cornish/Bright Star

Helen Mirren/The Last Station

Meryl Streep/It's Complicated

Zooey Deschanel/(500) Days of Summer

Maya Rudolph/Away We Go

Amy Adams/Julie and Julia

Sandra Bullock/The Blind Side

 

Supporting Actor

Stanley Tucci/Julie and Julia

Philip Seymour Hoffman/Pirate Radio

Richard Kind/A Serious Man

Bill Murray/Get Low

Matt Damon/Invictus

 

Supporting Actress

Mo'Nique/Precious

Maggie Gyllenhaal/Crazy Heart

Vera Farmiga/Up in the Air

Blanca Portillo/Broken Embraces

Paula Patton/Precious

Emma Thompson/An Education

Adriane Lenox/The Blind Side

Helen Mirren/State of Play

Anna Kendrick/Up in the Air

Rosamund Pike/An Education

Rachel McAdams/State of Play

Linda Emond/Julie and Julia

Drew Barrymore/Everybody's Fine

Sissy Spacek/Get Low

Catherine O'Hara/Away We Go

 

Juvenile Performance

Jae Head/The Blind Side

George Mackay/The Boys Are Back

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The New York Film Critics Circle Awards for 2009 were …

 

Best Actor

George Clooney, Up In the Air and Fantastic Mr. Fox*

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker (08)

 

Best Actress

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia* 

Tilda Swinton, Julia (08)

Carey Mulligan, An Education 

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds*

Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles (08)

Peter Capaldi, In the Loop

 

Best Supporting Actress

Mo’Nique, Precious*

Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air

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BEST ACTOR

 

1.) George Clooney -Up in the Air

2.) Matt Damon -The Informant!

3.) Tahar Rahim -A Prophet

4.) Michael Stuhlbarg -A Serious Man

5.) Nicolas Cage -Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -New Orleans

6.) Viggo Mortensen -The Road

7.) Edward Norton -Leaves of Grass

8.) Sam Rockwell -Moon

9.) Michael Douglas -Solitary Man

10.) Luis Tosar -Cell 211

 

HM: Edgar Flores -Sin Nombre, Jim Carrey -I Love You, Phillip Morris, Jeff Bridges -Crazy Heart, Clive Owen -Duplicity, Brian Cox -The Good Heart, Dragos Bucur -Police, Adjective, Joseph Gordon-Levitt -(500) Days of Summer, Ed Asner -Up, Larry David -Whatever Works, John Krasinski -Away We Go

 

 

BEST ACTRESS

 

1.) Giovanna Mezzogiorno -Vincere

2.) Golshifteh Farahani -About Elly

3.) Carey Mulligan -An Education

4.) Sylvie Testud -Lourdes

5.) Paulina Gaitan -Sin Nombre

6.) Charlotte Gainsbourg -Antichrist

7.) Maya Rudolph -Away We Go

8.) Julia Roberts -Duplicity

9.) Sasha Grey -The Girlfriend Experience

10.) Isabelle Huppert -White Material

 

HM: Gabourey Sidibe -Precious, Zooey Deschanel -(500) Days of Summer, Alison Lohman -Drag Me to Hell

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

1.) Peter Capaldi -In The Loop

2.) Zach Galifianakis -The Hangover

3.) Christoph Waltz -Inglourious Basterds

4.) Niels Arestrup -A Prophet

5.) Yoav Donat -Lebanon

6.) Fred Melamed -A Serious Man

7.) Filippo Timi -Vincere

8.) Vlad Ivanov -Police, Adjective

9.) Alfred Molina -An Education

10.) Sabar Abar -About Elly

 

HM: Bob Peterson -Up, Christos Stergioglou -Dogtooth, Denis Menochet -Inglourious Basterds, Christian Friedel -The White Ribbon, Brad Pitt -Inglourious Basterds, Scott Bakula -The Informant!, Michael Fassbender -Inglourious Basterds, Daryl Sabara -World's Greatest Dad, Tom Hollander -In the Loop, Peter Sarsgaard -An Education, James Gandolfini -Where the Wild Things Are, Ulrich Tokor -The White Ribbon, Richard Kind -A Serious Man, Peyman Moaadi -About Elly, Dominique Pinon -Micmacs, Ewan MacGregor -I Love You, Phillip Morris, Burghart Klaussner -The White Ribbon, Jackie Earle Haley -Watchmen, Eddie Marsan -The Disappearance of Alice Creed

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

1.) Anna Kendrick -Up in the Air

2.) Aggeliki Papoulia -Dogtooth

3.) Julie Ferrier -Micmacs

4.) Mimi Kennedy -In The Loop

5.) Melanie Laurent -Inglourious Basterds

6.) Vera Farmiga -Up in the Air

7.) Taraneh Alidoosti -About Elly

8.) Maggie Gyllenhaal -Away We Go

9.) Melanie Lynskey -Away We Go, The Informant!, & Up in the Air

10.) Diane Kruger -Inglourious Basterds

 

HM: Leonie Benesch -The White Ribbon, Romy Schneider -Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, Anna Chlumsky -In the Loop, Rosamund Pike -An Education, Mary Tsoni -Dogtooth, Imogen Poots -Solitary Man, Gilette Barbier -Lourdes, Mo'Nique -Precious, Leslie Mann -I Love You, Phillip Morris, Maggie Gyllenhaal -Crazy Heart, Evan Rachel Wood -Whatever Works, Jennifer Garner -The Invention of Lying, Isild le Basco -The Good Heart, Keri Russell -Leaves of Grass

 

 

JUVENILE

 

1.) Leonard Proxauf -The White Ribbon

2.) Kodi Smit-McPhee -The Road

3.) Aaron Wolff -A Serious Man

4.) Roxane Duran -The White Ribbon

5.) Natan Palombini -Alamar

6.) Jordan Nagai -Up

7.) Janina Fautz -The White Ribbon

8.) Max Records -Where the Wild Things Are

9.) Jack Nation -Crazy Heart

10.) Maria Victoria-Dragus -The White Ribbon

 

HM: Arash -About Elly, Chloe Grace Moretz -(500) Days of Summer, Abigail Breslin -Zombieland

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I was on the fence about what category to put Peter Capaldi in for In the Loop. I had him in supporting when I typed up my initial list, but switched him to lead today when i posted my list. 

 

Kilgore, I see you have everyone in Inglourious Basterds  as supporting, so I assume it's a case where you consider the movie to have no leads? I had Melanie Laurent as the sole lead, but again, with the ensemble nature of the piece I was uncertain.

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2009

Best Picture

A Single Man

The Informant!

Inglorious Basterds

Invictus

The Messenger

Precious

Public Enemies

Up in the Air

 

Best Director

Lee Daniels, Precious

Tom Ford, A Single Man

Michael Mann, Public Enemies

Oren Moverman, The Messenger

Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

 

Best Actor

George Clooney (Ryan Bingham)+, Up in the Air*

Colin Firth (George Falconer), A Single Man*

Ben Foster (SSgt. Will Montgomery), The Messenger

Morgan Freeman (President Nelson Mandela), Invictus*

Woody Harrelson (Capt. Tony Stone), The Messenger*

 

Christian Bale (FBI Special Agent Melvin Purvis), Public Enemies

Matt Damon (Mark Whitacre), The Informant!

Johnny Depp (John Dillinger), Public Enemies

Ricky Gervais (Mark Bellison), The Invention of Lying

Colin Hanks (Troy Gable), The Great Buck Howard

John Krasinski (Burt Farlander), Away We Go

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Tom Hansen), (500) Days of Summer

John Malkovich (Buck Howard), The Great Buck Howard

Brad Pitt (First Lieutenant Aldo “The Apache” Raine), Inglorious Basterds

Jamal Woolard (Christopher Wallace/The Notorious B.I.G.), Notorious

 

Best Actress

Emily Blunt (Valerie Brennan), The Great Buck Howard*

Melanie Laurent (Shosanna Dreyfus/Emmanuelle Mimieux), Inglorious Basterds*

Maya Rudolph (Verona De Tessant), Away We Go*

Gabourey Sidibe (Claireece “Precious” Jones), Precious

Meryl Streep (Julia Child), Julie and Julia*

 

Rose Byrne (Beth Buchwald), Adam

Zooey Deschanel (Summer Finn), (500) Days of Summer

Isla Fisher (Rebecca Bloomwood), Confessions of a Shopaholic

Zoe Saldanha (Neytiri), Avatar

 

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Damon (Francois Pienaar), Invictus*

Jeff Daniels (Jerry Farlander), Away We Go*

Rhys Ifans (Gavin Kavanagh), The Boat that Rocked*

Stanley Tucci (George Harvey), The Lovely Bones

Christoph Waltz (SS Colonel Hans Landa), Inglorious Basterds*

 

Louis C.K. (Greg Kleinschmidt), The Invention of Lying

Zach Galifianakis (Steve), Up in the Air

Philip Seymour Hoffman (“The Count”), The Boat that Rocked

Lenny Kravitz (Nurse John McFadden), Precious

Bill Nighy (Quentin), The Boat that Rocked

Eli Roth (Staff Sergeant Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz), Inglorious Basterds

Wes Studi (Eytukan), Avatar

Stanley Tucci (Paul Child), Julie and Julia

 

Best Supporting Actress

Vera Farmiga (Alex Goran), Up in the Air*

Anna Kendrick (Natalie Keener), Up in the Air*

Diane Kruger (Bridget von Hammersmark), Inglorious Basterds*

Mo’Nique (Mary Lee Johnston), Precious

Julianne Moore (Charlotte (Charley), A Single Man*

 

Mariah Carey (Ms. Weiss), Precious

Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix “Bella” Lestrange), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Jennifer Garner (Anna McDoogles), The Invention of Lying

Melanie Lynskey (Ginger Whitacre), The Informant!

Imelda Staunton (Sonia Teichberg), Taking Woodstock

Sigourney Weaver (Dr. Grace Augustine), Avatar

 

Best Juvenile Performance

Isabelle Fuhrman (Esther), Orphan

Jordan Nagai (Russell), Up

Saoirse Ronan (Susie Salmon), The Lovely Bones

 

Best Vocal Performance

Ed Asner as Carl Fredrickson in Up

George Clooney as Mr. Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox

Jennifer Cody as Charlotte “Lottie” La Bouff in The Princess and the Frog

Keith David as Dr. Facillier/The Shadow Man in The Princess and the Frog

Anika Noni Rose as Tiana in The Princess and the Frog

 

Best Adapted Song

You Make My Dreams Come True by Daryl Hall and John Oates from (500) Days of Summer

 

Best Original Song

Almost There by Anika Noni Rose from The Princess and the Frog

Down in New Orleans by Dr. John from The Princess and the Frog

Friends on the Other Side by Keith David from The Princess and the Frog

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ACTOR:
1. Michael Nyqvist - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2. Colin Firth - A Single Man
3. Michael Caine - Harry Brown
4. Christopher Plummer - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
5. Radu Iabucan - Tales from the Golden Age
6. Itsuji Itao - Air Doll
7. Andy Garcia - City Island
8. Justin Long - He's Just Not That into You
9. Jamal Woodward - Notorious
10. Lluís Homar - Broken Embraces
 
ACTRESS:
1. Katie Jarvis - Fish Tank
2. Noomi Rapace - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3. Liya Kebede - Desert Flower
4. Lily Cole - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
5. Isla Fisher - Confessions of a Shopaholic
6. Nina Ivanisin - Slovenian Girl
7. Sophie Marceau - Don't Look Back
8. Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
9. Ginnifer Goodwin - He's Just Not That into You
10. Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
1. Michael Fassbender - Fish Tank
2. Anthony Hopkins - Proof
3. Peter Andersson - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
4. Tom Waits - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
5. Alan Arkin - City Island
6. Matthew Goode - A Single Man
7. David Bradley - Harry Brown
8. Paul Bettany - The Young Victoria

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
1. Kierston Wareing - Fish Tank
2. Krysten Rytter - Confessions of a Shopaholic
3. Emily Mortimer - City Island
4. Jennifer Connolly - He's Just Not That into You
5. Lena Endre - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
6. Amanda Seyfried - Boogie Woogie
7. Taraneh Alidoosti - About Elly
8. Miranda Richardson - The Young Victoria
 
BEST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE: Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
BEST EXTRA: Quentin Tarantino - Inglorious Basterds
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST: He's Just Not That Into You
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Jacob Groth - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Only You (Sinéad O'Connor in The Young Victoria)
BEST NON-ORIGINAL SONG: My Husband Makes Movies (Marion Cotillard in Nine)
BEST QUOTE: "If the American economy can be billions in debt and still survive, so can you." (Confessions of a Shopaholic)

 

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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for 2009 were …

 

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart*

Colin Firth, A Single Man

 

Best Actress

Yolande Moreau, Seraphine*

Carey Mulligan, An Education

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds*

Peter Capaldi, In the Loop

 

Best Supporting Actress

Mo’Nique, Precious*

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air

 

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The Boston Society of Film Critics Awards for 2009 were…

 

Best Actor

Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker* (08)

Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles (08)

 

Best Actress

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia*

Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds*

Stanley Tucci, Julie & Julia

 

Best Supporting Actress

Mo’Nique, Precious*

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air

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2009 Favorites 

I haven't seen many 2009 films.

 

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Best Actor
 
Michael Nyqvist (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Ben Whishaw (Bright Star)
 
Best Actress
 
Abbie Cornish (Bright Star)
Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
 
Best Supporting Actor
 
Stanley Tucci (Julie & Julia)
 

 

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Here are my choices of the 97 films I've seen from 2009 for…

 

Best Actress of 2009

 

1.  MERYL STREEP (Julia Child), Julie & Julia

2.  GABOUREY SIDIBE (Claireece “Precious” Jones), Precious

3.  NOOMI RAPACE (Lisabeth Salander), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

4.  KIRSTEN SCOTT THOMAS (Suzanne), Leaving

5.  ANA DE LA REGUERA (Capt. Blanca), Backyard

 

6.  SAOIRSE RONAN (Susie Salmon), The Lovely Bones

7.  CAREY MULLIGAN (Jenny Mellor), An Education

8.  AMY ADAMS (Julie Powell), Julie & Julia

9.  TILDA SWINTON (Emma Recchi), I am Love

10. DAKOTA FANNING (Coraline Jones), Coraline

 

and ...

 

NOOMI RAPACE (Lisbeth Salander), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

SANDRA BULLOCK (Leigh Anne Tuohey), The Blind Side

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Here are my choices of the 97 films I've seen from 2009 for…

 

Best Actor of 2009

 

1.  JEFF BRIDGES (Otis “Bad’ Blake), Crazy Heart

2.  NICOLAS CAGE (Terence McDonagh), The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

3.  GEORGE CLOONEY (Ryan Bingham), Up in the Air

4.  SHARLTO COPLEY (Wikus Van De Merwe), District 9

5.  CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER (Leo Tolstoy), The Last Station

 

6.  VIGGO MORTENSEN (“the Man”), The Road

7.  MATT DAMON (Mark ‘Corky’ Whitacre), The Informant!

8.  COLIN FIRTH (George Falconer), A Single Man

9.  WOODY HARRELSON (Captain Tony Stone), The Messenger

10. ROBERT DUVALL (Felix Bush), Get Low

 

and ...

 

TAHAR RAHIM (Malik El Djebena) A Prophet

MICHAEL STUHLBARG (Larry Gopnik), A Serious Man

SAM ROCKWELL (Sam Bell), Moon

MORGAN FREEMAN (Nelson Mandela), Invictus

GEORGE CLOONEY (Lyn Cassady), The Men Who Stare at Goats

EDWARD ASNER (Carl Fredericksen), Up

AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON (John Lennon), Nowhere Boy

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The Toronto Film Critics Association Awards for 2009 were …

 

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage, The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans*

Colin Firth, A Single Man

Viggo Mortensen, The Road

George Clooney, Up In the Air

Michael Fassbender, Hunger (08)

 

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan, An Education*

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Arta Dobroshi, The Silence of Lorna (08)

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds*

Timothy Olyphant, A Perfect Getaway

Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles (08)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air*

Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air

Mo’Nique, Precious

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The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards for 2009 were…

 

Best Actor

George Clooney, Up In the Air*

Colin Firth, A Single Man

Morgan Freeman, Invictus

Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker (08)

Viggo Mortensen, The Road

 

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan, An Education*

Maya Rudolph, Away We Go

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds*

Alfred Molina, An Education

Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker (08)

Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

 

Best Supporting Actress

Mo’Nique, Precious*

Julianne Moore, A Single Man

Samantha Morton, The Messenger

Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air

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The National Board of Review Awards for 2009 were…

 

Best Actors

George Clooney, Up In the Air*

Morgan Freeman, Invictus*

 

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan, An Education*

 

Best Supporting Actor

Woody Harrelson, The Messenger*

 

Best Supporting Actress

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air*

 

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The National Society of Film Critics Awards for 2009 were …

 

Best Actor

Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker* (08)

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

 

Best Actress

Yolande Moreau, Seraphine* (08)

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia and Fantastic Mr. Fox

Abbie Cornish, Bright Star

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds*

Paul Schneider, Bright Star

Christian McKay, e & Orson Welles (08)

 

Best Supporting Actress

Mo’Nique, Precious

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air

Samantha Morton, The Messenger

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The Broadcast Film Critics or Critics’ Choice Awards for 2009 were …

 

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart*

Colin Firth, A Single Man

Morgan Freeman, Invictus

Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker (08)

Viggo Mortensen, The Road

George Clooney, Up In the Air

 

Best Actresses

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia*

Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side*

Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones

Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds*

Alfred Molina, An Education

Matt Damon, Invictus

Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles (08)

Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

 

Best Supporting Actress

Mo’Nique, Precious*

Julianne Moore, A Single Man

Marion Cotillard, Nine

Samantha Morton, The Messenger

Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air

 

Best Juvenile

Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones*

Brailee Madison, Brothers

Jae Head, The Blind Side

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Road

Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are

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The BAFTA Awards for 2009 were ….

 

Best Actor

Colin Firth, A Single Man*

Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Andy Serkis, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (10)

Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker (08)

George Clooney, Up In the Air

 

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan, An Education*

Audrey Tatou, Coco and Chanel

Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones

 

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds* 

Alfred Molina, An Education

Alec Baldwin, It’s Complicated

Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles (08)

Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

 

Best Supporting Actress

Mo’Nique, Precious* 

Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy

Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy

Vera Farmiga, Up In the Air

Anna Kendrick, Up In the Air

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