Best in film in 2009: Austin Film Critics Association
The Austin Film Critics have released their list of this year’s favourites, as well as the top 10 movies of 2009 and the best movies of the decade. Here they are:
BEST FILM
The Hurt Locker
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth, A Single Man
BEST ACTRESS
Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Up, Michael Glacchino
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Sin Nombre, Cary Fukunaga
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Up
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST AWARD
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
BEST FIRST FILM
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
BEST AUSTIN FILM
Me and Orson Welles, Richard Linklater
TOP 10 FILMS OF 2009
1. The Hurt Locker
2. Star Trek
3. Up
4. A Serious Man
5. Up in the Air
6. Avatar
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. Moon, The Messenger (tie)
TOP 10 FILMS OF THE DECADE
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
2. There Will Be Blood (2007)
3. The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)
4. The Dark Knight (2008)
5. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
6. Kill Bill (2003/4)
7. No Country for Old Men (2007)
8. The Incredibles (2004)
9. Children of Men (2006)
10. Memento (2000), The Departed (2006) (tie)
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