national board of review

Best Film: UP IN THE AIR
Best Director: CLINT EASTWOOD, Invictus
Best Actor(s):

■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
Best Foreign Language Film: A PROPHET
Best Documentary: THE COVE
Best Animated Feature: UP
Best Ensemble Cast: IT’S COMPLICATED
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: JEREMY RENNER, The Hurt Locker
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: GABOUREY SIDIBE, Precious
Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut:

■DUNCAN JONES, Moon
■OREN MOVERMAN, The Messenger
■MARC WEBB, (500) Days of Summer
Best Original Screenplay: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN, A Serious Man
Best Adapted Screenplay: JASON REITMAN and SHELDON TURNER, Up In The Air
Special Filmmaking Achievement Award: WES ANDERSON, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
William K. Everson Film History Award: JEAN PICKER FIRSTENBERG
NBR Freedom of Expression:

■BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
■INVICTUS
■THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSEBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
Ten Best Films (in alphabetical order)

■AN EDUCATION
■(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
■THE HURT LOCKER
■INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
■INVICTUS
■THE MESSENGER
■A SERIOUS MAN
■STAR TREK
■UP
■WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Five Best Foreign-Language Films (in alphabetical order)

■THE MAID
■REVANCHE
■SONG OF SPARROWS
■THREE MONKEYS
■THE WHITE RIBBON
Five Best Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

■BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY
■CRUDE
■FOOD, INC.
■GOOD HAIR
■THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
Top Ten Independent Films: (in alphabetical order)

■AMREEKA
■DISTRICT 9
■GOODBYE SOLO
■HUMPDAY
■IN THE LOOP
■JULIA
■ME AND ORSON WELLES
■MOON
■SUGAR
■TWO LOVERS

thanks Den for posting the list above but i gotta say….this is a fuckin’ predictable and (utterly) superficial list,i take back everything i said about the TIFF.

(not everything but you catch my drift)

the fact Eastwood gets so much love by some Americans is beyond me!

Eastwood. Wow. LA and NY will weigh in shortly. This’ll be interesting.

Can’t help but notice- nothing for Cameron or Jackson.

i hadn’t heard anything great about inviticus until now

Cameron already got his share of the pie KJ,you seriously didn’t think Avatar would over-top the geek-smash hit of Star Trek? ;)

Den,as i said,it’s time we all realize that films like Gran Torino,True Crime,Space Cowboys clearly SUCK!
and even Million Dollar Babies weren’t big deals…

where are the eras when Eastwood used to make something favorable like Bird or Pale Rider?

Can’t believe star trek made it; only movie this year I walked out of

eastwood doesn’t even care, so all that love is misplaced

do you think Clooney cares as well? ;)

gosh,i still can’t believe i’m reading this…Clooney is winning accolades and most of the population doesn’t even know who Giancarlo Giannini is….

I think clooney cares I think he loves accolades. I think eastwood feels this love makes him seem like he is old and beloved ( he has a big averson to aging based on new biography about him) I think he would trade all awards for a bj from megan fox

I will still be okay with awards until they give one to tyler perry

@Dimitris the fact Eastwood gets so much love by some Americans is beyond me!

Clint Eastwood the single most overrated director in the history of film? How in the hell he gets so much praise for his utterly average films is beyond my comprehension.

funny thing is i like several Eastwood films but let’s be honest,he’s a hit-or-miss director and i find it hilarious looking at favorite lists with Gran Torino included in them whereas superior works by him like Madison County or Josey Wells are still ignored because the Oscar hype always wins dammit!

i like him too and even grand torino but his masterpieces (even a genre one like true crime) get overshadowed by his lesser works

I don’t really go crazy over Eastwood’s work and definitely disagree with “Million Dollar Baby” for the Academy Award, but “Unforgiven,” “Mystic River,” and “Letters from Iwo Jima” are all masterful contemporary works.

“Play Misty for Me” is a genre classic. Great film.

I agree Eastwood can be hit or miss, but when he hits, its usually a home run. Play Misty for Me, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Jose Wales, Mystic River and Letters from Iwo Jima would cement his reputation, but when you include a classic like Unforgiven, you can’t dismiss him just because he’s got a few Space Cowboys in his catalog. I’d put Gran Torino with Bronco Billy as enjoyable “B” movies he made particularly for his fans.

Also, I pretty convinced Eastwood could have Megan Fox any time he’d like.

How is District 9 an indi film? Wasn’t that a big budget special effects film.

how is humpday on there, it is mumblecore at its worst

Dimitris, you liked Madison County? Really? I never would have even dreamed…

—

Hey, I love Clint Eastwood. He is the John Ford of our generation.