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December 10, 2008

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Winners

new york cityThe New York Film Critics Circle has weighed in with their picks of the 2008 year in cinema. "It's a mark of a healthy culture that people want to read and engage in the debate on movies on a serious level," Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum told indieWIRE. The chair of the New York Film Critics Circle this year, she noted that the awards were spread among a number of films. "Earlier in the year people were saying it's no a strong year, but there is such a variety this year."

The winners of the 2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards are:

Film: Milk
Director: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Milk
Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Screenplay: Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
First Film: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Animated Film: Wall-E
Documentary: Man on Wire
Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

Posted by phileysmiley at December 10, 2008 07:07 PM