Today’s shipment of critical praise comes courtesy of the National Society of Film Critics, a small (60-member) but prestigious group, which today gave Michael Haneke’s AMOUR one of its biggest boosts of the season, with awards for Picture, Director and Actress (Emmanuelle Riva). Oscar nomination voting is now closed, so these prizes will only have the chance of practical effect on the race if Amour has actually managed to get nominated, but the awards underscore that Haneke is pretty much at the top of the critical pantheon these days, apparently irresistible for his thematic embrace of majesterially-presented death. Edged out for the most part by the amour for Amour were Paul Thomas Anderson and The Master, which won only Supporting Actress (Amy Adams) and Cinematography, and Zero Dark Thirty, which placed in 2d and 3rd places in several major categories but won nothing.
Here’s the Society’s complete list of winners:
BEST PICTURE: AMOUR
BEST DIRECTOR: Michael Haneke, AMOUR
BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, LINCOLN
BEST ACTRESS: Emmanuelle Riva, AMOUR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Matthew McConaughey, MAGIC MIKE and BERNIE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, THE MASTER
BEST SCREENPLAY: Tony Kushner, LINCOLN
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE MASTER
BEST DOCUMENTARY: THE GATEKEEPERS
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM: THIS IS NOT A FILM
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