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The Hurt Locker Racks Up More Critics Awards
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Documentary, Drama, Family, Foreign, Foreign Language, Political, Comedy, Thrillers, Awards, Lists
It’s time to hurry up and adjust your Netflix queues. In just one week, The Hurt Locker will finally become available on DVD.
Why should you hurry? Because if you don’t, you might just have to wait to watch one of the most critically-acclaimed movies of 2009. The Kathryn Bigelow-directed drama has already nabbed wins from critics in New York, Boston and Los Angeles. Now the Iraq-war set film has got a few other cities behind it as well.
After the jump, you can view year-end picks from the National Society of Film Critics as well as honors from Chicago, Florida, Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Francisco.
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National Society of Film Critics Picks Waltz with Bashir
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: FOCUS, Fox Searchlight, Miramax, Animation, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Period, Political, Comedy, Awards, Lists
One year after honoring There Will Be Blood, the National Society of Film Critics has named its favorite film of 2008. Although it’s primarily been considered in the Best Animated or Best Foreign Language categories, Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir was selected as this group’s top film of 2009.
The animated Israeli film - Folman’s memoir of his country’s 1982 Invasion of Lebanon - is currently up for a Golden Globe.
Here are the remaining 43rd Annual National Society of Film Critics Awards winners:
- Best Film: Waltz With Bashir
- Best Director: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
- Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
- Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
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