Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Phoenix Film Critics Society picks No Country

Every year the Phoenix Film Critics Society, of which I’m a member, honors great achievement in film — be it the films themselves or the people who make them. Here are the winners we voted to honor with 2007 awards:

Best Picture — No Country For Old Men

Best Director — Ethan and Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men

Best Actor— Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Supporting Actor — Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Best Actress — Julie Christie, Away From Her

Best Supporting Actress — Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best Ensemble Acting — No Country For Old Men

Best Original Screenplay — Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Adapted Screenplay — Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men

Best Live-Action Family Film — Enchanted

The Overlooked Film of the Year — Stardust

Best Animated Film — Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Documentary — Sicko

Best Original Song — “Falling Slowly,” Once

Best Original Score — Atonement

Best Cinematography — Atonement

Best Film Editing — No Country For Old Men

Best Production Design — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Costume Design — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Visual Effects — 300

Best Stunts — The Bourne Ultimatum

Breakthrough Performance on Camera — Ellen Page, Juno

Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera — Sarah Polley, Away From Her

Best Youth Performance, Female — Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

Best Youth Performance, Male — Edward Sanders, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Top 10 Films (in alphabetical order) —
Atonement
Away From Her
Hairspray
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
3:10 to Yuma
Zodiac