In its second year of operation, the Austin Film Critics Association has pretty handily anointed the not-yet-released There Will Be Blood as the best film of the year. The AFCA – whose membership includes local critics from daily newspapers, weekly alternatives, monthly magazines, television, and online video and review sites – also continues its love affair with Ellen Page, who won Best Actress last year for her work in Hard Candy and takes the prize again for her portrayal of a smart-mouthed pregnant teen in Juno. To learn more about the AFCA, visit www.austinfilmcritics.com.
Top 10:
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Juno
Into the Wild
3:10 to Yuma
Knocked Up
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Atonement
American Gangster
Eastern Promises
Best Film: There Will Be Blood
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Best Actress: Ellen Page (Juno)
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney (Juno)
Best Foreign Film: Black Book
Best Documentary: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
Best First Film: Ben Affleck (Gone Baby Gone)
Best Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody (Juno)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Best Cinematography: Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
Best Original Score: Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)
Breakthrough Artist: Michael Cera (Superbad, Juno)
Austin Film Award: Grindhouse
The membership of the Austin Film Critics Association includes Michael Barnes
(Austin American-Statesman), Marjorie Baumgarten (Austin Chronicle), C. Robert Cargill (Film.com & Ain’t It Cool News), Laurie Coker (The Hill Country News), Korey Coleman (Spill), Chris Cox (Spill), Cole Dabney (coleandbobby.com & INsite Magazine), Victor Diaz (News 8 Austin), Chris Garcia (Austin American-Statesman), Robert R. McCurdy (coleandbobby.com & INsite Magazine), Marc Savlov (Austin Chronicle), Eric Vespe (Ain’t It Cool News), and Brian Villalobos (San Antonio Current).
This article appears in December 21 • 2007.