J.J. Abrams’ relaunched Star Trek came in second place in the Austin Film Critics Association best movies of the year poll (announced today), thus narrowly avoiding the rumored resignation of more than one member**. Instead, top honors went to Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, which continues its domination of year-end awards.
The awards go to…
Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Colin Firth, A Single Man
Best Actress: Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Best Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker
Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino, Up
Best Foreign Language Film: Sin Nombre
Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best First Film: Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Breakthrough Artist Award: Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Austin Film Award: Me and Orson Welles
Top 10 Films:
1) The Hurt Locker
2) Star Trek
3) Up
4) A Serious Man
5) Up in the Air
6) Avatar
7) Inglourious Basterds
8) District 9
9) Where the Wild Things Are
10) (Tie) Moon, The Messenger
Top 10 Films of the Decade:
1) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2) There Will Be Blood
3) The Lord of the Rings
4) The Dark Knight
5) Requiem for a Dream
6) Kill Bill
7) No Country for Old Men
8) The Incredibles
9) Children of Men
10) (Tie) Memento, The Departed
For more info on the Austin Film Critics association, visit austinfilmcritics.org. And check out the Jan. 1 issue for The Austin Chronicle‘s top ten lists.
** Yours truly included, although, admittedly, muttering it privately under your breath doesn’t quite have the same force as a publicly threatened walkout.
This article appears in December 11 • 2009.
