No Country Continues Critical Domination
December 10, 2007

The New York Film Critics awarded their top prize to the Coen brothers' No Country For Old Men today, continuing a stretch of critical accolades for the film that has picked up awards across the country and could be considered the frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar. The New York Film Critics gave No Country For Old Men best film, best director(s) for Joel and Ethan Coen, best supporting actor for Javier Bardem, and best screenplay, once again for Joel and Ethan Coen.

No Country For Old Men was the big NYFCC winner with four awards, but There Will Be Blood also took home two for best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and for best cinematography for Robert Elswit. Other winners of the New York critics included Julie Christie for best actress for her work in Away From Her, Amy Ryan for best supporting actress for Gone Baby Gone, No End in Sight for best documentary of the year, The Lives of Others for best foreign film, Persepolis for best animated film, Sarah Polley for best first film for Away From Her, and Sidney Lumet for the lifetime achievement award.

Over the weekend, No Country For Old Men also won best picture, best director, best supporting actor, and best ensemble at the DC Film Critics' Awards. That group also gave awards to George Clooney for Michael Clayton, Julie Christie, Amy Ryan, Diablo Cody for her writing on Juno, Aaron Sorkin for his writing on Charlie Wilson's War, Ratatouille for animated film, Sicko for documentary, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly for foreign language.

The Los Angeles Film Critics diverted a little bit from the No Country For Old Men love, giving their adoration to P.T. Anderson's There Will Be Blood. Anderson won their best director prize and the film won best picture and best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis. Marion Cotillard won their best actress for La Vie En Rose, Vlad Ivanov won supporting actor for 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, and Amy Ryan, AGAIN, won their best supporting actress prize. Could Amy Ryan be the Academy frontrunner for best supporting actress over the widely rumored Cate Blanchett?

Finally, the Boston Film Critics gave their prize to No Country For Old Men, which also won their supporting actor. They gave director to Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which also won foreign-language and cinematography. Amy Ryan won their prize again, as did Marion Cotillard. Brad Bird was awarded best screenplay for Ratatouille and the best ensemble cast of the year was in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.