Shocking facts about critics here – Los Angeles Film Critics Awards

Alexandre Desplat tied with Reznor and Ross for the music award with his work on “The Ghost Writer.” Best supporting actress was awarded to Jacki Weaver for her work on the Australian crime saga “Animal Kingdom” as Smurf, a woman of entwined bubbly good cheer and ruthlessness. Niels Arestrup won best supporting actor for the French film “The Prophet.” Runner-up prizes went to Olivia Williams for “The Ghost Writer” and Geoffrey Rush, considered a favorite for the equivalent Oscar, for “The King’s Speech.” Matthew Libatique was recognized for his cinematography on “Black Swan,” and LAFCA gave the runner-up prize to Roger Deakins for his work on the Coen brothers’ ”True Grit.” Production-design honors went to Guy Hendrix Dyas for “Inception,” with Eve Stewart winning the runner-up prize for “The King’s Speech.” The documentary prize went to “Last Train Home,” which chronicles China’s migrant factory workers’ long trip home. Street artist Banksy was awarded the runner-up prize for “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” “Film Socialism” received the Douglas E. While its acting choices, particularly Arestrup, were well off the awards radar, the group’s choice for its screenplay award was decidedly mainstream: Aaron Sorkin won for “The Social Network,” while David Seidler took the runner-up spot for “The King’s Speech.” That last film was also runner-up for Best Supporting Actor, where Geoffrey Rush finished second to Arestrup. This year’s critics’ favorites include David Fincher ‘s The Social Network , Danny Boyle ‘s 127 Hours , Lee Unkrich ‘s Toy Story 3 , and Tom Hooper ‘s The King’s Speech . I still see Bale as the Oscar front-runner, but this does add a bit of a question mark to the equation. Critics’ awards also tend to go to smaller, even obscure films, though the Los Angeles group went mainstream two years ago and gave its best-picture prize to the animated blockbuster “WALL-E.” Among the group’s other awards this year: Cinematography: Matthew Libatique, “Black Swan”; runner-up, Roger Deakins, “True Grit.” Production design: Guy Hendrix Dyas, “Inception”; runner-up, Eve Stewart, “The King’s Speech.” Documentary: “Last Train Home”; runner-up, “Exit Through the Gift Shop.” The critics group will announce the best-picture, director and lead-acting honors later Sunday. Is it enough to move to the top of the Oscar predictions pack? We’ll see how the rest of the week shapes out. The rest of the wins so far are listed below as well as those categories yet to be announced. Also, please note that Alt Film Guide has no contact information for the talent mentioned in this blog and no information pertaining to or access to distributors’/producers’ film prints.

LAFCA will release the second half of its awards later Sunday afternoon. Nicole Sperling.