AUSTIN FILM CRITICS AWARDS

     It's the end of the year and it seems like every group, association and city has a film awards for this year. I've mentioned, in earlier posts, some critics group winners from New York, Los Angeles, NBR and Boston. I have to mention one more. My own city of Austin, Texas, great film town, and there list of winners and top ten films. More love for what appears to be the critics darling Zero Dark Thirty. I can't wait to see that film, especially with how much I admired Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal's The Hurt Locker. Great storytelling, suspense and the feel of a real life news type film. And Holy Motors for Best Foreign Language Film, well deserved! Here is a list of the Austin Film Critics best of 2012.

BEST FILM:  ZERO DARK THIRTY

BEST DIRECTOR:  Paul Thomas Anderson, THE MASTER

BEST ACTOR:  Joaquin Phoenix, THE MASTER

BEST ACTRESS:  Jennifer Lawrence, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:  Christoph Waltz, DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:  Anne Hathaway, LES MISERABLES

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:  Rian Johnson, LOOPER
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:  Chris Terrio, ARGO
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:  Mihai Malaimare, Jr., THE MASTER
BEST SCORE:  Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, & Tom Tykwer, CLOUD ATLAS
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:  HOLY MOTORS !!!!!!!
BEST DOCUMENTARY:  THE IMPOSTER
BEST ANIMATED FILM:  WRECK-IT RALPH
BEST FIRST FILM:  BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST:  Quvenzhane Wallis, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
BEST AUSTIN FILM:  BERNIE !!!!!!!
SPECIAL HONORARY AWARD:  Matthew McConaughey 

TOP TEN FILMS:

1. ZERO DARK THIRTY
2. ARGO
3. MOONRISE KINGDOM
4. DJANGO UNCHAINED
5. CLOUD ATLAS 
6. HOLY MOTORS
7. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
8. THE MASTER
9. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
10. LOOPER