2002 Critics And Other Organizations Top 10 Lists (2 Viewers)

[Edwin Pereyra]

NEW YORK FILMS CRITICS ONLINE: AWARDS FOR FILMS OF 2002

List of critics:

AMY TAUBIN, FILMCOMMENT.COM
ARMOND WHITE, NYPRESS.COM
BRANDON JUDELL, INDIEWIRE.COM
CHUCK RUDOLPH, MATINEEMAG.COM
CHUCK SCHWARTZ, CRANKYCRITIC.COM
DAVID EDELSTEIN, SLATE.COM
DAVID STERRITT, CHRISTIANSCIENCEMONITOR.COM
CHARLES TAYLOR, SALONMAGAZINE.COM
ED GONZALEZ, SLANTMAGAZINE.COM
HARVEY KARTEN, INTERNETMOVIEDATABASE
JAIME CHRISTLEY, FILMWRITTEN.ORG
JOE MCGOVERN, MATINEEMAG.COM
MAITLAND MCDONAGH, TVGUIDE.COM
M & F BRUSSAT, CULTURAL INFORMATION SERVICE
PRAIRIE MILLER, WBAI ARTS, WEB RADIO
REX REED, NY OBSERVER.COM
RICHARD LEIDER, BLACKCATMEDIA.COM
SPYDER DARLING, NYROCK.COM
STAN SCHWARTZ, INDIEWIRE.COM
STEPHANIE ZACHAREK, SALONMAGAZINE.COM
SUSAN GRANGER, SUSANGRANGER.COM
TED MURPHY, BASELINE.HOLLYWOOD.COM
VERONICA MIXON, FILMGAZETTE.COM
WILLIAM WOLF, WOLFENTERTAINMENTGUIDE.COM
WILSON MORALES, BLACKFILM.COM


TEN BEST

1. Chicago (Miramax)
2. Far From Heaven (Focus Features)
3. Gangs of New York (Miramax)
4. Femme fatale (Warner Bros.)
5&6. Y tu mama tambien (IFC)
Adaptation (Columbia)
TIE

7&8. The Hours (Paramount)
The Quiet American (Miramax)
TIE

9&10. Minority Report (Dreamworks)
Talk To Her (Sony Pictures Classics)
TIE

PICTURE
Best: Chicago
Runner-up: Far From Heaven

DIRECTOR
Best: Todd Haynes: Far From Heaven (tie)
Best: Martin Scorsese: Gangs of New York (tie)

ACTOR
Best: Daniel Day-Lewis: Gangs of New York
Runner-up: Jack Nicholson: About Schmidt

ACTRESS
Best: Julianne Moore: Far From Heaven
Runner-up: Isabelle Huppert: The Piano Teacher (tie)
Runner-up: Diane Lane: Unfaithful (tie)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Best: Willem Dafoe: Auto-Focus
Runner-up: Chris Cooper: Adaptation

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Best: Edie Falco: Sunshine State
Runner-up: Fiona Shaw: Triumph of Love

SCREENPLAY
Best: Adaptation: Charlie Kaufman
Runner-up: Possession: David Henry Hwang, Laura Jones, Neil
LaBute

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Best: Y tu mama tambien
Runner-up: Talk To Her

DOCUMENTARY
Best: Bowling for Columbine
Runner-up: Standing in the Shadows of Motown

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Best: Ed Lachman: Far From Heaven
Runner-up: Michael Balhaus: Gangs of New York

ANIMATION:
Best: Spirited Away
Runner-up: Lilo & Stitch

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Best: Maggie Gyllenhaal: Secretary (tie)
Best: Derek Luke: Antwone Fisher (tie)

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
Best: Rob Marshall: Chicago
Runner-up: Dylan Kidd: Roger Dodger


~Edwin

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Here's the New York Film Critics Circle's list:

Best Picture Far From Heaven

Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York

Best Actress Diane Lane, Unfaithful

Best Supporting Actor Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven

Best Supporting Actress Patricia Clarkson, Far From Heaven

Best Director Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven

Best Screenplay Charlie and Donald Kaufman, Adaptation

Best Cinematographer Edward Lachman, Far From Heaven

Best Foreign Film Y Tu Mama Tambien

Best Non-Fiction Film Standing In the Shadows of Motown

Best Animated Film Spirited Away, Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution and Nibariki

Best First Film Roger Dodger, Artisan Entertainment

Special Award The restoration of Metropolis, by Kino International

 

[Seth Paxton]

Glieberman makes me nuts and I generally do not fully respect his opinion, but your assessment of the two was quite interesting Dana.

 

[Seth Paxton]

This is starting to look a lot like last year. Pretty wide open, though the critics groups are always like that to some extent (as well as favoring actor pieces IMO).

I think the Best Production thing for Gangs is a bit telling, even though the LA critics gave the pix award to Schmidt.

 

[Dana Fillhart]

Here's how the New York Film Critics Circle has voted so far. This post will be updated as votes come in:
Best Picture Far From Heaven
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Best Supporting Actor Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven

Okay, now that pick has just cast their list into question. I've probably only seen a third of the films they have, but even I could find five or six other candidates that better qualified than Quaid in FFH. His performance, while great for the most part, had problems. The only thing I can think of that could explain the outcome of their vote is that they feel that Julianne Moore was so brilliant (she was) that her performance hid any of those flaws from their eyes. I liken it to seeing Ethan Hawke being nominated by the Academy for Training Day, because Denzel Washington's performance was so phenomenal; just about everybody then was saying "WTF?!"
I'd instead have picked Chris Cooper (Adaptation) or Paul Newman (Road to Perdition) before Quaid.
Also, Edwin, what's the difference beteween the NYFC Online and the NYFC Circle? Who votes in the latter?

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Dana, the NYFCC are critics whose reviews appear on newsprint (i.e. Joe Morgenstern (Wall Street Journal) and I believe Mike Clark (USA Today) is also one of them). I ran into a list once of the entire makeup. If I find it, I'll post it.

I have also decided to compile all the organizations' list based on their number of appearances. You will find it in my original post, which I will continue to update. Because each list is different as far as number of films, this is the best way I can think of.

I may decide later on to compile each individual critic's Top 10 list if there is sufficient enough lists to make it representative.

Seth, thanks for all your help.

~Edwin

 

[Brook K]

Pleasantly surprised to see Edie Falco racking up some awards. Would be nice if she got an AA nom and that would give some well deserved attention to Sunshine State.

Pleasantly shocked to see Far From Heaven garnering so many awards. My tastes rarely line up with this sort of thing.

Would like to see more attention going Punch Drunk Love's way, but it's getting left off of most of these lists.

And hate that Spirited Away is confined to the animation ghetto. Just give it an animation award and then you can forget about it for best film.

 

[Mike Kelly]

Seth, I believe that Best Production Award to "Gangs of New York" from the LAFC is misleading. It is really for Production Design and not for the entire production. I'm not ready to rule "Gangs" out just yet. Other than LOTR it's the only real epic on the slate this year. And unlike LOTR it is a (somewhat) historical epic which The Academy has had a tendency to favor over the years.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Okay, now that pick has just cast their list into question. I've probably only seen a third of the films they have, but even I could find five or six other candidates that better qualified than Quaid in FFH.

Well Dana, this is certainly what makes a horse race. Although I’ve not seen every movie released this year, I’m leaning very heavily towards Dennis Quaid as the best supporting performance for the year.

I thought his performance brilliant. The first time I’ve been this impressed with him as an actor.

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Here is a more complete list of the New York Film Critics picks and their make-up. (From Alex Fung):

Best Picture
Far From Heaven (Focus Features)
Directed by Todd Haynes

Runners-Up:
About Schmidt (New Line)
Directed by Alexander Payne


Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs Of New York (Miramax)

Runners-Up:
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt (New Line)


Best Actress
Diane Lane, Unfaithful (Fox)

Runners-Up:
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven (Focus Features)


Best Supporting Actor
Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven (Focus Features)

Runners-Up:
Chris Cooper, Adaptation. (Columbia)


Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Clarkson, Far From Heaven (Focus Features)

Runners-Up:
Parker Posey, Personal Velocity (UA)


Best Director
Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven (Focus Features)
Runners-Up:

Pedro Almodóvar, Talk To Her (Sony Classics)


Best Screenplay
Charlie and Donald Kaufman, Adaptation. (Columbia)

Runners-Up:
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, About Schmidt (New Line)


Best Foreign Film

Y Tu Mamá También (IFC Films)
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Runners-Up:
Talk To Her (Sony Classics)
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar


Best Cinematography
Edward Lachman, Far From Heaven (Focus Features)

Runners-Up:
Michael Ballhaus, Gangs Of New York (Miramax)


Best First Narrative Feature Film
Roger Dodger (Artisan)
Directed by Dylan Kidd

Runners-Up:
Chicago (Miramax)
Directed by Rob Marshall


Best Non-Fiction Film
Standing In The Shadows Of Motown (Artisan)
Directed by Paul Justman

Runners-Up:
The Kid Stays In The Picture (Focus Features)
Directed by Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein


Best Animated Film
Spirited Away (Disney)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

Runners-Up:
none


Special Award
The restoration of Metropolis (Kino)

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New York Film Critics Circle Membership:

Thelma Adams, Us Weekly
John Anderson, Newsday
David Ansen, Newsweek
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News
Dwight Brown, Savoy Magazine
Bob Campbell, Newhouse News Service / The Star-Ledger
Richard Corliss, Time
Mike D'Angelo, Time Out New York
David Denby, The New Yorker
Marshall Fine, Gannett Newspapers - Chairman
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Andrew Johnston, Us Weekly - Vice-Chairman
Dave Kehr, Film Comment
Dennis Lim, Village Voice
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
Rex Reed, The New York Observer
Leah Rozen, People
Andrew Sarris, The New York Observer
Richard Schickel, Time
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Press / The Star-Ledger
Gene Seymour, Newsday
John Simon, National Review
David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor
Jan Stuart, Newsday
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Armond White, New York Press
Steven Witty, Newhouse News Service / The Star Ledger

 

[Ruth_F]

Mike said:

Other than LOTR it's the only real epic on the slate this year. And unlike LOTR it is a (somewhat) historical epic which The Academy has had a tendency to favor over the years.

Actually Mike, my current favorite picture of the year -- the Pianist fits the description of a historical epic that should do well with the academy.

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Dennis Quaid's performance in Far From Heaven is very strong and worthy of an Oscar nod. This is also the year where he excelled in a lead performance in The Rookie, which should make him very noticeable during Oscar time.
~Edwin

 

[Seth Paxton]

It's important to keep one thing in mind, and that is these critics lists rarely represent the actual winners. They just put you on to certain players in the Oscar race (as well as point you to some great films ), but are often much more willing to play "risky" with their selections than the Academy will.
I find this even more amplified with the acting awards. Remind me again of Buscemi's Oscar nom last year for Best Supporting Actor.
And of course Spacek had the Oscar wrapped up based on all these lists and then...
I do think if you aren't getting mentioned at all or very lightly then you are in trouble later, but that's about it.
For my Best Pix formula (which picked ABM last year and tests correctly for the last 9 years overall - I created it for last year), I don't even consider the critics picks, only the Guilds noms/wins, Globe noms/wins, and Oscar noms.
None of this is to downplay the importance of these other lists, just to say that what is important about them is not so much what they say about the Oscars, but what they say about the films they mention in terms of interesting filmmaking.
But it still won't keep us from speculating.
So how many wins does Solaris have? (see, I can take the drubbing with my chin up )

 

[Ruth_F]

So how many wins does Solaris have?

it has at least one nomination javascript:smilie('')

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

Here's the Broadcast Film Critics Association 2002 nominees:

Best Picture
About Schmidt
Adaptation
Catch Me If You Can
Chicago
Far From Heaven
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
Road to Perdition

Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis - Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson - About Schmidt
Robin Williams - One Hour Photo

Best Actress
Salma Hayek - Frida
Nicole Kidman - The Hours
Diane Lane - Unfaithful
Julianne Moore - Far From Heaven

Best Supporting Actor
Chris Cooper - Adaptation
Alfred Molina - Frida
Paul Newman - Road to Perdition

Best Supporting Actress
Kathy Bates - About Schmidt
Meryl Streep - Adaptation
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago

Best Acting Ensemble
Chicago
The Hours
My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Best Director
Roman Polanski - The Pianist
Martin Scorsese - Gangs of New York
Steven Spielberg - Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report

Best Writer
Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor - About Schmidt
Nia Vardalos - My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Best Digital Acting Performance
Dobby - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Gollum - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Yoda - Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Best Young Actor/Actress
Kieran Culkin - Igby Goes Down
Tyler Hoechlin - Road to Perdition
Nicholas Hoult - About a Boy

Best Animated Feature
Ice Age
Lilo and Stitch
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirited Away

Best Family Film (live action)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The Rookie
Tuck Everlasting

Best Picture Made for Television
Door To Door
Live From Baghdad
Martin and Lewis

Best Documentary
Bowling for Columbine
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Best Foreign Language Film
Monsoon Wedding
Talk to Her
Y Tu Mama Tambien

Best Song
"Father and Daughter", Paul Simon - The Wild Thornberrys Movie
"Hero", Chad Kroeger - Spider-Man
"Lose Yourself", Eminem - 8 Mile

Best Composer
Phillip Glass - The Hours
Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
John Williams - Catch Me If You Can, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Minority Report


~Edwin

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

The San Francisco Film Critics Cirle list:

Best Film
The Pianist (Focus Features)
Directed by Roman Polanski

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Best Actor
Michael Caine, The Quiet American (Miramax)

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Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher (Kino)

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Best Supporting Actor
Chris Cooper, Adaptation. (Columbia)

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Best Supporting Actress
Miranda Richardson, Spider (Sony Classics)

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Best Director
Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven (Focus Features)

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Best Foreign Film
Y Tu Mamá También (IFC Films)
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

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Best Documentary
Rivers And Tides (Roxie Releasing)
Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer

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Most Promising Debut
Dylan Kidd, Roger Dodger (Artisan)

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Special Citations
Phillip Noyce
The Quiet American (Miramax) and Rabbit-Proof Fence (Miramax)

Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi
Underground Zero


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San Francisco Film Critics Circle Membership
Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner
Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDwire
Barry Caine, Oakland Tribune
Michael Fox, San Francisco Weekly
Susan Gerhard, San Francisco Bay Guardian
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Dennis Harvey, Variety and Bay Guardian
Johnny Ray Huston, Bay Guardian
Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News
Mary Pols, Contra Costa Times - Chairperson
Kelly Vance, East Bay Express
Richard von Busack, Metro


~Edwin

 

[Edwin Pereyra]

The Toronto Film Critics Association's picks:

Best Film
Adaptation. (Columbia)
Directed by Spike Jonze

Runners-Up:
Punch-Drunk Love (Columbia)
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Y Tu Mamá También (IFC FIlms)
Directed by Alfonson Cuarón


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Best Male Performance
Nicolas Cage, Adaptation. (Columbia)

Runners-Up:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs Of New York (Miramax)
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt (New Line)


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Best Female Performance
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven (Focus)

Runners-Up:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary (Lions Gate)
Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher (Kino)


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Best Male Supporting Performance
Chris Cooper, Adaptation. (Columbia)

Runners-Up:
Paul Newman, Road To Perdition (DreamWorks)
Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven (Focus)


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Best Female Supporting Performance
Emily Watson, Punch-Drunk Love (Columbia)

Runners-Up:
Kathy Bates, About Schmidt (New Line)
Toni Collette, About A Boy (Universal)


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Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Punch-Drunk Love (Columbia)

Runners-Up:
Alfonso Cuarón, Y Tu Mamá También (IFC Films)
Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven (Focus Films)


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Best Screenplay
Charlie and Donald Kaufman, Adaptation. (Columbia)

Runners-Up:
David Hare, The Hours (Paramount)
Paul Thomas Anderson, Punch-Drunk Love (Columbia)


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Best Documentary
Bowling For Columbine (MGM)
Directed by Michael Moore

Runners-Up:
Gambling, Gods & L.S.D. (Odeon)
Directed by Peter Mettler

Standing In The Shadows Of Motown (Artisan)
Directed by Paul Justman


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Best First Feature
Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (Lot 47)
Directed by Zacharias Kunuk

Runners-Up:
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (Miramax)
Directed by George Clooney

Igby Goes Down (MGM)
Directed by Burr Steers


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Best Canadian Film
Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (Lot 47)
Directed by Zacharias Kunuk

Runners-Up:
Un Crabe Dans La Tête (Film Tonic)
Directed by André Turpin

F.U.B.A.R. (Odeon)
Directed by Michael Dowse


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Special Citation for Best Film Not TO Receive A Proper Theatrical Release in Canada

Donnie Darko
Directed by Richard Kelly


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Clyde Gilmour Award
Wayne Clarkson

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~Edwin

 

[Seth Paxton]

Runners-Up:
Punch-Drunk Love (Columbia)

It's back in the Oscar chase.
:p)

 

[Jason Whyte]

Special Citation for Best Film Not TO Receive A Proper Theatrical Release in Canada
Donnie Darko
Directed by Richard Kelly

Priceless!

 

[Jay E]

I love these lists, thanks to everyone for suppling them. I don't give a rat's ass about the Academy Awards so these lists are my own, personal, end of the year Oscars.