Nordling here.
Although I'm not a member of the Austin Film Critics Society, I can't much argue with their picks here - many of these were my own choices for the Houston Film Critics Society. It's nice to see ATTACK THE BLOCK represented, especially the score, which was my favorite of the year. Here are their choices:
Best Film: HUGO
Best Director: Nicolas Winding Refn, DRIVE
Best Actor: Michael Shannon, TAKE SHELTER
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks, DRIVE
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, TAKE SHELTER
Best Adapted Screenplay: DRIVE
Best Original Screenplay: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, THE TREE OF LIFE
Best Original Score: Steven Price, Felix Buxton, and Simon Ratcliffe, ATTACK THE BLOCK
Best Documentary: SENNA
Best Foreign Language Film: I SAW THE DEVIL
Breakthrough Artist Award: Jessica Chastain
Best First Film: Joe Cornish, ATTACK THE BLOCK
Austin Film Award (Award for film shot primarily in Austin or featuring an Austin filmmaker): TAKE SHELTER
Top 10 films (in order): HUGO, DRIVE, TAKE SHELTER, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, ATTACK THE BLOCK, THE ARTIST, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, I SAW THE DEVIL, 13 ASSASSINS, MELANCHOLIA
Nordling, out.
