Did you know that the Kansas City Film Critics Circle is the second oldest critics group in the country? Yep, they've been voting for their favorites since 1966, which is when they gave Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? their highest accolade. Members of the KCFCC include Loey Lockerby, Russ Simmons and my good pal Dan Lybarger ... but even if you're not familiar with their work, it sure looks like the whole crew has some pretty excellent taste in movies.So here's what the KCFCC threw some love towards as part of their 42nd(!) annual awards presentation...
Best Film
There Will Be Blood
The Robert Altman Award for Directing
(TIE!)
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best Actress
Marion Cotilliard, La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody, Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best Animated Film
Ratatouille
Best Foreign Language Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Documentary
In the Shadow of the Moon
The Vince Koehler Award for Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
So there you have it. Kansas City has spoken!
1. WOOT! from a Kansas Citian in Germany in the army
Posted at 12:11AM on Jan 9th 2008 by Shults