London, Chicago and the Southeast Go Sideways (But some Eternal love!)

London Critics' Circle Film Awards

Film of the Year

1. The Aviator

2. House of Flying Dagger

3. Sideways

4. The Motocycle Diaries

5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind



Actress of the Year

1. Charlize Theron - Monster

2. Annette Bening - Being Julia

3. Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake

4. Natalie Portman - Closer

5. Nicole Kidman - Birth



Actor of the Year

1. Paul Giamatti - Sideways

2. Geoffrey Rush - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

3. Jamie Foxx - Ray

4. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator

5. Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland



Director of the Year

1.Walter Salles - The Motorcycle Diaries

2. Alexander Payne - Sideways

3. Martin Scorsese - The Aviator

4. Zhang Yimou - House of Flying Daggers

5. Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind



Screenwriter of the Year

1. Brad Bird - The Incredibles

2. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor - Sideways

3. David Magee - Finding Neverland

4. Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

5. Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnes Jaoui - Look at Me



Foreign Language Film of the Year

House of Flying Daggers - Zhang Yimou

Bad Education - Pedro Almodovar

The Motorcycle Diaries – Walter Salles

The Return - Andrei Zvyagintsev

A Very Long Engagement –Jean-Pierre Jeunet



British Newcomer of the Year

1. Amma Asante - A Way of Life

2. Natalie Press - My Summer of Love

3. Emily Blunt - My Summer of Love

4. Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland

5. Eva Birthistle - Ae Fond Kiss



British Screenwriter of the Year

1. Pawel Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne - My Summer of Love

2. Mike Leigh - Vera Drake

3. Paul Laverty - Ae Fond Kiss

4. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright - Shaun of the Dead

5. Joe Penhall - Enduring Love



British Actress in a supporting role

1. Eileen Atkins - Vanity Fair

2. Romola Garai - Inside I'm Dancing

3. Minnie Driver - The Phantom of the Opera

4. Ruth Sheen - Vera Drake

5. Emily Woof - Wondrous Oblivion



British Actor in a supporting role

1. Alfred Molina - Spiderman 2

2. Rupert Everett - Stage Beauty

3. Phil Davis - Vera Drake

4. Eddie Marsan - Vera Drake

5. Brian Cox - Troy



British Actress of the year

1. Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2. Judi Dench - Ladies in Lavender

3. Natalie Press - My Summer of Love

4. Eva Birthistle - Ae Fond Kiss

5. Emily Mortimer - Dear Frankie



British Actor of the Year

1. James McAvoy - Inside I'm Dancing

2. Paddy Considine - Dead Man's Shoes

3. Clive Owen - Closer

4. Daniel Craig - Enduring Love

5. Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog



British Director of the Year

1. Pawel Pawlikowski - My Summer of Love

2. Mike Leigh - Vera Drake

3. Shane Meadows - Dead Man's Shoes

4. Paul Greengrass - The Bourne Supremacy

5. Michael Radford - The Merchant of Venice



British Film of the Year

The Attenborough Award

1. My Summer of Love

2. Shaun of the Dead

3. Finding Neverland

4. Vera Drake

5. Ae Fond Kiss





CHICAGO FILM CRITCS



BEST PICTURE: Sideways



BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: A Very Long Engagement



BEST DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby



BEST ACTOR: Paul Giamatti - Sideways



BEST ACTRESS: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Virginia Madsen - Sideways



BEST SCREENPLAY: Sideways



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (tie):Hero & The Aviator



BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Howard Shore - The Aviator



BEST DOCUMENTARY: Fahrenheit 9/11



MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER: Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace



MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER: Zach Braff - Garden State





SOUTHEASTERN FILM CRITICS

1. Sideways

2. Million Dollar Baby

3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

4. Kinsey

5. The Incredibles

6. Finding Neverland

7. Ray

8. The Aviator

9. Hotel Rwanda

10. Before Sunset



BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

Winner: Maria Full of Grace

Runner-up: A Very Long Engagement



BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Alexander Payne - Sideways

Runner-up: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby



BEST ACTOR

Winner: Jamie Foxx - Ray

Runner-up: Paul Giamatti - Sideways



BEST ACTRESS

Winner: Annette Bening - Being Julia

Runner-up: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

Runner-up: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Virginia Madsen - Sideways

Runner-up: Laura Linney - Kinsey



BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Winner: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Runner-up: Kinsey



BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Winner: Sideways

Runner-up: Finding Neverland



BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: Fahrenheit 9/11

Runner-up: Super Size Me