Specials: David Brooks on "Munich." Plus, NY Online Critics' Awards, LA Critics' awards.
Sunday's specials:
In Spielberg's Middle East the only way to achieve peace is by renouncing violence. But in the real Middle East the only way to achieve peace is through military victory over the fanatics, accompanied by compromise between the reasonable elements on each side. Somebody, the Israelis or the Palestinian Authority, has to defeat Hamas and the other terrorist groups. Far from leading to a downward cycle, this kind of violence is the precondition to peace.
The best, according to the New York Online Film Critics.
Best Picture The Squid and the Whale Best Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) Best Actress Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice) Best Director Fernando Meirelles (Constant Gardener) Best Supporting Actor Oliver Platt (Casanova) Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams (Junebug) Best Breakthrough Performer Terrence Howard (Hustle and Flow, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Four Brothers) Best Debut Director Paul Haggis (Crash) Best Screenplay Paul Haggis (Crash) Best Documentary Grizzly Man
Best Foreign Language Downfall
Best Animated Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Best Cinematography March of the Penguins
In L.A., they're swinging a bit differently:
Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain Runner-up: A History of Violence
Best Director Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain Runner-up: David Cronenberg, A History of Violence
Best Actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote Runner-up: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone Runner-up: Dame Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Supporting Actor William Hurt, A History of Violence Runner-up: Frank Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Supporting Actress Catherine Keener, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Capote, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, & The Interpreter Runner-up: Amy Adams, Junebug
Best Screenplay TIE between Dan Futterman, Capote and Noah Baumbach, The Squid & The Whale
Best Cinematography Robert Elswit, Good Night, and Good Luck. Runner-up: Chris Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung, Yiu-Fai Lai, 2046
Best Production Design William Chang, 2046 Runner-up: James D. Bissell, Good Night, And Good Luck.
Best Music Score Howl’s Moving Castle, Joe Hisaishi Runner-up: Tony Takatani, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Best Foreign-Language Film Cache, directed by Michael Haneke Runner-up: 2046, directed by Wong Kar Wai
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog Runner-up: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room directed by Alex Gibney
Best Animation Nick Park and Steve Box, Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The nominations are in for the Broadcast Film Critics' Awards. Lots of interesting choices here.