'Slumdog Millionaire' sweeps New York online critics' kudos
"Slumdog Millionaire" hit the jackpot with the New York Film Critics Online, winning the group's awards for best picture, director, screenplay, cinematography and music score.
New York Film Critics Online is composed of 27 web-based reviewers and 2 print critics. (See the full list here.) It should not be confused with the New York Film Critics Circle, which permitted the admission of internet journalists this year for the first time ever. Its earlier refusal to recognize web journos caused these new, equivalent to be launched in 2001.
Its best-picture choices since: "Mulholland Drive" (2001), "Chicago" (2002), "Lost in Translation" (2003), "The Squid and the Whale" (2005), "The Queen" (2006), "Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and "There Will Be Blood" (tie, 2007).
BEST PICTURE of 2008
"Slumdog Millionaire"
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle with Loveleen Tandan, "Slumdog Millionaire"
BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, "Milk"
BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, "Vicki Cristina Barcelona"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle
BEST SCREENPLAY
"Slumdog Millionaire," Simon Beaufoy
BEST FOREIGN PICTURE
"4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days"
BEST DOCUMENTARY
"Man on Wire"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"Wall-E"
BEST SCORE
"Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Sally Hawkins, "Happy-Go-Lucky"
BEST DEBUT AS DIRECTOR
Martin McDonagh, "In Bruges"
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
"Milk"
TOP 10 BEST FILMS
"Che"
"A Christmas Tale"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Happy-Go-Lucky"
"Milk"
"Rachel Getting Married"
"Slumdog Millionaire"
"Wall-E"
"The Wrestler"
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