BEST OF 2009

NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS!

(Detroit, Michigan – December 18, 2009)…The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2009 nominees in eight categories.  The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 21 Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan. 

Each critic submitted their top 5 picks in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble, and Best Breakthrough Performance.  From these submissions, each entry was given a point value and the top 5 in each category were put on the final ballot.  The final ballots were then given to each critic to rank in order.  The results were once again tabulated and the winners were decided.

THE NOMINATIONS FOR 2009

PICKED BY THE DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

( in alphabetical order)

1.  BEST FILM

• (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
• THE HURT LOCKER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• UP
• UP IN THE AIR

2.  BEST DIRECTOR

• KATHRYN BIGELOW– THE HURT LOCKER
• PETE DOCTER - UP
• JASON REITMAN – UP IN THE AIR
• QUENTIN TARANTINO – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• MARC WEBB – (500) DAYS OF SUMMER

3.  BEST ACTOR

• GEORGE CLOONEY – UP IN THE AIR
• MATT DAMON – THE INFORMANT
• COLIN FIRTH – A SINGLE MAN
• JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT – (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
• SAM ROCKWELL - MOON

4.  BEST ACTRESS

• ALISON LOHMAN – DRAG ME TO HELL
• CAREY MULLIGAN – AN EDUCATION
• SAOIRSE RONAN – THE LOVELY BONES
• GABOUREY “GABBY” SIDIBE – PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
• MERYL STREEP – JULIE & JULIA

5.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

·         WOODY HARRELSON – THE MESSENGER

·         WOODY HARRELSON - ZOMBIELAND

·         CHRISTIAN MCKAY – ME & ORSON WELLES

·         STANLEY TUCCI – THE LOVELY BONES

·         CHRISTOPH WALTZ – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

6.  BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• MARION COTILLARD - NINE
• VERA FARMIGA – UP IN THE AIR
• ANNA KENDRICK – UP IN THE AIR
• MELANIE LAURENT – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• MO’NIQUE - PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE

7.  BEST ENSEMBLE

• THE HANGOVER
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
• PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
• STAR TREK
• ZOMBIELAND

8.  BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• ANNA KENDRICK – UP IN THE AIR
• CHRISTIAN MCKAY – ME & ORSON WELLES
• CAREY MULLIGAN – AN EDUCATION
• CHRIS PINE – STAR TREK
• GABOUREY “GABBY” SIDIBE – PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
• CHRISTOPH WALTZ – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

The Detroit Film Critics Society members for the 2009-2010 season in alphabetical order are Kirk Baird – The Toledo Blade, Jason Buchanan – allmovieguide.com, Colette Evangelista – Capital Area Women’s Lifestyle Magazine, Jim Fordyce – www.MIentertainment.biz,  Adam Graham – The Detroit News, Corey Hall – The Metro Times, Tom Long – The Detroit News, Jeff Meyers – The Metro Times, Robin Miner-Swartz – The Lansing State Journal, Chad Mitchell – The Chad Show, John Monaghan – The Detroit Free Press, Warren Pierce – WJR Radio, Greg Russell – WMYD-TV, James Sanford – The Kalamazoo Gazette, Debbie Schlussel – Sirius Patriot Channel 144’s Mike Church Show, Perry Seibert – allmovieguide.com, John Serba – The Grand Rapids Press, Lee Thomas – Fox 2, Kirk Vanderbeek – Real Detroit Weekly, Greg Walton – WIOG/KRSP, and Chris Williams – Advisor & Source Newspapers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

RUTH DANIELS, DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

AT (248) 703-0997 OR ruthd@emagine-entertainment.com

More information is available on the website at detroitfilmcritics.com