Awards Watch: Boston and L.A. Critics Announce

Today the film critics in Boston and Los Angeles announced their picks for the best of the year. Between these two and the National Board of Review, which announced on Wednesday, it's shaping up to be a diverse year in terms of winners. Their picks:

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Best Picture: There Will Be Blood
Runner Up: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Runner Up: Julian Schnable (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Runner Up: Frank Langella (Starting Out In The Evening)

Best Actress: Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Runner Up: Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan (Gone, Baby, Gone and Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)
Runner Up: Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)

Best Supporting Actor: Vlad Ivanov (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
Runner Up: Hal Holbrook (Into The Wild)

Best Screenplay: The Savages
Runner Up: There Will Be Blood

Best Foreign Language Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Runner Up: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Animated Film: Persepolis and Ratatouille (tie)

Best Documentary Feature: No End In Sight
Runner Up: Sicko


Boston Society of Film Critics

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men

Best Director: Julian Schnable (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

Best Actor: Frank Langella (Starting Out In The Evening)

Best Actress: Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan (Gone, Baby)

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)

Best Screenplay: Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Documentary Feature: Crazy Love


National Board of Review

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men

Best Director: Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd...)

Best Actor: George Clooney (Michael Clayton)

Best Actress: Julie Christie (Away From Her)

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan (Gone, Baby)

Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James...)

Best Original Screenplay: Juno and Lars and the Real Girl (tie)

Best Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men

Best Animated Film: Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Documentary Feature: Body of War