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Film News: ‘The Social Network’ Leads Chicago Film Critics Nominations
CHICAGO – David Fincher’s “The Social Network” leads the 2010 nominations of the Chicago Film Critics Association with eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor. “Black Swan,” “The King’s Speech,” “True Grit,” and “Winter’s Bone” tied for the second most nominations with six apiece.
Best Director and Best Picture matched five-for-five with Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan,” Christopher Nolan’s “Inception,” Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech,” David Fincher’s “The Social Network,” and Debra Granik’s “Winter’s Bone” all earning nominations for the big prize and their individual filmmakers.
“Blue Valentine” co-stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams may have been surprisingly snubbed this week by the Screen Actors Guild but they were both nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress by the Chicago Film Critics Association. Gosling will compete with Jeff Bridges (“True Grit”), Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”), Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”), and James Franco (“127 Hours”) while Williams faces off against Annette Bening (“The Kids Are All Right”), Jennifer Lawrence (“Winter’s Bone”), Lesley Manville (“Another Year”), and Natalie Portman (“Black Swan”).
The Social Network Photo credit: Sony |
The co-stars of “The Fighter” — Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo — have already been racking up nominations this season and all three were cited by the Chicago Film Critics Association as well. “The King’s Speech” co-stars Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter also served as nominees from the same film. Other Best Supporting Actor nominees include Andrew Garfield (“The Social Network”), John Hawkes (“Winter’s Bone”), and Mark Ruffalo (“The Kids Are All Right”) while the Best Supporting Actress category is filled out by Hailee Steinfeld (“True Grit”) and Jacki Weaver (“Animal Kingdom”).
Two of the acting nominees also appear in Most Promising Performer as Hailee Steinfeld and Jennifer Lawrence face off against Armie Hammer (“The Social Network”), Katie Jarvis (“Fish Tank”), and Tahir Rahim (“A Prophet”). Their counterparts in the category of Most Promising Filmmaker include the controversial Banksy (“Exit Through the Gift Shop”), Derek Cianfrance (“Blue Valentine”), David Michod (“Animal Kingdom”), Aaron Schneider (“Get Low”) and John Wells (“The Company Men”).
All five of the Best Picture nominees popped up in their individual screenplay categories as “Black Swan,” “Inception,” and “The King’s Speech” face off against “Four Lions” and “The Kids Are All Right” for Best Original Screenplay and “The Social Network” and “Winter’s Bone” challenge “Rabbit Hole,” “Toy Story 3,” and “True Grit” for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Finally, the Chicago Film Critics Association showed their willingness to embrace all different kinds of film in the categories of Best Documentary, Best Foreign Langugage Film, and Best Animated Feature with a wide variety of choices including a flick about street art, two war documentaries, a movie based on one of the most popular books of the year, and a nearly-silent French film.
Black Swan Photo credit: Fox Searchlight |
The 2010 Chicago Film Critics Association Nominations
BEST PICTURE
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Winter’s Bone
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky—Black Swan
David Fincher—The Social Network
Debra Granik—Winter’s Bone
Tom Hooper—The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan—Inception
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges—True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg—The Social Network
Colin Firth—The King’s Speech
James Franco—127 Hours
Ryan Gosling—Blue Valentine
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening—The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence—Winter’s Bone
Lesley Manville—Another Year
Natalie Portman—Black Swan
Michelle Williams—Blue Valentine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale—The Fighter
Andrew Garfield—The Social Network
John Hawkes—Winter’s Bone
Mark Ruffalo—The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush—The King’s Speech
True Grit Photo credit: Paramount |
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams—The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter—The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo—The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld—True Grit
Jacki Weaver—Animal Kingdom
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Swan—Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin
Four Lions—Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain & Chris Morris
Inception—Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right—Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech—David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Rabbit Hole—David Lindsay Abaire
The Social Network—Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3—Michael Arndt
True Grit—Joel & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone—Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan—Matthew Libatique
Inception—Wally Pfister
Shutter Island—Robert Richardson
The Social Network—Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit—Roger Deakins
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Black Swan—Clint Mansell
I Am Love—John Adams
Inception—Hans Zimmer
The Social Network—Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
True Grit—Carter Burwell
Exit Through the Gift Shop Photo credit: Oscilloscope |
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Restrepo
The Tillman Story
Waiting for Superman
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I Am Love
Mother
A Prophet
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Armie Hammer—The Social Network
Katie Jarvis—Fish Tank
Jennifer Lawrence—Winter’s Bone
Tahar Rahim—A Prophet
Hailee Steinfeld—True Grit
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Bansky—Exit Through the Gift Shop
Derek Cianfrance—Blue Valentine
David Michod—Animal Kingdom
Aaron Schneider—Get Low
John Wells—The Company Men
HollywoodChicago.com film critics Adam Fendelman and Patrick McDonald are members of the Chicago Film Critics Association and critic Brian Tallerico is proud to sit on the Board of Directors.
By BRIAN TALLERICO |