Country Club: Coens Win Big with NYFCC

Josh Brolin valets for his award-winning No Country colleagues (Photo: Miramax Films)

By S.T. VanAirsdale

The New York Film Critics Circle today awarded No Country For Old Men its award for Best Picture of 2007, the first of four the organization threw Joel and Ethan Coen's way. Others included Best Screenplay, Best Directors and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem. Shocking, I know. It gets crazier: Daniel Day-Lewis claimed Best Actor for There Will Be Blood, Julie Christie won Best Actress for Away From Her, Persepolis snagged Best Animated Film... you get the idea. Hats off to Sidney Lumet and Charles Burnett for claiming a lifetime achievement and "special critics' prize," respectively.

The rest of the winners are below if you can't guess them don't possess the finely honed intuition of professional awards prognosticators and need to sneak a peek.

2007 NY Film Critics Circle Award Winners:

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men

Best DIrector: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away from Her

Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Best Foreign Film: The Lives of Others

Best Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Cinematographer: Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood

Best Documentary: No End in Sight, directed by Charles Ferguson

Best First Film: Sarah Polley, Away from Her

Best Animated Film: Persepolis, directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi

Lifetime Achievement Award: Sidney Lumet

Special Critics' Award: Charles Burnett for Killer of Sheep

Posted at December 10, 2007 1:47 PM