ROTTEN TOMATOES: 2006 NYFCO Awards Announced!

2006 NYFCO Awards Announced!

by Edward Douglas | December 12, 2006

It's that time of year again: Right before the fancy awards are doled out, all the different critics' groups chime in with their favorite flicks of the year. Here we have the picks from the New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) for your perusal.

NY FILM CRITICS ONLINE AWARDS FOR 2006

New York Film Critics Online is composed of major reviewers in the New York area who work exclusively for online publications or for print/broadcast media with a strong online presence. The twenty-six members (NYFCO.ORG) met at O'Neal's Restaurant, 49 W 64 Street in Manhattan on December
10th, 2006, and voted for these awards:

Picture -- "The Queen"

Director -- Stephen Frears - "The Queen"

Screenplay -- Peter Morgan - "The Queen"

Cinematography -- Dick Pope - "The Illusionist"

Actor -- Forest Whitaker - "The Last King of Scotland"

Actress -- Helen Mirren - "The Queen"

Supporting Actor -- Michael Sheen - "The Queen"

Supporting Actress -- Jennifer Hudson - "Dreamgirls" & Catherine O'Hara - "For Your Consideration" (tie)

Ensemble Cast -- "Little Miss Sunshine"

Debut as Director -- Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris - "Little Miss Sunshine"

Breakthrough Performer -- Jennifer Hudson - "Dreamgirls"

Film Score -- Philip Glass - "The Illusionist"

Documentary Feature -- "An Inconvenient Truth"

Animated Feature -- "Happy Feet"

Foreign Language Picture -- "Pan's Labyrinth"

Humanitarian Award -- Deepa Mehta ("Water") for taking risks to create films about the difficulties of social change in India especially as it affects women.

Ten Best Pictures (Alphabetical)
"Babel"
"The Fountain"
"Inland Empire"
"Little Children"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Pan's Labyrinth"
"The Queen"
"Thank You For Smoking"
"Volver"
"Water"

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nardoguz writes:
on Dec 12 2006 04:13 AM

[b]scorcese[/b]
where the hell is the departed? do i sense a NYC Boston rivalry here?

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mizzoucritic writes:
on Dec 12 2006 11:37 AM

Wow. I like The Queen at the top and props to Pan's Labyrinth for being on there, but The Fountain, Inland Empire, Little Children, and Water are in the Top 10 also?

And I thought I was an artsy asshole.

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ttboy80 writes:
on Dec 12 2006 11:42 AM

the top 10 is pretty damn good though!

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warsaw writes:
on Dec 12 2006 03:52 PM

no .....just no.......wtf? not even a mention of the departed? ha! yeah right, every list that doesnt include the departed in one way or another should be disregarded by all

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fenex13 writes:
on Dec 13 2006 11:54 AM

I disagree with some of those choices, but it's nice to see "Thank You For Smoking" in the top 10, as it was one of the best movies I've seen in a while.

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roco133 writes:
on Dec 21 2006 11:40 AM

[b]I do LIKE the Queen.[/b]
But it's really NOT the best film of the year, I hope it doesn't win best picture sans the Oscars. I think it'll be down to The Departed and Babel, my votes for The Departed. My top 10: THE DEPARTED/VOLVER/FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS/BABEL/WATER/THE QUEEN/THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND/PAN'S LABYRINTH/LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE/THE HOST

The Host is just a film I enjoyed alot, I usually reserve the "10" spot for a film like that. I still need to see NOTES ON A SCANDAL and LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA

-[RoCO]

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Celeb:	Stephen Frears

	Michael Sheen
	Valerie Faris
	Helen Mirren
	Peter Morgan
	Jonathan Dayton
	Forest Whitaker
	Dick Pope
	Catherine O'Hara
	Deepa Mehta
Movie:	For Your Consideration
	Water
	Little Miss Sunshine
	Babel
	The Last King of Scotland
	The Fountain
	Inland Empire
	The Queen
	An Inconvenient Truth
	The Illusionist
	Awards Tour 2006
	Little Children
	Happy Feet
	Volver
	Pan's Labyrinth
	Dreamgirls
	Thank You For Smoking

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