Sorkin, Portman & More Win Critics Circle Awards

The awards were announced today from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Boston Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Online. Aaron Sorkin swept the prizes for best screenplay, and Natalie Portman, Jesse Eisenberg, Toy Story 3, Colin Firth and James Franco were amongst the other big winners of the day. 

LOS ANGELES
Picture The Social Network
Director Olivier Assayas, Carlos, and David Fincher, The Social Network (tie)
Actor Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Actress Kim Hye-Ja, Mother
Supporting Actor Niels Arestrup, A Prophet
Supporting Actress Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Screenplay Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Foreign-Language Film Carlos
Animation Toy Story 3
Documentary Last Train Home
Cinematography Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
Music Alexandre Desplat, The Ghost Writer, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network (tie)
Production Design Guy Hendrix Dyas, Inception
New Generation Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture

BOSTON
Picture The Social Network
Director David Fincher, The Social Network
Actor Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Actress Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Supporting Actor Christian Bale, The Fighter
Supporting Actress Juliette Lewis, Conviction
Screenplay Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Documentary Marwencol
Foreign-Language Film Mother
Animated Film Toy Story 3
Cinematography Roger Deakins, True Grit 
Editing Andrew Weisblum, Black Swan
New Filmmaker Jeff Malmberg, Marwencol
Ensemble Cast The Fighter
Music Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network

NEW YORK ONLINE
Picture The Social Network
Director David Fincher, The Social Network
Actor James Franco, 127 Hours
Actress Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Supporting Actor Christian Bale, The Fighter
Supporting Actress Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Breakthrough Performer Noomi Rapace, The Millennium Trilogy
Debut Director John Wells, The Company Men
Ensemble Cast The Kids Are All Right
Screenplay Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop
Foreign Language I Am Love
Animated Toy Story 3
Cinematography Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
Music Clint Mansell, Black Swan
Top 10 Films 127 Hours, Another Year, Black Swan, Blue Valentine, The Ghost Writer,Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King’s Speech, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Social Network

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos

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