The Coasts

This weekend will be huge for awards geeks like myself as the LA Film Critics announce their winners this Sunday, followed by the NY Film Critics on Monday. They are make or break awards bodies, and fortunately for the film world, they usually make fairly bold choices. I'd expect big pull for something like The Hurt Locker, A Serious Man, and maybe Up. For some reason I think both organizations will temporarily stop the Up in the Air sweep, as LA and NY don't always hold up to group think mentality. Here's a look back at their history:

LA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION
2008 WALL-E
2007 There Will Be Blood
2006 Letters From Iwo Jima
2005 Brokeback Mountain
2004 Sideways
2003 American Splendor
2002 About Schmidt
2001 In the Bedroom
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
1999 The Insider
1998 Saving Private Ryan
1997 L.A. Confidential
1996 Secrets & Lies
1995 Leaving Las Vegas
1994 Pulp Fiction
1993 Schindler's List
1992 Unforgiven
1991 Bugsy
1990 Goodfellas
1989 Do the Right Thing
1988 Little Dorrit
1987 Hope & Glory
1986 Hannah & Her Sisters
1985 Brazil
1984 Amadeus
1983 Terms of Endearment
1982 E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
1981 Atlantic City
1980 Raging Bull
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
1978 Coming Home
1977 Star Wars
1976 Network
1975 Dog Day Afternoon



NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
2008 Milk
2007 No Country For Old Men
2006 United 93
2005 Brokeback Mountain
2004 Sideways
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002 Far From Heaven
2001 Mulholland Drive
2000 Traffic
1999 Topsy-Turvy
1998 Saving Private Ryan
1997 L.A. Confidential
1996 Fargo
1995 Leaving Las Vegas
1994 Quiz Show
1993 Schindler's List
1992 The Player
1991 The Silence of the Lambs
1990 Goodfellas
1989 My Left Foot
1988 The Accidental Tourist
1987 Broadcast News
1986 Hannah & Her Sisters
1985 Prizzi's Honor
1984 A Passage to India
1983 Terms of Endearment
1982 Gandhi
1981 Reds
1980 Ordinary People
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
1978 The Deer Hunter
1977 Annie Hall
1976 All the President's Men
1975 Nashville
1974 Armacord
1973 Day For Night
1972 Cries & Whispers
1971 A Clockwork Orange
1970 Five Easy Pieces
1969 Z
1968 A Lion in Winter
1967 In the Heat of the Night
1966 A Man For All Seasons
1965 Darling
1964 My Fair Lady
1963 Tom Jones
1962 not awarded
1961 West Side Story
1960 The Apartment
1959 Ben-Hur
1958 The Defiant Ones
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956 Around the World in 80 Days
1955 Marty
1954 On the Waterfront
1953 From Here to Eternity
1952 High Noon
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire
1950 All About Eve