Los Angeles Film Critcs Association

LA's big winners: Carlos, Mother, The Social Network, Black Swan

BEST PICTURE
The Social Network
runner-up: Carlos

BEST DIRECTOR
(tie) Olivier Assayas, Carlos 
David Fincher, The Social Network

BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
runner-up: Edgar Ramirez, Carlos

BEST ACTRESS
Kim Hye-ja, Mother
runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Niels Arestrup, A Prophet
runner-up: Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
runner-up: Olivia Williams, The Ghost Writer

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Social Network- Aaron Sorkin
runner-up: The King's Speech- David Seidler

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Toy Story 3
runner-up: The Illusionist

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Last Train Home
runner-up: Exit Through the Gift Shop

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Carlos
runner-up: Mother

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan- Matthew Libatique
runner-up: True Grit- Roger Deakins

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
(tie) The Ghost Writer- Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Inception- Guy Hendrix Dyas
runner-up: The King's Speech- Eve Stewart

NEW GENERATION AWARD
Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture

DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT\EXPERIMENTAL FILM\VIDEO
Film Socialism

LEGACY OF CINEMA AWARD
the restoration of Metropolis

FILM ACHIEVEMENT
Paul Mazursky

• Leave it to the Los Angeles Film Critics (my home turf; so I always feel anxious when they announce) to open their cinematic hearts to not one, not two, but three film not even eligible for this years Oscars-- Carlos, Mother and A Prophet.  Carlos, the five-hour French film that's been a critical favorite since debuting at Cannes in May was shown on television's Sundance Channel and thus not eligible, whilst Mother and A Prophet were eligible last year as they were the official foreign language candidates from their respective countries-- S. Korea and France.

• The other front is predictable, if still nice-- The Social Network wins big, and proves it's the critics pick.  The awards showering for the films music confuses me since I don't remember any of it at all...

• I get the impression that Black Swan will be the critical pet in the cinematography department, and well be ghettoized as the "Children of Men" of 2010, which won a buttload of critical cinematography prizes only to wind up an Oscar bridesmaid when the day finally happens; I hope not-- Libatique's beautifully gritty, naturalistic work here is ballsy yet controlled, just like the film itself.