Los Angeles Film Critics Association

BEST PICTURE
WALL-E
runner-up: The Dark Knight

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
runner-up: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight

BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk
runner-up: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
runner-up: Melissa Leo, Frozen River

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
runner-up: Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
runner-up: Viola Davis, Doubt

BEST SCREENPLAY
Happy-Go-Lucky- Mike Leigh
runner-up: Synecdoche, New York- Charlie Kaufman

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Still Life
runner-up: The Class

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Man on Wire
runner-up: Waltz with Bashir

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Waltz with Bashir

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Still Life- Yu Lik Wai
runner-up: Slumdog Millionaire- Anthony Dod Mantle

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Synecdoche, New York- Mark Friedberg
runner-up: The Dark Knight- Nathan Crowley

BEST SCORE
Slumdog Millionaire- A.R. Rahman
runner-up: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Alexander Desplat

NEW GENERATION AWARD
Steve McQueen, Hunger

I praise the LA film critics for their bold and worthy selection of WALL-E as best picture-- it's a real shame now that most animated features are ghettoized in only one category. This is far and away the first critics group of the season that seems to have avoided group-think mentality. YAY!