San Francisco Film Critics

BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth, A Single Man

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian McKay, Me & Orson Welles

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique, Precious

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Inglourious Basterds- Quentin Tarantino

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Fantastic Mr. Fox- Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline

BEST FOREIGN FILM
You the Living

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
A Serious Man- Roger Deakins

Not much in the way of surprises here-- The Hurt Locker is golden at the moment after it's amazing weekend (LA, Boston, AFI citation), as is Bigelow. My questions marks on terms of the Academy right now are Inglourious Basterds which so far has strong critical support, but still feels like it might not go all the way to the Oscar, because of subject matter (revisionist history\crossed genres) and divisiveness of Tarantino in general (after all both Kill Bills got a combined total of zero nominations, besides critical success and glorious box office. Another question mark is A Serious Man, which seems like a total Oscar-y film that's been somewhat absent from big prizes so far. That and is the momentum for Precious fading-- the critics thus far have been kind to Mo"Nique, but not the film as a whole strangley. Also is Christian McKay a potential nominee-- I kind of think if he scores a Golden Globe nod, he's in, even if Me & Orson Welles doesn't go anywhere critically or commercially-- he's playing Orson Welles for god's sake!