Critics Awards 2008: Houston, Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth

"Slumdog Millionaire", de Danny Boyle

Houston Film Critics

Best Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk

Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt

Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast: Doubt

Best Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Film: WALL•E

Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Documentary: Man on Wire

Best Foreign Language Film: Mongol

Best Original Score: Terence Blanchard for Miracle at St. Anna

Best Original Song: “Down to Earth” from WALL•E

Outstanding Achievement in Cinema: Andrea Grover and The Aurora Picture Show

Outstanding Achievement in Film Programming: Marian Luntz and The Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Film Department

Phoenix

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Top Ten Films of 2008 (in alphabetical order):

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Frost/Nixon
• In Bruges
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire
• The Visitor
• WALL•E
• The Wrestler

Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In

Best Documentary: Man on Wire

Best Animated Film: WALL•E

Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role: Sean Penn, Milk

Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role: Meryl Streep, Doubt

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Acting Ensemble: The cast of Milk

Best Screenplay written directly for the screen: In Bruges

Best Screenplay adapted from another medium: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematography: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Score: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Original Song: “The Wrestler” from The Wrestler

Best Production Design: The Dark Knight

Best Costume Design: The Duchess

Best Visual Effects: The Dark Knight

Best Stunts: The Dark Knight

Breakout on Camera: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire

Breakout Behind the Camera: Martin McDonagh, In Bruges

Best Performance by a Youth - Male: Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by a Youth - Female: Dakota Fanning, The Secret Life of Bees

Best Live Action Family Film: High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Overlooked Film: In Bruges

Dallas-Fort Worth

Best Picture: (in order)

1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Milk
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. The Wrestler
6. The Visitor
7. Frost/Nixon
8. Doubt
9. WALL•E
10. Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk

Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt

Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Language Film: Tell No One

Best Documentary: Man on Wire

Best Animated Film: WALL•E

Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, Dark Knight

Russell Smith Award (given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film): Wendy and Lucy