BEST PICTURE, Winner: “The Descendants.” Runner-Up: “The Tree of Life.”

BEST DIRECTOR, Winner: Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life.” Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese, “Hugo.”

BEST ACTOR, Winner: Michael Fassbender, “A Dangerous Method,” “Jane Eyre,” “Shame,” “X-Men: First Class.” Runner-Up: Michael Shannon, “Take Shelter.”

BEST ACTRESS, Winner: Yun Jung-hee, “Poetry.” Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst, “Melancholia.”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, Winner: Jessica Chastain, “Coriolanus,” “The Debt,” “The Help,” “Take Shelter,” “Texas Killing Fields,” “Tree of Life” Runner-Up: Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs.”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, Winner: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners.”Runner-Up: Patton Oswalt, “Young Adult.”

BEST SCREENPLAY, Winner: Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation.”

BEST MUSIC/SCORE: Winner: The Chemical Brothers, “Hanna.” Runner-Up: Cliff Martinez, “Drive.”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Winner: Dante Ferretti, “Hugo.” Runner-Up: Maria Djurkovic, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki, “The Tree of Life.”

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION, Winner: “Cave of Forgotten Dreams.”

BEST ANIMATION, Winner: “Rango.”

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Yay for Chastain, but I wish they would just choose a single film of hers to champion (Take Shelter would be the best choice). Even including Texas Killing Fields? And I'd say she's the lead in The Debt. I'm afraid her terrific year will go unrewarded by the Academy because of vote diluting and role confusion.

LOVE the Chemical Brothers win. The Hanna score is better than the Social Network and Tron 2 scores.

I edited the full list into the first post.


So, first major win for The Descendants. I know, obviously the critics awards mean nothing after last year...but still, this is a biggie. Weird though...Payne didn't even make it to runner-up for Director. In fact, The Descendants didn't show up ANYWHERE else here.


Best Actress...definitely surprising. But LAFCA has always been known for surprises like this one.

Hugo is really strong...should be considered one of the top three contenders with The Descendants and The Artist.