LA Film Critics Winners

The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. has named Disney/Pixar’s ‘Wall-E’ the best picture of the year. A first for giving its top prize to an animated film.

From Variety:

Here’s a list of the winners.

Picture: ‘Wall-E’
Runner-up: ‘The Dark Knight’

Director: Danny Boyle, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Runner-up: Christopher Nolan, ‘The Dark Knight’

Actor: Sean Penn, ‘Milk’
Runner-up: Mickey Rourke, ‘The Wrestler’

Actress: Sally Hawkins, ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
Runner-up: Melissa Leo, ‘Frozen River’

Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, ‘The Dark Knight’
Runner-up: Eddie Marsan, ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’

Supporting actress: Penelope Cruz, ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ and ‘Elegy’
Runner-up: Viola Davis, ‘Doubt’

Screenplay: Mike Leigh, ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, ‘Synecdoche, New York’

Foreign-language film: ‘Still Life’
Runner-up: ‘The Class’

Documentary: ‘Man on Wire’
Runner-up: ‘Waltz With Bashir’

Animation: ‘Waltz With Bashir’

Cinematography: Yu Lik Wai, ‘Still Life’
Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

Production design: Mark Friedberg, ‘Synecdoche, New York’
Runner-up: Nathan Crowley, ‘The Dark Knight’

Music/score: A.R. Rahman, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’

New Generation: Steve McQueen, ‘Hunger’

Douglas E. Edwards independent/experimental film/video: James Benning, ‘RR’ and ‘Casting a Glance’

Its starting to look like ‘The Dark Knight’ will see a Best Picture nomination. In a weird award season such as this, the guilds will surely be a great predictor.