THE HURT LOCKER takes LAFCA prize

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Today The Hurt Locker scored its second, and probably most important win so far, this Oscar season. While the Los Angeles Film Critics Association sometimes thinks too far outside the box for Oscar’s taste (see WALL-E‘s win), The Hurt Locker‘s prize here pretty much locks it in for a Best Picture nomination. Even if it doesn’t win the top prize, I’m starting to think Kathryn Bigelow may be the one to beat in the Best Director race. (Sorry, Jason Reitman.)

PICTURE: The Hurt Locker
Runner-up: Up in the Air

DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Runner-up: Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon

ACTRESS: Yolande Moreau, Séraphine
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, An Education

ACTOR: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Runner-up: Colin Firth, A Single Man

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo’Nique, Precious
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, In the Loop

More winners after the jump

ANIMATION: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runner-up: Up

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Summer Hours
Runner-up: The White Ribbon

NEW GENERATION: Neill Blomkamp, District 9

MUSIC/SCORE: T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton, Crazy Heart
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Philip Ivey, District 9
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Avatar

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christian Berger, The White Ribbon
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker

SCREENPLAY: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, In the Loop

DOCUMENTARY / NON-FICTION FILM: The Beaches of Agnès and The Cove (tie)

DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: Anders Edstrom and C.W. Winter, The Anchorage