National Society of Film Critics picks THE HURT LOCKER

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Other than Paul Schneider popping up in the Supporting Actor category, no real surprises from the National Society of Film Critics this year. The Hurt Locker took the picture, director and actor awards, leaving scraps for all the other films released this year.

Variety does point out that this is the first time the since L.A. Confidential that a film has swept top honors from Los Angeles, New York, and national critics. Oddly enough, that was also the year Avatar-director James Cameron saw his film Titanic go on the win big on Oscar night. I’m not saying that’s going to be the case again this year, but it’s something to think about this morning.

Full list of 2009 NSFC winners (via Variety):

Picture: The Hurt Locker
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Actor: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Actress: Yolande Moreau, Seraphine
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds, and Paul Schneider, Bright Star
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Foreign-Language Film: Summer Hours
Nonfiction Film: The Beaches of Agnes
Cinematography: Christian Berger, The White Ribbon
Production Design: Nelson Lowry, Fantastic Mr. Fox