SF Film Critics' Circle announces winners

The West has remained wild, at least minds of critics on both coasts this year. The San Francisco Film Critics Circle, which announced its awards last night, chose a different Best Picture than New York and Los Angeles critics, but joined them in recognizing another film based in the American West. The SFFCC gave its Best Picture award to “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” while LA gave its award to Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will be Blood,” and NY gave its honor to the Coen Bros. “No Country for Old Men.

topics: critics year end polls, san francisco film critics circle

Where does your best picture live?

If cities are chosen for their landscapes, their food, their schools, and industries, it seems only reasonable to assume they should also be measured by their tastes in films. Based on the following assessments by various cities’ critics’ organizations, which city should you live in?

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Best picture: “Brokeback Mountain”
Best foreign language film: “Cache”
Best documentary: “Grizzly Man”

Southeastern Film Critics Association
Best picture: “Brokeback Mountain”
Best foreign language film: “Cache”
Best documentary: “March of the Penguins”

Toronto Film Critics Association
Best picture: “A History of Violence”
Best foreign language film: “The World”
Best documentary: “Grizzly Man”

New York Film Critics Circle
Best picture: “Brokeback Mountain”
Best foreign language film: “2046”
Best documentary: “Grizzly Man” and “White Diamond,” a tie

Chicago Film Critics Association
Best picture: “Crash”
Best foreign language film: “Cache”
Best documentary: “Grizzly Man”

Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Best picture: “Brokeback Mountain”
Best foreign language film: “Cache”
Best documentary: “Grizzly Man”

Boston Society of Film Critics
Best picture: “Brokeback Mountain”
Best foreign language film: “Kung Fu Hustle”
Best documentary: “Murderball”

topics: critics year end polls, oscars, san francisco film critics circle