The first group of critics have delivered their film awards for 2004. (The National Board of Review members aren’t exactly critics.)
New York Online Film Critics Awards
PICTURE
Sideways
DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)
ACTOR
Jamie Foxx
ACTRESS
Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
SUPPORT ACTOR
Thomas Haden Church (Sideways)
SUPPORT ACTRESS
Laura Linney (Kinsey) (tie)
Cate Blanchett (The Aviator) (tie)
SCREENPLAY
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Charlie Kaufman)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The Motorcycle Diaries
DOCUMENTARY
Broadway: The Golden Age (tie)
Supersize Me (tie)
ANIMATION
The Incredibles
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hero (Christopher Doyle)
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
Topher Grace (P.S.; In Good Company)
DEBUT DIRECTOR
Joshua Marston (Maria Full of Grace)
TOP NINE FILMS
1. Sideways
2. The Aviator
3. Before Sunset
4. Hero
5. Kinsey
6. Bad Education
7. The Incredibles
8. The Motorcycle Diaries
9. House of Flying Daggers
Free audio of the concert is at —
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4485527