tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-353097952011-04-21T18:43:26.604-05:00The official site of the Central Ohio Film Critics AssociationMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35309795.post-1168585267796611862007-01-12T01:58:00.000-05:002007-01-12T02:01:07.803-05:00The Central Ohio Film Critics Association now has an official site at <a href="http://www.cofca.org">www.cofca.org</a>. Please go there for information on our just-announced 5th annual awards and links to member reviews. This blog will be taken down in the near future.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35309795-116858526779661186?l=cofca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35309795.post-1159645263504165942006-09-30T14:29:00.000-05:002006-09-30T14:41:03.513-05:00Announced January 12, 2006<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2005 Central Ohio Film Critics Association award winners</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Film</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">A History of Violence</span><br />Runner-up: <span style="font-style:italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Direction</span><br />David Cronenberg, <span style="font-style:italic;">A History of Violence</span><br />Runner-up: Ang Lee, <span style="font-style:italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Lead Performance</span><br />Heath Ledger, <span style="font-style:italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br />Runner-up: Reese Witherspoon, <span style="font-style:italic;">Walk the Line</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Supporting Performance</span><br />Maria Bello, <span style="font-style:italic;">A History of Violence</span><br />Runner-up: Amy Adams, <span style="font-style:italic;">Junebug</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)</span><br />Heath Ledger, <span style="font-style:italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Casanova</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Lords of Dogtown</span>, and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Brothers Grimm</span><br />Runner-up: Terrence Howard, <i>Crash</i>, <i>Four Brothers</i>, and <i>Hustle & Flow</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Ensemble</span><br />The cast of <span style="font-style:italic;">Munich</span><br />Runner-up: The cast of <span style="font-style:italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Screenplay</span><br />Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, <span style="font-style:italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br />Runner-up: George Clooney and Grant Heslov, <span style="font-style:italic;">Good Night, and Good Luck.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Formal Design (for exceptional visual aesthetic)</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Frank Miller’s Sin City</span><br />Runner-up: <span style="font-style:italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Sound Design (for exceptional aural aesthetic)</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">War of the Worlds</span><br />Runner-up: <span style="font-style:italic;">Walk the Line</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Breakthrough Film Artist</span><br />Amy Adams, <span style="font-style:italic;">Junebug</span>; for acting<br />Runner-up: Joe Wright, <i>Pride & Prejudice</i>; for directing<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Top Ten Films</span> <br />1. <span style="font-style:italic;">A History of Violence</span> <br />2. <span style="font-style:italic;">Brokeback Mountain</span> <br />3. <span style="font-style:italic;">Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit</span> <br />4. <span style="font-style:italic;">Good Night, and Good Luck.</span> <br />5. <span style="font-style:italic;">Munich</span> <br />6. <span style="font-style:italic;">Murderball</span> <br />7. <span style="font-style:italic;">Crash</span> <br />8. <span style="font-style:italic;">Frank Miller’s Sin City</span> <br />9. <span style="font-style:italic;">Pride & Prejudice</span> <br />10. <span style="font-style:italic;">Batman Begins</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35309795-115964526350416594?l=cofca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35309795.post-1159644552300053812006-09-30T14:17:00.000-05:002006-09-30T14:29:12.310-05:00Announced January 25, 2005<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2004 Central Ohio Film Critics Association award winners</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Film</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Million Dollar Baby</span> <br />Runner-up: <span style="font-style:italic;">Sideways</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Direction</span><br />Alexander Payne, <span style="font-style:italic;">Sideways</span> <br />Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, <span style="font-style:italic;">Million Dollar Baby</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Lead Performance</span><br />Hilary Swank, <i>Million Dollar Baby</i><br />Runner-up: Jamie Foxx, <i>Ray</i> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Supporting Performance</span><br />Thomas Haden Church, <span style="font-style:italic;">Sideways</span> <br />Runner-up: Clive Owen, <span style="font-style:italic;">Closer</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)</span><br />Cate Blanchett, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Aviator</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Coffee & Cigarettes</span>, and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou</span> <br />Runner-up: Jamie Foxx, <i>Collateral</i> and <i>Ray</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Ensemble</span><br />the cast of <span style="font-style:italic;">I Heart Huckabees</span> <br />Runner-up: the cast of <i>Sideways</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Screenplay</span><br />Charlie Kaufman, <span style="font-style:italic;">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span><br />Runner-up: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, <i>Sideways</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Formal Design (for exceptional visual aesthetic)</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Aviator</span> <br />Runner-up: <span style="font-style:italic;">Hero (Ying xiong)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Sound Design (for exceptional aural aesthetic)</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kill Bill Vol. 2</span><br />Runner-up: <span style="font-style:italic;">The Village</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Breakthrough Film Artist</span><br />Zach Braff, <span style="font-style:italic;">Garden State</span>; for acting, writing and directing <br />Runner-up: Catalina Sandino Moreno, <span style="font-style:italic;">Maria Full of Grace</span>; for acting)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Top Ten Films</span> <br />1. <span style="font-style:italic;">Million Dollar Baby</span><br />2. <span style="font-style:italic;">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</span><br />2. <i>Sideways</i><br />4. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Incredibles</span><br />5. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Aviator</span><br />5. <span style="font-style:italic;">Before Sunset</span><br />5. <span style="font-style:italic;">Closer</span><br />8. <span style="font-style:italic;">Dogville</span><br />8. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou</span><br />8. <span style="font-style:italic;">Maria Full of Grace</span> (tie)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35309795-115964455230005381?l=cofca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35309795.post-1159643771076200882006-09-30T14:06:00.000-05:002006-09-30T14:16:11.086-05:00Announced January 31, 2004<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2003 Central Ohio Film Critics Association award winners</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Picture</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Lost in Translation</span><br />Runner-up: <span style="font-style:italic;">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Director</span><br />Peter Jackson, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</span><br />Runner-up: Sofia Coppola, <span style="font-style:italic;">Lost in Translation</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Actor</span><br />Sean Penn, <span style="font-style:italic;">Mystic River</span><br />Runner-up: Bill Murray, <span style="font-style:italic;">Lost in Translation</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Actress</span><br />Charlize Theron, <span style="font-style:italic;">Monster</span><br />Runner-up: Patricia Clarkson, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Station Agent</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Supporting Actor</span><br />Tim Robbins, <span style="font-style:italic;">Mystic River</span><br />Runner-up: Sean Astin, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Supporting Actress</span><br />Marcia Gay Harden, <span style="font-style:italic;">Mystic River</span><br />Runner-up: Renée Zellweger, <span style="font-style:italic;">Cold Mountain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Original Screenplay</span><br />Sofia Coppola, <i>Lost in Translation</i><br />Runner-up: Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, and Kirsten Sheridan, <i>In America</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Adapted Screenplay</span><br />Winner: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, <i>American Splendor</i><br />Runners-up: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson, <i>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</i> and Brian Helgeland, <i>Mystic River</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Cinematography</span><br />Eduardo Serra, <i>Girl with a Pearl Earring</i> <br />Runner-up: Andrew Lesnie, <i>The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</i> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Score</span><br />The RZA, <i>Kill Bill Vol. 1</i><br />Runner-up: Clint Eastwood, <i>Mystic River</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Foreign-Language Film</span><br /><i>City of God (Cidade de Deus)</i><br />Runners-up: <i>Man on the Train (L’Homme du train)</i> and <i>Talk to Her (Hable con ella)</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Documentary</span><br /><i>Capturing the Friedmans</i><br />Runner-up: <span style="font-style:italic;">Spellbound</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Top Ten Films</span><br />1. <span style="font-style:italic;">Lost in Translation</span><br />2. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King</span><br />3. <span style="font-style:italic;">Mystic River</span><br />4. <span style="font-style:italic;">Kill Bill Vol. 1</span><br />5. <span style="font-style:italic;">Gerry</span><br />6. <span style="font-style:italic;">Finding Nemo</span><br />7. <span style="font-style:italic;">House of Sand and Fog</span><br />8. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Station Agent</span><br />9. <span style="font-style:italic;">Big Fish</span><br />10. <span style="font-style:italic;">21 Grams</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35309795-115964377107620088?l=cofca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35309795.post-1159643152122788422006-09-30T13:50:00.000-05:002006-09-30T14:57:45.516-05:00Announced January 30, 2003<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2002 Central Ohio Film Critics Association award winners</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Picture</span><br /><i>Punch-Drunk Love</i><br />Runner-up: <i>Adaptation</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Director</span><br />Paul Thomas Anderson, <i>Punch-Drunk Love</i><br />Runner-up: Todd Haynes, <i>Far from Heaven</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Actor</span><br />Daniel Day-Lewis, <i>Gangs of New York</i><br />Runner-up: Jack Nicholson, <i>About Schmidt</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Actress</span><br />Maggie Gyllenhaal, <i>Secretary</i><br />Runner-up: Julianne Moore, <i>Far from Heaven</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Supporting Actor</span><br />Chris Cooper, <i>Adaptation</i><br />Runner-up: John C. Reilly, <i>Chicago</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Supporting Actress</span><br />Emily Mortimer, <i>Lovely and Amazing</i><br />Runner-up: Kathy Bates, <i>About Schmidt</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Original Screenplay</span><br />Paul Thomas Anderson, <i>Punch-Drunk Love</i><br />Runner-up: Todd Haynes, <i>Far from Heaven</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Adapted Screenplay</span><br />Charlie and Donald Kaufman, <i>Adaptation</i><br />Runner-up: Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne, <i>About Schmidt</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Cinematography</span><br />Andrew Lesnie, <i>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</i><br />Runner-up: Edward Lachman, <i>Far from Heaven</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Score</span><br /> Terence Blanchard, <i>25th Hour</i><br /> Runner-up: Elmer Bernstein, <i>Far from Heaven</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Foreign-Language Film</span><br /> <i>Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)</i><br /> Runner-up: <i>Y tu mamá también</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Best Documentary</span><br /> <i>Bowling for Columbine</i><br /> Runner-up: <i>The Kid Stays in the Picture</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Top Ten Films</span> <br />1. <span style="font-style:italic;">Punch-Drunk Love</span><br />2. <span style="font-style:italic;">Adaptation</span><br />3. <span style="font-style:italic;">Far from Heaven</span><br />4. <span style="font-style:italic;">Gangs of New York</span><br />5. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</span><br />6. <span style="font-style:italic;">Solaris</span><br />7. <span style="font-style:italic;">About Schmidt</span><br />8. <span style="font-style:italic;">Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)</span><br />9. <span style="font-style:italic;">The Pianist</span><br />10. <span style="font-style:italic;">Road to Perdition</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/35309795-115964315212278842?l=cofca.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.com