Houston Film Critics Announce Awards

BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MOTION PICTURE
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Julie Christie, Away From Her

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE CAST
Hairspray

BEST SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Ratatouille

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement by Dario Marianelli

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly" from Once

HONORARY TEXAN AWARD
Joel and Ethan Coen

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMA
Philip Seymour Hoffman

THE HOUSTON FILM CRITICS SOCIETY TOP TEN FILMS
1. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
2. JUNO
3. ATONEMENT
4. MICHAEL CLAYTON
5. INTO THE WILD
6. SWEENEY TODD
7. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
8. BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD
9. CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
10. I'M NOT THERE

Source: Movie City News