Austin Film Critics think ‘The Dark Knight’ is Best of 2008

The kids at Austin’s Film Critics Association did drink the Kool-Aid. The group has become the first and perhaps the only ones to nominate Nolan’s The Dark Knight as the best picture of 2008. Interesting category wins include Colin Watkinson’s cinematography work for The Fall, the Breakthrough Artist Award which went to Danny McBride for his work in Pineapple Express, The Foot Fist Way and Tropic Thunder…and finally best First Film went to Nacho Vigalondo for Timecrimes.

See the complete list of winners below:…

Top 10 Films:
“The Dark Knight
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“Milk”
“Synecdoche, New York”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Wrestler”
“Wall*E”
“Frost/Nixon”
“Let the Right One In”
“Gran Torino”

Picture:
“The Dark Knight”

Director:
Christopher Nolan, “The Dark Knight”

Actor:
Sean Penn, “Milk”

Actress:
Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married

Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight

Supporting Actress:
Taraji P. Henson, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Original Screenplay:
Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York

Adapted Screenplay:
“The Dark Knight,” Jonthan Nolan & Christopher Nolan

Cinematography:
“The Fall,” Colin Watkinson

Original Score:
“The Dark Knight,” James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmerman

Foreign Language Film:
“Let the Right One In” (“Låt den rätte komma in”) (Sweden)

Documentary Film:
“Man on Wire”

Animated Feature:
“Wall*E”

Breakthrough Artist Award:
Danny McBride, Pineapple Express/The Foot Fist Way/Tropic Thunder

First Film:
Nacho Vigalondo, “Timecrimes” (“Los Cronocrímenes”)

Austin Film:
“Crawford”