It would have been a surprise if the S.F. Film Critics’ Circle would have snubbed one of their own. It helps that Gus Van Sant did an excellent job with Milk. While Van Sant’s biopic picked up four awards, the wins worth signaling out is the Best Supporting Actress kudos for Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler and a Best Documentary win for quasi-experimental pic from Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg).
See the complete list of winners below:…
Best Picture: “Milk”
Best Director: Gus Van Sant, “Milk”
Best Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon”
Best Actor: TIE: Sean Penn, “Milk” // TIE: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, “Happy Go Lucky”
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, “The Wrestler”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Let the Right One In”
Best Documentary: “My Winnipeg”
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, “The Dark Knight”
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community: Rob Nilsson, filmmaker, in recognition of his 9@NIGHT series of films
