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San Fran Film Critics’ Circle support Jesse James

The San Francisco Film Critics’ Circle voted pretty much in agreeance with every other critic societies in major U.S cities the the exception of their pick for Best Film which went to Andrew Dominik’s The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford a picture that Warner Bros didn't even bother promoting the feature film in my neck of the woods. Casey Affleck who had been getting mentions for his perf in Gone Baby Gone was acknowledged her for supporting actor in his man who shot Jesse James performance.

Tamara Jenkins continues to get votes for her original screenplay with “The Savages” and the critics from local Bay Area publications awarded two distinct prizes, the The Marlon Riggs prize — named after the late gay African-American filmmaker to honor “courage and innovation” by a Bay Area artist — was bestowed upon Lynn Hershman-Leeson. Her latest feature, “Strange Culture,” mixed documentary and dramatic elements to probe a recent case of U.S. government “anti-terror” hysteria. And a special Citation for “an overlooked gem” was granted director Richard Wong and scenarist-songwriter-actor H.P. Mendoza’s Colma: The Musical.

 The complete list of winners is as follows:

Best Picture: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

 
Best Director: Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Best Original Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)

 
Best Actress: Julie Christie (Away From Her)
 
Best Actor: George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
 
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
 
Best Supporting Actor: Casy Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
 
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley (Away From Her)
 


 
Best Documentary: No End in Sight
 
Best Foreign-language film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
 

Special Citation for Under-looked Independent: Film Colma: The Musical

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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