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:
