The Tree of Life Lauded by Online Film Critics

The Tree of Life picked up five important awards from the Online Film Critics Society this week. The film took home the prize for Best Picture, Best Director (Terrence Malick), Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain), Best Editing and Best Cinematography. It was the only movie to earn more than one award.

Tilda Swinton (We Need To Talk about Kevin) and Michael Fassbender (Shame) won Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively. The remaining acting honor went to Christopher Plummer as Best Supporting Actor in Beginners.

Special awards were given to Jessica Chastain as breakout performer of the year and to Martin Scorsese in honor of his work and dedication to the pursuit of film preservation. (Scorsese founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to promote film preservation.)

Please go to http://www.ofcs.org/ for the full list of winners.

OFCS Picks Top 100 First Films

What do Orson Welles, David Lynch, John Huston, Charles Laughton, Quentin Tarantino and Sidney Lumet have in common? Of course, they are all extraordinary filmmakers. But now their first feature films have been named by OFCS (Online Film Critics’ Society) to a list of the Top 100 First Films of All Time. In fact, movies from these directors made it into the top ten.

This new Top 100 list has been published on the OFCS web site, so check out the link below to find out if any of your favorite directors are among the honorees.

http://www.ofcs.org/2010/10/ofcs-top-100-100-best-first-films.html?spref=fb

Online Critics Love 'The Hurt Locker'

Picking up honors for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, 'The Hurt Locker' ended up a big winner in the OFCS 2009 film awards voting. For the first time, the Online Film Critics Society announced the results on video in a presentation spearheaded by member David Cornelius.

Please go to the following URL to view this nifty two-part video:

http://ofcsnews.blogspot.com

'Inglourious Basterds' Leads OFCS Nominations

Earning eight nominations, Inglourious Basterds becomes leader of the pack in the Online Film Critics Society 2009 movie awards race. The Hurt Locker is a close second with seven nominations, and – in a tie for third place – District 9 and Up in the Air picked up five nominations each. Inglorious Basterds, The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air were nominated for Best Picture, with A Serious Man and Up rounding out the five nominees in that important category.

For a complete list of the nominees in all categories, please go to:

http://ofcsnews.blogspot.com

Winners will be announced on January 6, 2010.

New OFCS Blog

As a member of the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS), I’m pleased to see our new Blog up now.

Movie fans should visit frequently for links to reviews of new theatrical releases, news about members, interesting articles concerning film criticism – and more.

The OFCS is the largest, most respected organization for critics whose work appears primarily on the Internet. Find out more by going to http://ofcsnews.blogspot.com/.