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2006 (December 10th)

Best Picture

    The Departed

Best Actor

    Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress

    Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Supporting Actor

    Mark Wahlberg for The Departed

Best Supporting Actress

    Shareeka Epps for  Half Nelson

Best Director

    Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Screenplay

    William Monahan for The Departed

Best Cinematography

    Guillermo Navarro for Laberinto del fauno

Best Documentary

    Tie: Deliver Us from Evil and Shut Up & Sing

Best Foreign-Language Film

    Laberinto del fauno

 Best New Filmmaker

     Ryan Fleck for Half Nelson 

Best Ensemble Cast

    United 93 

 

2005 (December 10th)

Note: This year's awards are dedicated to the memory of Robin Dougherty, a former Boston Phoenix film critic who passed away this summer.

 Best Picture

Brokeback Mountain

 Best Actor

Capote - Philip Seymour Hoffman

 Best Actress

 Walk the Line - Reese Witherspoon

 Best Supporting Actor

 Cinderella Man - Paul Giamatti

 Best Supporting Actress

 Capote - Catherine Keener (and The 40 Year Old Virgin and The Ballad of Jack and Rose)

 Best Director

 Brokeback Mountain - Ang Lee

 Best Screenplay

 Capote - Dan Futterman

 Best Cinematography

 Good Night, and Good Luck - Robert Elswit

 Best Documentary

 Murderball  

 Best Foreign-Language Film

 Kung fu Hustle - China/Hong Kong

Best New Filmmaker

Pride & Prejudice - Joe Wright (IV)

Best Ensemble Cast

Syriana

 

 

2004 (December 11th)

Note: This year's awards are dedicated to the memory if David Brudnoy, one of the society's founding members and gracious host of the meetings for many years.

Best Picture

Sideways

Best Actor

      Ray - Jamie Foxx

Best Actress

Million Dollar Baby - Hilary Swank

Best Supporting Actor

Sideways - Thomas Haden Church

Best Supporting Actress

Tie Ray - Sharon Warren and We Don't Live Here Anymore - Laura Dern

Best Director

Shi mian mai fu - Yimou Zhang

Best Screenplay

Sideways - Alexander Payne (I); Jim Taylor (III)

 Best Cinematography

 Shi mian mai fu - Xiaoding Zhao

Best Documentary

Control Room 

Best Foreign-Language Film

Shi mian mai fu - China/Hong Kong

Best New Filmmaker

Tarnation - Jonathan Caouette

Best Ensemble Cast

Sideways

 

 

2003 (December 13th)

Best Picture

Mystic River 

Best Actor

Lost in Translation - Bill Murray

Best Actress

Lost in Translation - Scarlett Johansson

Best Supporting Actor

Shattered Glass - Peter Sarsgaard

Best Supporting Actress

Pieces of April - Patricia Clarkson (and The Station Agent)

Best Director

Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola

Best Screenplay

American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman; Robert Pulcini

Best Cinematography

Peuple migrateur, Le - Olli Barbé; Michel Benjamin; Sylvie Carcedo-Dreujou; Laurent Charbonnier (I); Luc Drion; Laurent Fleutot; Philippe Garguil; Dominique Gentil; Bernard Lutic; Thierry Machado; Stéphane Martin (I); Fabrice Moindrot; Ernst Sasse; Michel Terrasse; Thierry Thomas (I)

 Best Documentary

 Capturing the Friedmans 

 Best Foreign-Language Film

 Triplettes de Belleville, Les - France/Belgium/Canada

 Best New Filmmaker

 Capturing the Friedmans - Andrew Jarecki (I)

Best Ensemble Cast

Mystic River  

 

 

2002 (December 15th)

Best Picture

The Pianist

Best Actor

The Pianist - Adrien Brody

Best Actress

Secretary - Maggie Gyllenhaal

Best Supporting Actor

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing - Alan Arkin

Best Supporting Actress

The Hours - Toni Collette (also for About a Boy)

 Best Director

 The Pianist - Roman Polanski

 Best Screenplay

 Adaptation - Charlie Kaufman; Donald Kaufman

 Best Cinematography

 Far from Heaven - Edward Lachman

 Best Documentary

 The Kid Stays in the Picture

Best Foreign-Language Film

Y tu mamá también - Mexico

Best New Filmmaker

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys - Peter Care

 

 

2001 (December 15th)

Best Picture

Mulholland Drive

Best Actor

Tie L.I.E. - Brian Cox (I) and Training Day - Denzel Washington

Best Actress

The Deep End - Tilda Swinton

Best Supporting Actor

Sexy Beast - Ben Kingsley

Best Supporting Actress

Vanilla Sky - Cameron Diaz

Best Director

Mulholland Drive - David Lynch (I)

Best Screenplay

Memento - Christopher Nolan (I)

Best Cinematography

The Man Who Wasn't There - Roger Deakins

Best Documentary

Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse

Best Foreign-Language Film

Amores perros

Best New Filmmaker

L.I.E. - Michael Cuesta

 

 

2000 (December 17th)

Best Picture

Almost Famous

 Best Actor

 Tigerland - Colin Farrell (I)

 Best Actress

Requiem for a Dream - Ellen Burstyn

 Best Supporting Actor

 Best in Show - Fred Willard

 Best Supporting Actress

 Almost Famous - Frances McDormand (also for Wonder Boys)

Best Director

Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe

Best Screenplay

Tie Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe and Wonder Boys - Steve Kloves

 Best Cinematography

 Wo hu cang long - Peter Pau (I)

Best Documentary

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

 Best Foreign-Language Film

 Wo hu cang long

 Best New Filmmaker

 You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan

 

 

1999 (December 12th)

Best Film

Three Kings 

Best Actor

Man on the Moon - Jim Carrey

 Best Actress

 Boys Don't Cry - Hilary Swank

Best Supporting Actor

The Insider - Christopher Plummer (I)

Best Supporting Actress

Boys Don't Cry -  Chloë Sevigny

Best Director

Three Kings - David O. Russell

Best Screenplay

Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman

 Best Cinematography

 Sleepy Hollow - Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Documentary

Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary

 Best Foreign Language Film

 Todo sobre mi madre 

 Best New Filmmaker

 Boys Don't Cry - Kimberly Peirce

 

 

1998 (December 13th)

Best Film

Out of Sight 

Best Actor

The General - Brendan Gleeson

Best Actress

Under the Skin - Samantha Morton

Best Supporting Actor

Tie  Pleasantville - William H. Macy and A Simple Plan - Billy Bob Thornton

 Best Supporting Actress

 Pleasantville - Joan Allen (I)

Best Director

The General - John Boorman

Best Screenplay

Out of Sight - Scott Frank (I)

Best Cinematography

Saving Private Ryan - Janusz Kaminski (I)

 Best Documentary

 The Big One

 Best Foreign Language Film

 Ta'm e guilass 

Best New Filmmaker

Under the Skin - Carine Adler

 

 

1997 (December 14th)

Best Film

L.A. Confidential

Best Actor

Donnie Brasco - Al Pacino

 Best Actress

 The Wings of the Dove  - Helena Bonham Carter

 Best Supporting Actor

 L.A. Confidential - Kevin Spacey

 Best Supporting Actress

 The Sweet Hereafter - Sarah Polley (I)

 Best Director

 L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson (I)

Best Screenplay

L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson (I); Brian Helgeland

Best Cinematography

Kundun - Roger Deakins

Best Documentary

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control 

Best Foreign Language Film

Underground 

 Best New Filmmaker

 Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson

 

 

1996 (December 13th)

Best Film

Trainspotting

 Best Actor

 Shine - Geoffrey Rush

 Best Actress

 Secrets & Lies - Brenda Blethyn

 Best Supporting Actor

 The People vs. Larry Flynt - Edward Norton (I) (and for Primal Fear and Everyone Says I Love You)

 Best Supporting Actress

 The People vs. Larry Flynt - Courtney Love

 Best Director

 Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh

Best Screenplay

Big Night - Stanley Tucci; Joseph Tropiano

 Best Cinematography

The English Patient - John Seale (I)

 Best Documentary

 Anne Frank Remembered 

 Best Foreign Language Film

 Ma saison préférée 

Best New Filmmaker

Big Night - Campbell Scott (I); Stanley Tucci

 

 

1995 (December 17th)

Best Film

Sense and Sensibility 

Best Actor

Leaving Las Vegas - Nicolas Cage

Best Actress

To Die For - Nicole Kidman

 Best Supporting Actor

 The Usual Suspects - Kevin Spacey

 Best Supporting Actress

 Nixon - Joan Allen (I)

Best Director

Sense and Sensibility - Ang Lee

 Best Screenplay

 Sense and Sensibility - Emma Thompson (I)

 Best Cinematography

 Safe - Alex Nepomniaschy

 Best Documentary

 Crumb