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2008 (December 13th)

Awards, Commendations and Rediscoveries

 

Best Picture

    Tie: Slumdog Millionaire and WALL-E

 Best Actor

    Tie: Sean Penn for Milk and Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Actress

    Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky  

Best Supporting Actor

    Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight

 Best Supporting Actress

    Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona

 Best Director

    Gus Van Sant  for Milk and Paranoid Park

Best Screenplay

    Dustin Lance Black for Milk

Best Cinematography

    Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li¹ for Paranoid Park

Best Documentary

    Man on Wire

Best Foreign-Language Film

    Let the Right One In

Best Animated Film

    WALL·E

Best Film Editing

    Chris Dickens for Slumdog Millionaire

 Best New Filmmaker

     Martin McDonagh for In Bruges

Best Ensemble Cast

     Tropic Thunder    

 

 

 

2007 (December 9th)

Awards, Commendations and Rediscoveries

 

Best Picture

    No Country For Old Men

 Best Actor

    Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening

Best Actress

    Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose

Best Supporting Actor

    Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men

 Best Supporting Actress

    Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone

 Best Director

    Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Screenplay

    Brad Bird for Ratatouille

Best Cinematography

    Janusz Kaminski for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Documentary

    Crazy Love

Best Foreign-Language Film

    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

 Best New Filmmaker

     Ben Affleck for Gone Baby Gone

Best Ensemble Cast

     Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead    

 

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 

 Best Foreign Language Film

 Mina Tannenbaum 

 

 

1994 (December 18th)

Best Film

Pulp Fiction

 Best Actor

 The Browning Version - Albert Finney

 Best Actress

 Vanya on 42nd Street - Julianne Moore (I)

Best Supporting Actor

Ed Wood - Martin Landau

Best Supporting Actress

Interview with the Vampire - Kirsten Dunst (and Little Women)

 Best Director

 Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino

 Best Screenplay

 Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary

 Best Cinematography

 Ed Wood - Stefan Czapsky

Best Documentary

Hoop Dreams

Best Foreign Language Film

Trois couleurs: Rouge

 

 

 1993 (December 18th)

Best Film

Schindler's List 

 Best Actor

 In the Name of the Father - Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Actress

The Piano - Holly Hunter

Best Supporting Actor

Schindler's List - Ralph Fiennes

 Best Supporting Actress

 Fearless - Rosie Perez

Best Director

Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg (I)

 Best Screenplay

 Short Cuts - Robert Altman (I); Frank Barhydt

 Best Cinematography

 Schindler's List - Janusz Kaminski (I)

 Best Documentary

 Visions of Light

 Best Foreign Language Film

 Ba wang bie ji 

 

 

1992 (NA)

Best Film

Unforgiven

Best Actor

Malcolm X – Denzel Washington

 Best Actress

 Howard’s End – Emma Thompson

Best Supporting Actor

Unforgiven - Gene Hackman

Best Supporting Actress

Husband and Wives -  Judy Davis

Best Director

The Player – Robert Altman

Best Screenplay

The Crying Game - Neil Jordan

Best Cinematography

Unforgiven - Jack N. Green

Best Documentary

Brother's Keeper

Best Foreign Language Film

Raise the Red Lantern

 

Special Award: Frank Avruch, host of WCVB-TV's "The Great Entertainment" for 18 years

Special Award: David Kleiler, programmer at Coolidge Corner, "for his persistence in providing diverse alternative programming under the best theatrical conditions" (Globe language, not necessarily verbatim from BSFC)

Best Discovery or Rediscovery: Blowout (De Palma), California Split (Altman), The Golden Coach (Renoir), Meantime (Leigh), Othello (Welles)

Best Film Series: Classic Arkoff: At the Drive-In with American International Pictures (Harvard Film Archive), Marvelous Méliès (HFA), The Films of Mike Leigh (MFA), The Films of Robert Altman (Brattle), Yiddish Film: Between Two Worlds (National Center for Jewish Film, screened at Brattle, Coolidge Corner, and MFA)

 

 

1991 (December 26th)

Best Film

The Silence of the Lambs

Best Actor

The  Prince of Tides -  Nick Nolte

 Best Actress

 Thelma & Louise - Geena Davis

Best Supporting Actor

The Silence of the Lambs - Anthony Hopkins

Best Supporting Actress

The Fisher King -  Mercedes Ruehl

Best Director

The Silence of the Lambs - Jonathan Demme

Best Screenplay

Naked Lunch - David Cronenberg

Best Cinematography

The Silence of the Lambs - Tak Fujimoto

Best Documentary

Paris Is Burning 

Best Foreign Language Film

Europa Europa 

 

 

1990 (January 6th 1991)

Best Film

Goodfellas 

 Best Actor

 Reversal of Fortune - Jeremy Irons

 Best Actress

 The Witches - Anjelica Huston (and The Grifters)

Best Supporting Actor

Goodfellas - Joe Pesci

Best Supporting Actress

Miami Blues - Jennifer Jason Leigh ( and  Last Exit to Brooklyn)

Best Director

Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese

Best Screenplay

Reversal of Fortune - Nicholas Kazan

Best Foreign Language Film

Monsieur Hire

 

 

1989 (NA)

Best Picture

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Best Actor

 My Left Foot - Daniel Day-Lewis

 Best Actress

 Driving Miss Daisy – Jessica Tandy

Best Supporting Actor

Do the Right Thing - Danny Aiello

Best Supporting Actress

My Left Foot - Brenda Fricker

Best Director

Crimes and Misdemeanor – Woody Allen

Best Screenplay

Crimes and Misdemeanors - Woody Allen

Best Cinematography

The Fabulous Baker Boys - Michael Ballhaus

Best Documentary

Let's Get Lost

Best Foreign Language Film

Story of Women

 

Special Award: Brattle Theater, on its 100th anniversary, "for maintaining the tradition of revival film programming in the Boston area and for its commitment to quality prints and projection" (the Globe's language, not necessarily the BSFC's) 

Special Award: The Coolidge Corner Theater Foundation and Friends in Support of the Somerville Theater, "for their efforts to preserve historic theaters as sites for alternative film programming" (ditto) 
Best Discovery or Rediscovery: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (Temple), The Dybbuk (Waszynski), Coonskin (Bakshi), restored Lawrence of Arabia (Lean), Carnival of Souls (Hervey) 
Best Film Series: The West Rides Again (Museum of Fine Arts), The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer (MFA), The Boston Jewish Film Festival (MFA), The Films of Anna Magnani (MFA), and The Films of John Cassavetes (Harvard Film Archive) 

 

 

1988 (NA)

Best Picture

Bull Durham

Best Actress

 Working Girl - Melanie Griffith

Best Actor

 The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Supporting Actor

Married to the Mob – Dean Stockwell

Best Supporting Actress

Married to the Mob – Joan Cusack ( and Stars and Bars, and Working Girl)

Best Director

Dangerous Liasons - Stephen Frears

Best Screenplay

Bull Durham – Ron Shelton

Best Cinematography

The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Sven Nykvist

Best Foreign Language Film

Salaam Bombay!

Best Documentary

The Thin Blue Line

 

Special Award: Liane Brandon, Boston independent filmmaker (How to Prevent a Nuclear War, et al.) 
Special Award: Richard Williams, animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 
Best Discovery or Rediscovery: The Manchurian Candidate (Frankenheimer), Frankenweenie (Burton), Lacombe, Lucien (Malle), The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (Johnson), Blood Feast (Lewis) 
Best Film Series: Hollywood B.C./Before the Code (Brattle), The Hollywood Musical: A Tribute to Irving Berlin (Boston Public Library), Dennis Hopper: From Method to Madness (ICA), Re:Vision Film Festival (Brattle, ICA, HFA, and Boston Film/Video Foundation) 

 

 

1987 (January 10th 1988)

Best Film

Hope and Glory 

 Best Actor

Broadcast News - Albert Brooks (I)

 Best Actress

 Broadcast News - Holly Hunter

 Best Supporting Actor

 Full Metal Jacket - R. Lee Ermey

 Best Supporting Actress

 Street Smart - Kathy Baker (I)

 Best Director

 Full Metal Jacket - Stanley Kubrick

Best Screenplay

Broadcast News - James L. Brooks

Best Cinematography

The Last Emperor - Vittorio Storaro

Best Documentary

Marlene

Best Foreign Language Film

Mitt liv som hund

 

 

1986 (January 11th 1987)

Best Film

Blue Velvet 

 Best Actor

 Mona Lisa - Bob Hoskins

Best Actress

Sid and Nancy - Chloe Webb

Best Supporting Actor

Tie: Blue Velvet - Dennis Hopper and Something Wild - Ray Liotta

 Best Supporting Actress

 Hannah and Her Sisters - Dianne Wiest

Best Director

Tie: Blue Velvet - David Lynch (I) and Platoon - Oliver Stone (I)

Best Screenplay

Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen

Best Cinematography

Blue Velvet - Frederick Elmes

Best Documentary

Mother Teresa 

Best Foreign Language Film

37°2 le matin 

 

 

1985 (January 26th 1986)

Best Film

Ran 

Best Actor

Prizzi's Honor - Jack Nicholson

Best Actress

The Trip to Bountiful - Geraldine Page

Best Supporting Actor

Wetherby - Ian Holm (also Brazil, Dance with a Stranger and Dreamchild)

Best Supporting Actress

Prizzi's Honor - Anjelica Huston

Best Director

Prizzi's Honor - John Huston (I)

Best Screenplay

The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen

Best Cinematography

Ran - Takao Saitô (I); Masaharu Ueda

Best Documentary

Shoah 

Best English-Language Film

Prizzi's Honor 

Special Commendation

Orson Welles Cinema, Cambridge. For making available to the public controversial films that might otherwise not have been shown in the Boston area, such as 'Je vous salue, Marie' (1985) and the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Jean-Luc Godard's "Je vous salue, Marie" was removed from the Sack Theatres schedule last fall after protestors objected to its present-day treatment of the Nativity story. Scheduling difficulties were cited as the reason the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival was dropped from the Nickelodeon lineup.

Brazil, Norman Garwood. For achievement in production design, recognizing its nightmarish depiction of a disintegrating totalitarian city.

 

 

1984 (January 20th 1985)

Best Film

The Killing Fields  

Best Actor

The Killing Fields - Haing S. Ngor

Best Actress

A Passage to India - Judy Davis

Best Supporting Actor

The  Killing Fields - John Malkovich (and Places in the Heart)

Best Supporting Actress

A  Passage to India - Peggy Ashcroft

Best Director

Un dimanche à la campagne - Bertrand Tavernier

Best Screenplay

Repo Man - Alex Cox (I)

Best Cinematography

The Killing Fields - Chris Menges

Best Documentary

The Times of Harvey Milk  

 Best Foreign Language Film

 Un dimanche à la campagne 

Special Commendation

 George Mansour - The "Repo Man Award" to the film booker for the Nickelodeon Cinema, for repossessing Repo Man  from consignment to television.

 

 

1983 (January 29th 1984)

Best Film

La Notte di San Lorenzo 

Best Actor

Star 80 - Eric Roberts (I)

Best Actress

Baby It's You - Rosanna Arquette

Best Supporting Actor

Terms of Endearment - Jack Nicholson

Best Supporting Actress

The Year of Living Dangerously - Linda Hunt

 Best Director

 La Notte di San Lorenzo - Paolo Taviani; Vittorio Taviani

Best Screenplay

Pauline à la plage - Eric Rohmer

Best Cinematography

Never Cry Wolf - Hiro Narita

Best Documentary

Say Amen, Somebody

Best American Film

Terms of Endearment

 

 

1982 (February 6th 1983)

Best Film

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Best Actor

Tootsie - Dustin Hoffman

Best Actress

Sophie's Choice - Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actor

Diner - Mickey Rourke

Best Supporting Actress

Tootsie - Jessica Lange

Best Director

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg (I)

Best Screenplay

Diner - Barry Levinson (I)

Best Cinematography

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Allen Daviau

Best Documentary

The  Atomic Cafe

Best Foreign Language Film

Tre fratelli

 

 

1981 (January 29th 1982)

Best Film

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco

Best Actor

Atlantic City - Burt Lancaster

Best Actress

Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco - Marília Pêra

Best Supporting Actor

Reds - Jack Nicholson

Best Supporting Actress

Stevie - Mona Washbourne

Best Director

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg (I)

Best Screenplay

My Dinner with Andre - Wallace Shawn; Andre Gregory

Best Cinematography

Pennies from Heaven - Gordon Willis

Best Documentary

Diaries

Best Foreign Language Film

Tie:  Beau-père and Taxi zum Klo

Best Independent Film

Gal Young 'Un

Best American Film

My Dinner with Andre

 

 

1980 (March 22nd 1981)

Best Film

Raging Bull 

Best Actor

Raging Bull - Robert De Niro

Best Actress

Gloria - Gena Rowlands

Best Supporting Actor

Melvin and Howard - Jason Robards

Best Supporting Actress

Melvin and Howard - Mary Steenburgen

Best Director

Tess - Roman Polanski

Best Screenplay

Melvin and Howard - Bo Goldman

Best Cinematography

Raging Bull - Michael Chapman (I)

Best Documentary

Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On? 

Best Foreign Language Film

Dernier métro, Le 

Best Independent Film

Return of the Secaucus 7 

Best American Film

Melvin and Howard 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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