2007 NYFCO Movie Awards

By Kam Williams
Headline: "There Will Be Blood" Dominates NYFCO Annual Awards
The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) announced its movie awards for 2007, considered an early indicator of Oscar potential, at its annual luncheon at O'Neals' Restaurant in Manhattan on Sunday, December 9th. "There Will Be Blood" emerged as the day’s big winner, netting five awards overall, including Best Picture, which it shared with "The Divine Bell and the Butterfly."
Daniel Day-Lewis was named Best Actor for his role as a voraciously greedy oil tycoon in "There Will Be Blood" while Julie Christie received Best Actress honors as an aging, married woman slowly losing her battle with Alzheimer's in "Away From Her."
The honor for Best Director went to Paul Thomas Anderson, also for "There Will Be Blood," and the organization picked Michael Moore's "Sicko," a scathing indictment of America's health care system, in the Best Documentary catergory. "The Lives of Others" and "Persepolis" tied as the Best Foreign Picture.
NYFCO is a New York-based group whose membership is composed of 24 web-based reviewers and 3 print critics with a strong online presence, including the author of this article.

The Complete List:

BEST PICTURE
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (tie)
There Will Be Blood (tie)

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie – Away From Her

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
There Will Be Blood – Robert Elswit

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Darjeeling Limited – Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola

BEST FOREIGN PICTURE
The Lives of Others (tie)
Persepolis (tie)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sicko

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Persepolis

BEST MUSIC/SCORE
There Will Be Blood – Jonny Greenwood

BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Ellen Page – Juno

BEST DEBUT AS DIRECTOR
Sarah Polley – Away From Her

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

BEST PICTURES (alphabeticall
Atonement (Focus Features)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (THINKFilm)
The Darjeeling Limited (Fox Searchlight)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax)
I'm Not There (The Weinstein Company)
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)
Sweeney Todd (DreamWorks)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)