2010 was a good year for Beantown at the movies, with several films set in the Bay State topping many critics' "best of" lists. Now The Boston Society of Film Critics have awarded some of those films, The Social Network, The Fighter and Conviction, its top honors. (Alas, nothing for The Town.)
Here are the winners:
Best Picture: The Social Network
Best Actor: Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
Best Actress: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale for The Fighter
Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Lewis for Conviction
Best Director: David Fincher for The Social Network
Best Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin for The Social Network
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins for True Grit
Best Documentary: Marwencol
Best Foreign-Language Film: Mother
Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer): Andrew Weisblum for Black Swan
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy): Jeff Malmberg for Marwencol
Best Ensemble Cast: The Fighter
Best Use of Music in a Film: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network
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