New York Film Critics Predix

We will comb through the No Guts, No Glory from the LAFCA soon but until then, and before the Globes smackdown, here are some predictions for the NYFCC.

Ryan Adams, Brad Brevet of Rope of Silicon, Damien Bona, author of Inside Oscar and Inside Oscar 2, Erik Childress from The Oscar Eye, Scott Feinberg of The Envelope, Pete Hammond of the Envelope, Craig Kennedy of Living in Cinema, and Tom O’Neil of The Envelope. And Edward Douglas, from Coming Soon

Los Angeles Film Critics

Best Picture

Milk – Hammond
The Dark Knight – Stone
Slumdog Millionaire – Adams, Bona, Brevet, Douglas, Feinberg, O’Neil,
Synecdoche – Kennedy

Best Director

Danny Boyle, Slumdog – Bona, Brevet, Douglas, Feinberg, Hammond, O’Neil
David Fincher, Benjamin Button – Adams
Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married – Tapley
Christopher Nolan, TDK – Stone
Steven Soderbergh, Che – Kennedy

Best Actor

Richard Jenkins, The Visitor – O’Neil
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler – Adams, Bona, Brevet, Douglas, Feinberg, Hammond, Kennedy, Stone, Tapley

Best Actress

Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married – Tapley
Meryl Streep, Doubt – Brevet
Melissa Leo, Frozen River – Adams, Douglas, Stone
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky – Bona
Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You… – Feinberg, Hammond, Kennedy
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road – O’Neil

Supporting Actor

Josh Brolin, Milk – O’Neil
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight – Adams, Bona, Brevet, Douglas, Feinberg, Hammond, Kennedy, Stone
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road – Tapley

Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina – Hammond, Stone, Tapley,
Viola Davis, Doubt – Bona, Brevet, Feinberg, O’Neil
Marisa Tomei – Douglas
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Adams
Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married – Kennedy