The two female critics organizations have released their nominations (The Alliance of Women Film Journalists) and winners (The Women’s Film Critics Circle) for films this past year.
Here are the nominations from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (winners will be announced January 10)
Best Film:
- Black Swan
- Inception
- The King’s Speech
- The Social Network
- Winter’s Bone
Best Animated Film:
- Despicable Me
- How To Train Your Dragon
- The Illusionist
- Tangled
- Toy Story 3
Best Director:
- Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
- Lisa Cholodenko – The Kids Are All Right
- David Fincher – The Social Network
- Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
- Debra Granik – Winter’s Bone
- Christopher Nolan – Inception
Read all the nominees here
The Women’s Film Critics Circle gives out awards focused on women
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
Mother And Child
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
Winter’s Bone
BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER [Screenwriting Award]
The Kids Are All Right: Lisa Cholodenko
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening/The Kids Are All Right
Read the full list here.
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I’m disappointed that these women’s organizations seemed to parrot the male-contolled establishment organizations. The Social Contract, which bimbofied women, is really one of the top 5? Couldn’t they break with the establishment and vote for some of the great women-directed, and/or written and or protagonisted films mentioned on this site? Maybe next year.
I think the whole differentiating women thing is all wrong. just plain wrong. There are lots of female heroes etc etc etc (see http://www.clickok.co.uk/index4.html ); no need to feel left out.
Laura, it is The Social Network. Since you didn’t remember its name I assume you didn’t see it, and I am disgusted by all of the people on this site who are condemning the movie without viewing it.
But mainly, all film critics have their own opinions, the point is to find which one best resembles your interests. Two of the three films that they nominated for best picture featured women, one of them written/directed by women. You can’t expect them to base their favorite films around the gender of the people who made them. This website is dedicated to the idea of judging a movie on quality.
You are assuming here that all males enjoy films such as Inception whereas women should all be loving The Kids Are All Right. Untrue. The Social Network, The King’s Speech, Black Swan, and Inception were all good films loved by many. If you don’t like them fine, then maybe these critics aren’t for you. Find someone else, regardless of gender. Roger Ebert is frequently putting women-centric films in his top 10. Try him