The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics — that’s right, my hometown! — announced their picks for the best of 2015 yesterday! Oddly enough, they give very little love to two of my favorite films of the year — Sicario and Mad Max: Fury Road — and instead went for Spotlight.
Anyway, here are the DFW winners!
Best Picture:
Spotlight (director — Tom McCarthy)
Best Animated Feature:
Inside Out (director — Pete Docter)
Best Foreign Language Film:
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Best Documentary:
Best Director:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant)
Best Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Best Actress:
Brie Larson (Room)
Best Supporting Actor:
Paul Dano (Love and Mercy)
Best Supporting Actress:
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Best Screenplay:
Spotlight (Josh Singer, TomMcCarthy)
Best Cinematography:
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
Best Musical Score:
The Revenant (Bryce Dessner, Carsten Nicolai and Ryûichi Sakamoto)
Russell Smith Award (named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.)
Tangerine (director — Sean Baker)