Awards -- Austin Film Critics

Mostly the same winners as we've been having, except for a nice surprise in Best Actress! Also an interesting list for Top 10 of the year, and they've thrown in their Top 10 of the Decade as well.

BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker"

BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth "A Single Man"

BEST ACTRESS
Melanie Laurent "Inglourious Basterds"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz "Inglourious Basterds"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Kendrick "Up in the Air"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Inglourious Basterds

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Up in the Air

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Hurt Locker

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Up

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Sin Nombre

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil

BEST FIRST FILM
Neill Blomkamp "District 9"

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Christian McKay "Me & Orson Welles"

AUSTIN FILM AWARD
Me & Orson Welles

TOP 10 FILMS OF 2009
1. The Hurt Locker
2. Star Trek
3. Up
4. A Serious Man
5. Up in the Air
6. Avatar
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. Moon & The Messenger (tie)

TOP 10 FILMS OF THE DECADE
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (04)
2. There Will Be Blood (07)
3. The Lord of the Rings (01-03)
4. The Dark Knight (08)
5. Requiem for a Dream (00)
6. Kill Bill (03-04)
7. No Country For Old Men (07)
8. The Incredibles (04)
9. Children of Men (06)
10. Memento (01) & The Departed (06) (TIE)