Awards -- Houston Film Critics

The Houston Film Critics Society have announced their nominees for this year, and now, a few days later, they have announced their winner, going for The Descendants as the best film for the year. Full nominees and winners below...


BEST PICTURE
The Artist

The Descendants

Drive
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Midnight in Paris
Take Shelter
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Win Win

BEST DIRECTOR
Woody Allen - "Midnight In Paris"
Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"
Terrence Malick - "The Tree of Life"
Alexander Payne - "The Descendants"

Nicholas Winding Refn - "Drive"

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney - "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin - "The Artist"

Michael Fassbender - "Shame"

Brad Pitt - "Moneyball"
Michael Shannon - "Take Shelter"

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis - "The Help"
Elizabeth Olsen - "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady"

Tilda Swinton - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"

Michelle Williams - "My Week with Marilyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Albert Brooks - "Drive"

Armie Hammer - "J. Edgar"
Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"
Andy Serkis - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Alex Shaffer - "Win Win"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain - "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer - "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer - "The Help"

Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants"

BEST SCREENPLAY
50/50 - Will Reiser
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Foxon & Jim Rash

Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
Win Win - Tom McCarthy

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Adventures of Tintin
Happy Feet Two
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots

Rango

Winnie the Pooh

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
Drive - Thomas Newton Segel
Hugo - Robert Richardson

The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki

War Horse - Janusz Kaminski

BEST SCORE
The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams

The Artist - Ludovic Bource

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 - Alexandre Desplat
Shame - Harry Escott
War Horse - John Williams

BEST SONG
"Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs

"Life's a Happy Song" - The Muppets

"The Living Proof" - The Help
"Star-Spangled Man" - Captain America: The First Avenger
"Think You Can Wait" - Win Win

BEST FOREIGN FILM
13 Assassins
The Artist
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

I Saw the Devil

The Skin I Live In

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The Elephant in the Living Room

Project Nim

Undefeated


WORSE FILM OF THE YEAR
Jack and Jill
Red Riding Rood
The Sitter
The Smurfs
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1

Your Highness

HUMANITARIAN HONOR
Joanne Herring

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Jeff Bridges