Boston Critics Name 'Zero Dark Thirty' Best Film

Courtesy of Sony

Zero Dark Thirty was named best film today by the Boston Society of Film Critics. The drama about the hunt for Osama bin Laden also won best director honors for Kathryn Bigelow as well as the prize for best film editing.

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Lincoln also scored several awards, including best actor laurels for Daniel Day-Lewis, the supporting actress award for Sally Field, and best screenplay for Tony Kushner.

David France, the director of the documentary How to Survive a Plague, which documents the gay community’s response to the AIDS crisis, received two awards: best documentary and best new filmmaker.

The complete list of winners follows:

Best Picture  -  Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor -  Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln



Best Actress - Emmanuelle Riva for Amour



Best Supporting Actor -  Ezra Miller for Perks of Being a Wallflower



Best Supporting Actress -  Sally Field for Lincoln



Best Director -  Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty



Best Screenplay -  Tony Kushner for Lincoln



Best Cinematography - Mihai Malaimare Jr for The Master



Best Documentary -  How to Survive a Plague 



Best Foreign-Language Film -  TBD



Best Animated Film -  Frankenweenie



Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) - William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor for Zero Dark Thirty

Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) -  David France for How to Survive a Plague



Best Ensemble Cast -  Seven Psychopaths



Best Use of Music in a Film  - Moonrise Kingdom