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The New York Film Critics Online named The Artist as the best film of 2011, and also awarded is director Michel Hazanavicius as best director and the film for its use of music. Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams snagged the best documentary award and The Iranian film A Separation which is emerging as the foreign film to beat, received the nod for best foreign language film of 2011. Joe Cornish, received the award for debut director for Attack the Block. a south London science fiction action film that pitches a gang of youths against an alien invasion.

The New York Film Critics Online 2011 winners:

Film – The Artist
Actor – Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
Actress – Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Director – Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Supporting Actor – Albert Brooks (Drive)
Supporting Actress – Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Breakthrough Performer – Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Coriolanus, Texas Killing Fields)
Debut Director – Joe Cornish (Attack the Block)
Ensemble Cast – Bridesmaids
Screenplay – The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash)
Documentary – Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Foreign Language – A Separation
Animated – The Adventures of Tintin
Cinematography – The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Use of Music – The Artist (Ludovic Bource)

TOP 10 FILMS OF 2011 (in alphabetical order)

1 The Artist (The Weinstein Company)
2 The Descendants (Fox Searchlight)
3 Drive (FilmDistrict)
4 The Help (DreamWorks Pictures)
5 Hugo (Paramount)
6 Melancholia (Magnolia Pictures)
7 Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics)
8 Take Shelter (Sony Pictures Classics)
9 The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight)
10 War Horse (DreamWorks Pictures)

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