
While the East and West coast critics give away their top honors to films like Wall-E, Milk and Slumdog Millionaire. The Austin Film Critics Associations bestowed the majority of their praise on this summers high grossing, bad ass super hero film The Dark Knight. The Awards are as follows:
Best Picture
The Dark Knight
Best Director
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best Actor
Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel's Getting Married
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jonathan and Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best Original Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York
Best Original Score
James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmerman, The Dark Knight
Best Cinematography
Colin Watkinson, The Fall
Best Animated Film
Wall-E
Best Foreign Language Film
Let The Right One In
Best Documentary
Man on a Wire