The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the BEST OF 2011 nominees and winners in ten categories. The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 22 Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan.
THE NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS FOR 2011
PICKED BY THE DETROIT FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
[the winners are bolded]
BEST ACTOR
•GEORGE CLOONEY– THE DESCENDANTS
•JEAN DUJARDIN – THE ARTIST
•MICHAEL FASSBENDER – SHAME
•BRAD PITT – MONEYBALL
•MICHAEL SHANNON – TAKE SHELTER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
•BERENICE BEJO – THE ARTIST
•JESSICA CHASTAIN – TAKE SHELTER
•CAREY MULLIGAN - SHAME
•VANESSA REDGRAVE – CORIOLANUS
•OCTAVIA SPENCER – THE HELP
