Jeremy Renner and Brian Geraghty (THE HURT LOCKER) at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Lifetime Achievement Award winner Jean-Paul Belmondo at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

UP IN THE AIR co-writer Sheldon Turner accepts his award from LAFCA’s F.X. Feeney at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Best Actor winner Jeff Bridges (CRAZY HEART) and Best Screenplay co-honoree Jason Reitman (UP IN THE AIR) share a smile at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Best Supporting Actor winner Christoph Waltz accepts his award from LAFCA’s Jean Oppenheimer at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

THE COVE director Louie Psihoyos and LAFCA’s Peter DeBruge at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

UP IN THE AIR director Jason Reitman, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS producer Lawrence Bender and THE HURT LOCKER director Kathryn Bigelow in discussion at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Jeff Bridges and Best Music Score co-honoree T-Bone Burnett perform at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Tim Grierson poses with THE WHITE RIBBON producer Stefan Arndt, who accepted the Best Cinematography award for Christian Berger at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

FANTASTIC MR. FOX director Wes Anderson and LAFCA's Glenn Whipp at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Scott Foundas presents THE HURT LOCKER producer Nicolas Chartier with the Best Picture Award at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Kirk Honeycutt with Best Supporting Actress winner Mo’Nique at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

From left: Jeff Bridges, Jason Reitman, Callie Khouri and T-Bone Burnett at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA President Brent Simon presides over the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

PRECIOUS director Lee Daniels and INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS co-star Christoph Waltz chatting at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Ryan Bingham performs “The Weary Kind” from the LAFCA Award winning score for CRAZY HEART at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Wade Major with Best Actor honoree Jeff Bridges (CRAZY HEART) at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Henry Sheehan with THE HURT LOCKER director Kathryn Bigelow at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Lifetime Achievement Award presenter Geneviève Bujold and Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Jean-Paul Belmondo at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

UP IN THE AIR co-writers Shelton Turner and Jason Reitman flank LAFCA’s F.X. Feeney at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA's 2009 officers: secretary Justin Chang, president Brent Simon, vice-president Tim Grierson and treasurer Alonso Duralde at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (photo: Jennifer Yamato/Courtesy of LAFCA)

 

 

Best Supporting Actress honoree Mo’Nique gives a heartfelt acceptance speech at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Best Music Score winner T-Bone Burnett proudly shows off the plaque of his co-honoree, the late Stephen Bruton, at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Wes Anderson and Jason Reitman have a lot to smile about at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

THE HURT LOCKER writer Mark Boal, producers Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro and director Kathryn Bigelow on their first stop to Oscar glory, the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Alonso Duralde presents the Best Documentary award at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Sheldon Turner accepts his award for Best Screenplay while co-honoree Jason Reitman waits his turn at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Claudia Puig presents the Best Foreign Language Film award to SUMMER HOURS at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Best Supporting Actor winner Christoph Waltz (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS) poses with his award at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Kirk Honeycutt at the podium presenting the Best Supporting Actress award to Mo’Nique at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Luke Y. Thompson presents the Best Production Design award to Philip Ivey (DISTRICT 9) at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

THE WHITE RIBBON producer Stefan Arndt addresses the crowd as he accepts the Best Cinematography award for Christian Berger at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Glenn Whipp explains why FANTASTIC MR. FOX deserves the Best Animated Film award at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Henry Sheehan presents the Best Director award to THE HURT LOCKER’s Kathryn Bigelow at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s F.X. Feeney at the podium to present the Best Screenplay award to UP IN THE AIR at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

T-Bone Burnett performing a song from the soundtrack to CRAZY HEART at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s John Powers with the honor of bestowing our Lifetime Achievement award to Jean-Paul Belmondo at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA’s Leonard Maltin at the podium presenting the Best Actress award to Yolande Moreau for SERAPHINE at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

Best Supporting Actress award winner Mo’Nique (PRECIOUS) shows us her plaque at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

SUMMER HOURS producers Nathanael Karmitz (left) and Charles Gillibert accept the Best Foreign Film award for Olivier Assayas at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)

 

 

LAFCA's Robert Koehler and THE ANCHORAGE co-director C.W. Winter at the 35th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards ceremony. (Photo: Alberto Rodriguez/Getty Images)