Television Without Pity is a voting member of the New York Film Critics Online, an organization of New York-based online critics, which convened yesterday to hand out their annual awards honoring the best in film for 2011. The silent-film homage The Artist proved to be the big winner, going home with three awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. (We weren't alone in giving that film top honors -- The Artist has also been named Best Picture by the New York Film Critics Circle, Boston Society of Film Critics and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics. It's also currently the closest to what resembles a frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar.) NYFCO departed from the mainstream consensus with two less expected picks -- Michael Shannon was named Best Actor for his searing work in Take Shelter, while Joe Cornish picked up Debut Director honors for his terrific alien invasion movie, Attack the Block. For a full list of winners, along with links to our original coverage of those films, click below.

Film: The Artist
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Actor: Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
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Actress: Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

Director: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Click Here to read our interview with Michel Hazanavicius

Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks (Drive)
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Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
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Breakthrough Performer: Jessica Chastain

Debut Director: Joe Cornish (Attack the Block)
Click Here to read our review of Attack the Block and here to see an exclusive extended scene from the film

Ensemble Cast: Bridesmaids

Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash (The Descendants)
Click Here to read our review of The Descendants

Documentary: Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Foreign Language: A Separation

Animated: The Adventures of Tintin

Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)

Use of Music: Ludovic Bource (The Artist)

NYFCO TOP 10 FILMS OF 2011
1) The Artist
2) The Descendants
3) Drive
4) The Help
5) Hugo
6) Melancholia
7) Midnight in Paris
8) Take Shelter
9) The Tree of Life
10) War Horse

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