CENTRAL OHIO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION WINNERS

Best Picture

1.    Drive

2.       Martha Marcy May Marlene

3.       Take Shelter

4.       Melancholia

5.       The Descendants

6.       Midnight in Paris

7.       The Tree of Life

8.       The Artist

9.       The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

10.    Hugo

Best Director

1.    Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)

2.       Lars von Trier (Melancholia)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

1.    Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)

2.       Ryan Gosling (Drive)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

1.    Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

2.       Charlize Theron (Young Adult)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

1.    Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

2.       Albert Brooks (Drive)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

1.    Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

2.       Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life)

Best Original Screenplay

1.    Ben Ripley (Source Code)

2.       Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

Best Adapted Screenplay

1.    Steven Zaillian (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

2.       Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball)

Best Cinematography

1.    Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)

2.       Manuel Alberto Claro (Melancholia)

Best Score

1.    Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons (Hanna)

2.       Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Best Ensemble Cast

1.    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

2.       The Descendants

Best Animated Film

1.    Arthur Christmas

2.       Winnie the Pooh

Best Documentary

1.    Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2.       Project Nim

Best Foreign Language Film

1.    Of Gods and Men

2.       The Skin I Live In

Best Breakthrough Film Artist

1.    Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)

2.       Jessica Chastain (Coriolanus / The Debt / The Help / Take Shelter / Texas Killing Fields / The Tree of Life)

Actor of the Year

1.    Jessica Chastain (Coriolanus / The Debt / The Help / Take Shelter / Texas Killing Fields / The Tree of Life)

2.       Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love. / Drive / The Ides of March)

Best Overlooked Film

1.    Margaret

2.       Beginners

A slightly unusual crop of winners here, and that Top 10 list looks like it might make more sense if turned upside down. Nevertheless, I approve of many of these choices, such as wins for Nicolas Winding Refn, Michael Shannon, Elizabeth Olsen and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. I'm not quite sure what they're about choosing Source Code for Best Original Screenplay, just as I wasn't sure when they nominated it. But otherwise, these results sit well with me. Their nominations are here.