Melancholia, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst win National Society of Film Critics awards

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Lars von Triers Melancholiatook home its first major U.S. awards yesterday when the National Society of Film Critics voted it the Best Picture of the Year, and star Kirsten Dunst as Best Actress. Brad Pitt won Best Actor for both Moneyballand The Tree of Life; Albert Brooks won Best Supporting Actor for Drive; and Jessica Chastain won Best Supporting Actor for The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The Help.

Unlike most other year-end awards, theNational Society of Film Critics which is comprised of 58 film critics from across the country (including EWs Owen Gleiberman and Lisa Schwarzbaum) also releases the first-and-second runners-up to each of its awards, along with the vote totals in its weighted ballot system. You can check out the full list of winners and runners-up below:

BEST PICTURE1. Melancholia 29 (Lars von Trier)2. The Tree of Life 28 (Terrence Malick)3. A Separation 20 (Asghar Farhadi)

BEST ACTOR1. Brad Pitt 35 (Moneyball, The Tree of Life)2. Gary Oldman 22 (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)3. Jean Dujardin 19 (The Artist)

BEST ACTRESS1. Kirsten Dunst 39 (Melancholia)2. Yun Jung-hee 25 (Poetry)3. Meryl Streep 20 (The Iron Lady)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR1. Albert Brooks 38 (Drive)2. Christopher Plummer 24 (Beginners)3. Patton Oswalt 19 (Young Adult)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS1. Jessica Chastain 30 (The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Help)2. Jeannie Berlin 19 (Marga ret)3. Shailene Woodley 17 (The Descendants)

BEST DIRECTOR1. Terrence Malick 31 (The Tree of Life)2. Martin Scorsese 29 (Hugo)3. Lars von Trier 23 (Melancholia)

BEST NONFICTION1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams 35 (Werner Herzog)2. The Interrupters 26 (Steve James)3. Into the Abyss 18 (Werner Herzog)

BEST SCREENPLAY1. A Separation 39 (Asghar Farhadi)2. Moneyball 22 (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin)3. Midnight in Paris 16 (Woody Allen)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM1. A Separation 67 (Asghar Farhadi)2. Mysteries of Lisbon 28 (Raoul Ruiz)3. Le Havre 22 (Aki Kaurismki)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY1. The Tree of Life 76 (Emanuel Lubezki)2. Melancholia 41 (Manuel Alberto Claro)3. Hugo 33 (Robert Richardson)

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