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Votes by Cynthia Fuchs
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Best Film

1. The Arbor	6. Nostalgia for the Light
2. Better This World	7. Senna
3. Hell and Back Again	8. The Tiniest Place
4. The Interrupters	9. The Woodmans
5. Into the Abyss	10.

Best Actor

1. Brad Pitt, Moneyball

2. Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

3. Demian Bichir, A Better Life

Best Actress

1. Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

2. Michelle Williams, Meek's Cutoff

3. Adepero Oduye, Pariah

Best Supporting Actress

1. Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life

2. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melancholia

3. Sarah Paulson, Martha Marcy May Marlene

Best Supporting Actor

1. John Hawkes, Martha Marcy May Marlene

2. Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life

3. Bruce Greenwood, Meek's Cutoff

Best Undistributed Film

1. The Redemption of General Butt Naked

2. Scenes of a Crime

Best Director

Kelly Reichardt, Meek's Cutoff

Best Screenplay

Meek's Cutoff

Best Documentary

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Best First Feature

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Best Animated Feature

Rango

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