Gold Derby editors predict the New York & L.A. film critics’ awards

Some Gold Derby’s editors have very different notions of who’ll win the L.A. film critics’ awards (to be unveiled on Sunday) and the New Yorkers (Monday). Below are the forecasts of our editors Cassandra Belek, Robert Licuria, Matt Noble and Andrew Pickett. Compare these to the predictions we pooled from more than a dozen other journalists. Both sets of predix say “The Social Network” will win out west, but two of our editors foresee a “Black Swan” swooping down back east. Our editors have lots of other contrary views.
 

LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION

BEST PICTURE
“The Kids Are All Right” – Pickett
“The Social Network” – Belek, Licuria
“Toy Story 3” – Noble

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher, “The Social Network” – Belek, Licuria, Noble
Danny Boyle, “127 Hours” – Pickett

BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech” – Belek, Licuria, Noble
James Franco, “127 Hours” – Pickett

BEST ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, “Winter’s Bone” – Belek, Noble
Lesley Manville, “Another Year” – Licuria
Natalie Portman, “Black Swan” – Pickett

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, “The Fighter” – Belek
Bill Murray, “Get Low” – Noble
Jeremy Renner, “The Town” – Licuria
Sam Rockwell, “Conviction” – Pickett

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Barbara Hershey, “Black Swan” – Pickett
Jacki Weaver, “Animal Kingdom” – Belek, Licuria, Noble

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan” – Belek, Licuria
“The Social Network” – Noble
“Winter’s Bone” – Pickett

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, “Black Swan” – Belek
David Fincher, “The Social Network” – Licuria, Noble
Christopher Nolan, “Inception” – Pickett

BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, “Biutiful” – Licuria, Pickett
Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech” – Belek
Jesse Eisenberg, “The Social Network” – Noble

BEST ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, “Winter’s Bone” – Noble, Pickett
Natalie Portman, “Black Swan” – Belek, Licuria

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, “The Fighter” – Belek, Pickett
Andrew Garfield, “The Social Network” – Licuria, Noble

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ruth Sheen, “Another Year” – Pickett
Hailee Steinfeld, “True Grit” – Licuria
Jacki Weaver, “Animal Kingdom” – Belek, Noble

Photos: “The Social Network” (Columbia), “Black Swan” (Fox Searchlight)