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Critics on the coasts seem to have a few things in common when it comes to their end-of-the-year lists: Film journalists in both Los Angeles and New York are doing backflips over Happy-Go-Lucky and Milk. Sally Hawkins and Sean Penn won both lead acting awards, while Jenny Lumet's screenplay for Rachel Getting Married and Penelope Cruz's work in Vicky Cristina Barcelona were both winners in the two showbidness capitals of the U.S.

Here's the list of 2008 winners from the New York Film Critics Circle:

Best Picture - Milk

Best Director - Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Actor - Sean Penn, Milk

Best Actress - Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actor - Josh Brolin, Milk

Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married

Best Cinematographer - Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Film - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Best Animated Film - Wall-E

Best First Film - Courtney Hunt, Frozen River

Best Documentary - Man on Wire

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