"Precious" walked away with Best Feature, Best Director as well as statues for both Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'nique at last night's 25th annual Independent Spirit Awards. As the title implies, the awards exclusively celebrate independent filmmaking, and as per tradition, the ceremony falls right before the Oscars. So what bearing will this have on Sunday? Absolutely none, but it does mark the last hurrah before Sunday's nights festivities.
We weren't fans of "Precious," but both Sidibe and Mo'nique deserved their wins as their performances were spellbinding and kept the film anchored even as Lee Daniels flailed about with his direction. We're also pleased to see "A Serious Man" take away the Robert Altman Award and a cinematography win for Roger Deakins; it's a film that really deserved much more love (particularly for lead actor Michael Stuhlbarg) this awards season. It was also nice to see Sacha Gervasi's "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" get some love in the Best Documentary category as his film was tremendously deserving, but somehow was snubbed by the Oscars.
Here is the full list of winners:
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