Awards Watch: Toronto Film Critics Association award THE TREE OF LIFE and TAKE SHELTER

Now here are some decisions worth praising.

Best Picture: The Tree of Life
Runners-up: The Artist, The Descendants

Best Actor: Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
Runners-up: George Clooney (The Descendants) and Michael Fassbender (Shame)

Best Actress: Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)
Runners-up: Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Runners-up: Albert Brooks (Drive) and Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)

Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter)
Runners-up: Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life) and Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

Best Director: Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
Runners-up: Michael Hazanavicius (The Artist) and Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)

Best Screenplay: Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (Moneyball)
Runners-up: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants) and Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

Best First Feature: Attack the Block
Runners-up: Margin Call and Martha Marcy May Marlene

Best Animated Feature: The Adventures of Tintin
Runners-up: Rango and Puss in Boots

Best Foreign Language Film: Mysteries of Lisbon
Runners-up: Attenberg, Le Havre and A Separation

Allan King Documentary Award: Nostalgia for the Light
Runners-up: Into the Abyss and Project Nim