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Society of Texas Film Critics Awards

The Society of Texas Film Critics was a statewide group of critics from Texas's major cities that voted on year-end film awards. It was founded in 1994; in 1996 and 1997 its president, critic Joe Leydon, announced the winners in late December. Its categories matched the national critics' groups, plus a Lone Star Award for a film shot in part or set in Texas, which went to Apollo 13 for 1995. Best picture went to The Usual Suspects for 1995, Fargo for 1996 and The Sweet Hereafter for 1997. No awards after the 1997 slate have been documented; Austin, Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston critics now give awards through their own city groups.

Awards · Since 1994 · Ended 1997

When it ran
Held in late December
Society of Texas Film Critics (president Joe Leydon in 1996–1997)
Categories
Best picture, director, lead and supporting performances, original and adapted screenplay, documentary, foreign-language film
Lone Star Award for a film shot in part or set in Texas

Notable

Founded in 1994; members were film critics from all major Texas cities, including Marjorie Baumgarten and Patrick Taggart of The Austin Chronicle ↗︎
1995 awards: best picture The Usual Suspects, best director Bryan Singer, best documentary Crumb; the Lone Star Award went to Apollo 13 ↗︎
1996 awards, announced December 19, 1996: best picture Fargo, best director John Sayles for Lone Star, which also won best original screenplay ↗︎
1997 awards: best picture and director went to Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter, breaking with the other major critics' groups, which chose L.A. Confidential ↗︎
Sources
  1. The Society of Texas Film Critics 1995 Awards The Austin Chronicle 1996-01-05
  2. Society of Texas Film Critics Announce Awards The Austin Chronicle 1996-12-27
  3. Control Freaks (includes Texas Society of Film Critics picks) The Austin Chronicle 1998-01-09

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