The Gotham Awards, an 'annual ceremony of awards presented to the makers of independent films' took place on Monday night. Supposedly they're a pretty good indicator for the Oscars, which is bad news for anyone who thought The Tree of Life was a three hour pretentious wankathon, but good news for people who think wearing glasses without lenses is a reasonable thing to do.

Charlize Theron (apparently pronounced Therrun) one of the night's hosts, had this to say about cinema:

"Independent film is my amniotic fluid. It's like the sea I swim in,"

Aside from not actually making sense, that little gem is sad because we really liked her up until that point. Oh Char-lize!

Anyway, winners? 

Best Feature: TIE The Tree Of Life by Terrence Malick and Beginners by Mike Mills
Best Documentary: Better This World, directed by Kelly Duane and Katie Galloway
Best Ensemble Performance: Beginners
Breakthrough Director: Dee Rees for Pariah
Breakthrough Actor: Felicity Jones in Like Crazy
Best Film Not Playing At A Theatre Near You: Scenes From A Crime directed by Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock
Audience Awards: Girlfriend, directed by Justin Lerner
Special tribute awards: Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, A Dangerous Method director David Cronenberg and Fox Filmed Entertainment CEO Tom Rothman