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Moonrise Kingdom Leads St. Louis Film Critics Nominations
Best Film
- Argo
- Django Unchained
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director
- Ben Affleck (Argo)
- Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom)
- Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
- Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
- Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
- Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Best Actor
- Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
- Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
- Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained)
- John Hawkes (The Sessions)
- Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
- Denzel Washington (Flight)
Best Actress
- Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
- Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
- Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)
- Aubrey Plaza (Safety Not Guaranteed)
- Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Best Supporting Actor
- Alan Arkin (Argo)
- John Goodman (Argo)
- Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
- William H. Macy (The Sessions)
- Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
- Bruce Willis (Moonrise Kingdom)
Best Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams (The Master)
- Ann Dowd (Compliance)
- Sally Field (Lincoln)
- Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
- Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
- Emma Watson (Perks of Being A Wallflower)
Best Original Screenplay
- The Cabin in the Woods (Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard)
- Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
- Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola)
- Seven Psychopaths (Martin McDonagh)
- Zero Dark Thirty (Mark Boal )
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Argo (Chris Terrio)
- Beasts of the Southern Wild (Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin)
- Life of Pi (David Magee)
- Lincoln (Tony Kushner)
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
- Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)
Best Cinematography
- Beasts of the Southern Wild (Ben Richardson)
- Cloud Atlas (Frank Griebe and John Toll)
- Django Unchained (Robert Richardson)
- Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda)
- The Master (Mihai Malaimare Jr.)
- Skyfall (Roger Deakins)
Best Visual Effects
- The Avengers
- Cloud Atlas
- Life of Pi
- Prometheus
- Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Music
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Cloud Atlas
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Django Unchained
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Not Fade Away
Best Foreign-Language Film
- The Fairy
- Headhunters
- Holy Motors
- The Intouchables
- The Kid With A Bike
Best Documentary
- Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry
- Bully
- How To Survive A Plague
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi
- Searching for Sugar Man
Best Animated Film
- Brave
- Frankenweenie
- ParaNorman
- Rise of the Guardians
- Wreck-It Ralph
Best Comedy
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Seven Psychopaths
- Ted
- Wreck-It Ralph
Best Art-House or Festival Film (for artistic excellence in art-house cinema, limited to films that played at film festivals or film series or those that had a limited-release here, playing one or two cinemas).
- Bernie
- Compliance
- The Fairy
- Safety Not Guaranteed
- Sleepwalk with Me
- Take This Waltz
Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence).
- Beasts of the Southern Wild – The hurricane (and Wink shooting at it)
- Django Unchained – The “bag head” bag/mask problems scene
- Flight – The plane crash
- Hitchcock – Anthony Hopkins in lobby conducting to music/audience’s reaction during “Psycho” shower scene
- The Impossible – Opening tsunami scene
- The Master – The first “processing” questioning scene between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix
2012 Golden Globe Nominations
Best Motion Picture – Drama
“Argo”
“Django Unchained”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
“Les Miserables”
“Moonrise Kingdom”
“Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
Best Actor – Drama
Richard Gere – “Arbitrage”
Denzel Washington – “Flight”
Daniel Day-Lewis – “Lincoln”
Joaquin Phoenix – “The Master”
John Hawkes – “The Sessions”
Best Actress – Drama
Rachel Weisz – “The Deep Blue Sea”
Helen Mirren – “Hitchcock”
Naomi Watts – “The Impossible”
Marion Cotillard – “Rust and Bone”
Jessica Chastain – “Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy
Jack Black – “Bernie”
Bill Murray – “Hyde Park on Hudson”
Hugh Jackman – “Les Miserables”
Ewan McGregor – “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”
Bradley Cooper – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy
Judi Dench – “Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
Meryl Streep – “Hope Springs”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Emily Blunt – “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen”
Maggie Smith – “Quartet”
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin – “Argo”
Christoph Waltz – “Django Unchained”
Leonardo DiCaprio – “Django Unchained”
Tommy Lee Jones – “Lincoln”
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “The Master”
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway – “Les Miserables”
Sally Field – “Lincoln”
Amy Adams – “The Master”
Nicole Kidman – “The Paperboy”
Helen Hunt – “The Sessions”
Best Director
Ben Affleck – “Argo”
Quentin Tarantino – “Django Unchained”
Ang Lee – “Life of Pi”
Steven Spielberg – “Lincoln”
Kathryn Bigelow – “Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino – “Django Unchained”
Chris Terrio – “Argo”
Tony Kushner – “Lincoln”
David O. Russell – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Mark Boal – “Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Original Song – Motion Picture
For You – “Act of Valor”
Not Running Anymore – “Stand Up Guys”
Safe and Sound – “The Hunger Games”
Skyfall – “Skyfall”
Suddenly – “Les Miserables”
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
“Life of Pi”
“Argo”
“Anna Karenina”
“Cloud Atlas”
“Lincoln”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Amour”
“The Intouchables”
“Kon-Tiki”
“A Royal Affair”
“Rust and Bone”
Best Animated Feature Film
“Brave”
“Frankenweenie”
“Hotel Transylvaia”
“Rise of the Guardians”
“Wreck-It Ralph”
Las Vegas Film Critics Name “Life of Pi” Best Picture, Ang Lee Best Director
Best Picture
“Life of Pi”
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis, “Lincoln”
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”
Best Director
Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
Best Screenplay
Rian Johnson, “Looper”
Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, “Life of Pi”
Best Film Editing
William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran, “Anna Karenina”
Best Art Direction
Alex Cameron, “Prometheus”
Best Visual Effects
“Life of Pi”
Best Score
Mychael Danna, “Life of Pi”
Best Song
“Skyfall”
Best Documentary
“Bully”
Best Animated Film
“Paranorman”
Best Foreign Film
“Amour” (Germany)
Youth in Film
Suraj Sharma, “Life of Pi”
Breakout Filmmaker of the Year
Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Best DVD (Packaging, Design and Content)
“Hitchcock Collection – Masterpiece Collection” (Blu-Ray)
William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Alan Arkin
LVFCS Top 10 Films of 2012
1. Life of Pi
2. Zero Dark Thirty
3. Argo
4. Silver Linings Playbook
5. Lincoln
6. Moonrise Kingdom
7. The Impossible
8. Les Miserables
9. Beasts of the Southern Wild
10. The Master
Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations 2012
BEST ACTOR:
- Bradley Cooper – “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Daniel Day-Lewis – “Lincoln”
- John Hawkes – “The Sessions”
- Hugh Jackman – “Les Miserables”
- Denzel Washington – “Flight”
BEST ACTRESS:
- Jessica Chastain – “Zero Dark Thirty”
- Marion Cotillard – “Rust and Bone”
- Jennifer Lawrence – “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Helen Mirren “Hitchcock”
- Naomi Watts – “The Impossible”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
- Alan Arkin – “Argo”
- Javier Bardem – “Skyfall”
- Robert De Niro – “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – “The Master”
- Tommy Lee Jones – “Lincoln”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
- Sally Field – “Lincoln”
- Anne Hathaway – “Les Miserables”
- Helen Hunt – “The Sessions”
- Nicole Kidman – “The Paperboy”
- Maggie SMith “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
BEST ENSEMBLE:
- “Argo”
- “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
- “Les Miserables”
- “Lincoln”
- “Silver Linings Playbook”
STUNT ENSEMBLE
- “The Amazing Spider-Man”
- “The Bourne Legacy”
- “The Dark Knight Rises”
- “Les Miserables”
- “Skyfall”
Spielberg’s “Lincoln” Receives Record Breaking 13 Critics Choice Nominations
The previous record was held by Black Swan, which received 12 nominations two years ago.
“Amour” Named Best Picture, Paul Thomas Anderson Best Director by Los Angeles Film Critics Association
BEST PICTURE: Amour
Runner-up: The Master
BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
BEST ACTOR: Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Runner-up: Denis Lavant (Holy Motors)
BEST ACTRESS: (tie) Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) and Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Runner-up: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams (The Master)
Runner-up: Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables, The Dark Knight Rises)
BEST SCREENPLAY: Chris Terrio (Argo)
Runner-up: David O. Russell (Silver Linigs Playbook)
BEST EDITING: Zero Dark Thirty (Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg)
Runner-up: Argo (William Goldenberg)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Skyfall (Roger Deakins)
Runner-up: The Master (Mihai Malaimare Jr.)
BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM: The Gatekeepers
Runner-up: Searching for Sugar Man
BEST ANIMATED FILM: Frankenweenie
Runner-up: It’s Such a Beautiful Day
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Holy Motors
Runner-up: Footnote
BEST MUSIC/SCORE: Beasts of the Southern Wild (Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin)
Runner-up: The Master (Jonny Greenwood)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Master (David Crank and Jack Fisk)
Runner-up: Moonrise Kingdom (Adam Stockhausen)
Boston Society of Film Critics Name “Zero Dark Thirty” Best Picture, Bigelow Best Director
- Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty (tied for 2nd: Moonrise Kingdom and Amour)
- Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty (2nd: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master)
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln (2nd: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors)
- Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva , Amour (2nd: Deanie Yip, A Simple Life)
- Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, Lincoln (2nd: Emma Watson, Perks of Being a Wallflower)
- Best Supporting Actor: Ezra Miller, Perks of Being a Wallflower (2nd: Christof Waltz, Django Unchained)
- Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner, Lincoln (2nd: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom)
- Best Cinematography: Mihai Malaimare Jr, The Master (tied for 2nd: Moonrise Kingdon, Life of Pi)
- Best Editing: William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty (2nd: Argo)
- Best Use of Music: Moonrise Kingdom (2nd: Django Unchained)
- Best New Filmmaker: David France, How to Survive a Plague (2nd: Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild)
- Best Documentary: How to Survive a Plague (2nd: Queen of Versailles)
- Best Animated: Frankenweenie (2nd: ParaNorman)
- Best Foreign Language Film: Amour (2nd: Holy Motors)
“Zero Dark Thirty” Takes Director, Picture at New York Film Critics Online Awards
- Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
- Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
- Best Debut Director: Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Best Ensemble Cast: Argo
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
- Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
- Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
- Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables
- Breakthrough Performance: Quvenzhane Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
- Best Documentary: The Central Park Five
- Best Animated Feature: Chico and Rita
- Best Screenplay: Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
- Best Cinematography: Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
- Best Use of Music: Django Unchained – Mary Ramos, Music Supervisor
“Zero Dark Thirty” Sweeps the National Board of Review
Best Film: ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, DJANGO UNCHAINED
Best Supporting Actress: Ann Dowd, COMPLIANCE
Best Original Screenplay: Rian Johnson, LOOPER
Best Adapted Screenplay: David O. Russell, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Best Animated Feature: WRECK-IT RALPH
Special Achievement in Filmmaking: Ben Affleck, ARGO
Breakthrough Actor: Tom Holland, THE IMPOSSIBLE
Breakthrough Actress: Quvenzhané Wallis, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Best Directorial Debut: Benh Zeitlin, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Best Foreign Language Film: AMOUR
Best Documentary: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN
William K. Everson Film History Award: 50 YEARS OF BOND FILMS
Best Ensemble: LES MISÉRABLES
Spotlight Award: John Goodman (ARGO, FLIGHT, PARANORMAN, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE)
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: CENTRAL PARK FIVE
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: PROMISED LAND
Top Films
(in alphabetical order)
ARGO
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
DJANGO UNCHAINED
LES MISÉRABLES
LINCOLN
LOOPER
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
PROMISED LAND
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Top 5 Foreign Language Films
(In Alphabetical Order)
BARBARA
THE INTOUCHABLES
THE KID WITH A BIKE
NO
WAR WITCH
Top 5 Documentaries
(In Alphabetical Order)
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
DETROPIA
THE GATEKEEPERS
THE INVISIBLE WAR
ONLY THE YOUNG
Top 10 Independent Films
(In Alphabetical Order)
ARBITRAGE
BERNIE
COMPLIANCE
END OF WATCH
HELLO I MUST BE GOING
LITTLE BIRDS
MOONRISE KINGDOM
ON THE ROAD
QUARTET
SLEEPWALK WITH ME
Zero Dark Thirty Wins Picture, Director at New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
- Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (ZERO DARK THIRTY)
- Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner (LINCOLN)
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (LINCOLN)
- Best Actress: Rachel Weisz (THE DEEP BLUE SEA)
- Best Foreign Language Film: AMOUR
- Best Animated Film: FRANKENWEENIE
- Best Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey (BERNIE, MAGIC MIKE)
- Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field (LINCOLN)
- Best Cinematographer: Greig Fraser (ZERO DARK THIRTY)
- Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary): (THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE)
- Best First Film: David France (HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE)
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