CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NOMINATIONS

Best Picture

·          Argo

·          Beasts of the Southern Wild

·          Lincoln

·          The Master

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

·          Ben Affleck (Argo)

·          Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

·          Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Actor

·          Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

·          John Hawkes (The Sessions)

·          Denis Lavant (Holy Motors)

·          Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

·          Denzel Washington (Flight)

Best Actress

·          Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Best Supporting Actor

·          Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)

·          Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

·          Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

Best Supporting Actress

·          Amy Adams (The Master)

·          Emily Blunt (Looper)

·          Judi Dench (Skyfall)

·          Sally Field (Lincoln)

·          Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

Best Original Screenplay

·          Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

·          Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Rian Johnson (Looper)

·          Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

Best Adapted Screenplay

·          Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

·          Tony Kushner (Lincoln)

·          David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Chris Terrio (Argo)

Best Cinematography

·          Roger Deakins (Skyfall)

·          Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Janusz Kaminski (Lincoln)

·          Mihai Malaimare Jr. (The Master)

·          Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)

Best Editing

·          Stuart Baird (Skyfall)

·          Alexander Berner and Claus Wehlisch (Cloud Atlas)

·          William Goldenberg (Argo)

·          William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty (The Master)

Best Art Direction

·          Anna Karenina

·          Lincoln

·          The Master

·          Les Misérables

·          Moonrise Kingdom

Best Original Score

·          Alexandre Desplat (Argo)

·          Alexandre Desplat (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Alexandre Desplat (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Jonny Greenwood (The Master)

·          Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Animated Film

·          Arrietty

·          Brave

·          Frankenweenie

·          ParaNorman

·          Wreck-It Ralph

Best Documentary

·          The Central Park Five

·          The Invisible War

·          The Queen of Versailles

·          Searching for Sugar Man

·          West of Memphis

Best Foreign Language Film

·          Amour

·          Holy Motors

·          The Intouchables

·          Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

·          Rust and Bone

Most Promising Filmmaker

·          Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

·          Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods)

·          Nicholas Jarecki (Arbitrage)

·          Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed)

·          Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Most Promising Performer

·          Samantha Barks (Les Misérables)

·          Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Tom Holland (The Impossible)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Fucking hell. Sometimes, Roger Ebert's influence bears heavily upon the CFCA's picks, and nominations here and there for films like Beasts of the Southern Wild (big love) and Cloud Atlas (a little less) don't disprove that. The Master's prominence is evidence to the contrary though. Aside from the occasional stinker (Drew Goddard for Most Promising Filmmaker, Silver Linings Playbook for Best Adapted Screenplay), these are A-MA-ZING. I've always rather liked the CFCA, and now I love them. #I #fucking #love #them. Too many reasons, too many examples, I won't start. I was going to, as I began typing these nominations up, and then there became too many great choices, and I decided not to bother and, instead, to mention that #I #fucking #love #the #CFCA. Winners on Monday bitcheees!