LONDON CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINATIONS

Film of the Year

·          Amour (Artificial Eye)

·          Argo (Warner Bros.)

·          Beasts of the Southern Wild (StudioCanal)

·          Life of Pi (Fox)

·          The Master (Entertainment)

The American Airlines Award: Director of the Year

·          Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia)

·          Michael Haneke (Amour)

·          Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

The Spotlight Award: Award of the Year

·          Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

·          Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)

·          Mads Mikkelsen (The Hunt)

·          Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

·          Jean-Louis Trintignant (Amour)

Actress of the Year

·          Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)

·          Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

Supporting Actor of the Year

·          Alan Arkin (Argo)

·          Javier Bardem (Skyfall)

·          Michael Fassbender (Prometheus)

·          Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

·          Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

Supporting Actress of the Year

·          Amy Adams (The Master)

·          Judi Dench (Skyfall)

·          Sally Field (Lincoln)

·          Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

·          Isabelle Huppert (Amour)

Screenwriter of the Year

·          Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

·          Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Michael Haneke (Amour)

·          Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

·          Chris Terrio (Argo)

Documentary of the Year

·          The Imposter (Picturehouse / Revolver)

·          London – The Modern Babylon (BFI)

·          Nostalgia for the Light (New Wave)

·          The Queen of Versailles (Dogwoof)

·          Searching for Sugar Man (StudioCanal)

Foreign Language Film of the Year

·          Amour (Artificial Eye)

·          Holy Motors (Artificial Eye)

·          Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (New Wave)

·          Rust and Bone (StudioCanal)

·          Tabu (New Wave)

The May Fair Hotel Award: British Film of the Year

·          Berberian Sound Studio (Artificial Eye)

·          The Imposter (Picturehouse / Revolver)

·          Les Misérables (Universal)

·          Sightseers (StudioCanal)

·          Skyfall (Sony)

British Actor of the Year

·          Daniel Craig (Skyfall)

·          Charlie Creed-Miles (Wild Bill)

·          Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

·          Toby Jones (Berberian Sound Studio)

·          Steve Oram (Sightseers)

British Actress of the Year

·          Emily Blunt (Looper / Your Sister’s Sister)

·          Judi Dench (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / Skyfall)

·          Alice Lowe (Sightseers)

·          Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)

·          Andrea Riseborough (Shadow Dancer)

The Sky 3D Award: Technical Achievement Award

·          David Crank and Jack Fisk – production design (The Master)

·          Alexandre Desplat – music (Rust and Bone)

·          Jacqueline Durran – costumes (Anna Karenina)

·          Bernard Floch – make-up (Holy Motors)

·          William Goldenberg – film editing (Argo)

·          Steve Haywood and Joakim Sundström – sound design (Berberian Sound Studio)

·          Claudio Miranda – cinematography (Life of Pi)

·          David Raedeker – cinematography (My Brother the Devil)

·          Ben Richardson – cinematography (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Bill Westenhofer – visual effects (Life of Pi)

Breakthrough British Filmmaker

·          Bren Drew – director / writer (Ill Manors)

·          Sally El Hosaini – director / writer (My Brother the Devil)

·          Dexter Fletcher – director / co-writer (Wild Bill)

·          Bart Layton – director / writer (The Imposter)

·          Alice Lowe and Steve Oram – writers (Sightseers)

Young British Performer of the Year

·          Samantha Barks (Les Misérables)

·          Fady Elsayed (My Brother the Devil)

·          Tom Holland (The Impossible)

·          Will Poulter (Wild Bill)

·          Jack Reynor (What Richard Did)

Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film

Helena Bonham Carter

Be fucking still my beating heart! LOVE LOVE LOVE. It's the London Critics Circle, and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel gets one minor tied nomination. Silver Linings Playbook, also one. Les Mis, only four, and not in either of the top two. Amour, Life of Pi, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Berberian Sound Studio, Holy Motors, The Hunt, Tabu, all doing very well. HOORAY FOR THE LCC!!! Winners will be announced in their ceremony on the 20th of January. Over a month away! How do I wait that long?!?