WASHINGTON D.C. AREA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NOMINATIONS

Best Film

·          Argo

·          Lincoln

·          Les Misérables

·          Silver Linings Playbook

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

·          Ben Affleck (Argo)

·          Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Tom Hooper (Les Misérables)

·          Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

Best Actor

·          Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

·          John Hawkes (The Sessions)

·          Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)

·          Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

·          Denzel Washington (Flight)

Best Actress

·          Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Helen Mirren (Hitchcock)

·          Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

Best Supporting Actor

·          Alan Arkin (Argo)

·          Javier Bardem (Skyfall)

·          Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)

·          Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

·          Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

Best Supporting Actress

·          Amy Adams (The Master)

·          Samantha Barks (Les Misérables)

·          Sally Field (Lincoln)

·          Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

·          Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

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

·          Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

·          Tony Kushner (Lincoln)

·          David Magee (Life of Pi)

·          David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Chris Terrio (Argo)

Best Cinematography

·          Danny Cohen (Les Misérables)

·          Roger Deakins (Skyfall)

·          Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Mihai Malaimare Jr. (The Master)

·          Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)

Best Art Direction

·          Rebecca Alleway, Hugh Bateup, Uli Hanisch and Peter Walpole (Cloud Atlas)

·          Rick Carter and Jim Erickson (Lincoln)

·          Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (Anna Karenina)

·          Anna Lynch-Robinson and Eve Stewart (Les Misérables)

·          Kris Moran and Adam Stockhausen (Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Score

·          Alexandre Desplat (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Jonny Greenwood (The Master)

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

·          Howard Shore (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

·          John Williams (Lincoln)

Best Acting Ensemble

·          Argo

·          Lincoln

·          Les Misérables

·          Moonrise Kingdom

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Animated Feature

·          Brave

·          Frankenweenie

·          ParaNorman

·          Rise of the Guardians

·          Wreck-It Ralph

Best Documentary

·          Bully

·          The Imposter

·          The Invisible War

·          The Queen of Versailles

·          Searching for Sugar Man

Best Foreign Language Film

·          Amour

·          I Wish

·          The Intouchables

·          A Royal Affair

·          Rust and Bone

Best Youth Performance

·          Jared Gilman (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Tom Holland (The Impossible)

·          Logan Lerman (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

As the critical response to Les Mis continues to underwhelm, the Washington D.C. Area film critics offer up some hope to fans of the musical that it has the potential to still perform well with the critics groups, whose influence may be stronger this year than ever before, with the earlier voting dates for Oscar. Life of Pi continues its decline, while The Master oddly misses out on a Best Film nomination despite seven nominations in other categories. Winners will be announced tomorrow, and Zero Dark Thirty is surely expected to win.