OSCAR NOMINATIONS
(Last Update: 1/24/12)
BEST PICTURE
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- The Help
- Hugo
- Midnight in Paris
- Moneyball
- The Tree of Life
- War Horse
BEST DIRECTOR
- Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
- Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
- Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
- Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
- Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
BEST ACTOR
- Demián Bichir (A Better Life)
- George Clooney (The Descendants)
- Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
- Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
- Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
BEST ACTRESS
- Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
- Viola Davis (The Help)
- Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
- Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
- Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
- Nick Nolte (Warrior)
- Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
- Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
- Jessica Chastain (The Help)
- Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
- Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
- Octavia Spencer (The Help)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- The Descendants (Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash)
- The Ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon)
- Hugo (John Logan)
- Moneyball (Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian)
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
- Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig)
- Margin Call (J.C. Chandor)
- Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
- A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
BEST ART DIRECTION
- The Artist
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Hugo
- Midnight in Paris
- War Horse
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- The Artist (Guillame Schiffman)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Jeff Cronenweth)
- Hugo (Robert Richardson)
- The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki)
- War Horse (Janusz Kaminski)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Anonymous
- The Artist
- Hugo
- Jane Eyre
- W.E.
BEST FILM EDITING
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Hugo
- Moneyball
BEST MAKEUP
- Albert Nobbs
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- The Iron Lady
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- The Adventures of Tintin
- The Artist
- Hugo
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
- War Horse
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- "Star Spangled Man" (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- "Real in Rio" (Rio)
BEST SOUND EDITING
- Drive
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Hugo
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- War Horse
BEST SOUND MIXING
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Hugo
- Moneyball
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- War Horse
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Hugo
- Real Steel
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- A Cat in Paris
- Chico & Rita
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Puss in Boots
- Rango
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Hell and Back Again
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
- Pina
- Undefeated
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Bullhead
- Footnote
- In Darkness
- Monsieur Lazhar
- A Separation
BEST DOCUMENTARY -- SHORT SUBJECT
- The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
- God is the Bigger Elvis
- Incident in New Baghdad
- Saving Face
- The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
BEST SHORT FILM -- ANIMATED
- Dimanche/Sunday
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- La Luna
- A Morning Stroll
- Wild Life
BEST SHORT FILM -- LIVE ACTION
- Pentecost
- Raju
- The Shore
- Time Freak
- Tuba Atlantic
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Oscar Nominations Announced: ‘Hugo’ Tops the Field with 11 Nods, ‘The Artist’ Places Second with 10
The complete list of nominees for the 84th Academy Awards, which were announced via the Oscar site’s live stream about an hour ago, can be found after the jump. I’ll update this post later today — probably sometime in the … Continue reading
Oscar Predictions: One Last Refinement Before Tuesday’s Announcement
Heading into tomorrow’s unveiling of this year’s Oscar nominations, the question remains, as it has all season, as to how the Academy’s freshly revised Best Picture regulations will affect the number of nominees in the category. It’s a fitting place … Continue reading
Hoyte van Hoytema’s ‘Tinker, Tailor’ Lensing Among the Crop of ASC Nominees
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced their five feature-film nominees this morning, and the rewarded crop marked another bullet to the chest for War Horse, as Janusz Kaminski’s photography of Steven Spielberg’s critically divisive stage adaptation was merely the … Continue reading
Oscar Predictions: Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ Trying to Build Late-Year Momentum
With both The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse hitting theaters this holiday season, Steven Spielberg will undoubtedly be the focus of much year-end movie discussion, both Oscar- and box-office-related. His inflated stage adaptation, without question, is the more major … Continue reading
The Best Films of 2011
In terms of depth, the cinematic year of 2011 may have been somewhat slim — indeed, I noticed myself stretching just a bit when thinking of ten worthy honorable mentions — but, at the tip of the iceberg, it managed … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 in Review, A Separation, Certified Copy, Contagion, Drive, Hanna, Into the Abyss, Margaret, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, Rampart, Shame, Take Shelter, The Descendants, The Guard, The Tree of Life, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Top Tens, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Weekend, Win Win
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Double Dipping in 2011
After the jump, I’ve listed the films I’ve seen multiple times in theaters this year. No screwing around with torrents or screeners for this list. I’m interested solely in those few films that forced you to dip into your pocket … Continue reading
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Tagged Double Dipping, Drive, Moneyball, Shame, The Descendants, The Tree of Life, We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Precursor Roundup: BFCA Nominations, Plus Winners for African American and Las Vegas Film Critics
Rather than continuing to churn out an article for every single precursor group that announces their year-end winners, I’m going to start keeping tally of the accumulating nominees and winners over at the Precursor Roundup, which, from now on, can … Continue reading
Love for ‘The Artist’ Continues with Indiana Film Journalists Association
Another day, another precursor group, another show of love for The Artist. The film earned Michel Hazanavicius Best Director honors in addition to being named the year’s Best Film by the Indiana Film Journalists Association. (Though props to them for … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Ryan, Awards, Coriolanus, Elizabeth Olsen, Indiana Film Journalists Association, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Michel Hazanavicius, Paul Giamatti, Ralph Fiennes, Terrence Malick, The Artist, The Help, The Tree of Life, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Win Win
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San Francisco Critics Also Announce Winners, Admirably Reward Malick’s ‘Tree of Life’
Any group that names Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life the best film of 2011 has an automatic supporter in yours truly, but the San Francisco Film Critics Circle also managed to devise a list of winners that was, from … Continue reading
Fincher’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Included in AFI’s Top Ten of 2011
The American Film Institute has announced their list of 2011′s top ten films. The Bridesmaids train continues to steamroll, and I have no idea why. It’s somewhat reassuring, meanwhile, to see David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on … Continue reading