'Lincoln' finally wins a critics award for Best Picture, from Dallas-Ft. Worth
'Zero Dark Thirty' wins Best Director, Best Actress and Best Screenplay
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After sitting idly by and watching films like "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Argo" reap most of the critics' Best Picture awards, Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" finally has one of its own, from the Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association. The film won Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in addition to Best Picture, but fell to Kathryn Bigelow in the Best Director category. Check out the full list (ranked through runners-up) below, and keep track of the season via The Circuit.
Best Picture
1. "Lincoln"
2. "Argo"
3. "Zero Dark Thirty"
4. "Life of Pi"
5. "Les Misérables"
6. "Moonrise Kingdom"
7. "Silver Linings Playbook"
8. "Skyfall"
9. "The Master"
10. "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Best Director
1. Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"
2. Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"
3. Ben Affleck, "Argo"
4. Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
5. Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom"
Best Actor
1. Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
2. Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
3. John Hawkes, "The Sessions"
4. Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
5. Denzel Washington, "Flight"
Best Actress
1. Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
2. Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
3. Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
4. Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
5. Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
Best Supporting Actor
1. Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
3. Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
4. Alan Arkin, "Argo"
5. Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Supporting Actress
1. Sally Field, "Lincoln"
2. Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
3. Amy Adams, "The Master"
4. Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
5. Ann Dowd, "Compliance"
Best Screenplay
1. "Zero Dark Thirty"
2. "Django Unchained"
Best Cinematography
1. "Life of Pi"
2. "Skyfall"
Best Animated Film
1. "ParaNorman"
2. "Frankenweenie"
3. "The Pirates! Band of Misfits"
Best Foreign Language Film
1. "Amour"
2. "A Royal Affair"
3. "The Intouchables"
4. "Holy Motors"
5. "The Kid with a Bike"
Best Documentary
1. "Searching for Sugar Man"
2. "Bully"
3. "How to Survive a Plague"
4. "West of Memphis"
5. "The Invisible War"
Russell Smith Award (for best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
2012-2013 OSCAR PREDICTIONS
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup And Hairstyling
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Production Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Documentary Feature
Best Foreign Language Film
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December 18, 2012 at 12:31PM EST Reply to CommentLINCOLN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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December 18, 2012 at 12:52PM EST Reply to CommentBravo and congrats! Tintin and Lincoln - released back to back are great achievements.
DylanS
December 18, 2012 at 1:34PM EST Reply to CommentI think what's going on with "Lincoln" is that critics don't really feel like it needs their support. I hope that's the case, because it really deserves to be winning more.
prettok Is that how it works? Critics only give awards to films that 'need' their support?
December 18, 2012 at 3:13PM ESTJLPatt Sometimes, actually, yes.
December 18, 2012 at 4:18PM ESTLiz The prime example of this is Cannes in 2007, when Stephen Frears (the jury president) admitted that the jury had chosen to sidestep No Country for Old Men and give awards to equally deserving but lower-profile films because it was pretty clear that NCFOM was going to be raking in awards later in the year.
December 18, 2012 at 4:32PM ESTI understand the impulse to do it that way. Sometimes, you just want to give the little films the attention that no one else is giving them. Not that any of the movies in the Oscar race are "little," in the sense of the Cannes movies, but you know what I mean.
someperson
December 18, 2012 at 7:43PM EST Reply to CommentThing I find awesome: the number of critics prizes ParaNorman is winning.
I'd call it the best animated film of the year, except I haven't seen Frankenweenie yet.