The Oscar nominations are less than 8 hours away while tomorrow night is also the first major televised awards ceremony of awards season with the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) picking their winners at the Critics Choice Movie Awards. Refresh your memories of their nominees by clicking here. But before the Oscar nominees are announced and before we see what the BFCA has to say, let's review what other critics groups picked as their favorites in the main categories during the past month.
This final list of 34 critics groups include the Alliance of Women Journalist (AWFJ), African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), Online Film Critics (OFCS), Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) as well as critic groups from the following regions: Los Angeles (LAFCA), New York (NYFCC), Boston (BSFC), Washington D.C (WAFCA), New York Online (NYFCO), Boston Online (BOFCA), Southeastern (SEFCA), Indiana (IFJA), San Francisco (SFFCC), Austin (AFCA), San Diego (SDFCS), Toronto (TFCA), Dallas-Forth Worth (DFWFCA), Las Vegas (LVFCS), Utah (UFCA), Detroit (DFCS), Houston (HFCS), Chicago (CFCA), Denver (DFCA), Florida (FFCC), St. Louis (SLFC), Phoenix (PFCS), Oklahoma (OFCC), Kansas City (KCFCC), Central Ohio (COFCA), North Texas (NTFCA), Nevada (NFCS), Iowa (IFCA), and Vancouver (VFCC). Meanwhile, the National Board of Review (NBR) winners are marked with an asterisk.
BEST PICTURE
- Zero Dark Thirty* (12) - NYFCC, BSFC, NYFCO, BOFCA, WAFCA, AAFCA, CFCA, BFCC, AFCA, UFCA, AWFJ, VFCC
- Argo (10) - OFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SLFC, FFCC, NFCS, OFCC, HFCS, PFCS, DFCA
- Lincoln (3) - DFWFCA, NTFCA, IFCA
- The Master (3) - KCFCC, SFFCC, TFCA
- Amour (2) - LAFCA, NSFC
- Life of Pi (1) - LVFCS
- Silver Linings Playbook (1) - DFCS
- Moonrise Kingdom (1) - COFCA
- Safety Not Guaranteed (1) - IFJA
BEST DIRECTOR
- Kathryn Bigelow* (13) - NYFCC, BSFC, NYFCO, BOFCA, WAFCA, SFFCC, CFCA, DFWFCA, BFCC, NFCS, AWFJ, PFCS, VFCC
- Ben Affleck (9) - SDFCS, AAFCA, SEFCA, SLFC, FFCC, NFCS, OFCC, HFCS, DFCA
- Paul Thomas Anderson (4) - LAFCA, TFCA, AFCA, OFCS
- Ang Lee (2) - KCFCC, LVFCS
- Steven Spielberg (2) - NTFCA, IFCA
- Wes Anderson (2) - UFCA, COFCA
- David O. Russell (1) - DFCS
- Quentin Tarantino (1) - IFJA
- Michael Haneke (1) - NSFC
BEST ACTOR
- Daniel Day-Lewis (26) - NYFCC, BSFC, NYFCO, NSFC, OFCS, BOFCA, WAFCA, SDFCS, DFCS, KCFCC, LVFCS, CFCA, SEFCA, IFJA, SLFC, FFCC, DFWFCA, BFCC, OFCC, COFCA, HFCS, AWFJ, PFCS, NTFCA, DFCA, IFCA
- Joaquin Phoenix (5) - LAFCA, SFFCC, AFCA, UFCA, VFCC
- Bradley Cooper* (1) - IFJA
- John Hawkes (1) - NFCS
- Denzel Washington (1) - AAFCA
- Denis Lavant (1) - TFCA
BEST ACTRESS
- Jessica Chastain* (15) - OFCS, BOFCA, WAFCA, CFCA, IFJA, SLFC, FFCC, DFWFCA, BFCC, OFCC, UFCA, AWFJ, PFCS, VFCC, IFCA
- Jennifer Lawrence (12) - LAFCA, DFCS, KCFCC, LVFCS, SEFCA, AFCA, NFCS, UFCA, COFCA, HFCS, NTFCA, DFCA
- Emmanuelle Riva (5) - LAFCA, BSFC, NYFCO, NSFC, SFFCC
- Rachel Weisz (2) - NYFCC, TFCA
- Michelle Williams (1) - SDFCS
- Helen Hunt (1) - NFCS
- Emayatzi Corinealdi (1) - AAFCA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Philip Seymour Hoffman (12) - OFCS, WAFCA, KCFCC, CFCA, SEFCA, TFCA, FFCC, OFCC, AWFJ, PFCS, DFCA, VFCC
- Tommy Lee Jones (10) - NYFCO, BOFCA, LVFCS, SFFCC, IFJA, DFWFCA, NFCS, HFCS, NTFCA, IFCA
- Christoph Waltz (5) - SDFCS, SLFC, BFCC, AFCA, COFCA
- Matthew McConaughey (2) - NYFCC, NSFC
- Dwight Henry (2) - LAFCA, UFCA
- Robert Deniro (1) - DFCS
- Ezra Miller (1) - BSFC
- Nate Parker (1) - AAFCA
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Anne Hathaway (21) - NYFCO, OFCS, BOFCA, WAFCA, DFCS, KCFCC, LVFCS, SEFCA, IFJA, FFCC, BFCC, AFCA, OFCC, UFCA, COFCA, HFCS, AWFJ, PFCS, NTFCA, DFCA, IFCA
- Sally Field (5) - NYFCC, BSFC, AAFCA, DFWFCA, NFCS
- Amy Adams (4) - LAFCA, NSFC, CFCA, VFCC
- Helen Hunt (2) - SFFCC, SLFC
- Ann Dowd* (1) - SLFC
- Emma Watson (1) - SDFCS
- Gina Gershon (1) - TFCA
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Zero Dark Thirty (7) - NYFCO, SFFCC, CFCA, SLFC, DFWFCA, AWFJ, VFCC
- Moonrise Kingdom (6) - OFCS, SEFCA, OFCC, COFCA, PFCS, DFCA
- Looper* (5) - WAFCA, LVFCS, FFCC, AFCA, UFCA
- The Master (3) - SDFCS, KCFCC, TFCA
- Django Unchained (1) - BFCC
- Middle of Nowhere (1) - AAFCA
- Safety Not Guaranteed (1) - IFJA
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Argo (11) - LAFCA, OFCS, SDFCS, KCFCC, SEFCA, FFCC, BFCC, AFCA, OFCC, AWFJ, PFCS
- Lincoln (9) - NYFCC, BSFC, BOFCA, NSFC, SFFCC, CFCA, SLFC, COFCA, HFCS
- Silver Linings Playbook* (4) - WAFCA, DFCS, SLFC, DFCA
- Perks of Being a Wallflower (2) - IFJA, UFCA
BEST ANIMATED FILM
- ParaNorman (14) - OFCS, BOFCA, WAFCA, SDFCS, LVFCS, SFFCC, CFCA, SEFCA, TFCA, DFWFCA, UFCA, COFCA, AWFJ, DFCA
- Frankenweenie (6) - NYFCC, LAFCA, BSFC, KCFCC, FFCC, NFCS
- Wreck-It Ralph* (6) - SLFC, AFCA, OFCC, HFCS, PFCS, NTFCA
- Rise of the Guardians (3) - AAFCA, IFJA, BFCC
- Brave (1) - IFCA
- Chico & Rita (1) - NYFCO
Here is the thing that one shouldremember: critics are not Oscar voters. So if you're trying to figure out who will win the Oscars by these results alone then you're running a fool's errand. The one thing that the critics are able to do though is to put a film or a performance in voter's radars. This is wonderful for such movies and actors that might not get their dues tomorrow morning such as Safety Guaranteed, Middle of Nowhere, Denis Lavant, Emayatzi Corinealdi, Ezra Miller, Dwight Henry, Matthew McConaughey, Emma Watson, Gina Gershon, etc.
Of course there's no denying overwhelming critical favorites this year like Daniel Day-Lewis, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, and ParaNorman. All of these should be nominated for an Oscar and most of them might win as well, but again it's difficult to say anything even before the nominations are announced and more people actual watch the films. The guilds (PGA, DGA, SAG, and WGA) as well as the Golden Globes and BFCA will better clear up who has the momentum for Oscar.
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