Detroit Film Critics Society Announce 2012 Nominations

The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and currently consists of a group of 22 Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan.

The critics have stated that they will announce their winners Friday, December 14, 2012.  The other announcement was that there was one major film they were unable to see, Michael Haneke’s acclaimed French drama, Amour.

THE DFCS NOMINEES FOR 2012 (in alphabetical order)

BEST PICTURE
•ARGO
•THE IMPOSSIBLE
•SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
•TAKE THIS WALTZ
•ZERO DARK THIRTY

BEST DIRECTOR
•BEN AFFLECK – ARGO
•JUAN ANTONIO BAYONA – THE IMPOSSIBLE
•KATHERINE BIGELOW – ZERO DARK THIRTY
•SARAH POLLEY – TAKE THIS WALTZ
•DAVID O. RUSSELL – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST ACTOR
•BRADLEY COOPER – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
•JOHN HAWKES – THE SESSIONS
•DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – LINCOLN
•BILL MURRAY – HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
•JOAQUIN PHOENIX – THE MASTER

BEST ACTRESS
•JESSICA CHASTAIN – ZERO DARK THIRTY
•GRETA GERWIG – DAMSELS IN DISTRESS
•JENNIFER LAWRENCE – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
•NAOMI WATTS – THE IMPOSSIBLE
•MICHELLE WILLIAMS – TAKE THIS WALTZ

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
•ROBERT DENIRO – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
•PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – THE MASTER
•TOMMY LEE JONES – LINCOLN
•MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY – MAGIC MIKE
•EWAN MCGREGOR – THE IMPOSSIBLE
•EZRA MILLER – THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
•AMY ADAMS – THE MASTER
•ANN DOWD – COMPLIANCE
•SALLY FIELD – LINCOLN
•ANNE HATHAWAY – LES MISÉRABLES
•HELEN HUNT – THE SESSIONS

BEST ENSEMBLE
•ARGO
•MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS
•LINCOLN
•MOONRISE KINGDOM
•SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BREAKTHROUGH
•STEPHEN CHBOSKY – THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
•ZOE KAZAN – RUBY SPARKS
•REBEL WILSON – PITCH PERFECT
•BENH ZEITLIN – BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
•CRAIG ZOBEL – COMPLIANCE

BEST SCREENPLAY
•STEPHEN CHBOSKY – THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
•DREW GODDARD & JOSS WHEDON – THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
•TONY KUSHNER – LINCOLN
•SARAH POLLEY – TAKE THIS WALTZ
•DAVID O. RUSSELL – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST DOCUMENTARY
•THE HOUSE I LIVE IN
•THE IMPOSTER
•JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
•THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
•SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

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