PHOENIX FILM CRITICS SOCIETY NOMINATIONS

Best Picture

·          Argo

·          The Avengers

·          Beasts of the Southern Wild

·          Life of Pi

·          Lincoln

·          Les Misérables

·          Moonrise Kingdom

·          Silver Linings Playbook

·          Skyfall

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

·          Ben Affleck (Argo)

·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Tom Hooper (Les Misérables)

·          Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

·          Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

·          Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

·          John Hawkes (The Sessions)

·          Anthony Hopkins (Hitchcock)

·          Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)

·          Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

·          Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Smashed)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

·          Javier Bardem (Skyfall)

·          Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

·          Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

·          Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

·          Judi Dench (Skyfall)

·          Sally Field (Lincoln)

·          Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

·          Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

·          Emma Watson (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

Best Original Screenplay

·          Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

·          Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Nicholas Jarecki (Arbitrage)

Best Adapted Screenplay

·          Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

·          William Nicholson (Les Misérables)

·          David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Chris Terrio (Argo)

Best Cinematography

·          Danny Cohen (Les Misérables)

·          Roger Deakins (Skyfall)

·          Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Janusz Kaminski (Lincoln)

·          Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)

Best Film Editing

·          Stuart Baird (Skyfall)

·          William Goldenberg (Argo)

·          William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Lee Smith (The Dark Knight Rises)

·          Tim Squyres (Life of Pi)

Best Production Design

·          Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch (Cloud Atlas)

·          Sarah Greenwood (Anna Karenina)

·          Dan Hennah (The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey)

·          Eve Stewart (Les Misérables)

·          Adam Stockhausen (Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Costume Design

·          Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

·          Paco Delgado (Les Misérables)

·          Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina)

·          Joanna Johnston (Lincoln)

·          Manon Rasmussen (A Royal Affair)

Best Visual Effects

·          The Avengers

·          Cloud Atlas

·          The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

·          Life of Pi

·          Prometheus

Best Original Score

·          Mychael Danna (Life of Pi)

·          Danny Elfman (Hitchcock)

·          Thomas Newman (Skyfall)

·          John Williams (Lincoln)

Best Original Song

·          Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth – ‘Skyfall’ (Skyfall)

·          Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer and Claude-Michael Schönberg – ‘Suddenly’ (Les Misérables)

·          Adam Young – ‘When Can I See You Again’ (Wreck-It Ralph)

Best Ensemble Acting

·          Argo

·          Les Misérables

·          Moonrise Kingdom

·          Silver Linings Playbook

Best Stunts

·          The Avengers

·          The Bourne Legacy

·          The Dark Knight Rises

·          Looper

·          Skyfall

Best Animated Film

·          Brave

·          Frankenweenie

·          ParaNorman

·          Wreck-It Ralph

Best Documentary

·          Bully

·          Jiro Dreams of Sushi

·          The Queen of Versailles

·          Searching for Sugar Man

Best Foreign Language Film

·          Amour

·          Headhunters

·          The Intouchables

·          Jiro Dreams of Sushi

·          A Royal Affair

Best Live Action Family Film

·          Big Miracle

·          Chimpanzee

·          Life of Pi

·          The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Most Overlooked Film

·          The Cabin in the Woods

·          Jeff, Who Lives at Home

·          The Perks of Being a Wallflower

·          Safety Not Guaranteed

·          Sound of My Voice

Best Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera

·          Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

·          Seth MacFarlane (Ted)

·          Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Craig Zobel (Compliance)

Best Breakthrough Performance on Camera

·          Mark Duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed)

·          Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female

·          Isabelle Allen (Les Misérables)

·          Maude Apatow (This Is 40)

·          Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Male

·          CJ Adams (The Odd Life of Timothy Green)

·          Jared Gilman (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Tom Holland (The Impossible)

·          Daniel Huttlestone (Les Misérables)

An impressive haul for Les Miserables, with 12 nominations, and for Beasts of the Southern Wild, whose Quvenzhane Wallis is nominated in three separate categories. And isn't it extraordinary that Life of Pi's Best Picture nomination here is its first this season from the critics' groups? Skyfall also turns up in quite a few categories, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower advances further - is it becoming a genuine contender in some major categories? Winners will be announced in one week, on Tuesday 18th.