BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS ANNOUNCES

Best Picture

1.     Zero Dark Thirty

2.        Amour

Moonrise Kingdom

Best Director

1.     Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

2.        Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

Best Actor

1.     Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

2.        Denis Lavant (Holy Motors)

Best Actress

1.     Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

2.        Deannie Yip (A Simple Life)

Best Supporting Actor

1.     Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

2.        Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress

1.     Sally Field (Lincoln)

2.        Emma Watson (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

3.        Amy Adams (The Master)

4.        Ann Dowd (Compliance)

5.        Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises / Les Misérables)

Best Screenplay

1.     Tony Kushner (Lincoln)

2.        Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Cinematography

1.     Mihai Malaimare Jr. (The Master)

2.        Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)

Robert Yeoman (Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer)

1.     William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor (Zero Dark Thirty)

2.        William Goldenberg (Argo)

Best Use of Music in a Film

1.     Moonrise Kingdom

2.        Django Unchained

Best Ensemble Cast

1.     Seven Psychopaths

2.        Moonrise Kingdom

Best Animated Film

1.     Frankenweenie

2.        ParaNorman

Best Documentary

1.     How to Survive a Plague

2.        The Queen of Versailles

Best Foreign-Language Film

1.     Amour

2.        Holy Motors

Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy)

1.     David France (How to Survive a Plague)

2.        Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Amour and Moonrise Kingdom both see support from BSFC, the original (and more influential, thus) Boston-based critics group, after the Boston Online Film Critics Association announced a few days ago. Some interesting choices in the acting categories, not least the love for The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Sally Field also advances further, with Anne Hathaway only managing fifth place, and for two performances! And will the Supporting Actor race be dominated by Django Unchained? Significant love for both Christoph Waltz (who could be a victim of category confusion at some stage...) and Leonardo DiCaprio so far, and good buzz for Samuel L. Jackson too.