And the nominations and winners continue, this time with the Chicago Critics’ nominations (and tomorrow with the SAG nominations). It is a busy time.
Leading the nominees with six is one of the many awards favorites, Jason Reitman’s Up In The Air. But hold on just a moment. It has a co-pilot. Also riding a wave of six nominations is Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are,
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Joining both films in the Best Picture race from Chicago are Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (each with five nominations) and Joel & Ethan Coen’s A Serious Man with 4.
some nice changes and surprises!
check the nominees!
BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Joel & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Spike Jonze – Where the Wild Things Are
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Matt Damon – The Informant!
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
BEST ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious
Julianne Moore – A Single Man
Natalie Portman – Brothers
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Away We Go – Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man – Joel & Ethan Coen
Up – Bob Peterson
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
An Education – Nick Hornby
In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
The Informant! – Scott Z. Burns
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Where the Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil!: The True Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Tyson
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Los Abrazos Rotos (Broken Embraces) – Spain
Chi Bi (Red Cliff) – China/HK
Sin Nombre – Mexico/USA
L’heure d’été (Summer Hours) – France
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon) – Germany
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
Up
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar – Mauro Fiore
Bright Star – Greig Fraser
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
Where the Wild Things Are – Lance Acord
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar – James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
The Informant! – Marvin Hamlisch
Up – Michael Giacchino
Where the Wild Things Are – Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Sharlto Copley – District 9
Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Neill Blomkamp – District 9
Scott Cooper – Crazy Heart
Cary Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
Duncan Jones – Moon
Marc Webb – (500) Days of Summer
Yay for Moon! Yay District 9! Yay Ponyo! And yay Red Cliff! LOL
For more talk about chances of Oscar nods, continue reading the Cinematical article.
