SALLY FIELD

As members of the Academy hurry through the last screeners they need to see before committing an opinion on the year’s best (for those who bother trying to get as deep into the stack as possible, that is), a number of races hang in the balance as extremely tight categories are sure to leave a few contenders feeling the sting of “also-ran” on Thursday, January 10.

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Nevada critics go for 'Argo,' John Hawkes, Helen Hunt

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:39 am · December 23rd, 2012

The Nevada Film Critics Society has added one more notch to “Argo”‘s tally of Best Picture wins. The group tied Ben Affleck with “Zero Dark Thirty” helmer Kathryn Bigelow for Best Director and went in a relatively unique direction with its Best Actor call, opting for John Hawkes in “The Sessions.”

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'Lincoln' finally wins a critics award for Best Picture, from Dallas-Ft. Worth

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:26 am · December 18th, 2012

After sitting idly by and watching films like “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Argo” reap most of the critics’ Best Picture awards, Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” finally has one of its own, from the Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association. The film won Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in addition to Best Picture, but fell to Kathryn Bigelow in the Best Director category.

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African-American Film Critics hail 'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Middle of Nowhere'

Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:44 pm · December 16th, 2012

Ben Affleck takes Best Director, while Denzel Washington is Best Actor.

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'Zero Dark Thirty' wins Best Picture and Best Director from the Boston Society of Film Critics

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:06 pm · December 9th, 2012

The Boston Society of Film Critics has joined the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Board of Review in crowning “Zero Dark Thirty” the year’s best film. Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director while Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”) and Emmanuelle Riva (“Amour”) won top acting honors.

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