It’s that time of the year again. The time when the movie industry ships us a deluge of detailed lists and we watch as various associations try to act like they’re the official opinion on the industry’s “winners” of the year. One of the best parts of running Flixist is that we — and you if you have a community blog — will have our own awards week in January!
So far we’ve seen the Oscar list for documentaries, the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the Screen Actors Guild nominees, and even the 2010 black list. And let’s not forget about the Los Angeles, New York, and Boston Film Critics Association Awards winners, where The Social Network won best picture from all three cities.
Chicago released its nomination list today for each category and The Social Network leads the pack once again with eight mentions. I saw True Grittwo nights ago and can’t wait to give it a great review once the embargo is up, but I look forward to seeing it fight with the rest of the standout films this year. As for my pick, I’ve seen an obscene amount of movies for the site…
It’s that time of the year again. The time when the movie industry ships us a deluge of detailed lists and we watch as various associations try to act like they’re the official opinion on the industry’s “winners” of the year. One of the best parts of running Flixist is that we — and you if you have a community blog — will have our own awards week in January!
So far we’ve seen the Oscar list for documentaries, the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the Screen Actors Guild nominees, and even the 2010 black list. And let’s not forget about the Los Angeles, New York, and Boston Film Critics Association Awards winners, where The Social Network won best picture from all three cities.
Chicago released its nomination list today for each category and The Social Network leads the pack once again with eight mentions. I saw True Grit two nights ago and can’t wait to give it a great review once the embargo is up, but I look forward to seeing it fight with the rest of the standout films this year. As for my pick, I’ve seen an obscene amount of movies for the site lately, as well as an unhealthy amount throughout the rest of 2010, but The Social Network remains my favorite so far.
Browse the full Chicago nomination list after the jump and let us hear your predictions!{{page_break}}
BEST PICTURE
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Winter’s Bone
BEST DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky–Black Swan
David Fincher–The Social Network
Debra Granik–Winter’s Bone
Tom Hooper–The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan–Inception
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges–True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg–The Social Network
Colin Firth–The King’s Speech
James Franco–127 Hours
Ryan Gosling–Blue Valentine
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening–The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence–Winter’s Bone
Lesley Manville–Another Year
Natalie Portman–Black Swan
Michelle Williams–Blue Valentine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale–The Fighter
Andrew Garfield–The Social Network
John Hawkes–Winter’s Bone
Mark Ruffalo–The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush–The King’s Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams–The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter–The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo–The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld–True Grit
Jacki Weaver–Animal Kingdom
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Swan–Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin
Four Lions–Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain & Chris Morris
Inception–Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right–Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech–David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Rabbit Hole–David Lindsay Abaire
The Social Network–Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3–Michael Arndt
True Grit–Joel & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone–Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan–Matthew Libatique
Inception–Wally Pfister
Shutter Island–Robert Richardson
The Social Network–Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit–Roger Deakins
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Black Swan–Clint Mansell
I Am Love–John Adams
Inception–Hans Zimmer
The Social Network–Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
True Grit–Carter Burwell
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Restrepo
The Tillman Story
Waiting for Superman
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I Am Love
Mother
A Prophet
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Armie Hammer–The Social Network
Katie Jarvis–Fish Tank
Jennifer Lawrence–Winter’s Bone
Tahar Rahim–A Prophet
Hailee Steinfeld–True Grit
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Bansky–Exit Through the Gift Shop
Derek Cianfrance–Blue Valentine
David Michod–Animal Kingdom
Aaron Schneider–Get Low
John Wells–The Company Men
