Best Feature:
50/50
Beginners
Drive
Take Shelter
The Artist
The Descendants
Best Director category:
Mike Mills (Beginners)
Nicholas W Refn ( Drive)
Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Best Int’l Film:
A Separation
Melancholia
Shame
The Kid With a Bike
Tyrranasaur
Robert Altman Award for one film’s director, casting director and ensemble: Margin Call
Best Male Lead:
Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Ryan Gosling (Drive)
Woody Harrelson (Rampart)
Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
Best Female Lead:
Lauren Ambrose (Think of Me)
Rachel Harris (Natural Selection)
Adepero Oduye (Pariah)
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Best Supp Male:
Albert Brooks (Drive)
John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
John C. Reilly (Cedar Rapids)
Corey SToll (Midnight in Paris)
Best Supp. Female:
Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter)
Angelica Huston (50/50)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Harmony Santana (Gun Hll Road)
Shaileen Woodley (The Descendants)
Best Doc:
An African Selection
Bill Cunningham New York
The Interrupters
The Redemption of General Butt Naked,
We Were Here
Best Screenplay:
Joseph Cedar (FootNote)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Tom McCarthy (Win Win))
Mike Mills (Beginners)
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Descendants)
Best 1st Screenplay
Mike Cahill & Brit Marling (Another Earth)
J.C. Chandor (Margin Call)
Patrick DeWitt (terri)
Phil Johnston (Cedar Rapids)
Will Reiser (50/50)
Best Cinematography:
Joel Hodge (Bellflower)
Benjamin Kuh-Sulk (The Off Hours)
Darius Kond-Jee (Midnight in Paris)
Gui-omme Shiffman (The Artist)
Jeffrey Waldron (The Dynamiter)
John Cassavetes Award (films made for under $500,000):
Bellflower
Circumstance,
Hello Lonesome
Pariah
The Dynamiter
Best First Feature noms:
Another Earth
In The Family
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Natural Selection
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I am estatic that Drive has been nominated for four spirit awards. Its exciting to see it get recognized more than the descendants who has more buzz going for it at this point. Though it is dissapointing it didnt capture a screenplay nod. It should have. Its the best film on the list. It should win all for noms. And it also should have captured a cinematography nod. The photography was astounding. But I suppose four will have to do.
FilmFreak(Quote) (Reply)
God I loved Drive too. That being said, it isn’t exactly recognized more than Descendants here. Each have four noms along with Take Shelter and Beginners. The Artist has five, but it’s The Artist so that’s not unexpected. I’m actually really pumped to see Take Shelter get some attention since it doesn’t have the youth market and fans that something like Drive has to really get noticed.
WillQ(Quote) (Reply)
So we have Janet McTeer but NO Glenn Close? Humm … what does this say?
Thomas(Quote) (Reply)
Was expecting a best cinematography nomination for Drive. Hmm, well.
OMFGITSROHIT(Quote) (Reply)
No Clooney is a bit odd. Good though, because he doesn’t need it and it gives the others a bit of a boost.
Jim Wilson(Quote) (Reply)
I’m disappointed Paul Giamatti didn’t get a nod for Win Win. It’s such a wonderful performance. He has to be one of the most underrated actors vis a vis awards working today. He should have been nominated and won the Oscar for Sideways.
jmlatinsir2(Quote) (Reply)
I’m happy to see Corey Stoll and the nods for Drive, but I’m sad to see Clooney snubbed.
koook160(Quote) (Reply)