Awards Watch: Chicago Film Critics Nominations, Includes James Franco

Posted on the 13 December 2013 by Sirmac2 @macthemovieguy

I really don’t get the love for Spring Breakers. I thought it was unwatchable. James Franco picks up a Supporting Actor nomination, and Skrillex is nominated for their obnoxious score.

BEST PICTURE
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST DIRECTOR
The Coen Brothers (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Spike Jonze (Her)
Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave)
David O. Russell (American Hustle)

BEST ACTOR
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave)
Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Robert Redford (All Is Lost)

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color)
Brie Larson (Short Term 12)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave)
James Franco (Spring Breakers)
James Gandolfini (Enough Said)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Scarlett Johansson (Her)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave)
Lea Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Color)
June Squibb (Nebraska)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 Years A Slave
August: Osage County
Before Midnight
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
The Act of Killing
Blue is the Warmest Color
The Hunt
Wadjda
The Wind Rises

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet from Stardom
The Act of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Stories We Tell

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Croods
From Up on Poppy Hill
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 Years A Slave
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
12 Years A Slave
Blancanieves
Gravity
Her
Spring Breakers

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
12 Years A Slave
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST EDITING
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Gravity
Upstream Color
The Wolf of Wall Street

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Lake Bell (In A World)
Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station)
Destin Cretton (Short Term 12)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Don Jon)
Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing)

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Chadwick Boseman (42)
Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color)
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave)
Tye Sheridan (Mud)