Jake Gittes

Swinton delivered the best female performance of last year in my opinion, but Mara was perfect (and underappreciated by the critics' groups) as Lisbeth, so I liked that part of last year's nominations more than almost anything else.

Here goes1. Once Upon a Time in the West (Ennio Morricone)2. Blade Runner (Vangelis)3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)4. Once Upon a Time in America (Ennio Morricone)5. Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith)6. Schindler's List (John Williams)7. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Howard Shore)8. Star Wars (John Williams)9. Days of Heaven (Ennio Morricone)10. The Social Network (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)11. Dead Man (Neil Young)12. 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Vangelis)13. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat)14. Raiders of the Lost Ark (John Williams)15. Inception (Hans Zimmer)16. The Godfather: Part II (Nino Rota & Carmine Coppola)17. Lawrence of Arabia (Maurice Jarre)18. Gladiator (Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard)19. The Third Man (Anton Karas)20. The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)21. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)22. Irréversible (Thomas Bangalter)23. Angel Heart (Trevor Jones)24. The Matrix Reloaded (Don Davis & Juno Reactor)25. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias)

Talk about a surprise.What I would really like is for someone to have the balls to award McConaughey Best Actor for Killer Joe.

NYFCC2012 ‏@NYFCC2012 Best Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey (BERNIE, MAGIC MIKE)

I guess they might not be such big fans of Les Mis after all.

BTW, I still hope that at least a couple of groups recognize the cinematography in Moonrise Kingdom. I can't for the life of me understand how the movie isn't a lock for a nomination in that category. It's shot perfectly, Anderson and Robert Yeoman's best collaboration yet which says a lot, imo.

Yeah I hope Fraser brought more to the table in ZDT than the trailer and the subject matter subjects. I counted only two great shots in the trailer (Chastain's reflection in an American flag and the SEALs approaching the compound) and The Master trailer was mesmerizing from start to finish. BTW, I'm inclined to agree with this: ThePlaylist ‏@ThePlaylist Prediction: By the time the NYFCC get round to voting for Best Picture, films released in 2013 will also be eligible. (OL)

NYFCC2012 ‏@NYFCC2012 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary): "The Central Park Five" NYFCC2012 ‏@NYFCC2012 Best First Film: David France (HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE)

Obama's hopeful speeches were there to provide contrast with all the actual ugliness we see on screen. The two finally clash directly in the very final scene, when Jenkins points to what Obama just said on TV for support and Pitt openly calls it bullshit, then proceeds to express his own - and the movie's - point of view about how things really are.

I liked Flight and loved Denzel's performance (although I thought by far the best scene in the movie belonged to James Badge Dale), but I didn't think Zemeckis' dramatic touch was completely suited to this material - a character study centered on an addict I think should be more subtle than Flight was in a lot of places, especially the two final scenes, and John Goodman turning up twice with "Sympathy of the Devil" blaring in the background was like from a completely different movie. But I liked that Zemeckis threw himself into some pretty R-rated material (look at the opening scene alone) in a totally no-nonsense way, and the movie went by fast enough to let everyone know he's still got it as a filmmaker. Not a perfect movie, but easily a better film than any of his motion capture exercises.

For the love of everything, Weinstein, don't fuck up your perfect opportunity and give SLP a wide release this weekend.

Wow, you must have reeeeeeeally liked Flight. (not that there's anything wrong with it, I'm just surprised).

Anne Thompson ‏@akstanwyck @Pokernatic @awardsdaily @filmawardsshow leo is great in Django but my guess is Samuel jackson grabs the supporting attention.

Absolutely. As much of a shame as when Scott Pilgrim missed out two years ago. (think whatever you want of the movie, but it was phenomenally edited).Cloud Atlas or GTFO. Same with makeup, really.

Killing Them Softly, Cloud Atlas and Moonrise Kingdom are my top 3 atm. Watched Silver Linings Playbook and it was great as well, definitely a top 10 candidate, although it'd likely be near the bottom of my list.Preparing to watch a whole bunch in the next 30 days: Compliance, The Imposter, Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present, Lawless, Rust and Bone, plus The Hobbit at the cinema, and hopefully I'll get to see The Master and Searching for Sugar Man before New Year. Unfortunately, Django Unchained, Les Mis, ZDT, Life of Pi and probably Lincoln all aren't until January-February.

I'll weigh in in a couple of days

And yeah, as much as I love KTS, I dread to think what it would've been with a 150-minute runtime. That shouldn't have ever happened, and I'm very glad it didn't. I can't imagine it working while being anything more than a 97-minute self-contained ball of anger, energy and cynicism. There's no need for it to be even a minute longer.

No. It probably has even less story, but where The Assassination made up for that by being a deep character study, KTS is an angry and darkly funny comment on how the crime world got affected by the 2008 crisis. It's all about ideas, there's probably only one actual character in the film - arc and all - and he's played by Scoot McNairy, not Pitt.

Hopefully Weinstein gets SLP in over 1000 theaters next weekend. As perfect an opportunity as the movie is gonna have in these circumstances. I'd also expect the BP nom to help it substantially.

Is that even a question?

And yeah, a "quieter film with a more serious subject" worked out well for Roland Emmerich, didn't it? Bay isn't much better. The only dramatically powerful scene in any of his movies is the shower room shootout in The Rock. That was 16 years ago, and that film had the best script and the best cast Bay ever had. He makes cheesy, flashy entertainment, sometimes well, sometimes not so much. But since after The Rock, he's made it perfectly clear that he doesn't at all care for drama and he sure as hell doesn't care for subtlety or character. When the Academy has yet to give Nolan a directing nomination after almost 15 years, the only scenario in which Bay is ever going up that stage to receive a statue is when he's 75, friends with everyone and likable enough to be given a honorary Oscar for staging all those $200 million monsters back in his day and keeping it going for two-three decades.

During those 18 years of Spielberg's career prior to Schindler, four of his films received a Best Picture nom (three of them huge blockbusters) and he himself was nominated for Best Director three times, for a huge blockbuster each time. You are free to wake me up whenever one of Bay's films receives a single Oscar nomination not in a technical category.

I probably like more Michael Bay films than I dislike, but one thing he's never going to do is win a competitive Oscar, unless he accidentally happens to be a producer on a dramatic masterpiece. But a directing Oscar? I'll follow Werner Herzog and eat my shoe if that ever happens

I also haven't seen Punch Drunk Love and The Master, but I have the former on DVD and hopefully the latter I'll get to see sooner than later - as much as I'd like to, I probably won't make my top until I've seen both. PTA is too major and - based on his other 4 films - too strong a filmmaker to ignore here.David Lynch is an interesting case already. On the one hand, he's been active in the 2000's and Mulholland Dr. is incredible. On the other hand, he seems to be pretty much retired now, rather than working, and I still haven't seen Inland Empire.Tarantino would be my #1 though, with Scorsese, Coens, PTA and Fincher almost definitely comprising the rest of the top 5 (don't know in which order, though). More interesting is who's below that line.

I'd say between 8 and 9. It's a great film. But Bigelow winning another Oscar so soon would be even more surprising than Hooper doing it.In 2010, Nolan, Boyle and Scorsese got snubbed imo. But The Fighter did very well at the box-office and came out almost a month later in the year than SLP, plus the performances Russell got out of Bale, Adams and Leo were even more impressive, I think, than his work with Cooper and Lawrence. Plus, it was a successful comeback for him after a 6-year hiatus, and Hollywood loves comebacks.