2012 Awards -- Chicago Film Critics nominees/WINNERS

The final of the of the Big 3 (NY, Chi, LA) has announced their nominees for the year. Chicago, in the past, has been ridiculously good at picking out the Best Picture winner at the Oscars. In fact, if my memory serves correct, since they started releasing their "nominees", I don't think any Best Picture Oscar winner has NOT been on their shortlist of 5.

(updated)

And Zero Dark Thirty has taken the top prize from the Chicago group!

BEST PICTURE
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lincoln
The Master
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck -- "Argo"
Paul Thomas Anderson -- "The Master"
Kathryn Bigelow -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
Steven Spielberg -- "Lincoln"
Benh Zeitlin -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"
John Hawkes -- "The Sessions"
Denis Lavant -- "Holy Motors"
Joaquin Phoenix -- "The Master"
Denzel Washington -- "Flight"

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
Helen Hunt -- "The Sessions"
Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Emmanuelle Riva -- "Amour"
Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Naomi Watts -- "The Impossible"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jason Clarke -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
Leonardo DiCaprio -- "Django Unchained"
Dwight Henry -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones -- "Lincoln"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams -- "The Master"
Emily Blunt -- "Looper"
Judi Dench -- "Skyfall"
Sally Field -- "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway -- "Les Miserables"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Django Unchained
Looper
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lincoln
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Secret World of Arrietty
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST FILM EDITING
Argo
Cloud Atlas
The Master
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ART DIRECTION
Anna Karenina
Les Miserables
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
Holy Motors
The Intouchables
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Rust & Bone

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Central Park Five
The Invisible War
The Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugar Man
West of Memphis

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Stephen Chbosky -- "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Drew Goddard -- "The Cabin the Woods"
Nicholas Jarecki -- "Arbitrage"
Colin Trevorrow -- "Safety Not Guaranteed"
Benz Zeitlin -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Samantha Barks -- "Les Miserables"
Kara Hayward -- "Moonrise Kingdom"
Dwight Henry -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Tom Holland -- "The Impossible"
Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"