London Critics Circle Film Awards-Nominees

The London Critics Circle Film Awards had just released their nomination list.Check it out.

#my predicted winner

FILM OF THE YEAR
The Artist
Drive
A Separation
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Tree of Life

-It's gonna be between The Artist and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
The Guard
Kill List
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Mysteries of Lisbon
Poetry
Le Quattro Volte
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Dreams of a Life
Pina
Project Nim
Senna

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Lynne Ramsay – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

-Lynne Ramsay could be a surprise winner as she won the BIFA few weeks ago.

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Kenneth Lonergan – Margaret
Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants

-I love the love Margaret is getting

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Richard Ayoade – Submarine
Paddy Considine – Tyrannosaur
Joe Cornish – Attack the Block
Andrew Haigh – Weekend
John Michael McDonagh – The Guard

-I'm predicting Andrew Haigh for his  take of the gay love  which is different how the media usually portrays homosexual

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Ryan Gosling – Drive
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

-There are two person I feel deserving this award ,Jean Dujardin and Michael Fassbender.

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
Anna Paquin – Margaret
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn

-Happy for Kirsten Dunst and Anna Paquin which makes me wonder why Rooney Mara was nominated for the Golden Globes instead of these two.

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Simon Russell Beale – The Deep Blue Sea
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Michael Smiley – Kill List

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Sareh Bayat – A Separation
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

-Vanessa buzz is disappearing,she needs few critics awards to make it into the Oscar nominations list

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Tom Cullen – Weekend
Michael Fassbender – A Dangerous Method , Shame
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
Peter Mullan – Tyrannosaur , War Horse
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

-Tom Cullen for his superb performance in the weekend which is his first film.If not him ,it should be Michael Fassbender

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Olivia Colman – The Iron Lady, Tyrannosaur
Carey Mulligan – Drive , Shame
Vanessa Redgrave – Anonymous , Coriolanus
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Rachel Weisz – The Deep Blue Sea

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
John Boyega – Attack the Block
Jeremy Irvine – War Horse
Yasmin Paige – Submarine
Craig Roberts – Submarine
Saoirse Ronan – Hanna

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Manuel Alberto Claro, cinematography – Melancholia
Paul Davies, sound design – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Maria Djurkovic, production design – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Dante Ferretti, production design – Hugo
Alberto Iglesias, original score – The Skin I Live In
Chris King & Gregers Sall, editing – Senna
Joe Letteri, visual effects – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Cliff Martinez, original score – Drive
Robert Richardson, cinematography – Hugo
Robbie Ryan, cinematography – Wuthering Heights

EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Nicolas Roeg