'Amour' Wins 3 Nods From Of National Society Of Film Critics

BEST PICTURE
*1. Amour (Sony Classics) ' 28
2. The Master ' 25
3. Zero Dark Thirty ' 18
BEST DIRECTOR
*1. Michael Haneke (Amour) ' 27
2. Kathryn Bigelow ' 24
2. Paul Thomas Anderson ' 24
BEST ACTOR
*1. Daniel Day-Lewis ' Lincoln ' 59 (Dreamworks/Touchstone)
2. Denis Lavant ' 49
2. Joaquin Phoenix ' 49
BEST ACTRESS
*1. Emmanuelle Riva ' Amour ' 50 (Sony Classics)
2. Jennifer Lawrence ' 42
3. Jessica Chastain' 32
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
*1. Matthew McConaughey ' Magic Mike (Warner Bros.), Bernie (Millennium Entertainment) ' 27
2. Tommy Lee Jones ' 22
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman ' 19
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
*1. Amy Adams ' The Master (The Weinstein Co.) ' 34
2. Sally Field ' 23
3. Anne Hathaway ' 13
BEST NONFICTION
*1. The Gatekeepers ' Sony Pictures Classics ' 53
2. This Is Not a Film ' 45
3. Searching for Sugar Man ' 23
BEST SCREENPLAY
*1. Lincoln (Dreamworks/Touchstone) ' Tony Kushner ' 59
2. The Master (P.T. Anderson)' 27
3. Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell) ' 19
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
*1. Master (Mihai Malaimare, Jr. ) ' 60
2. Skyfall (Roger Deakins) ' 30
3. Zero Dark Thirty (Greig Fraser) ' 21
EXPERIMENTAL: This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi)
FILM HERITAGE
' To Laurence Kardish, Senior Film Curator at MoMA, for his extraordinary 44 years of service, including this year's Weimar Cinema retrospective.
' To Milestone Film and Video for their ongoing Shirley Clarke project.
DEDICATION: This year's awards are dedicated to the late Andrew Sarris, one of the most original and influential American film critics as well as a founding member of the Society.