The St. Louis Film Critics association announced its nominees for 2011 film awards. The Artist received the most nominations including Best Film, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, Best Actor for Jean Dujardinand Best Supporting Actor for John Goodman. We Need To Talk About Kevin, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Win Win, Beginners, and Tucker and Dale vs Evil were nominated for Best Art-House or Festival Film, one of the few lists that honor independent films. Being Elmo, The Interrupters, Tabloid, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop and Buck were nominated for Best Documentary.
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
My Week With Marilyn
The Tree of Life
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne for The Descendants
David Fincher for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive
Best Actor
Ryan Gosling for Drive
George Clooney for The Descendants
Jean Dujardin for The Artist
Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soildier Spy
Michael Fassbender for Shame
Brad Pitt for Moneyball
Best Actress
Saoirse Ronan for Hanna
Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Rooney Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Viola Davis for The Help
Best Supporting Actor
John Hawkes for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Albert Brooks for Drive
John Goodman for The Artist
Alan Rickman for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Jonah Hill for Moneyball
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett for Hanna
Octavia Spencer for The Help
Shailene Woodley for The Descendants
Bérénice Bejo for The Artist
Jessica Chastain for The Tree Of Life
Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Terrence Malick for The Tree Of Life
Woody Allen for Midnight In Paris
Seth Lochhead and David Farr for Hanna
Will Reiser for 50/50
Thomas McCarthy and Joe Tiboni for Win Win
Best Adapted Screenplay
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin and Michael Lewis (book) for Moneyball
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash and Kaui Hart Hemmings (novel) for The Descendants
Tate Taylor and Kathryn Stockett (novel) for The Help
Hossein Amini and James Sallis (book) for Drive
Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller and Jim Henson (characters) for The Muppets
Best Cinematography
Newton Thomas Sigel for Drive
Emmanuel Lubezki for The Tree Of Life
Guillaume Schiffman for The Artist
Janusz Kaminski for War Horse
Jeff Cronenweth for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Best Visual Effects
The Tree Of Life
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Super 8
Captain America
Best Music
The Artist
Drive
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Muppets
Tree of Life
Best Foreign-Language Film
13 Assassins
Point Blank
I Saw The Devil
Trollhunter
Winter in Wartime
Best Documentary
Being Elmo
The Interrupters
Tabloid
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
Buck
Best Comedy
The Muppets
Midnight In Paris
Bridesmaids
Rango
Paul
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Best Animated Film
Rango
Kung Fu Panda 2
The Adventures of Tin Tin
Puss In Boots
Rio
Best Art-House or Festival Film
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Win Win
Beginners
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Best Scene
Drive: the elevator beating scene
Drive: opening get-away scene
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: opening credits
The Artist: dance scene finale
Melancholia: the last scene
Hanna: Hanna’s escape from captivity sequence