The 2012 Front Row Award Nominations

I haven't done my Front Row Awards since 2010, but I decided to resurrect them this year. I won't belabor the point with a rambling introduction. Here are my nominations for the best achievements in film in 2012.

Best Picture

• AMOUR
• HOLY MOTORS
• THE DEEP BLUE SEA
• THE MASTER
• THE TURIN HORSE

Best Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson, THE MASTER
• Leos Carax, HOLY MOTORS
• Michael Haneke, AMOUR
• Jafar Panahi, THIS IS NOT A FILM
• Bela Tarr, THE TURIN HORSE

Best Actor

• Denis Lavant, HOLY MOTORS
• Daniel Day-Lewis, LINCOLN
• Joaquin Phoenix, THE MASTER
• Jean-Louis Trintignant, AMOUR
• Denzel Washington, FLIGHT

Best Actress

• Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY
• Emayatzi Corinealdi, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
• Jennifer Lawrence, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
• Emmanuelle Riva, AMOUR
• Rachel Weisz, THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Best Supporting Actor

• James Badge Dale, FLIGHT
• Philip Seymour Hoffman, THE MASTER
• Robert DeNiro, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
• Christopher Walken, A LATE QUARTET
• Christoph Waltz, DJANGO UNCHAINED

Best Supporting Actress

• Ann Dowd, COMPLIANCE
• Sally Field, LINCOLN
• Anne Hathaway, LES MISERABLES
• Lorraine Toussaint, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
• Jacki Weaver, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Best Ensemble Cast

• ARGO
• LINCOLN
• THE MASTER
• MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
• SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Best Original Screenplay

• Michael Haneke, AMOUR
• Quentin Tarantino, DJANGO UNCHAINED
• Don Hertzfeldt, IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY
• Paul Thomas Anderson, THE MASTER
• Ava DuVernay, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Terrence Davies, THE DEEP BLUE SEA
• Tony Kushner, LINCOLN
• Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt, OSLO, AUGUST 31ST
• Stephen Chbosky, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
• David O. Russell, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Best Original Score

• Dan Romer, Ben Zeitlin, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
• Howard Shore, THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• John Williams, LINCOLN
• Jonny Greenwood, THE MASTER
• Jóhann Jóhannsson, THE MINERS' HYMNS

Best Original Song

• "Learn Me Right," BRAVE
• "Song of the Lonely Mountain," THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• "Abraham's Daughter," THE HUNGER GAMES
• "Safe & Sound," THE HUNGER GAMES
• "Skyfall," SKYFALL

Best Cinematography

• ANNA KARENINA
• LINCOLN
• THE MASTER
• ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
• THE TURIN HORSE

Best Art Direction

• ANNA KARENINA
• DJANGO UNCHAINED
• THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• LES MISERABLES
• LINCOLN

Best Costume Design

• ANNA KARENINA
• CLOUD ATLAS
• DJANGO UNCHAINED
• MIRROR MIRROR
• SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN

Best Makeup & Hair

• CLOUD ATLAS
• THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• HOLY MOTORS
• LINCOLN
• LOOPER

Best Film Editing

• ANNA KARENINA
• ARGO
• CLOUD ATLAS
• LOOPER
• ZERO DARK THIRTY

Best Visual Effects

• THE AVENGERS
• THE DARK KNIGHT
• THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• THE IMPOSSIBLE
• LIFE OF PI

Best Sound Mixing

• ANNA KARENINA
• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
• LIFE OF PI
• NEIGHBORING SOUNDS
• ZERO DARK THIRTY

Best Sound Editing

• BRAVE
• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
• THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• THE IMPOSSIBLE
• ZERO DARK THIRTY

Best Animated Feature

• FRANKENWEENIE
• IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY
• PARANORMAN
• THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY
• WRECK-IT RALPH

Best Foreign Language Film

• AMOUR (Austria)
• BARBARA (Germany)
• HOLY MOTORS (France)
• THIS IS NOT A FILM (Iran)
• THE TURIN HORSE (Hungary)

Best Documentary

• THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE
• CRAZY HORSE
• THE IMPOSTER
• THE MINERS' HYMNS
• THIS IS NOT A FILM

Winners will be announced next week. Check out http://frontrowawards.webs.com/ for more.