The Edge of the Frame

The BFCA is a collection of around 250 film critics from the TV, radio and online outlets. Their awards and nominations are usually quite closely linked with the Academy, something they actually pride themselves on as though they’re predicting the Oscars rather than awarding their favorite choices. However, that being said, the nominations and wins usually create an accurate template for how the Academy Award nominations roughly might look like.

In that respect, it appears that “Black Swan” (which led the noms with 12!!!), “The King’s Speech” and “True Grit” (each with 11 noms) aren’t going away anytime soon. Some might think that “The Social Network” came up short of these with only 8 nominations, but it is still the frontrunner for the win. It only cannot compete in the technical categories like Art Direction and Costume Design, among others. Riding its current wave, it would be one of the biggest upsets in history to not see David Fincher’s work go home with the grand prize, here.

Otherwise, there are virtually no surprises here. Lesley Manville was unfortunately snubbed for a Best Actress nomination. In fact, “Another Year,” which hasn’t been seen in the states much, yet, was left completely out aside from an Original Screenplay nod. Also, “The Town” managed a Best Picture nomination. It has officially positioned itself as the possible pedestrian nomination for Best Picture, an unfortunate side effect of having ten nominees. Surprisingly, it took the slot of “The Kids Are All Right,” a big heavyweight going into January.

Another big surprise was….wait….no, I’m afraid there are no surprises here. Read up, and I’ll try to report something with a little more edge hopefully. The New York Film Critics Circle announces sometime in the next 6 hours.

Full List of Nominations:

BEST PICTURE
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“The Town”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky – “Black Swan”
Christopher Nolan – “Inception”
Tom Hooper – “The King’s Speech”
Danny Boyle – “127 Hours”
David Fincher – “The Social Network”
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – “True Grit”

BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges – “True Grit”
Robert Duvall – “Get Low”
Jesse Eisenberg – “The Social Network”
Colin Firth – “The King’s Speech”
James Franco – “127 Hours”
Ryan Gosling – “Blue Valentine”

BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening – “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman – “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone”
Natalie Portman – “Black Swan”
Noomi Rapace – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Michelle Williams – “Blue Valentine”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale – “The Fighter”
Andrew Garfield – “The Social Network”
Jeremy Renner – “The Town”
Sam Rockwell – “Conviction”
Mark Ruffalo – “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush – “The King’s Speech”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter – “The King’s Speech”
Mila Kunis – “Black Swan”
Melissa Leo – “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver – “Animal Kingdom”

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – “Somewhere”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone”
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Let Me In”
Chloe Grace Moretz – “Kick-Ass”
Kodi Smit-McPhee – “Let Me In”
Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit”

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
“The Fighter”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”
“The Town”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Another Year”
“Black Swan”
“The Fighter”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King’s Speech”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“The Town”
“Toy Story 3″
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”

BEST ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“True Grit”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“127 Hours”
“True Grit”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Black Swan”
“The King’s Speech”
“True Grit”

BEST EDITING
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”

BEST MAKE-UP
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Black Swan”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I”
“True Grit”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” – “Burlesque”
“If I Rise” – “127 Hours”
“I See the Light” – “Tangled”
“We Belong Together” – “Toy Story 3″
“Sine” – “Waiting for Superman”

BEST SOUND
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3″

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Alice in Wonderland”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I”
“Inception”
“TRON Legacy”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Despicable Me”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Tangled”
“Toy Story 3″

BEST ACTION FILM
“Inception”
“Kick-Ass”
“Red”
“The Town”
“Unstoppable”

BEST COMEDY FILM
“Cyrus”
“Date Night”
“Easy A”
“Get Him to the Greek”
“I Love You Phillip Morris”
“The Other Guys”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Biutiful”
“I Am Love”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Exit Through the Gift Shop”
“Inside Job”
“Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work”
“Restrepo”
“The Tillman Story”
“Waiting for Superman”

BEST FILM MADE FOR TELEVISION
“The Pacific”
“Temple Grandin”
“You Don’t Know Jack”