The Boston Society of Film Critics divvied up their awards fairly evenly with no film earning more than three prizes and splitting Best Picture (The Artist) and Best Director (Martin Scorsese). Melissa McCarthy gets a decent boost with this prize as does Michelle Williams. Albert Brooks may be one of the few winners this season who picks up a steamrolling set of prizes. And if the last five years show us anything, then Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor and Screenplay winners here will earn Oscar nominations and it’s looking good for an Oscar to Albert Brooks based on their history.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

Nomination Tallies

(3) Drive
(2) The Artist / Moneyball

The Nominations

Best Picture

The Artist

Best Animated Film

Rango

Best Director

Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Best Actor

Brad Pitt – Moneyball

Best Actress

Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor

Albert Brooks – Drive

Best Supporting Actress

Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids

Best Screenplay

Moneyball

Best Use of Music

TIE:
The Artist
Drive

Best Film Editing

The Clock

Best Cinematography

The Tree of Life

Best Foreign Film

Incendies

Best Documentary

Project Nim

Best New Filmmaker

Sean Durkin – Martha Marcy May Marlene

Best Ensemble Cast

Carnage

Boston Society of Film Critics Data

Year Founded: 1981
First Awards: 1980 (32)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Picture: 4 (0-1-1-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 1 (0-0-1-0-0) I
Animated Film: 3 (1-1-1-X) W / 3 (1-1-1-X) N / 0 (0-0-0-X) I
Director: 2 (0-1-0-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Actor: 2 (0-0-1-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-2-0-1) N / 1 (0-0-0-1-0) I
Actress: 3 (1-0-0-1-1) W / 4 (1-1-0-1-1) N / 1 (0-0-1-0-0) I
Supporting Actor: 4 (1-1-1-1-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Supporting Actress: 2 (0-1-1-0-0) W / 3 (0-1-1-1-0) N / 2 (1-0-0-0-1) I
Original/Adapted Screenplay: 3 (1-0-1-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Original Score: 1 (1-0-X) W / 1 (1-0-X) N / 1 (0-1-X) I
Film Editing: 2 (0-1-1-X) W / 2 (0-1-1-X) N / 1 (1-0-0-X) I
Cinematography: 1 (0-0-0-0-1) W / 3 (0-1-0-1-1) N / 2 (1-0-1-0-0) I
Foreign Film: 1 (0-0-0-1-0) W / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) N / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) I
Documentary: 3 (0-1-1-1-0) W / 3 (0-1-1-0-1) N / 3 (1-0-0-1-1) I