Nearly matching the awards given out by the New York Film Critics Circle, Boston differs on the big awards to Emmanuelle Riva for Best Actress and Ezra Miller for Best Supporting Actor. Nothing new comes out of these awards.

Award Tallies

(3) Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty
(2) Amour, How to Survive a Plague

The Awards

Best Picture

Zero Dark Thirty (RU: TIE Amour, Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Animated Film

Frankenweenie (RU: ParaNorman)

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty (RU: Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master)

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln (RU: Denis Lavant – Holy Motors)

Best Actress

Emmanuelle Riva – Amour (RU: Deanie Yip – A Simple Life)

Best Supporting Actor

Ezra Miller – The Perks of Being a Wallflower (RU: Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Field – Lincoln (RU: Emma Watson – Perks of Being a Wallflower)

Best Screenplay

Lincoln (RU: Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Use of Music

Moonrise Kingdom (RU: Django Unchained)

Best Film Editing

Zero Dark Thirty (RU: Argo)

Best Cinematography

The Master (RU: TIE: Life of Pi, Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Foreign Film

Amour (RU: Holy Motors)

Best Documentary

How to Survive a Plague (RU: Queen of Versailles)

Best New Filmmaker

David France – How to Survive a Plague (RU: Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Ensemble Cast

Seven Psychopaths (RU: Moonrise Kingdom)

Boston Society of Film Critics Data

Year Founded: 1981
First Awards: 1980 (33)