So, they love a great deal of Beasts of the Southern Wild, but it’s not good enough to nominate for Best Film. They nominated Lincoln in several categories, but Steven Spielberg is too cool for school. Apart from these conundrums, it was clear they went over big for Django Unchained, a film that few other groups seem to have embraced. They will announce their winners on the 17th.

Nomination Tallies

(8) Django Unchained
(6) Beasts of the Southern Wild, Moonrise Kingdom
(5) Argo, Life of Pi, Lincoln
(4) The Master, Zero Dark Thirty
(3) Cloud Atlas, The Sessions, Silver Linings Playbook

The Nominations

Best Film

Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Animated Film

Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Director

Ben Affleck – Argo
Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Jamie Foxx – Django Unchained
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
Aubrey Plaza – Safety Not Guaranteed
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin – Argo
John Goodman – Argo
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
William H. Macy – The Sessions
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
Bruce Willis – Moonrise Kingdom

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – The Master
Ann Dowd – Compliance
Sally Field – Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Emma Watson – The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Original Screenplay

The Cabin in the Woods
Django Unchained
Moonrise Kingdom
Seven Psychopaths
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Adapted Screenplay

Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Music

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
Moonrise Kingdom
Not Fade Away

Best Cinematography

Beasts of the Southern Wild
Cloud Atlas
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
The Master
Skyfall

Best Visual Effects

The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
Life of Pi
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Foreign-Language Film

The Fairy
Headhunters
Holy Motors
The Intouchables
The Kid With a Bike

Best Documentary

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Bully
How to Survive a Plague
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Searching for Sugar Man

Best Comedy

The Cabin in the Woods
Moonrise Kingdom
Seven Psychopaths
Ted
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Art-House or Festival Film

Bernie
Compliance
The Fairy
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sleepwalk with Me
Take This Waltz

Best Scene

Beasts of the Southern Wild – The hurricane (and Wink shooting at it)
Django Unchained – The “bag head” bag/mask problems scene
Flight – The plane crash
Hitchcock – Anthony Hopkins in lobby conducting to music/audience’s reaction during “Psycho” shower scene
The Impossible – Opening tsunami scene
The Master – The first “processing” questioning scene between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix

St. Louis Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 2004
First Awards: 2006 (7)