Taking more than just a place to hole up against the weather, Take Shelter takes a surprising lead in the Detroit critics nominations. The Artist and The Help had strong tallies as well while The Descendants is proving to be the best film of the year whose director isn’t thought of as such.

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

(6) Take Shelter
(5) The Artist
(4) The Help
(3) The Descendants / The Tree of Life

The Nominations

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
Hugo
Take Shelter
The Tree of Life

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Actor

George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter

Best Actress

Viola Davis – The Help
Felicity Jones – Like Crazy
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks – Drive
Ryan Gosling – Crazy Stupid Love
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
Christopher Plummer – Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
Carey Mulligan – Shame
Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus
Octavia Spencer – The Help

Best Screenplay

50/50
The Artist
Beginners
Moneyball
Take Shelter

Best Documentary

Into Eternity
Into the Abyss
Marwencol
Tabloid
We Were Here

Best Ensemble

Carnage
Cedar Rapids
Crazy Stupid Love
The Help
Margin Call
Win Win

Best Breakthrough Performance

Jessica Chastain – The Help / Take Shelter / The Tree of Life
Felicity Jones – Like Crazy
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

Detroit Film Critics Society Data

Year Founded: Spring 2007
First Awards: 2007 (5)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

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

Picture: 14 (5-4-2-3) N / 6 (0-1-3-2) I
Director: 12 (3-3-2-4) N / 10 (3-2-3-2) I
Actor: 11 (4-2-3-2) N / 9 (1-3-2-3) I
Actress: 14 (4-3-3-4) N / 6 (1-2-2-1) I
Supporting Actor: 14 (4-3-3-4) N / 7 (2-2-2-1) I
Supporting Actress: 13 (4-3-3-3) N / 7 (1-2-2-2) I