Steve McQueen is having a good day today with two Best Picture prizes (Online Film Critics Society and St. Louis Critics) and the most standard nominations from the Broadcast Critics. The narrative was drawn early, which may account for the “granddaddy” critic groups all trying to go different directions, but 12 Years a Slave is proving a dominant force elsewhere. None of the winners here are particularly surprising as they are all repeat winners.

Award Tallies

(6) 12 Years a Slave
(2) Gravity, Her

The Awards

Best Film

12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: American Hustle)

Best Animated Film

Frozen (Runner-Up: The Wind Rises)

Best Director

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity)

Best Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine (Runner-Up: Meryl Streep – August: Osage County)

Best Supporting Actor

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club (Runner-Up: Will Forte – Nebraska

Best Supporting Actress

Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: June Squibb – Nebraska)

Best Original Screenplay

Her (Runner-Up: American Hustle)

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave (Runner-Up: Philomena)

Best Music

Her (Runner-Up: TIE: Gravity, Nebraska)

Best Cinematography

TIE:
12 Years a Slave
Gravity

Best Art Direction

The Great Gatsby (Runner-Up: Her)

Best Visual Effects

Gravity (Runner-Up: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

Best Foreign-Language Film

Blue Is the Warmest Color (Runner-Up: Wadjda)

Best Documentary

Blackfish (Runner-Up: TIE: The Act of Killing, Stories We Tell)

Best Comedy

TIE:
Enough Said
The World’s End

Best Art House or Festival Film

Short Term 12 (Runner-Up: TIE: Blue Is the Warmest Color, Frances Ha)

Best Scene

12 Years a Slave – The hanging scene (Runner-Up: Gravity – The opening tracking shot)

Best Soundtrack

Inside Llewyn Davis (Runner-Up: Frozen)

St. Louis Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 2004
First Awards: 2006 (8)