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Boston Film Critics: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Best Pic & Director, ‘Lincoln’ Actor & Screenplay

Sony Pictures’ Zero Dark Thirty was named best picture in voting today by the Boston Society of Film Critics. Katheryn Bigelow took the best director trophy for Zero Dark Thirty, which was also honored its editing by William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor. Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln also took three prizes — Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor, Sally Field for Best Supporting Actress and Tony Kushner for best screenplay. Bigelow’s look at the years-long effort to capture Osama Bin Laden has also won best picture and directing kudos from the New York Circle of Film Critics and the National Board of Review.

List of Boston film critics honorees:

Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
Runners-up: Runner-up: Amour and Moonrise Kingdom

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Runner-up: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors

Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Runner-up: Deanie Yip, A Simple Life

Best Supporting Actor: Ezra Miller, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Runner-up: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, Lincoln
Runner-up: Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Director: Katheryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master

Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner, Lincoln
Runner-up: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom

Best Cinematography: The Master, Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Runner-up: (TIE) Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom; Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi

Best Documentary: How To Survive A Plague
Runner-up: The Queen Of Versailles

Best Animated Film – Frankenweenie
Runner-up: ParaNorman

Best Film Editing: Zero Dark Thirty, William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor (in honor of Karen Shmeer)
Runner-up: Argo, William Goldenberg

Best New Filmmaker: David France, How To Survive A Plague
Runner-up: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Ensemble Cast: Seven Psychopaths
Runner-up: Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Use of Music in a Film: Moonrise Kingdom, Alexandre Desplat, Mark Mothersbaugh
Runner-up: Django Unchained, music editor Robb Boyd, music supervisor Mary Ramos