With the Oscars just around the corner and most other awards groups having already weighed in, I guess that means it's time for the annual-'cause-I-do-it-every-year JLT/JLT ballot. Picks listed in roughly descending order.
FILM
Lincoln
Beyond the Hills
The Deep Blue Sea
Barbara
Zero Dark Thirty
DIRECTOR
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Cristian Mungiu - Beyond the Hills
Terence Davies - The Deep Blue Sea
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Julia Loktev - The Loneliest Planet
ACTRESS
Rachel Weisz - The Deep Blue Sea
Nina Hoss - Barbara
Cosmina Stratan - Beyond the Hills
Cristina Flutur - Beyond the Hills
Anne Marsen - Girl Walk//All Day
ACTOR
Denis Lavant - Holy Motors
Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
Jack Black - Bernie
Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt
Min-sik Choi - Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matthew McConaughey - Magic Mike; Killer Joe; Bernie
Jason Clarke - Zero Dark Thirty
Simon Russell Beale - The Deep Blue Sea
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Fran Kranz - The Cabin in the Woods
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alison Brie - The Five-Year Engagement
Elizabeth Banks - The Hunger Games
Sally Field - Lincoln
Shirley MacLaine - Bernie
Karen Mok - East Meets West
SCREENPLAY
Tony Kushner - Lincoln
Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon - The Cabin in the Woods
Terence Davies - The Deep Blue Sea
Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
James Lee - If It's Not Now, Then When?
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Janusz Kaminski - Lincoln
Katsumi Yanagijima - Like Someone in Love
Oleg Mutu - Beyond the Hills
Sidi Saleh - Postcards from the Zoo
Hans Fromm - Barbara
