North Carolina Film Critics Association Award Nominees

This is the second year of the North Carolina Film Critics Association, and I think we all pretty missed the first year, which is particularly embarrassing because I live in North Carolina. I guess if I did some more reviews, I could join? Oh well, I would rather focus on awards blogging, and not on continually publishing reviews. Either way, this years nominees (which are pretty impressive) are below for the 2nd annual kudos, and the winners will be announced on Jan. 12:

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
12 YEARS A SLAVE
AMERICAN HUSTLE
GRAVITY
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
THE ACT OF KILLING
BLACKFISH
MUSCLE SHOALS
STORIES WE TELL

BEST ANIMATED FILM
THE CROODS
DESPICABLE ME 2
FROZEN
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
THE WIND RISES

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A HIJACKING
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
THE GREAT BEAUTY
THE HUNT
THE PAST

BEST DIRECTOR
ALFONSO CUARON (GRAVITY)
STEVE MCQUEEN (12 YEARS A SLAVE)
ALEXANDER PAYNE (NEBRASKA)
DAVID O. RUSSELL (AMERICAN HUSTLE)
MARTIN SCORSESE (THE WOLF OF WALL STREET)

BEST ACTOR
BRUCE DERN (NEBRASKA)
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR (12 YEARS A SLAVE)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO (THE WOLF OF WALL STREET)
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB)
ROBERT REDFORD (ALL IS LOST)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BARKHAD ABDI (CAPTAIN PHILLIPS)
MICHAEL FASSBENDER (12 YEARS A SLAVE)
JOHN GOODMAN (INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS)
JONAH HILL (THE WOLF OF WALL STREET)
JARED LETO (DALLAS BUYERS CLUB)

BEST ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS (AMERICAN HUSTLE)
CATE BLANCHETT (BLUE JASMINE)
SANDRA BULLOCK (GRAVITY)
ADELE EXARCHOPOULOS (BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR)
EMMA THOMPSON (SAVING MR. BANKS)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
SCARLETT JOHANSSON (HER)
LUPITA NYONG’O (12 YEARS A SLAVE)
SARAH PAULSON (12 YEARS A SLAVE)
JULIA ROBERTS (OSAGE: AUGUST COUNTY)
JUNE SQUIBB (NEBRASKA)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
JOEL COEN AND ETHAN COEN (INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS)
SPIKE JONZE (HER)
BOB NELSON (NEBRASKA)
JEFF NICHOLS (MUD)
ERIC SINGER AND DAVID O. RUSSELL (AMERICAN HUSTLE)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
RICHARD LINKLATER, JULIE DELPY AND ETHAN HAWKE (BEFORE MIDNIGHT)
SCOTT NEUSTADTER AND MICHAEL H. WEBER (THE SPECTACULAR NOW)
FRANCOIS OZON (IN THE HOUSE)
JOHN RIDLEY (12 YEARS A SLAVE)
TERENCE WINTER (THE WOLF OF WALL STREET)

TAR HEEL AWARD
ALL IS BRIGHT
THE CONJURING
IRON MAN 3
JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA
THE WAY WAY BACK