Chicago Film Critics Nominations

Best Picture

Into the Wild
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Once
There Will Be Blood

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
David Fincher, Zodiac
Jason Reitman, Juno

Best Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Best Actress
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchet, I'm Not There
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Margot at the Wedding
Leslie Mann, Knocked Up
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Adapted Screenplay
Atonement
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac

Best Original Screenplay
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Juno
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

Best Cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Score
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
Lust, Caution
Once
There Will Be Blood

Best Animated Feature
Beowulf
Meet the Robinsons
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Best Foreign Film
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage

Best Documentary
Darfur Now
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Lake of Fire
No End in Sight
Sicko

Promising Director
Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone
John Carney, Once
Craig Gillespie, Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Sarah Polley, Away from Her

Promising Performer
Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
Michael Cera, Juno/Superbad
Glen Hansard, Once
Carice van Houten, Black Book
Tang Wei, Lust, Caution

Things I'm Happy About:
- The huge support for Once, one of the best films of the year.
- Some Eastern Promises recognition for Viggo. Now only if Cronenberg could get some deserved recognition for his inspired direction...
- The whole Best Actress lineup. From Cotillard to Page, it was all there. The only problem is the lack of Amy Adams...where did her buzz go? Come back, buzz!
- Michael Cera's nomination. Before Juno, I was planning on putting him in my end of the year nominations with Superbad. Now he's in for both in my book. Plus, he was one of the best parts of Arrested Development. It's great to see him honored.
-The continuing support of Lars and the Real Girl. Could Gosling be reentering the race?
-Leslie Mann's nomination for Knocked Up.

Things I'm Not So Happy About:
- I'm quite pleased with these.

No Country for Old Men will win this? Probably. Michael Clayton leads in nominations (7) so it may give it a run for its money.