Los Angeles Film Critics Association Names 'Amour' Best Film of 2012

Has a challenger to Zero Dark Thirty stepped forward? After The Master took Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, it looked like Paul Thomas Anderson's film would also go home with Best Picture. In an upset, Amour was named Best Picture. While this is a surprise, it shouldn't be a huge surprise. Amour, France's offering and the favorite for the Best Foreign Film Oscar, broke into the OscarIndex's top ten last week.

BEST PICTURE: Amour
BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)
BEST ACTOR: Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
BEST ACTRESS (TIE): Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams (The Master)
BEST SCREENPLAY: Chris Terrio (Argo)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins (Skyfall)
BEST DOCUMENTARY: The Gatekeepers
BEST ANIMATED FILM: Frankenweenie