Tre av magasinets mest innflytelsesrike kritikere The New York Times har analysert de åtte kategoriene av oscar, og gjorde kjent hva deres stemmer ville være for nominasjonene.
AO Scott, Manohla Dargis og Stephen Holden lister opp sine fem beste favoritter i kategorien beste film, beste regissør, de fire skuespillerkategoriene og de to manusforfatterkategoriene.
Beste film
AO Scott
Lincoln
Dyrene i den sørlige villmarken
Django Unchained
Null Mørk Tretti
manohla dargis
The Master
Silver Linings Playbook
Moonrise Kingdom
Null Mørk Tretti
stephen holden
Lincoln
Dyrene i den sørlige villmarken
Argo
Beste regissør
AO Scott
Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty"
Michael Haneke for "Amour"
Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln"
Quentin Tarantino for "Django Unchained"
Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
manohla dargis
Michael Haneke for "Amour"
Paul Thomas Anderson for "Mesteren"
Wes Anderson for "Moonrise Kingdom"
David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook"
stephen holden
Michael Haneke for "Amour"
Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln"
Ben Affleck for "Argo"
Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
beste skuespiller
AO Scott
Liam Neeson for "The Grey"
Joaquin Phoenix for "Mesteren"
Jean-Louis Trintignant for "Amour"
Denzel Washington for "Flight"
manohla dargis
Denis Lavant for "Holy Motors"
Joaquin Phoenix for "Mesteren"
Jean-Louis Trintignant for "Amour"
Denzel Washington for "Flight"
stephen holden
John Hakes for "The Sessions"
Joaquin Phoenix for "Mesteren"
Jean-Louis Trintignant for "Amour"
Denzel Washington for "Flight"
Beste skuespillerinne
AO Scott
Jessica Chastain for "Zero Dark Thirty"
Nina Hoss for «Barbara»
Emmanuelle Riva for «Amour»
Rachel Weisz for "The Deep Blue Sea"
manohla dargis
Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook"
Nina Hoss for «Barbara»
Emmanuelle Riva for «Amour»
Rachel Weisz for "The Deep Blue Sea"
Jennifer Lawrence av · »Silver Linings Playbook»
Charlotte Rampling for "The Eye of the Storm"
Emmanuelle Riva for «Amour»
Quvenzhané Wallis for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Beste mannlige birolle
AO Scott
Tommy Lee Jones for "Lincoln"
Robert De Niro for "Silver Linings Playbook"
Leonardo DiCaprio for "Django Unchained"
Jude Law for "Anna Karenina"
manohla dargis
Tommy Lee Jones for "Lincoln"
Shlomo Bar Aba av «Fotnote»
Hugh Grant for «The Pirates! Band of Misfits »
Matthias Schoenaerts for "Rust and Bone"
stephen holden
Tommy Lee Jones for "Lincoln"
Alan Arkin for "Argo"
Ezra Miller for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Alessandro Nivola for "Ginger and Rosa"
Beste kvinnelige birolle
AO Scott
Rosemarie DeWitt for "Din søsters søster"
Sally Field for "Lincoln"
Frances McDormand for "Promised Land"
Charlize Theron for "Snow White and the Huntsman"
manohla dargis
Anne Hathaway for "The Dark Knight Rises"
Kara Hayward for "Moonrise Kingdom"
Lorraine Toussaint for "Middle of Nowhere"
Jacki Weaver for "Silver Linings Playbook"
stephen holden
Rosemarie DeWitt for "Din søsters søster"
Sally Field for "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway for "Les Misérables"
Helen Hunt for "The Sessions"
Beste originale manus
AO Scott
"Love"
"Mesteren"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Django Unchained"
manohla dargis
"Love"
"Mesteren"
Fotnote
stephen holden
"Love"
"Sikkerhet ikke garantert"
"Ruby Sparks"
"Din søsters søster"
Beste tilpassede manus
AO Scott
"Lincoln"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Rust og bein"
"Anna Karenina"
manohla dargis
"Bernie"
"Det dypblå havet"
«Piratene! Band of Misfits »
"Oslo, 31. august"
stephen holden
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Lincoln"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"På veien"
"Argo"
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