The 2012 Frettsies: And the Winners Are…

Now that I’ve completed my list of the year’s best movies, it’s time to move on to 2012’s top directors and performers. You can click on the highlighted links for reviews of the movies and interviews with the winners. So without further adieu, I present the 2nd annual Frettsies!

BEST DIRECTOR

Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Robert Zemeckis, Flight

Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Ben Affleck, Argo 

BEST ACTRESS

Naomi Watts, The Impossible 

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty 

Melissa Leo, Francine 

Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere 

Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild 

BEST ACTOR

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

John Hawkes, The Sessions 

Denzel Washington, Flight

Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson 

Jack Black, Bernie

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Matthew McConaughey, Bernie, Killer Joe, Magic Mike and The Paperboy 

John Goodman, Argo and Flight

Alan Arkin, Argo, Thin Ice and Stand-Up Guys 

Jason Clarke, Lawless and Zero Dark Thirty 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Laura Linney, Hyde Park on Hudson 

Kelly Reilly, Flight

Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere 

Charlize Theron, Snow White and the Hunstman and Prometheus

Who are your picks for the year’s best directors and actors? Post a comment!