'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'The Master' Dominate Chicago Film Critics Awards

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 7, 2013 8:45PM

Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty (Photo credit: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.)

Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow’s thriller about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, and Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master dominated the recent Chicago Film Critics Awards.

Zero Dark Thirty was named Best Picture and Bigelow earned Best Director honors. Jessica Chastain earned Best Actress for her role as the CIA operative who tracks Bin Laden down, Mark Boal for Best Original Screenplay and William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor won best Editing.

The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic inspired by the life of L. Ron Hubbard, earned a Best Supporting Actor award for Phillip Seymour Hoffman, a Best Actress nod for Amy Adams and Best Original Score for Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood.