The 2013 Oscar nominations are officially public. We talk with film critics Ray Pride of New City and Brian Tallerico of Hollywood Chicago about the crowded field of contenders for Hollywood’s top prize on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm.

2013 Academy Award Nominees

Best Picture Nominees

• Zero Dark Thirty
• Lincoln
• Amour
• Django Unchained
• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Les Miserables
• Life of Pi
• Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor Nominees

• Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
• Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables)
• Denzel Washington (Flight)
• Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
• Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Actress Nominees

• Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
• Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
• Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
• Emmanuelle Riva  (Amour)

Best Supporting Actor Nominees

• Alan Arkin (Argo)
• Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
• Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
• Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress Nominees

• Amy Adams (The Master)
• Sally Field (Lincoln)
• Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
• Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
• Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Director Nominees

• Michael Haneke (Amour)
• Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
• Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
• Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
• David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Documentary Feature Nominees

• 5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
• The Gatekeepers - Nominees to be determined
• How to Survive a Plague - Nominees to be determined
• The Invisible War - Nominees to be determined
• Searching for Sugar Man - Nominees to be determined

View a full list of ALL the nominees here.