If Don’s last post about the Gotham Awards didn’t tip you off, it’s awards season! The Independent Spirit Awards announced their nominees for their 25th Annual Awards just this morning, and there are some real Gordon and the Whale-approved noms on the list.

James’ favorite movie of the year, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER picked up nominations for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Male Lead. All-around lovely human being, writer and director Kyle Patrick Alvarez, was nominated for Best First Feature and the Acura Someone to Watch Award for EASIER WITH PRACTICE.

There are, of course, a lot of nominations for critical hits like PRECIOUS, SIN NOMBRE, and CRAZY HEART. COLD SOULS and A SINGLE MAN both pulled out three nominations. Some surprises? Mia Wasikowska, our next ALICE IN WONDERLAND, got a nod for her work as Best Supporting Female in THAT EVENING SUN. Jemaine Clement got his own Supporting nomination for GENTLEMEN BRONCOS. Snubs? I’m sad to see that Brian Geraghty didn’t get a nod for his excellent work in EASIER WITH PRACTICE, and as Movieline pointed out, A SERIOUS MAN’s Michael Stuhlbarg was shut out of an acting nomination.

Check out the full list of nominees after the jump!

BEST FEATURE
“(500) Days Of Summer”
“Amreeka”
“Precious”
“Sin Nombre”
“The Last Station”

BEST DIRECTOR
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, “A Serious Man”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Sin Nombre”
James Gray, “Two Lovers”
Michael Hoffman, “The Last Station”

BEST SCREENPLAY
Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman, “The Messenger”
Michael Hoffman, “The Last Station”
Lee Toland Krieger, “The Vicious Kind”
Greg Mottola, “Adventureland”
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, “(500) Days Of Summer”

BEST FIRST FEATURE
“A Single Man”
“Crazy Heart”
“Easier With Practice”
“Paranormal Activity”
“The Messenger”

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Sophie Barthes, “Cold Souls”
Scott Cooper, “Crazy Heart”
Cherien Dabis, “Amreeka”
Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious”
Tom Ford, David Scearce, “A Single Man”

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
“Big Fan”
“Humpday”
“The New Year Parade”
“Treeless Mountain”
“Zero Bridge”

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Maria Bello, “Downloading Nancy”
Nisreen Faour, “Amreeka”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Gwyneth Paltrow, “Two Lovers”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”

BEST MALE LEAD
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “(500) Days Of Summer”
Souléymane Sy Savané, “Goodbye Solo”
Adam Scott, “The Vicious Kind”

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Dina Korzun, “Cold Souls”
Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Samantha Morton, “The Messenger”
Natalie Press, “Fifty Dead Men Walking”
Mia Wasikowska, “That Evening Sun”

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Jemaine Clement, “Gentlemen Broncos”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christian McKay, “Me and Orson Welles”
Raymond McKinnon, “That Evening Sun”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, “A Serious Man”
Adriano Goldman, “Sin Nombre”
Anne Misawa, “Treeless Mountain”
Andrij Parekh, “Cold Souls”
Peter Zeitlinger, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”

BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Anvil! The Story of Anvil”
“Food, Inc.”
“More Than A Game”
“October Country”
“Which Way Home”

BEST FOREIGN FILM
“A Prophet”
“An Education”
“Everlasting Moments”
“Mother”
“The Maid”

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Kyle Patrick Alvarez, “Easier With Practice”
Asiel Norton, “Redland”
Tariq Tapa, “Zero Bridge”

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Natalia Almada, “El General”
Jessica Oreck, “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo”
Bill Ross, Turner Ross, “45365”

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Karin Chien, “The Exploding Girl, Santa Mesa”
Larry Fessenden, “I Sell the Dead, The House of the Devil”
Dia Sokol, “Beeswax, Nights & Weekends”

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
“A Serious Man”

The 25th Annual Independent Spirit Awards will be given out on Friday, March 5.

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