Get ready for more Bill Murray love! The Man has been nominated by the Independent Spirit Awards in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in Get Low, which I haven’t seen yet (limited release, yo) but will certainly do so as soon as the film hits DVD. However, comrade Brian Prisco described Murray’s performance as follows:

Bill Murray’s a terrific actor. I know it seems like we say this on a daily basis in praise of him, but in all honesty, rarely does he turn in a weak performance. Like Kevin Kline, Kevin Spacey, and Walter Matthau, he excels at playing the lovable shit. He’s in that rare cadre of actors who takes asshole and turns it into an art form. His pricks are poetic; his bastards sublime. Watching him play Frank Quinn, this total lizard of a man, makes you realize just why we love him. He’s a Shakespearean fool, comic relief without going for punch lines or catch phrases. He has the levity because it’s in his spirit, so you don’t have to watch him joust with Duvall, but dancing with him, makes the movie worthwhile.

Incidentally, the The Last Exorcism also scored a couple of nominations — one for Best Supporting Actress (Ashley Bell) and another for Best First Feature (director Daniel Stamm) — and if you didn’t catch that movie in the theater, it’s well worth a DVD run when the time comes. Interestingly enough, my review managed to simultaneously praise the movie itself and also irritate the living hell out of producer Eli Roth. Good times, mates.