# 2014-2015 Awards Season **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802 "2014-11-28T03:03:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/1 "2014-11-28T03:03:47Z")
This can be a catch-all thread if anyone’s interested. The first major nominations came out, for the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards. It doesn’t always parallel other awards, like the Golden Globes or the Oscars, but sometimes it does. Last year 12 Years A Slave won at both the Spirits and the Oscars. Precursors might help if you’re the go-to person for your Oscar pool. If you just want to bitch about Hollywood, Awards shows, Movies you never heard of or whatever else people who aren’t into movies bitch about this time of year, go start your own thread and don’t threadshit in this one. Please. \*\*[2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards](http://www.imdb.com/awards-central/awards/independent-spirit-awards?ref_=rto_nb_spr) \*\* (link goes to IMDB page with links to all the movies and players) **Best Feature** Nominees: Birdman (2014) Boyhood (2014/I) Love Is Strange (2014) Selma (2014) Whiplash (2014) **Best Director** Nominees: Damien Chazelle for Whiplash (2014) Ava DuVernay for Selma (2014) Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman (2014) Richard Linklater for Boyhood (2014/I) David Zellner for Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) **Best First Feature** Nominees: Dear White People (2014): Justin Simien, Effie Brown, Ann Le, Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Lena Waithe A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014): Ana Lily Amirpour, Justin Begnaud, Sina Sayyah Nightcrawler (2014): Dan Gilroy, Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak Obvious Child (2014): Gillian Robespierre, Elisabeth Holm She’s Lost Control (2014): Anja Marquardt, Mollye Asher, Kiara Jones **Best Female Lead** Nominees: Marion Cotillard for The Immigrant (2013) Rinko Kikuchi for Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) Julianne Moore for Still Alice (2014) (she will win here and at the Oscars) Jenny Slate for Obvious Child (2014) Tilda Swinton for Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) **Best Male Lead** Nominees: André Benjamin for Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013) Jake Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler (2014) Michael Keaton for Birdman (2014) John Lithgow for Love Is Strange (2014) David Oyelowo for Selma (2014) **Best Supporting Female** Nominees: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (2014/I) Jessica Chastain for A Most Violent Year (2014) Carmen Ejogo for Selma (2014) Emma Stone for Birdman (2014) Andrea Suarez Paz for Stand Clear of the Closing Doors (2013) **Best Supporting Male** Nominees: Riz Ahmed for Nightcrawler (2014) Ethan Hawke for Boyhood (2014/I) Alfred Molina for Love Is Strange (2014) Edward Norton for Birdman (2014) J.K. Simmons for Whiplash (2014) **Best Screenplay** Nominees: Big Eyes (2014): Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski Love Is Strange (2014): Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias A Most Violent Year (2014): J.C. Chandor Nightcrawler (2014): Dan Gilroy Only Lovers Left Alive (2013): Jim Jarmusch **Best First Screenplay** Nominees: Appropriate Behavior (2014): Desiree Akhavan Dear White People (2014): Justin Simien Little Accidents (2014): Sara Colangelo She’s Lost Control (2014): Anja Marquardt The One I Love (2014): Justin Lader **Best Cinematography** Nominees: Birdman (2014): Emmanuel Lubezki A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014): Lyle Vincent It Felt Like Love (2013): Sean Porter Selma (2014): Bradford Young The Immigrant (2013): Darius Khondji **Best International Film** Nominees: Ida (2013): Pawel Pawlikowski Leviathan (2014): Andrey Zvyagintsev Mommy (2014/I): Xavier Dolan Norte, the End of History (2013): Lav Diaz Force Majeure (2014): Ruben Östlund Under the Skin (2013/I): Jonathan Glazer **Best Documentary** Nominees: 20,000 Days on Earth (2014): Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard, Dan Bowen, James Wilson Citizenfour (2014): Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky Stray Dog (2014): Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini The Salt of the Earth (2014): Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders, David Rosier Virunga (2014): Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara **John Cassavetes Award** Nominees: Blue Ruin (2013): Jeremy Saulnier, Richard Peete, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani It Felt Like Love (2013): Eliza Hittman, Shrihari Sathe, Laura Wagner Land Ho! (2014): Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens, Christina Jennings, Mynette Louie, Sara Murphy Man from Reno (2014): Dave Boyle, Joel Clark, Michael Lerman, Ko Mori Test (2013/I): Chris Mason Johnson, Chris Martin **Truer Than Fiction Award** Nominees: Approaching the Elephant (2014): Amanda Wilder Evolution of a Criminal (2014): Darius Clark Monroe The Kill Team (2013): Dan Krauss The Last Season (2014): Sara Dosa **Someone to Watch Award** Nominees: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014): Ana Lily Amirpour H. (2014/I): Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia The Retrieval (2013): Chris Eska **Producers Award** Nominees: Chad Burris Elisabeth Holm Chris Ohlson **Robert Altman Award** WINNER Inherent Vice (2014): Paul Thomas Anderson, Cassandra Kulukundis, Josh Brolin, Martin Donovan, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Serena Scott Thomas, Benicio Del Toro, Katherine Waterston, Michael Kenneth Williams, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon **Best Editing** Nominees: Boyhood (2014/I): Sandra Adair Whiplash (2014): Tom Cross Nightcrawler (2014): John Gilroy A Most Violent Year (2014): Ron Patane The Guest (2014/I): Adam Wingard **Special Distinction Award** WINNER # Foxcatcher (2014): Bennett Miller, Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman, Anthony Bregman, Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik The movies nominated don’t have to be primarily independent. They do have to be primarily American. A lot of movies were not eligible because their budgets were too high. I think the cutoff is $20 million. Even so, they gave **Inherent Vice** and **Foxcatcher** special awards to say, “We really really REALLY wish we could have given these films all kinds of nominations, but we can’t, sorry.” Out of the 46 nominated films, I’ve only seen 14, but most haven’t opened here yet. I’ve seen: Birdman Blue Ruin Boyhood Dear White People Force Majeure Foxcatcher Ida The Immigrant Land Ho! Nightcrawler Obvious Child Only Lovers Left Alive Under The Skin Whiplash I’ll see Love Is Strange on Thursday. I’m thrilled to see Only Lovers Left Alive and Under The Skin get some recognition. They’re still my two favorite movies of the year so far, and they came out in the spring. I think 4 of the 5 Best Feature nominees will also be nominated for Oscars. I don’t think Love Is Strange will make it. I think I’m most happy for André Benjamin, a surprise nomination for Jimi: All Is by My Side, even though I didn’t see it. I wanted to see it but I missed it because it opened and closed in about 10 minutes. Now maybe it will come back for a spell. I just really like him. ---
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These don’t have much to do with anything, but I still saw and liked many of the nominations, and where else am I going to put a link? I’m very happy to see Calvary, Pride and Belle represented _somewhere_ this awards season. [2014 British Indie Film Award nominations.](http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/71-pride-the-imitation-game-nab-2014-british-indie-film-award-nominations) ---
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I was hoping The Grand Budapest Hotel would be nominated for any award. ---
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It wasn’t eligible for either that I posted. It was too expensive for the Spirits. I’m guessing that it will get some Golden Globe nominations since they have separate categories for comedy and drama. Oscar nominations are iffier. Maybe it’ll get a screenplay and/or production design. I like it too. ---
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Hopefully you’re okay if others post updates here… The NY Film Critics announced their winners, and the most interesting results were in the acting categories: Timothy Spall won for yet another biopic, “Mr. Turner”, which hasn’t released yet in the US (but which has screened at a million festivals and released in Europe); and Marion Cotillard won for a couple of films that have had low visibility in the US. Nice outcomes both, I think. Best Film Boyhood Best Actor Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner Best Actress Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant; Two Days, One Night Best Director Richard Linklater, Boyhood Best Supporting Actor J.K. Simmons, Whiplash Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette, Boyhood Best Foreign Language Film Ida (Poland, dir. Pawel Pawlikowski) Best Animated Film The Lego Movie (dirs. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller) Best Screenplay The Grand Budapest Hotel (dir. Wes Anderson) Special Award Adrienne Mencia Best Cinematography Darius Khondji, The Immigrant Best First Film Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook Best Non-fiction Film (Documentary) Citizenfour (dir. Laura Poitras) ---
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Yes, I’m more than fine with others posting nominations and results, thank you. I’m happy for Boyhood. It’ll be nominated for many more awards, but if this is the only thing it actually wins, it’s a good win. I thought Julianne Moore would sweep all the awards, but I’m very happy for Marion. I only saw The Immigrant and she’s very deserving just for that alone. Yay for Linklater, Spall, Arquette, Lego and Budapest. I hated Whiplash, but Simmons is deserving I guess. I love him, but it’s easy to play an asshole. I hated Ida too, when I saw it back in March, but I knew it was going to be a critics’ favorite. I can’t wait to see The Babadook. I saw a preview a couple of weeks ago and it looks like scary fun ---
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Gotham Awards Well, so Julianne Moore did get some love here: Best Feature Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Actress Julianne Moore in Still Alice Best Actor Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) Best Documentary CITIZENFOUR Gotham Independent Film Audience Award Boyhood Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award Ana Lily Amirpour for A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (Kino Lorber) Breakthrough Actor Tessa Thompson in Dear White People (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) ---
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> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Hopefully you’re okay if others post updates here… The NY Film Critics announced their winners\ > > Best Supporting Actor > J.K. Simmons, Whiplash > > \ > > Best First Film > Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook J.K. Simmons was amazing in Whiplash. I would put money on him being nominated for an Oscar, and would not be at all surprised if he won. He’s a great actor, and I’m always happy to see him in movies, but he was great in this. And Whiplash is a great and intense movie overall. I hope the awards recognition gets more people to go see it. I’m also glad to see The Babadook get some recognition. It’s a great movie, and it made me happy that it’s a female director and made me impressed that it’s her first film. It’s a scary movie, but it’s different than a lot of them. Pretty much everything about it is perfect. I can’t recommend it enough. I look forward to what Jennifer Kent does next. ---
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Thick and fast they came at last…with some surprises! National Board of Review Best Film: A Most Violent Year Best Director: Clint Eastwood – American Sniper Best Actor (TIE): Oscar Isaac – A Most Violent Year; Michael Keaton – Birdman Best Actress: Julianne Moore – Still Alice Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton – Birdman Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year Best Original Screenplay: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller – The Lego Movie Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Breakthrough Performance: Jack O’Connell – Starred Up & Unbroken Best Directorial Debut: Gillian Robespierre – Obvious Child Best Foreign Language Film: Wild Tales Best Documentary: Life Itself William K. Everson Film History Award: Scott Eyman Best Ensemble: Fury Spotlight Award: Chris Rock for writing, directing, and starring in – Top Five NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Rosewater NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Selma ---
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Wow, that puts Violent Year into the mix. Thanks for keeping up with these. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/11 "2014-12-03T01:41:23Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Wow, that puts Violent Year into the mix. Thanks for keeping up with these. You’re welcome…I certainly like playing along, given this is one of my favorite times of the movie year. And how about A Most Violent Year? I wasn’t even aware it had screened anywhere. Also, the NBR Choice for original screenplay is amusing… I’m also glad to see that Ebert documentary pop up. I’m hoping that it wins best documentary this year. ---
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```php ``` Speaking of the Ebert doc, it’s on the short list that the Oscar nominees will come from. (I can’t seem to link but I got this list at Deadline) “Art and Craft,” Purple Parrot Films “The Case against 8,” Day in Court “Citizen Koch,” Elsewhere Films “CitizenFour,” Praxis Films “Finding Vivian Maier,” Ravine Pictures “The Internet’s Own Boy,” Luminant Media “Jodorowsky’s Dune,” City Film “Keep On Keepin’ On,” Absolute Clay Productions “The Kill Team,” f/8 filmworks “Last Days in Vietnam,” Moxie Firecracker Films “Life Itself,” Kartemquin Films and Film Rites “The Overnighters,” Mile End Films West “The Salt of the Earth,” Decia Films “Tales of the Grim Sleeper,” Lafayette Film “Virunga,” Grain Media I’ve only seen The Case Against 8, Finding Vivian Maier, The Internet’s Own Boy, Jodorowsky’s Dune, and Life Itself, all of which I liked a lot. ---
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We have a Bake Off list for Visual Effects now. The final 5 will come from this list. From [Hit Fix](http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/apes-interstellar-guardians-make-academys-best-visual-effects-shortlist): > [@](#): > > Friday afternoon, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 87th Oscars. The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the shortlist. If you were a big summer movie or holiday season blockbuster, chances are you made the cut. > > The films are listed below in alphabetical order: > > “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” > “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” > “Godzilla” > “Guardians of the Galaxy” > “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” > “Interstellar” > “Maleficent” > “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” > “Transformers: Age of Extinction” > “X-Men: Days of Future Past” There area a lot of critics’ groups nominations/awards coming up. From now on I’m going to put them in spoilers, just to avoid a couple dozen long long lists people have to scroll through. As always, the same names come up again and again and again, but to me it’s still fun to look through them to see fresh names/titles pop up. Here, we get some Under The Skin action. Not enough, since I love that movie, but it wasn’t forgotten anyway. Note Andy Serkis for Apes. That’s great! Here are the **Washington DC Area Film Critics** Nominations [spoiler]The 2014 WAFCA AWARD NOMINEES ARE: **Best Film:** Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood Gone Girl Selma Whiplash **Best Director:** Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) Ava DuVernay (Selma) David Fincher (Gone Girl) Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)) Richard Linklater (Boyhood) **Best Actor:** Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year) Michael Keaton (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)) David Oyelowo (Selma) Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) **Best Actress:** Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin) Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) Julianne Moore (Still Alice) Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) Reese Witherspoon (Wild) **Best Supporting Actor:** Ethan Hawke (Boyhood) Edward Norton (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)) Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher) Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) **Best Supporting Actress:** Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year) Laura Dern (Wild) Emma Stone (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)) Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer) **Best Acting Ensemble:** Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel Into the Woods Selma **Best Youth Performance:** Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood) Mackenzie Foy (Interstellar) Jaeden Lieberher (St. Vincent) Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel) Noah Wiseman (The Babadook) **Best Adapted Screenplay:** Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice) Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything) Nick Hornby (Wild) **Best Original Screenplay:** Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)) Richard Linklater (Boyhood) Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel) Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (The LEGO Movie) Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) **Best Animated Feature:** Big Hero 6 The Book of Life The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 The LEGO Movie **Best Documentary:** Citizenfour Jodorowsky’s Dune Last Days in Vietnam Life Itself The Overnighters **Best Foreign Language Film:** Force Majeure Ida Mommy Two Days, One Night Wild Tales **Best Art Direction:** Production Designer: Kevin Thompson, Set Decorator: George DeTitta Jr., SDSA (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)) Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen, Set Decorator: Anna Pinnock (The Grand Budapest Hotel) Production Designer: Nathan Crowley, Set Decorator: Gary Fettis (Interstellar) Production Designer: Dennis Gassner, Set Decorator: Anna Pinnock (Into the Woods) Production Designer: Ondrej Nekvasil, Set Decorator: Beatrice Brentnerova (Snowpiercer) **Best Cinematography:** Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)) Robert Yeoman, ASC (The Grand Budapest Hotel) Hoyte Van Hoytema, FSF, NSC (Interstellar) Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (Unbroken) Daniel Landin, BSC (Under the Skin) **Best Editing:** Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione, ACE (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)) Sandra Adair, ACE (Boyhood) Kirk Baxter, ACE (Gone Girl) Lee Smith, ACE (Interstellar) Tom Cross (Whiplash) **Best Original Score:** Antonio Sanchez (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Gone Girl) Hans Zimmer (Interstellar) Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything) Mica Levi (Under the Skin) **The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC:** Anita Captain America: The Winter Soldier Kill the Messenger Selma X-Men: Days of Future Past[/spoiler] ---
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Metacritic will be keeping track of End of Year lists and updating this page. I like these lists because it tells me what critics agree with me. 😃 [Best of 2014: Film Critic Top Ten Lists](http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2014) (a work in progress) > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Also, the NBR Choice for original screenplay is amusing… I just noticed it’s on Washington, DC’s list too. It might get a surprise Oscar nom. I like NBR’s film lists, which you didn’t post, so I will. They don’t include the movies already chosen, so A Most Violent Year is not in their Top films list. In other words, they choose 11. Slick. **National Board of Review’s…** > [@](#): > > \*\*Top Films \*\* (in alphabetical order) > > American Sniper > Birdman > Boyhood > Fury > Gone Girl > The Imitation Game > Inherent Vice > The Lego Movie > Nightcrawler > Unbroken > > **Top Ten Independent Films** (in alphabetical order) > > Blue Ruin > Locke > A Most Wanted Man > Mr. Turner > Obvious Child > The Skeleton Twins > Snowpiercer > Stand Clear of the Closing Doors > Starred Up > Still Alice > > **Top 5 Foreign Language Films** (in alphabetical order) > > Force Majeure > Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem > Leviathan > Two Days, One Night > We Are the Best! > > **Top 5 Documentaries** (in alphabetical order) > > Art and Craft > Jodorowsky’s Dune > Keep On Keepin’ On > The Kill Team > Last Days in Vietnam So many great titles. I’m especially glad to see Locke, Nightcrawler, Obvious Child and We Are The Best!\* on the their lists. I love the NBR. I have no idea who they are, but I don’t care. I love them. - This is a delightful film about a group of teenage girls who decide to start a punk band. Because, why not?! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/15 "2014-12-07T05:39:53Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I love the NBR. I have no idea who they are, but I don’t care. I love them. Even if you don’t care, you might actually love them more if you look them up on Wikipedia or on their own website…they’re pretty cool. Actually, here ya go: > **[Passionate Cinephiles for Over a Century - National Board of Review](https://nationalboardofreview.org/est-1909/)** > > The National Board of Review was originally founded to protest New York City Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr.’s  revocation of moving picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. The mayor believed that the new medium downgraded the morals... Also, look at **Selma** continuing to show up. I obviously haven’t seen it yet, but I have a funny feeling it may be the sneak frontrunner. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/16 "2014-12-08T00:22:15Z")
I give you the Boston Online Film Critics Awards…I guess there was some drinking involved here? But also some good choices. BEST PICTURE: SNOWPIERCER BEST DIRECTOR: Alejandro González Iñárritu, BIRDMAN BEST ACTOR: Brendan Gleeson, CALVARY BEST ACTRESS: Marion Cotillard, TWO DAYS ONE NIGHT BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Edward Norton, BIRDMAN BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tilda Swinton, SNOWPIERCER BEST SCREENPLAY: John Michael McDonagh, CALVARY BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: TWO DAYS ONE NIGHT BEST DOCUMENTARY: LIFE ITSELF BEST ANIMATED FILM: THE LEGO MOVIE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: BIRDMAN BEST EDITING: James Herbert & Laura Jennings, EDGE OF TOMORROW BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Mica Levi, UNDER THE SKIN THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR: 1. SNOWPIERCER 2. UNDER THE SKIN 3. BOYHOOD 4. ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE 5. THE BABADOOK 6. TWO DAYS ONE NIGHT 7. BIRDMAN 8. CALVARY 9. INHERENT VICE 10. SELMA ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/17 "2014-12-08T01:56:48Z")
I like Boston! ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/18 "2014-12-08T01:57:14Z")
If you’re interested in a running list of various film critic’s choices for the ten best films of 2014, you can find it here: > **[Best of 2014: Film Critic Top Ten Lists](https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2014)** > > Over the next month, we'll be collecting year-end top ten lists from dozens of movie critics and publications. Browse the individual lists and view our composite rankings inside. As other critics announce their lists, their top tens will be added. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/19 "2014-12-08T02:21:28Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > If you’re interested in a running list of various film critic’s choices for the ten best films of 2014, you can find it here: > > [http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2014](http://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2014) > > As other critics announce their lists, their top tens will be added. Pssssst, post #14. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-2015-awards-season/705802/20 "2014-12-08T02:30:21Z")
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