# 2014-2015 Awards Season

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> [@Equipoise](#):
>
> **European Film Awards** WINNERS (with some nominations)
> 
> [spoiler]EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS – NOMINATIONS
> 
> EUROPEAN FILM  
> WINNER: IDA  
> (Poland/Denmark)  
> Directed by: Pawel Pawlikowski  
> Written by: Pawel Pawlikowski & Rebecca Lenkiewicz  
> Produced by: Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska & Christian Husum
> 
> FORCE MAJEURE (TURIST)  
> Sweden/Denmark/France/Norway  
> Written and directed by: Ruben Ostlund  
> Produced by: Erik Hemmendorff, Marie Kjellson & Philippe Bober
> 
> LEVIATHAN (LEVIAFAN)  
> Russia  
> Directed by: Andrey Zvyagintsev  
> Written by: Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev  
> Produced by: Alexander Rodnyansky & Sergey Melkumov
> 
> NYMPHOMANIAC DIRECTOR’S CUT – VOLUME I & 11  
> Denmark/Germany/France/Belgium  
> Written & directed by: Lars von Trier  
> Produced by: Louise Vesth
> 
> WINTER SLEEP (KIS UYKUSU)  
> Turkey/France/Germany  
> Directed by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan  
> Written by: Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan  
> Produced by: Zeynep Ozbatur Atakan
> 
> EUROPEAN COMEDY  
> WINNER: THE MAFIA ONLY KILLS IN THE SUMMER (LA MAFIA UCCIDE SOLO D’ESTATE)  
> Italy  
> Directed by: Pierfrancesco Diliberto  
> Written by: Michele Astori, Pierfrancesco Diliberto & Marco Martani  
> Produced by: Mario Gianani & Lorenzo Mieli
> 
> CARMINA & AMEN (CARMINA Y AMEN)  
> Spain  
> Written & directed by: Paco Leon  
> Produced by: Paco Leon, Ghislain Barrois & Alvaro Augustin
> 
> LE WEEK-END  
> U.K.  
> Directed by: Roger Michel  
> Written by: Hanif Kureishi  
> Produced by: Kevin Loader
> 
> EUROPEAN DIRECTOR  
> WINNER: Pawel Pawlikowski for “Ida”  
> Nuri Bilge Ceylan for “Winter Sleep” (Kis Uykusu)  
> Steven Knight for “Locke”  
> Ruben Ostlund for “Force Majeure” (Turist)  
> Paolo Virzi for “Human Capital” (Il Capitale Umano)  
> Andrey Zvyagintsev for “Leviathan” (Leviafan)
> 
> EUROPEAN ACTRESS  
> WINNER: Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night” (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)  
> Marian Alvarez in “Wounded” (La Herida)  
> Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in “Human Capital” (Il Capitale Umano)  
> Charlotte Gainsbourg in “Nymphomaniac Director’s Cut – Volume I & 2”  
> Agata Kulesza in “Ida”  
> Agata Trzebuchowska in “Ida”
> 
> EUROPEAN ACTOR  
> WINNER: Timothy Spall in “Mr. Turner”  
> Brendan Gleeson in “Calvary”  
> Tom Hardy in “Locke”  
> Alexey Serebryakov in “Leviathan” (Leviafan)  
> Stellan Skarsgard in “Nymphomaniac Director’s Cut – Volume 1 & 2”
> 
> EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER  
> WINNER: Pawel Pawlikowski & Rebecca Lenkiewicz for “Ida”  
> Ebru Ceylan & Nuri Bilge Ceylan for “Winter Sleep” (Kis Uykusu)  
> Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for “Two Days, One Night” (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)  
> Steven Knight for “Locke”  
> Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev for “Leviathan” (Leviafan)
> 
> EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE  
> WINNER: “The Art of Happiness”  
> Italy  
> Directed by: Alessandro Rak  
> Written by: Alessandro Rak and Luciano Stella  
> Animation: Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Dario Sansone, Marino Guarnieri, Annarita Calligaris, Ivana Verze, Laura Sammati, Antonia Emanuela Angrisani, Corrado Piscitelli, Flavio Di Biase, Giorgio Siravo, Sergio Chimenti, Ilaria Jones, Antonio Funaro, Danilo Florio, Mirko Prota, Alberto Panico, Paolo Acampora and Marco Iannaccone
> 
> “Jack and the Cuckoo-clock Heart”  
> France/Belgium  
> Written and directed by: Mathias Malzieu and Stephane Berla  
> Animation: Nicolette Ceccoli, Stephane Martinez and Robert Cepo
> 
> “Minuscule – Valley of the Lost Ants”  
> France/Belgium  
> Written and directed by: Thomas Szabo and Helene Giraud
> 
> THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY AWARD FOR DEBUT FILM  
> WINNER: “The Tribe”  
> Ukraine  
> Written and directed by: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy  
> Produced by: Valentyn Vasyanovych and Iya Myslytska
> 
> “10,000 KM”  
> Spain  
> Directed by: Carlos Marques-Marcet  
> Written by: Carlos Marques-Marcet and Clara Roquet  
> Produced by: Tono Folguera, Sergi Moreno, Jana Diaz Juhl, Danielle Schleif and Pau Brunet
> 
> “’71”  
> U.K.  
> Directed by: Yann Demange  
> Written by: Gregory Burke  
> Produced by: Angus Lamont
> 
> “Party Girl”  
> France  
> Written and directed by: Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis  
> Produced by: Marie Masmonteil and Denis Carot
> 
> “Wounded” (La Herida)  
> Spain  
> Directed by: Fernando Franco  
> Written by: Fernando Franco and Enric Rufas  
> Produced by: Koldo Zuazua
> 
> EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY  
> WINNER: “Master of the Universe”  
> Germany/Austria  
> Directed by: Marc Bauder  
> Produced by: Marc Bauder and Markus Glaser  
> Investment bankers are the real Masters of the Universe, not politicians, armies or even countries.
> 
> “Just the Right Amount of Violence”  
> Denmark  
> Written and directed by: Jon Bang Carlsen  
> Produced by: Helle Ulsten and Jon Bang Carlsen  
> So-called “interventionists” enter suburban homes in the night and rip troubled teens from their beds to transport them, against their will, to a reform school in Utah.
> 
> “Of Men and War”  
> France/Switzerland  
> Written, directed & produced by: Laurent Becue-Renard  
> Anger consumes a dozen combat vets long after their return from the front as they attempt to make peace with themselves, their past, and their families.
> 
> “Sacro Gra”  
> Italy/France  
> Directed by: Gianfranco Rosi  
> Written by: Nicolo Bassetti  
> Produced by: Marco Visalberghi and Carole Solive  
> Rome’s giant ring road – the Grande Raccordo Anulare, or GRA – and the invisible worlds and possible futures harbored in this area of constant turmoil.
> 
> “Waiting for August”  
> Belgium  
> Written and directed by: Teodora Ana Mihai  
> Produced by: Hanne Phlypo and Antoine Vermeesch  
> During their mother’s absence, Georgiana has been catapulted into the role of head of the family, responsible for her six brothers and sisters in a social housing condo on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania.
> 
> “We Come As Friends”  
> Austria  
> Written and directed by: Hubert Sauper  
> Produced by: Hubert Sauper and Gabriele Kranzelbinder  
> A science fiction-like odyssey in a home-made flying machine.
> 
> EFA JURY AWARDS  
> A special seven-member jury convened in Berlin and decided on the following awards recipients:
> 
> EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER  
> Lukasz Zal & Ryszard Lenczewski for “Ida”
> 
> EUROPEAN EDITOR  
> Justine Wright for “Locke”
> 
> EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER  
> Claus-Rudolf Amler for “The Dark Valley” (Das Finstere Tal)
> 
> EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER  
> Natascha Curtius-Noss for “The Dark Valley” (Das Finstere Tal)
> 
> EUROPEAN COMPOSER  
> Mica Levi for “Under the Skin”
> 
> EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER  
> Joakim Sundstrom for “Starred Up”  
> [/spoiler]They do know a good soundtrack when they hear one!

Excellent timing with the list… David Denby just named “Ida” his best movie of the year!

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**St. Louis Critics** Nominations

[spoiler] **BEST PICTURE** (5 nominees)

Birdman  
Boyhood  
Gone Girl  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
The Imitation Game

**BEST DIRECTOR** (5 nominees)

Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
David Fincher, “Gone Girl”  
Alejandro Inarritu, “Birdman”  
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”  
Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game”

**BEST ACTOR** (5 nominees)

Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”  
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler”  
Tom Hardy, “Locke”  
Michael Keaton, “Birdman”  
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”

**BEST ACTRESS** (5 nominees)

Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night”  
Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”  
Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”  
Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”  
Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”

**BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR** (6 nominees)

Josh Brolin, “Inherent Vice”  
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”  
Edward Norton, “Birdman”  
Tony Revolori, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”  
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

**BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS** (6 nominees)

Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”  
Jessica Chastain, “A Most Violent Year”  
Carrie Coon, “Gone Girl”  
Mackenzie Foy, “Interstellar”  
Kiera Knightley, “The Imitation Game”  
Emma Stone, “Birdman”

**BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY** (6 nominees)

Birdman  
Boyhood  
Locke  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Nightcrawler  
Whiplash

**BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY** (5 nominees)

Gone Girl  
Guardians of the Galaxy  
The Imitation Game  
The Theory of Everything  
Unbroken

\*\*BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY \*\*(6 nominees)

Birdman  
Gone Girl  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Interstellar  
Nightcrawler  
Unbroken

**BEST VISUAL EFFECTS** (6 nominees)

Birdman  
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Guardians of the Galaxy  
Interstellar  
Noah

**BEST ART DIRECTION** (6 nominees)

Gone Girl  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Mr. Turner  
Nightcrawler  
Snowpiercer  
Under the Skin

**BEST MUSIC SCORE** (6 nominees)

Birdman  
Gone Girl  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Inherent Vice  
Interstellar  
Under the Skin

**BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK** (6 nominees)

Begin Again  
Boyhood  
Get On Up  
Guardians of the Galaxy  
Into the Woods  
Whiplash

**BEST FOREIGN FILM** (5 nominees)

Force Majeure  
Gloria  
Human Capital  
Ida  
Two Days, One Night

**BEST ANIMATED FILM** (6 nominees)

Big Hero 6  
The Book of Life  
The Boxtrolls  
How to Train Your Dragon 2  
The Lego Movie  
Penguins of Madagascar

**BEST DOCUMENTARY** (6 nominees)

Citizenfour  
Finding Vivian Maier  
Jodorowsky’s Dune  
Life Itself  
Red Army  
Rich Hill

**BEST COMEDY** (5 nominees)

22 Jump Street  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Guardians of the Galaxy  
Obvious Child  
St. Vincent

**BEST ARTHOUSE** (6 nominees)

Boyhood  
Calvary  
Frank  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Locke  
Whiplash

\*\*BEST SCENE \*\*(6 nominees)

22 Jump Street – End Credits  
Birdman – Times Square  
The Guardians of the Galaxy – Prison Break  
Selma – Church Bombing  
Whiplash – Finale drum solo  
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Quicksilver Pentagon Escape[/spoiler]  
Lots of good stuff here. It’s fantastic to see the doc **Finding Vivian Maier** showing up on lists, as well as more Nightcrawler and Locke love. Under The Skin for Art Direction and Score, good.  
**Detroit Film Critics Society** Nominations

[spoiler] **BEST FILM**

Boyhood  
Birdman  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Under the Skin  
Whiplash

**BEST DIRECTOR**

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash  
Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin  
Ajejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman  
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

**BEST ACTOR**

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game  
Brendan Gleeson, Calvary  
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler  
Michael Keaton, Birdman  
Tom Hardy, Locke  
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

**BEST ACTRESS**

Essie Davis, The Babadook  
Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin  
Julianne Moore, Still Alice  
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl  
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

**BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR**

Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice  
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood  
Edward Norton, Birdman  
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher  
JK Simmons, Whiplash

**BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS**

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood  
Laura Dern, Wild  
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler  
Emma Stone, Birdman  
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

**BEST ENSEMBLE**

Birdman  
Boyhood  
Guardians of the Galaxy  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Into the Woods

**BREAKTHROUGH**

Damien Chazelle, Whiplash (director, screenplay)  
Jennifer Kent, The Babadook (director, screenplay)  
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle, Beyond the Lights (actress)  
Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy (actor)  
Dan Stevens, The Guest (actor)

**BEST SCREENPLAY**

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash  
Nicolas Giacobone and Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman  
Richard Linklater, Boyhood  
John Michael McDonagh, Calvary

**BEST DOCUMENTARY**

CitizenFour  
Finding Vivian Maier  
Jodorowsky’s Dune  
Keep On Keepin’ On  
Life Itself  
[/spoiler]These Detroit folks are awesome. Under The Skin gets noms for Picture, Director and Actress! They remembered Budapest for Picture, Brendan Gleeson, Jake again, yes, Tom Hardy for Locke, Essie Davis, Rene Russo! Guardians for Ensemble, Chris Pratt for Breakthrough (also Jennifer Kent for The Babadook in that category), John Michael McDonagh’s screenplay for Calvary (I just checked and he didn’t get a nom from them for The Guard), and Finding Vivian Maier for Doc!

**San Diego Film Critics** Nominations

[spoiler] **Best Film**

“Boyhood”  
“Gone Girl”  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
“Nightcrawler”  
“Selma”  
“The Theory of Everything”

**Best Director**

Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”  
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”  
David Fincher, “Gone Girl”  
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
Dan Gilroy, “Nightcrawler”

**Best Actor**

Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
Brendan Gleeson, “Calvary”  
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler”  
Tom Hardy, “Locke”  
Michael Keaton, “Birdman”  
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”

**Best Actress**

Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night”  
Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”  
Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”  
Hilary Swank, “The Homesman”  
Mia Wasikowska, “Tracks”

**Best Supporting Actor**

Riz Ahmed, “Nightcrawler”  
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”  
Edward Norton, “Birdman”  
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”  
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”

**Best Supporting Actress**

Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”  
Carrie Coon, “Gone Girl”  
Keira Knightly, “The Imitation Game”  
Rene Russo, “Nightcrawler”  
Emma Stone, “Birdman”

**Best Original Screenplay**

“Birdman”  
“Boyhood”  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
“Locke”  
“Nightcrawler”

**Best Adapted Screenplay**

“The Fault in Our Stars”  
“Gone Girl”  
“The Theory of Everything”  
“Unbroken”  
“Wild”

**Best Foreign Language Film**

“Force Majeure”  
“Heli”  
“Ida”  
“Two Days, One Night”  
“Venus in Fur”

**Best Documentary**

“CITIZENFOUR”  
“Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me”  
“Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me”  
“Last Days in Vietnam”  
“Life Itself”

**Best Animated Film**

“Big Hero 6″  
“The Boxtrolls”  
“How to Train Your Dragon 2″  
“The LEGO Movie”  
“The Nut Job”

**Best Cinematography**

“Force Majeure” (Fredrik Wenzel)  
“Interstellar” (Hoyte van Hoytema)  
“Gone Girl” (Jeff Cronenweth)  
“Nightcrawler” (Robert Elswit)  
“Unbroken” (Roger Deakins)

**Best Editing**

“Boyhood” (Sandra Adair)  
“Edge of Tomorrow” (James Herbert, Laura Jennings)  
“Gone Girl” (Kirk Baxter)  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Barney Pilling)  
“Nightcrawler” (John Gilroy)

**Best Production Design**

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pincock)  
“Into the Woods” (Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock)  
“The Theory of Everything” (John Paul Kelly)  
“The Imitation Game” (Maria Djurkovic)  
“Interstellar” (Nathan Crowley)

**Best Score**

“Birdman” (Antonio Sanchez)  
“Gone Girl” (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Alexandre Desplat)  
“The Imitation Game” (Alexandre Desplat)  
“Nightcrawler” (James Newton Howard)

**Best Ensemble**

“Birdman”  
“Boyhood”  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
“The Imitation Game”  
“Selma”[/spoiler]All the Nightcrawler love makes up for the lack of Under The Skin. Heli (a gritty crime drama from Mexico) and Venus In Fur (Roman Polanski’s movie about acting) show up for the first time. I saw both of them. Neither are films you “like” or “enjoy” but I admired the hell out of them. Edge of Tomorrow for Editing! That’s fantastic.  
**Chicago Film Critics** Nominations

[spoiler] **BEST PICTURE**

Birdman  
Boyhood  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Under the Skin  
Whiplash

**BEST DIRECTOR**

Wes Anderson–The Grand Budapest Hotel  
David Fincher–Gone Girl  
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu–Birdman  
Richard Linklater–Boyhood  
Christopher Nolan–Interstellar

**BEST ACTOR**

Benedict Cumberbatch–The Imitation Game  
Jake Gyllenhaal–Nightcrawler  
Michael Keaton–Birdman  
David Oyelowo–Selma  
Eddie Redmayne–The Theory of Everything

**BEST ACTRESS**

Marion Cotillard–Two Days, One Night  
Scarlett Johannson–Under the Skin  
Julianne Moore–Still Alice  
Rosamund Pike–Gone Girl  
Reese Witherspoon–Wild

**BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR**

Josh Brolin–Inherent Vice  
Ethan Hawke–Boyhood  
Edward Norton–Birdman  
Mark Ruffalo–Foxcatcher  
J.K. Simmons–Whiplash

**BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS**

Patricia Arquette–Boyhood  
Jessica Chastain–A Most Violent Year  
Laura Dern–Wild  
Agata Kulesza–Ida  
Emma Stone–Birdman

**BEST ORIGNAL SCREENPLAY**

Birdman–Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo  
Boyhood–Richard Linklater  
Calvary–John Michael McDonagh  
The Grand Budapest Hotel–Wes Anderson  
Whiplash–Damien Chazelle

**BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY**

Gone Girl–Gillian Flynn  
The Imitation Game–Graham Moore  
Inherent Vice–Paul Thomas Anderson  
Under the Skin–Walter Campbell  
Wild–Nick Hornby

**BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM**

Force Majeure  
Ida  
Mommy  
The Raid 2  
Two Days, One Night

**BEST DOCUMENTARY**

Citizenfour  
Jodorowsky’s Dune  
Last Days in Vietnam  
Life Itself  
The Overnighters

**BEST ANIMATED FEATURE**

Big Hero 6  
The Boxtrolls  
How to Train Your Dragon 2  
The Lego Movie  
Tales of the Princess Kaguya

**BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN**

The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Interstellar  
Into The Woods  
Only Lovers Left Alive  
Snowpiercer

**BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY**

Birdman–Emmanuel Lubezki  
The Grand Budapest Hotel–Robert Yeoman  
Ida–Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal  
Inherent Vice–Robert Elswit  
Interstellar–Hoyte Van Hoytema

**BEST EDITING**

Birdman–Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrion  
Boyhood–Sandra Adair  
Gone Girl–Kirk Baxter  
The Grand Budapest Hotel–Barney Pilling  
Whiplash–Tom Cross

**BEST ORIGINAL SCORE**

Birdman–Antonio Sanchez  
The Grand Budapest Hotel–Alexandre Desplat  
The Imitation Game–Alexandre Desplat  
Interstellar–Hans Zimmer  
Under the Skin–Mica Levi

**MOST PROMISING PERFORMER**

Ellar Coltrane–Boyhood  
Gugu Mbatha-Raw–Belle/Beyond the Lights  
Jack O’Connell–Starred Up/Unbroken  
Tony Revolori–The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Jenny Slate–Obvious Child  
Agata Trzebuchowska–Ida

**MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER**

Damien Chazelle–Whiplash  
Dan Gilroy–Nightcrawler  
Jennifer Kent–The Babadook  
Jeremy Saulnier–Blue Ruin  
Justin Simien–Dear White People

**Nominations By The Numbers**  
9–Birdman  
8–The Grand Budapest Hotel  
7–Boyhood  
5–Whiplash  
4–Gone Girl, Ida, Interstellar, Under the Skin  
3–The Imitation Game, Inherent Vice, Wild  
2–Nightcrawler, Two Days, One Night  
[/spoiler]Nice. Under The Skin for Picture, Actress, Screenplay & Score. Lots of Budapest love. Some Nightcrawler and Calvary love. The Raid 2! How fun. No Finding Vivian Maier! That’s shocking to me. Fincher and Nolan for Director but not Picture. Weird. They didn’t totally forget Only Lovers Left Alive and Calvary.

**Kansas City Film Critics** WINNERS

[spoiler] **Best Film**

“Birdman”

**Robert Altman Award For Best Director**

Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

**Best Actor**

Michael Keaton, “Birdman”

**Best Actress**

Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”

**Best Supporting Actor**

Edward Norton, “Birdman”

**Best Supporting Actress**

Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”

**Best Adapted Screenplay**

“Obvious Child”

**Best Original Screenplay**

“Birdman”

**Best Animated Feature**

“The LEGO Movie”

**Best Documentary**

“CITIZENFOUR”

**Vince Koehler Award  
(Honoring the year’s best sci-fi/fantasy/horror film)**

“The Babadook”[/spoiler]That’s different. Good for Rosamund! I still hate it when they don’t let us see the nominees though.

**San Francisco Film Critics Circle** Nominees

[spoiler] **Best Picture**

```
Birdman
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
Under the Skin
Whiplash

```

**Best Director**

```
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)
Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

```

**Best Actor**

```
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
Michael Keaton (Birdman)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner)

```

**Best Actress**

```
Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
Essie Davis (The Babadook)
Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

```

**Best Supporting Actor**

```
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Gene Jones (The Sacrament)
Edward Norton (Birdman)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
J. K. Simmons (Whiplash)

```

**Best Supporting Actress**

```
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
Agata Kulesza (Ida)
Emma Stone (Birdman)
Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)

```

**Best Screenplay, Original**

```
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone and Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)
J. C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year)
Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)
Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

```

**Best Screenplay, Adapted**

```
Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice)
Bong Joon Ho and Kelly Masterson (Snowpiercer)
Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
Nick Hornby (Wild)
Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)

```

**Best Cinematography**

```
Daniel Landin (Under the Skin)
Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal (Ida)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman)
Dick Pope (Mr. Turner)
Robert D. Yeoman (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

```

**Best Editing**

```
Sandra Adair (Boyhood)
Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione (Birdman)
Tom Cross (Whiplash)
Leslie Jones (Inherent Vice)
Paul Watts (Under the Skin)

```

**Best Production Design**

```
David Crank (Inherent Vice)
Suzie Davies (Mr. Turner)
Ondrej Nekvasil (Snowpiercer)
Adam Stockhausen (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Kevin Thompson (Birdman)

```

**Best Animated Feature**

```
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

```

**Best Documentary**

```
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Life Itself
The Overnighters

```

**Best Foreign Language Picture**

```
Force Majeure
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Ida
Two Days, One Night
Wild Tales

```

**Special Citation**

```
Blue Ruin
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Listen Up Philip
The One I Love

```

[/spoiler]Under The Skin for Picture, Director, Actress, Cinematography & Editing! Have I mentioned that I REALLY like Under The Skin? I guess I have, but I never imagined that it would get ANY mentions during Awards Season so I’m delighted to see it pop up again and again, especially since it will not be mentioned on Oscar nom day. Unless maybe if the Score is eligible. I have not heard of The Sacrament. Finding Vivian Maier again, good. A Special Citation for Blue Ruin, good. I suppose I should have seen Citizenfour when I had the chance, but it didn’t interest me at all.

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**Indwire’s Top 20 films of 2014** :

1. Under the Skin  
2. Nightcrawler  
3. Foxcatcher  
4. Gone Girl  
5. Birdman  
6. Boyhood  
7. Only Lovers Left Alive  
8. Snowpiercer  
9. Leviathan  
10. Inherent Vice  
11. Whiplash  
12. Guardians of the Galaxy  
13. Interstellar  
14. A Most Violent Year  
15. Nymphomaniac  
16. The Grand Budapest Hotel  
17. Ida  
18. Mommy  
19. Selma  
20. The RoverOh I like these guys! Budapest could certainly be higher IMO. I’ve seen all but 6 of those, but 5 of them haven’t opened here yet.

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**San Francisco Film Critics Circle** WINNERS (nominations above)

[spoiler] **Best Picture**

```
Boyhood

```

**Best Director**

```
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

```

**Best Actor**

```
Michael Keaton (Birdman)

```

**Best Actress**

```
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

```

**Best Supporting Actor**

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Edward Norton (Birdman)

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**Best Supporting Actress**

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Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

```

**Best Screenplay, Original**

```
Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone and Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)

```

**Best Screenplay, Adapted**

```
Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice)

```

**Best Cinematography**

```
Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal (Ida)

```

**Best Editing**

```
Sandra Adair (Boyhood)

```

**Best Production Design**

```
Adam Stockhausen (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

```

**Best Animated Feature**

```
The LEGO Movie

```

**Best Documentary**

```
Citizenfour

```

**Best Foreign Language Picture**

```
Ida

```

**Special Citation** (I guess there’s no winner, they’re just all special.)

```
Blue Ruin
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Listen Up Philip
The One I Love

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[/spoiler]And this is why I like seeing the nominations too.

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NOMINATIONS FOR THE 20th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS  
_(these tastes tend to match most closely the tastes of AMPAS - MM)_

BEST PICTURE  
Birdman  
Boyhood  
Gone Girl  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
The Imitation Game  
Nightcrawler  
Selma  
The Theory of Everything  
Unbroken  
Whiplash

BEST ACTOR  
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game  
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler  
Michael Keaton – Birdman  
David Oyelowo – Selma  
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS  
Jennifer Aniston – Cake  
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night  
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything  
Julianne Moore – Still Alice  
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl  
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR  
Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice  
Robert Duvall – The Judge  
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood  
Edward Norton – Birdman  
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher  
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS  
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood  
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year  
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game  
Emma Stone – Birdman  
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods  
Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS  
Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood  
Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars  
Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar  
Jaeden Lieberher – St. Vincent  
Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Quvenzhane Wallis – Annie  
Noah Wiseman – The Babadook

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE  
Birdman  
Boyhood  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
The Imitation Game  
Into the Woods  
Selma

BEST DIRECTOR  
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Ava DuVernay – Selma  
David Fincher – Gone Girl  
Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman  
Angelina Jolie – Unbroken  
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY  
Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo  
Boyhood – Richard Linklater  
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness  
Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy  
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY  
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn  
The Imitation Game – Graham Moore  
Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson  
The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten  
Unbroken – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson  
Wild – Nick Hornby

BEST CINEMATOGRAPY  
Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki  
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman  
Interstellar – Hoyte Van Hoytema  
Mr. Turner – Dick Pope  
Unbroken – Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION  
Birdman – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./Set Decorator  
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator  
Inherent Vice – David Crank/Production Designer, Amy Wells/Set Decorator  
Interstellar – Nathan Crowley/Production Designer, Gary Fettis/Set Decorator  
Into the Woods – Dennis Gassner/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator  
Snowpiercer – Ondrej Nekvasil/Production Designer, Beatrice Brentnerova/Set Decorator

BEST EDITING  
Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione  
Boyhood – Sandra Adair  
Gone Girl – Kirk Baxter  
Interstellar – Lee Smith  
Whiplash – Tom Cross

BEST COSTUME DESIGN  
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero  
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges  
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood  
Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard  
Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP  
Foxcatcher  
Guardians of the Galaxy  
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies  
Into the Woods  
Maleficent

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS  
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes  
Edge of Tomorrow  
Guardians of the Galaxy  
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies  
Interstellar

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE  
Big Hero 6  
The Book of Life  
The Boxtrolls  
How to Train Your Dragon 2  
The Lego Movie

BEST ACTION MOVIE  
American Sniper  
Captain America: The Winter Soldier  
Edge of Tomorrow  
Fury  
Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE  
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper  
Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow  
Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier  
Brad Pitt – Fury  
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE  
Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow  
Scarlett Johansson – Lucy  
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1  
Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy  
Shailene Woodley – Divergent

BEST COMEDY  
Birdman  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
St. Vincent  
Top Five  
22 Jump Street

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY  
Jon Favreau – Chef  
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Michael Keaton – Birdman  
Bill Murray – St. Vincent  
Chris Rock – Top Five  
Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY  
Rose Byrne – Neighbors  
Rosario Dawson – Top Five  
Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent  
Jenny Slate – Obvious Child  
Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE  
The Babadook  
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes  
Interstellar  
Snowpiercer  
Under the Skin

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM  
Force Majeure  
Ida  
Leviathan  
Two Days, One Night  
Wild Tales

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE  
Citizenfour  
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me  
Jodorowsky’s Dune  
Last Days in Vietnam  
Life Itself  
The Overnighters

BEST SONG  
Big Eyes – Lana Del Rey – Big Eyes  
Everything Is Awesome – Jo Li and the Lonely Island – The Lego Movie  
Glory – Common/John Legend – Selma  
Lost Stars – Keira Knightley – Begin Again  
Yellow Flicker Beat – Lorde – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

BEST SCORE  
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game  
Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything  
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl  
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman  
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

====

KEVIN COSTNER, RON HOWARD AND JESSICA CHASTAIN  
WILL EACH RECEIVE SPECIAL AWARDS DURING THE CEREMONY

SHOW WILL BROADCAST LIVE ON A&E  
FROM THE ICONIC HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM  
JANUARY 15TH AT 9PM ET/6PM PT

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Last year, the BFCA had 17 winners match with the Oscars (out of 19 categories). So while there may be some variation among the nominees, this gives an interesting idea of how some films are likely to trend.

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Interestingly, if you look at a long-term trend the BFCA is middle of the pack, at least for Best Picture. The DGA looks like the best precursor, though it would be interesting to see these over a shorter timeframe, say 10 years.

[http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/oscar-predictions-election-style/?\_r=0](http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/oscar-predictions-election-style/?_r=0)

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> [@Maserschmidt](#):
>
> Interestingly, if you look at a long-term trend the BFCA is middle of the pack, at least for Best Picture. The DGA looks like the best precursor, though it would be interesting to see these over a shorter timeframe, say 10 years.
> 
> [Oscar Predictions, Election-Style - The New York Times](http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/oscar-predictions-election-style/?_r=0)

When it comes to a single category, yes, the DGA has the best record for predicting the Oscar winner (which, by extension, makes it the odds-on favorite for Picture, too).

But when it comes to a 1-to-1 correspondence across multiple major categories, the BFCA is still the leader. The Globes success rate is comparable, but by dividing the categories between Drama & Musical/Comedy, they essentially double their odds and you still have to decide which of the two they picked is the likely winner. (For the purpose of this analysis, I’m not counting any winners in the genre-categories for BFCA, just the main/top prize).

None of the other critics groups come close–though that’s for a simple reason: Most critic groups like to play Advocate, championing critical favorites but also dark horses to give them more visibility. The BFCA has rarely taken such a stance. Their choices tend to represent more general consensus opinions, and they’ve often tried to brand themselves as a reliable precursor. For the last 10 years, their record for the top 8 major categories (Picture, Director, Acting, Writing) is 69%, and for the last 5 years, it’s over 70%

Without a doubt, the guilds play an important window into the voting pool (since AMPAS is generally a subset of the guilds), so we have SAG, with PGA and DGA not far behind. And if you combine those together, that accuracy rate is pretty high. But I was talking about a single voting body across all categories, not just a specialized discipline.

So it will be very interesting to see which choices within the industry are more risky or adventurous compared to BFCA, and which run along the same conservative lines.

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Those are good BFCA nominations (for those new to this insanity known as Awards Season, BFCA is the Broadcast Film Critics Association, aka Critics’ Choice Awards). They’re the first to really embrace Unbroken, even though no Best Actor. More Nightcrawler and Budapest attention. I hope Oscar noms do follow. Maleficent makes it into a couple of the regular categories for the first time. I like the extra, no-Oscar-equivalent fun categories, where Guardians of the Galaxy, Edge of Tomorrow, Jenny Slate, Under The Skin, Jon Favreau in CHEF!!, Melissa McCarthy, the kid from The Babadook, Jennifer Lawrence, Emily Blunt, St. Vincent, and many others I like pop up. These nominations made me smile.

Nominees by Picture, in alphabetical order.

[spoiler]NOMINEES BY PICTURE FOR THE 20th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

22 JUMP STREET (2)

1. Best Comedy
2. Best Actor in a Comedy – Channing Tatum

AMERICAN SNIPER (2)

1. Best Action Movie
2. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Bradley Cooper

ANNIE (1)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Quvenzhane Wallis

THE BABADOOK (2)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Noah Wiseman
2. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

BEGIN AGAIN (1)

1. Best Song – “Lost Stars” by Keira Knightley

BIG EYES (1)

1. Best Song – “Big Eyes” by Lana Del Rey

BIG HERO 6 (1)

1. Best Animated Feature

BIRDMAN (13)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Actor – Michael Keaton
3. Best Supporting Actor – Edward Norton
4. Best Supporting Actress – Emma Stone
5. Best Acting Ensemble
6. Best Director – Alejandro G. Inarritu
7. Best Original Screenplay – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo
8. Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki
9. Best Art Direction – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./Set Decorator
10. Best Editing – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
11. Best Comedy
12. Best Actor in a Comedy – Michael Keaton
13. Best Score – Antonio Sanchez

THE BOOK OF LIFE (1)

1. Best Animated Feature

THE BOXTROLLS (1)

1. Best Animated Feature

BOYHOOD (8)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Supporting Actor – Ethan Hawke
3. Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette
4. Best Young Actor/Actress – Ellar Coltrane
5. Best Acting Ensemble
6. Best Director – Richard Linklater
7. Best Original Screenplay – Richard Linklater
8. Best Editing – Sandra Adair

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2)

1. Best Action Movie
2. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Chris Evans

CAKE (1)

1. Best Actress – Jennifer Aniston

CHEF (1)

1. Best Actor in a Comedy – Jon Favreau

CITIZENFOUR (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2)

1. Best Visual Effects
2. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

DIVERGENT (1)

1. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Shailene Woodley

EDGE OF TOMORROW (4)

1. Best Visual Effects
2. Best Action Movie
3. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Tom Cruise
4. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Emily Blunt

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (1)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Ansel Elgort

FORCE MAJEURE (1)

1. Best Foreign Language Film

FOXCATCHER (2)

1. Best Supporting Actor – Mark Ruffalo
2. Best Hair & Makeup

FURY (2)

1. Best Action Movie
2. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Brad Pitt

GLEN CAMPBELL: I’LL BE ME (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

GONE GIRL (6)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Actress – Rosamund Pike
3. Best Director – David Fincher
4. Best Adapted Screenplay – Gillian Flynn
5. Best Editing – Kirk Baxter
6. Best Score – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (11)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Actor – Ralph Fiennes
3. Best Young Actor/Actress – Tony Revolori
4. Best Acting Ensemble
5. Best Director – Wes Anderson
6. Best Original Screenplay – Wes Andreson, Hugo Guinness
7. Best Cinematography – Robert Yeoman
8. Best Art Direction – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
9. Best Costume Design – Milena Canonero
10. Best Comedy
11. Best Actor in a Comedy – Ralph Fiennes

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (5)

1. Best Hair & Makeup
2. Best Visual Effects
3. Best Action Movie
4. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Chris Pratt
5. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Zoe Saldana

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (2)

1. Best Hair & Makeup
2. Best Visual Effects

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (1)

1. Best Animated Feature

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2)

1. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Jennifer Lawrence
2. Best Song – “Yellow Flicker Beat” by Lorde

IDA (1)

1. Best Foreign Language Film

THE IMITATION GAME (6)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch
3. Best Supporting Actress – Keira Knightley
4. Best Acting Ensemble
5. Best Adapted Screenplay – Graham Moore
6. Best Score – Alexandre Desplat

INHERENT VICE (4)

1. Best Supporting Actor – Josh Brolin
2. Best Adapted Screenplay – Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Best Art Direction – David Crank/Production Designer, Amy Wells/Set Decorator
4. Best Costume Design – Mark Bridges

INTERSTELLAR (7)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Mackenzie Foy
2. Best Cinematography – Hoyte Van Hoytema
3. Best Art Direction – Nathan Crowley/Production Designer, Gary Fettis/Set Decorator
4. Best Editing – Lee Smith
5. Best Visual Effects
6. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie
7. Best Score – Hans Zimmer

INTO THE WOODS (5)

1. Best Supporting Actress – Meryl Streep
2. Best Acting Ensemble
3. Best Art Direction – Dennis Gassner/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
4. Best Costume Design – Colleen Atwood
5. Best Hair & Makeup

JODOROWSKY’S DUNE (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

THE JUDGE (1)

1. Best Supporting Actor – Robert Duvall

LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

THE LEGO MOVIE (2)

1. Best Animated Feature
2. Best Song – “Everything Is Awesome” by Jo Li and the Lonely Island

LEVIATHAN (1)

1. Best Foreign Language Film

LIFE ITSELF (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

LUCY (1)

1. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Scarlett Johansson

MALEFICENT (2)

1. Best Costume Design – Anna B. Sheppard
2. Best Hair & Makeup

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (1)

1. Best Supporting Actress – Jessica Chastain

MR. TURNER (2)

1. Best Cinematography – Dick Pope
2. Best Costume Design – Jacqueline Durran

NEIGHBORS (1)

1. Best Actress in a Comedy – Rose Byrne

NIGHTCRAWLER (3)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Actor – Jake Gyllenhaal
3. Best Original Screenplay – Dan Gilroy

OBVIOUS CHILD (1)

1. Best Actress in a Comedy – Jenny Slate

THE OVERNIGHTERS (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

SELMA (5)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Actor – David Oyelowo
3. Best Acting Ensemble
4. Best Director – Ava DuVernay
5. Best Song – “Glory” by Common/John Legend

THE SKELETON TWINS (1)

1. Best Actress in a Comedy – Kristen Wiig

SNOWPIERCER (3)

1. Best Supporting Actress – Tilda Swinton
2. Best Art Direction – Ondrej Nekvasil/Production Designer, Beatrice Brentnerova/Set Decorator
3. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

ST. VINCENT (4)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Jaeden Lieberher
2. Best Comedy
3. Best Actor in a Comedy – Bill Murray
4. Best Actress in a Comedy – Melissa McCarthy

STILL ALICE (1)

1. Best Actress – Julianne Moore

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (5)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Actor – Eddie Redmayne
3. Best Actress – Felicity Jones
4. Best Adapted Screenplay – Anthony McCarten
5. Best Score – Johann Johannson

TOP FIVE (3)

1. Best Comedy
2. Best Actor in a Comedy – Chris Rock
3. Best Actress in a Comedy – Rosario Dawson

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (2)

1. Best Actress – Marion Cotillard
2. Best Foreign Language Film

UNBROKEN (4)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Director – Angelina Jolie
3. Best Adapted Screenplay – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson
4. Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

UNDER THE SKIN (1)

1. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

WHIPLASH (4)

1. Best Picture
2. Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons
3. Best Original Screenplay – Damien Chazelle
4. Best Editing – Tom Cross

WILD (2)

1. Best Actress – Reese Witherspoon
2. Best Adapted Screenplay – Nick Hornby

WILD TALES (1)

1. Best Foreign Language Film

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BIRDMAN – 13 nominations  
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – 11 nominations  
BOYHOOD – 8 nominations  
INTERSTELLAR – 7 nominations  
GONE GIRL – 6 nominations  
THE IMITATION GAME – 6 nominations  
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY – 5 nominations  
INTO THE WOOD – 5 nominations  
SELMA – 5 nominations  
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (5)  
EDGE OF TOMORROW – 4 nominations  
INHERENT VICE – 4 nominations  
UNBROKEN – 4 nominations  
WHIPLASH – 4 nominations  
NIGHTCRAWLER – 3 nominations  
SNOWPIERCER – 3 nominations  
TOP FIVE – 3 nominations[/spoiler]

The names of the seven movies vying for the three Makeup/Hair Oscar nominations have been released. Surprisingly, no Into the Woods, but Maleficent is there.

“The Amazing Spider-Man 2″  
“Foxcatcher”  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
“Guardians of the Galaxy”  
“Maleficent”  
“Noah”  
“The Theory of Everything”

I’m going to guess Budapest, Guardians and Maleficent, just because. I’m sure to be way off.

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**Indiana Film Critics** WINNERS (with some nominations & Runners-Up)

[spoiler] **Best Film**

Winner: “Boyhood”

Runner-up: “Whiplash”

Other Finalists (listed alphabetically):

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”

“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

“Guardians of the Galaxy”

“The Imitation Game”

“Life Itself”

“Locke”

“A Most Violent Year”

“St. Vincent”

**Best Animated Feature**

Winner: “The LEGO Movie”

Runner-Up: “The Boxtrolls ”

**Best Foreign Language Film**

Winner: “Two Days, One Night”

Runner-Up: “Ida”

**Best Documentary**

Winner: “Life Itself”

Runner-Up: “An Honest Liar”

**Best Original Screenplay**

Winner: Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Runner-up: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

**Best Adapted Screenplay**

Winner: Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”

Runner-up: Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”

**Best Director**

Winner: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

Runner-up: Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”

**Best Actress**

Winner: Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”

Runner-up: Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”

**Best Supporting Actress**

Winner: Jessica Chastain “A Most Violent Year”

Runner-up: Melissa McCarthy, “St. Vincent”

**Best Actor**

Winner: Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Runner-up: Tom Hardy, “Locke”

**Best Supporting Actor**

Winner: J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

Runner-up: Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”

**Best Musical Score**

Winner: Mica Levi, “Under the Skin”

Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

**Original Vision Award**

Winner: “Boyhood”

Runner-up: “Under the Skin”

**The Hoosier Award**

Winner: Eric Grayson, film historian and preservationist

(As a special award, no runner-up is declared in this category.)[/spoiler]SCORE! And Ralph, how about that? An interesting and different list of Picture nominees, for sure.  
**San Diego Film Critics** WINNERS (nominations above)

[spoiler]Best Picture  
Nightcrawler

Best Director  
Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler)

Best Actor  
Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)

Best Actress  
Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)

Best Supporting Actor  
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)

Best Supporting Actress  
Rene Russo (Nightcrawler)

Best Original Screenplay  
Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler)

Best Adapted Screenplay  
Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)

Best Cinematography  
Robert Elswit (Nightcrawler)

Best Editing  
James Herbert and Laura Jennings (Edge of Tomorrow)

Best Production Design  
Anna Pinnock and Adam Stockhausen (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Best Score  
James Newton Howard (Nightcrawler)

Best Ensemble  
Birdman

Best Animated Film  
The Boxtrolls

Best Documentary  
Citizenfour

Best Foreign Language Film  
Force Majeure

Body of Work  
Willem Dafoe (The Fault in Our Stars / The Grand Budapest Hotel / John Wick / A Most Wanted Man / Nymphomaniac Vol. II)[/spoiler]Damn, they really liked Nightcrawler!! These are fantastic, mainly because they’re DIFFERENT. The Boxtrolls? That had to make a bunch of craftspeople happy in England.

**Detroit Film Critics Society** WINNERS (nominations included since it’s a copy and paste)

[spoiler]BEST FILM

```
Winner: Boyhood
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Under the Skin
Whiplash

```

BEST DIRECTOR

```
Winner: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
Ajejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman

```

BEST ACTOR

```
Winner: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Brendan Gleeson, Calvary
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Tom Hardy, Locke
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

```

BEST ACTRESS

```
Winner: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Essie Davis, The Babadook
Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

```

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

```
Winner: JK Simmons, Whiplash
Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

```

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

```
Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
Emma Stone, Birdman
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

```

BEST ENSEMBLE

```
Winner: Birdman
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy
Boyhood
Into the Woods

```

BREAKTHROUGH

```
Winner: Damien Chazelle, Whiplash (director, screenplay)
Jennifer Kent, The Babadook (director, screenplay)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle, Beyond the Lights (actress)
Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy (actor)
Dan Stevens, The Guest (actor)

```

BEST SCREENPLAY

```
Winner: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Nicolas Giacobone and Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
John Michael McDonagh, Calvary

```

BEST DOCUMENTARY

```
Winner: CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Keep On Keepin’ On
Life Itself

```

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**St. Louis Film Critics** WINNERS (nominations above)

Best Film: “Boyhood”  
Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (“Birdman”)  
Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal (“Nightcrawler”)  
Best Actress: Rosamund Pike (“Gone Girl”)  
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”)  
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette (“Boyhood”)  
Best Original Screenplay: “Birdman” (Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo  
Best Adapted Screenplay: “Gone Girl” (Gillian Flynn)  
Best Cinematography: “Birdman” (Emmanuel Lubezki)  
Best Visual Effects: “Interstellar”  
Best Musical Score: “Birdman”  
Best Soundtrack: “Guardians of the Galaxy”  
Best Art Direction: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
Best Animated Film: “The Lego Movie”  
Best Art-House or Festival Film “Whiplash”  
Best Comedy: “Guardians of the Galaxy”  
Best Documentary: “Citizenfour”  
Best Non-English Language Film: “Force Majeure”  
Best Scene (favorite movie scene or sequence): “X-Men: Days of Future Past” – Quicksilver Escape from the PentagonJake! It’s so amazing. A few weeks ago his name wasn’t even being mentioned as a possibility for any awards at all. Well, maybe a few weirdos opined hopefully, but nothing serious. And now it will seem a major snub if he and his film get bypassed.

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The Dallas/Fort Worth people sent out a lazy press release about their awards, and in retaliation Awards Daily didn’t turn it into an easily readable list. I don’t blame AD and I’m not going to either. To hell with 'em. If this is hard to read after the Film list (I wonder if AD did that, then gave up), blame DFWFC’s press office.

[spoiler]DALLAS-FORT WORTH FILM CRITICS NAME “BIRDMAN” BEST PICTURE OF 2014

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the backstage drama BIRDMAN as the best film of 2014, according to the results of its 21st annual critics’ poll released today.

Rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were

1 BIRDMAN  
2 BOYHOOD  
3 THE IMITATION GAME  
4 THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING  
5 THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL  
6 WHIPLASH  
7 GONE GIRL  
8 SELMA  
9 WILD  
10 NIGHTCRAWLER

For Best Actor, the association named Michael Keaton for BIRDMAN. Runners-up included Eddie Redmayne for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (2), Benedict Cumberbatch for THE IMITATION GAME (3), Jake Gyllenhaal for NIGHTCRAWLER (4) and Timothy Spall for MR. TURNER (5).  
Reese Witherspoon was voted Best Actress for WILD. Next in the voting were Julianne Moore for STILL ALICE (2), Rosamund Pike for GONE GIRL (3), Felicity Jones for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (4) and Marion Cotillard for TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (5).  
In the Best Supporting Actor category, the winner was J.K. Simmons for WHIPLASH. He was followed by Edward Norton for BIRDMAN (2), Ethan Hawke for BOYHOOD (3), Mark Ruffalo for FOXCATCHER (4) and Alfred Molina for LOVE IS STRANGE (5).  
For Best Supporting Actress, the association named Patricia Arquette for BOYHOOD. Runners-up were Emma Stone for BIRDMAN (2), Keira Knightley for THE IMITATION GAME (3), Jessica Chastain for A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (4) and Laura Dern for WILD (5).  
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was voted Best Director for BIRDMAN. Next in the voting were Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD (2), Wes Anderson for THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (3), David Fincher for GONE GIRL (4) and Ava DuVernay for SELMA (5).  
The association voted FORCE MAJEURE as the best foreign-language film of the year. Runners-up included IDA (2), WINTER SLEEP (3), LEVIATHAN (4) and WILD TALES (5).  
CITIZENFOUR won for Best Documentary over LIFE ITSELF (2), JODOROWSKY’S DUNE (3), THE OVERNIGHTERS (4) and THE GREAT INVISIBLE (5).  
THE LEGO MOVIE was named the best animated film of 2014, with BIG HERO 6 as runner-up. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo shared the Best Screenplay award for BIRDMAN over Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD.  
The award for Best Cinematography went to Emmanuel Lubezki for BIRDMAN, followed by Hoyte Van Hoytema for INTERSTELLAR. The association gave its award for Best Musical Score to Hans Zimmer for INTERSTELLAR.  
The association voted BOYHOOD as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.  
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 30 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout North Texas.[/spoiler]I have to give them props for remembering Alfred Molina. Otherwise it’s pretty much same old same old.

Here’s a link to the [**Indiewire 2014 Year-End Critics Poll**](http://www.indiewire.com/survey/indiewire-2014-year-end-critics-poll/) (might take a bit to load up) because they don’t have an easy way to copy and paste. I like it because it actually gives you numbers, how many voted for what.

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**Toronto Film Critics** WINNERS (& Runners-up)

[spoiler] **BEST PICTURE**

“Boyhood” (Mongrel Media)

Runners-up  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Fox Searchlight)  
“Inherent Vice” (Warner Bros.)

**BEST ACTOR**

Tom Hardy, “Locke”

Runners-up  
Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler”

**BEST ACTRESS**

Marion Cotillard, “The Immigrant”

Runners-up  
Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”  
Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”

**BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR**

J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

Runners-up  
Josh Brolin, “Inherent Vice”  
Edward Norton, “Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”

**BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS**

Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”

Runners-up  
Tilda Swinton, “Snowpiercer”  
Katherine Waterston, “Inherent Vice”

**BEST DIRECTOR**

Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

Runners-up  
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”  
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

**BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL**

“The Grand Budapest Hotel”, screenplay by Wes Anderson from a story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness

Runners-up  
“Boyhood”, written by Richard Linklater  
“Inherent Vice”, screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon

BEST FIRST FEATURE

“The Lunchbox”, directed by Ritesh Batra

Runners-up  
“John Wick”, directed by Chad Stahelski  
“Nightcrawler”, directed by Dan Gilroy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

“The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” (GKids)

Runners-up  
“Big Hero 6″ (Walt Disney Studios)  
“How to Train Your Dragon 2″ (20th Century Fox)  
“The Lego Movie” (Warner Bros.)

**BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM**

“Force Majeure” (filmswelike)

Runners-up  
“Ida” (filmswelike)  
“Leviathan” (Mongrel Media)

**BEST DOCUMENTARY**

“The Overnighters” (filmswelike)

Runners-up  
“Citizenfour” (Entertainment One)  
“Manakamana” (filmswelike)

**JAY SCOTT PRIZE FOR AN EMERGING ARTIST**  
Albert Shin, director of “In Her Place”  
[/spoiler]Good for Tom Hardy and MARION! It’s about time she won something for that performance. It’s very nice to see The Lunchbox win something.  
**London Critics’ Circle** Nominations

[spoiler] **FILM OF THE YEAR**

Birdman  
Boyhood  
The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Ida  
Leviathan  
Mr Turner  
Nightcrawler  
The Theory of Everything  
Under the Skin  
Whiplash

**FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR**

Ida  
Leviathan  
Norte, The End of History  
Two Days, One Night  
Winter Sleep

**BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR**

The Imitation Game  
Mr Turner  
Pride  
The Theory of Everything  
Under the Skin

**DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR**

20,000 Days on Earth  
Citizenfour  
Manakamana  
Next Goal Wins  
Night Will Fall

**ACTOR OF THE YEAR**

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game  
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler  
Michael Keaton – Birdman  
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything  
Timothy Spall – Mr Turner

**ACTRESS OF THE YEAR**

Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night  
Essie Davis – The Babadook  
Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin  
Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars  
Julianne Moore – Still Alice

**SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR**

Riz Ahmed – Nightcrawler  
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood  
Edward Norton – Birdman  
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher  
JK Simmons – Whiplash

**SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR**

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood  
Marion Bailey – Mr Turner  
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year  
Agata Kulesza – Ida  
Emma Stone – Birdman

**BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR**

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game  
Tom Hardy – Locke, The Drop  
Jack O’Connell – Starred Up, ’71 & Unbroken  
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything  
Timothy Spall – Mr Turner

**BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR**

Emily Blunt – Into the Woods & Edge of Tomorrow  
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything  
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game, Begin Again & Say When  
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle  
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl & What We Did on Our Holiday

**YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR**

Daniel Huttlestone – Into the Woods  
Alex Lawther – The Imitation Game  
Corey McKinley – ’71  
Will Poulter – The Maze Runner & Plastic  
Saoirse Ronan – The Grand Budapest Hotel

**DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR**

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Jonathan Glazer – Under the Skin  
Alejandro G Iñárritu – Birdman  
Richard Linklater – Boyhood  
Mike Leigh – Mr Turner

**SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR**

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash  
Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler  
Alejandro G Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris & Armando Bo – Birdman  
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

**BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER**

Hossein Amini – The Two Faces of January  
Elaine Constantine – Northern Soul  
Yann Demange – ’71  
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard – 20,000 Days on Earth  
James Kent – Testament of Youth

**TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD**

’71 – Chris Wyatt, editing  
Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki, cinematography  
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, visual effects  
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen, production design  
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges, costumes  
Leviathan – Mikhail Krichman, cinematography  
Mr Turner – Dick Pope, cinematography  
A Most Violent Year – Kasia Walicka-Maimone, costumes  
Under the Skin – Mica Levi, score  
Whiplash – Tom Cross, editing[/spoiler]So much Under The Skin love, with film nominations in TWO different categories (Film of the Year and British Film of the Year), Actress and Director! Jonathan Glazer is not going to be nominated for a Directing Oscar, but I’m glad he’s occasionally getting some attention from the critics. He’s only directed 3 movies (Sexy Beast with an amazing and frightening performance by Ben Kingsley, the odd and creepy Birth with Nicole Kidman, and now Under The Skin) and I want to see much more of him.

I’m amazed that even British and Canadian critics like Nightcrawler so much. That’s a good thing. I was trying to think what Keira Knightley movie Say When was, and thinking they should have added Laggies to that list, but when I looked Say When up, I see that Laggies was called Say When in the UK. Weird. Interesting that Julianne Moore got a double nomination, and good for Essie Davis! Such a tiny little Australian indie, and the London critics liked her.  
**Houston Film Critics** Nominees

[spoiler] **Best Picture**

A Most Violent Year, A24 Films  
Birdman, Fox Searchlight Pictures  
Boyhood, IFC Films  
Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel  
Inherent Vice, Warner Bros.  
Nightcrawler, Open Road Films  
Selma  
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fox Searchlight Pictures  
The Imitation Game, The Weinstein Compaany  
Whiplash, Sony Pictures Classics

**Director**

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman  
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash  
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice  
Richard Linklater, Boyhood  
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

**Actor**

Bendict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game  
Eddie Redmayne, Theory Of Everything  
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler  
Michael Keaton, Birdman  
Tom Hardy, Locke

**Actress**

Essie Davis, The Babadook  
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything  
Julianne Moore, Still Alice  
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night  
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

**Supporting Actor**

Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes  
Edward Norton, Birdman  
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood  
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash  
Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice  
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

**Supporting Actres** s

Emma Stone, Birdman  
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year  
Kiera Knightley, The Imitation Game  
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood  
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

**Screenplay**

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo; Birdman  
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash  
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler  
Richard Linklater, Boyhood  
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

**Animated**

Big Hero 6  
How to Train Your Dragon 2  
The Book of Love  
The Boxtrolls  
The Lego Movie

**Cinematography**

Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman  
Hoyte van Hoytema, Interstellar  
Robert Elswit, Nightcrawler  
Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Roger Deakins, Unbroken

**Documentary**

Citizenfour  
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me  
Jodorowsky’s Dune  
Life Itself  
The Overnighters

**Foreign**

Force Majeure  
Ida  
Leviathan  
The Raid 2  
Two Days, One Night

**Original Score**

Alexander Desplat, The Imitation Game  
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel  
Antonio Sánchez, Birdman  
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar  
Johann Johannson, The Theory of Everything

**Original Song**

Big Eyes, Big Eyes  
Everything is Awesome, The Lego Movie  
Glory, Selma  
I’m Not Going to Miss You, Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me  
Lost Stars, Begin Again

**Texas Independent Film Award**

Above All Else  
Boyhood  
Hellion  
Joe  
No No: A Dockumentary  
Stop the Pounding Heart

**Best Poster**

Birdman  
Godzilla, IMAX  
Guardians of the Galaxy, Primary Theatrical  
Inherent Vice  
The Grand Budapest Hotel

**Technical Achievement**

Birdman – Creation of single long take for bulk of film  
Boyhood – Filming over 12 years  
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – creation of ape characters

**Worst Film of the Year**

Blended  
Dumb and Dumber To  
Left Behind  
The Identical  
Transformers: Age of Extinction[/spoiler]Ok, so no one in Houston liked UTS, but the Picture, Director and Supporting Actor nominations for Inherent Vice make up for it. The Andy Serkis and Essie Davis mentions are nice.  
**Florida Film Critics Circle** Nominations (yes, only 3 nominations each)

[spoiler] **Best Picture**

“Birdman”  
“Boyhood”  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

**Best Actor**

Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler”  
Michael Keaton, “Birdman”  
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”

**Best Actress**

Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”  
Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”  
Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”

**Best Supporting Actor**

Edward Norton, “Birdman”  
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”  
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

**Best Supporting Actress**

Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood  
Jessica Chastain, “A Most Violent Year”  
Emma Stone, “Birdman”

**Best Ensemble**

“Birdman”  
“Boyhood”  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

**Best Director**

Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, “Birdman”  
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

**Best Original Screenplay**

“Birdman”  
“Boyhood”  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

**Best Adapted Screenplay**

“Gone Girl”  
“Inherent Vice”  
“The Theory of Everything”

**Best Cinematography**

“Birdman”  
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
“Interstellar”

**Best Visual Effects**

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”  
“Guardians of the Galaxy”  
“Interstellar”

**Best Art Direction/Production Design**

“The Grand Budapest Hotel”  
“Interstellar”  
“Into the Woods”

**Best Score**

“Gone Girl”  
“Interstellar”  
“Under the Skin”

**Best Documentary**

“Citizenfour”  
“Life Itself”  
“Jodorowsky’s Dune”

**Best Foreign-Language Film**

“Ida”  
“Force Majeure”  
“The Raid 2”

**Best Animated Feature**

“Big Hero 6”  
“How to Train Your Dragon 2”  
“The Lego Movie”

**Pauline Kael Breakout Award**

Jennifer Kent, “The Babadook”  
Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”  
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, “Belle/Beyond the Lights”  
[/spoiler]Mica!

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**Chicago Film Critics** WINNERS (nominations earlier)

BEST PICTURE: Boyhood  
BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater–Boyhood  
BEST ACTOR: Michael Keaton–Birdman  
BEST ACTRESS: Julianne Moore–Still Alice  
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons–Whiplash  
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette–Boyhood  
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Wes Anderson–The Grand Budapest Hotel  
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gillian Flynn–Gone Girl  
BEST ART DIRECTION: The Grand Budapest Hotel  
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (TIE): Birdman–Emmanuel Lubezki  
The Grand Budapest Hotel–Robert Yeoman  
BEST EDITING: Whiplash–Tom Cross  
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Under the Skin–Mica Levi  
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The Lego Movie  
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Life Itself  
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Force Majeure  
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Jack O’Connell–Starred Up/Unbroken  
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER: Damien Chazelle–WhiplashMica!

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[Here’s a link to the full list of Oscar-eligible Scores and Songs.](http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/academy-music-branch-skips-birdman-and-whiplash-drumming-scores-20141213) No Whiplash or Birdman.

I don’t have the time or energy to go find and post all kinds of Top 10 lists, but I just now happened to see these and of course they made me very happy.

The Guardian’s (UK paper) Top 10

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> 1. “Under the Skin”
> 2. “Boyhood”
> 3. “Inherent Vice”
> 4. “Whiplash”
> 5. “Leviathan”
> 6. “Two Days, One Night”
> 7. “Nightcrawler”
> 8. “Ida”
> 9. “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
> 10. “The LEGO Movie”

Stephanie Zacharek from The Village Voice. I believe she’s kind of cheating with #6, but I don’t care. I love her. Got this from [Indiewire](http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/stephanie-zachareks-top-ten-under-the-skin-the-immigrant-boyhood-and-more-20141216):

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> 1. “Under the Skin” (Jonathan Glazer)
> 2. “Boyhood” (Richard Linklater)
> 3. “Only Lovers Left Alive” (Jim Jarmusch)
> 4. “Mr. Turner” (Mike Leigh)
> 5. “The Immigrant” (James Gray)
> 6. “Revenge of the Mekons” (Joe Angio)/“Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets” (Florian Habicht)/“20,000 Days on Earth” (Ian Forsyth/Jane Pollard)
> 7. “Love Is Strange” (Ira Sachs)
> 8. “The Missing Picture” (Rithy Panh)
> 9. “John Wick” (Chad Stahelski/David Leitch)
> 10. “Top Five” (Chris Rock)
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> Honorable mentions include “Two Days, One Night,” “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night,” “Goodbye to Language 3-D,” “Get On Up,” “Fading Gigolo,” “Lucy,” “Beyond the Lights,” “We Are the Best!,” “Dear White People,” “Selma,” “Dormant Beauty,” “Bird People,” “Force Majeure,” “Adult World,” “Finding Vivian Maier,” and “Moebius,” with a special mention at the top for Scott Coffey’s underrated indie comedy “Adult World.” Here’s what Zacharek had to say about her number one:
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> > Jonathan Glazer’s woozy hallucination of a movie – and Scarlett Johansson’s performance, as an alien who learns the hard way just what it takes to be human – confounded and challenged me, and moved me in ways I wouldn’t have thought possible. Why else go to the movies?

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Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®. Eighty-three films had originally been considered in the category.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

Argentina, “Wild Tales,” Damián Szifrón, director;  
Estonia, “Tangerines,” Zaza Urushadze, director;  
Georgia, “Corn Island,” George Ovashvili, director;  
Mauritania, “Timbuktu,” Abderrahmane Sissako, director;  
Netherlands, “Accused,” Paula van der Oest, director;  
Poland, “Ida,” Paweł Pawlikowski, director;  
Russia, “Leviathan,” Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;  
Sweden, “Force Majeure,” Ruben Östlund, director;  
Venezuela, “The Liberator,” Alberto Arvelo, director.

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Another Guild weighs in, the 2nd after the Screen Actors Guild. The American Cinema Editors (ACE) released the nominations for their “Eddie” (Editing, get it? Ha) awards. The Guilds nominations are the only ones that REALLY matter when it comes to predicting the Oscar nominations, because while not all Guild members are Academy members, _almost all_ Academy members in the branches that vote (Editors, Writers, Art Directors, Cinematographers, Costume Designers, Directors, Actors, Sound etc.) are Guild members. It’s a much better indicator of what people in the industry are paying attention to than critics awards and Golden Globes and whatnot, though those things are important too, because they often bring movies/performances to the forefront and get them attention. For instance, if Nightcrawler had been mostly absent throughout awards season so far, IMO it (and Jake Gyllenhaal) might not be positioned where it is today.

**American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie nominations**

**BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC)**:

American Sniper  
Joel Cox, ACE & Gary Roach, ACE

Boyhood  
Sandra Adair, ACE

Gone Girl  
Kirk Baxter, ACE

The Imitation Game  
William Goldenberg, ACE

Nightcrawler  
John Gilroy, ACE

Whiplash  
Tom Cross

There are 6 nominees because there was a tie. No one’s saying who tied what.

**BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL)**:

Birdman  
Douglas Crise & Stephen Mirrione, ACE

Guardians of the Galaxy  
Fred Raskin, Hughes Winborne, ACE & Craig Wood, ACE

Into the Woods  
Wyatt Smith

Inherent Vice  
Leslie Jones, ACE

Grand Budapest Hotel  
Barney Pilling

**BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM** :

Big Hero 6  
Tim Mertens

The Boxtrolls  
Edie Ichioka, ACE  


  
Lego Movie  
David Burrows & Chris McKay  

  
**BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)**:

Citizenfour  
Mathilde Bonnefoy

Finding Vivian Maier  
Aaron Wickenden

Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me  
Elisa Bonora

  
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER! What an unexpected and delightful surprise!

[Here’s a link](http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/american-sniper-nightcrawler-join-oscar-players-with-ace-editing-nominations) that includes the television nominations, which I don’t care about.

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But the TV nominations do include this gem:

Best Editing Half-Hour Series for Television  
“Silicon Valley” - “Optimal Tip to Tip Efficiency” (Brian Merken & Tim Roche)

I can’t even think about that episode without giggling.

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[Night At The Museum’s Sir Lancelot]“I have no idea what that means”[/Sir Lancelot]

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> [Night At The Museum’s Sir Lancelot]“I have no idea what that means”[/Sir Lancelot]

I couldn’t even _begin_ to explain it.

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Two more Guilds announced nominations today. From [HitFix](http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/gone-girl-nightcrawler-whiplash-score-pga-nominations#UbxsCrMJiY8GBd4s.99) (where you can find the TV nominations too):

The **Producers Guild of America (PGA)** nominations

**Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures**

“American Sniper” (Warner Bros. Pictures)  
Producers: Bradley Cooper, p.g.a., Clint Eastwood, p.g.a., Andrew Lazar, p.g.a., Robert Lorenz, p.g.a., Peter Morgan, p.g.a.

“Birdman” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)  
Producers: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole

“Boyhood” (IFC Films)  
Producers: Richard Linklater, p.g.a., Cathleen Sutherland, p.g.a.

“Foxcatcher” (Sony Pictures Classics)  
Producers: Megan Ellison, p.g.a., Jon Kilik, p.g.a., Bennett Miller, p.g.a.

“Gone Girl” (20th Century Fox)  
Producer: Ceán Chaffin, p.g.a.

“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)  
Producers: Wes Anderson & Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales

“The Imitation Game” (The Weinstein Company)  
Producers: Nora Grossman, p.g.a., Ido Ostrowsky, p.g.a., Teddy Schwarzman, p.g.a.

“Nightcrawler” (Open Road Films)  
Producers: Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy

“The Theory of Everything” (Focus Features)  
Producers: Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten

“Whiplash” (Sony Pictures Classics)  
Producers: Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster  
**Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures**

“Big Hero 6” (Walt Disney Animation Studios)  
Producer: Roy Conli, p.g.a.

“The Book of Life” (20th Century Fox)  
Producers: Brad Booker, p.g.a., Guillermo del Toro, p.g.a.

“The Boxtrolls” (Focus Features)  
Producers: David Bleiman Ichioka, p.g.a., Travis Knight, p.g.a.

“How To Train Your Dragon 2” (20th Century Fox)  
Producer: Bonnie Arnold, p.g.a.

“The LEGO Movie” (Warner Bros. Pictures)  
Producer: Dan Lin  
**Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures (previously announced)**

“The Green Prince” (Music Box Films)  
Producers: John Battsek, Simon Chinn, Nadav Schirman

“Life Itself” (Magnolia Pictures)  
Producers: Garrett Basch, Steve James, Zak Piper

“Merchants of Doubt” (Sony Pictures Classics)  
Producers: Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo

“Particle Fever” (Abramorama/BOND 360)  
Producers: David E. Kaplan, Mark A. Levinson, Andrea Miller, Carla Solomon

“Virunga” (Netflix)  
Producers: Joanna Natasegara, Orlando von Einsiedel  
No Selma. Wow.

I’ve seen all the live action and animated films except American Sniper. Of the documentaries I’ve only seen Life Itself and Virunga (though I saw that on Netflix, not in the theater). I’d never even heard of The Green Prince and Merchants of Doubt. I’ll have to look them up.

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