Excellent timing with the list… David Denby just named “Ida” his best movie of the year!
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.
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.
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
Edward Norton (Birdman)
Best Supporting Actress
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
[/spoiler]And this is why I like seeing the nominations too.
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
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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.
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
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.
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)
- Best Comedy
- Best Actor in a Comedy – Channing Tatum
AMERICAN SNIPER (2)
- Best Action Movie
- Best Actor in an Action Movie – Bradley Cooper
ANNIE (1)
- Best Young Actor/Actress – Quvenzhane Wallis
THE BABADOOK (2)
- Best Young Actor/Actress – Noah Wiseman
- Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie
BEGIN AGAIN (1)
- Best Song – “Lost Stars” by Keira Knightley
BIG EYES (1)
- Best Song – “Big Eyes” by Lana Del Rey
BIG HERO 6 (1)
- Best Animated Feature
BIRDMAN (13)
- Best Picture
- Best Actor – Michael Keaton
- Best Supporting Actor – Edward Norton
- Best Supporting Actress – Emma Stone
- Best Acting Ensemble
- Best Director – Alejandro G. Inarritu
- Best Original Screenplay – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo
- Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki
- Best Art Direction – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./Set Decorator
- Best Editing – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
- Best Comedy
- Best Actor in a Comedy – Michael Keaton
- Best Score – Antonio Sanchez
THE BOOK OF LIFE (1)
- Best Animated Feature
THE BOXTROLLS (1)
- Best Animated Feature
BOYHOOD (8)
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor – Ethan Hawke
- Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette
- Best Young Actor/Actress – Ellar Coltrane
- Best Acting Ensemble
- Best Director – Richard Linklater
- Best Original Screenplay – Richard Linklater
- Best Editing – Sandra Adair
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2)
- Best Action Movie
- Best Actor in an Action Movie – Chris Evans
CAKE (1)
- Best Actress – Jennifer Aniston
CHEF (1)
- Best Actor in a Comedy – Jon Favreau
CITIZENFOUR (1)
- Best Documentary Feature
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2)
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie
DIVERGENT (1)
- Best Actress in an Action Movie – Shailene Woodley
EDGE OF TOMORROW (4)
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Action Movie
- Best Actor in an Action Movie – Tom Cruise
- Best Actress in an Action Movie – Emily Blunt
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (1)
- Best Young Actor/Actress – Ansel Elgort
FORCE MAJEURE (1)
- Best Foreign Language Film
FOXCATCHER (2)
- Best Supporting Actor – Mark Ruffalo
- Best Hair & Makeup
FURY (2)
- Best Action Movie
- Best Actor in an Action Movie – Brad Pitt
GLEN CAMPBELL: I’LL BE ME (1)
- Best Documentary Feature
GONE GIRL (6)
- Best Picture
- Best Actress – Rosamund Pike
- Best Director – David Fincher
- Best Adapted Screenplay – Gillian Flynn
- Best Editing – Kirk Baxter
- Best Score – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (11)
- Best Picture
- Best Actor – Ralph Fiennes
- Best Young Actor/Actress – Tony Revolori
- Best Acting Ensemble
- Best Director – Wes Anderson
- Best Original Screenplay – Wes Andreson, Hugo Guinness
- Best Cinematography – Robert Yeoman
- Best Art Direction – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
- Best Costume Design – Milena Canonero
- Best Comedy
- Best Actor in a Comedy – Ralph Fiennes
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (5)
- Best Hair & Makeup
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Action Movie
- Best Actor in an Action Movie – Chris Pratt
- Best Actress in an Action Movie – Zoe Saldana
THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (2)
- Best Hair & Makeup
- Best Visual Effects
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (1)
- Best Animated Feature
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2)
- Best Actress in an Action Movie – Jennifer Lawrence
- Best Song – “Yellow Flicker Beat” by Lorde
IDA (1)
- Best Foreign Language Film
THE IMITATION GAME (6)
- Best Picture
- Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch
- Best Supporting Actress – Keira Knightley
- Best Acting Ensemble
- Best Adapted Screenplay – Graham Moore
- Best Score – Alexandre Desplat
INHERENT VICE (4)
- Best Supporting Actor – Josh Brolin
- Best Adapted Screenplay – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Best Art Direction – David Crank/Production Designer, Amy Wells/Set Decorator
- Best Costume Design – Mark Bridges
INTERSTELLAR (7)
- Best Young Actor/Actress – Mackenzie Foy
- Best Cinematography – Hoyte Van Hoytema
- Best Art Direction – Nathan Crowley/Production Designer, Gary Fettis/Set Decorator
- Best Editing – Lee Smith
- Best Visual Effects
- Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie
- Best Score – Hans Zimmer
INTO THE WOODS (5)
- Best Supporting Actress – Meryl Streep
- Best Acting Ensemble
- Best Art Direction – Dennis Gassner/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
- Best Costume Design – Colleen Atwood
- Best Hair & Makeup
JODOROWSKY’S DUNE (1)
- Best Documentary Feature
THE JUDGE (1)
- Best Supporting Actor – Robert Duvall
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM (1)
- Best Documentary Feature
THE LEGO MOVIE (2)
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Song – “Everything Is Awesome” by Jo Li and the Lonely Island
LEVIATHAN (1)
- Best Foreign Language Film
LIFE ITSELF (1)
- Best Documentary Feature
LUCY (1)
- Best Actress in an Action Movie – Scarlett Johansson
MALEFICENT (2)
- Best Costume Design – Anna B. Sheppard
- Best Hair & Makeup
A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (1)
- Best Supporting Actress – Jessica Chastain
MR. TURNER (2)
- Best Cinematography – Dick Pope
- Best Costume Design – Jacqueline Durran
NEIGHBORS (1)
- Best Actress in a Comedy – Rose Byrne
NIGHTCRAWLER (3)
- Best Picture
- Best Actor – Jake Gyllenhaal
- Best Original Screenplay – Dan Gilroy
OBVIOUS CHILD (1)
- Best Actress in a Comedy – Jenny Slate
THE OVERNIGHTERS (1)
- Best Documentary Feature
SELMA (5)
- Best Picture
- Best Actor – David Oyelowo
- Best Acting Ensemble
- Best Director – Ava DuVernay
- Best Song – “Glory” by Common/John Legend
THE SKELETON TWINS (1)
- Best Actress in a Comedy – Kristen Wiig
SNOWPIERCER (3)
- Best Supporting Actress – Tilda Swinton
- Best Art Direction – Ondrej Nekvasil/Production Designer, Beatrice Brentnerova/Set Decorator
- Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie
ST. VINCENT (4)
- Best Young Actor/Actress – Jaeden Lieberher
- Best Comedy
- Best Actor in a Comedy – Bill Murray
- Best Actress in a Comedy – Melissa McCarthy
STILL ALICE (1)
- Best Actress – Julianne Moore
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (5)
- Best Picture
- Best Actor – Eddie Redmayne
- Best Actress – Felicity Jones
- Best Adapted Screenplay – Anthony McCarten
- Best Score – Johann Johannson
TOP FIVE (3)
- Best Comedy
- Best Actor in a Comedy – Chris Rock
- Best Actress in a Comedy – Rosario Dawson
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (2)
- Best Actress – Marion Cotillard
- Best Foreign Language Film
UNBROKEN (4)
- Best Picture
- Best Director – Angelina Jolie
- Best Adapted Screenplay – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson
- Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins
UNDER THE SKIN (1)
- Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie
WHIPLASH (4)
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons
- Best Original Screenplay – Damien Chazelle
- Best Editing – Tom Cross
WILD (2)
- Best Actress – Reese Witherspoon
- Best Adapted Screenplay – Nick Hornby
WILD TALES (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.
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
[/spoiler]
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.
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 (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.
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 Actress
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!
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!
Here’s a link to the full list of Oscar-eligible Scores and Songs. 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
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:
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.
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 that includes the television nominations, which I don’t care about.
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.
[Night At The Museum’s Sir Lancelot]“I have no idea what that means”[/Sir Lancelot]
I couldn’t even begin to explain it.
Two more Guilds announced nominations today. From HitFix (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.