Monday, December 22, 2014

The Grand Budapest Hotel Wins the Southeastern Film Critics

Best Film
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Boyhood
3. Birdman
4. Whiplash
5. The Imitation Game
6. Gone Girl
7. Snowpiercer
8. Nightcrawler
9. Foxcatcher
10. The Theory of Everything
Best Director
1. Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
2. Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Actor
1. Michael Keaton (Birdman)
2. Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Best Actress
1. Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
2. Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
Best Supporting Actor
1. J. K. Simmons (Whiplash)
2. Edward Norton (Birdman)
Best Supporting Actress
1. Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
2. Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)
Best Original Screenplay
1. Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
2. Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolas Giacobone and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
2. Nick Hornby (Wild)
Best Cinematography
1. Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman)
2. Robert D. Yeoman (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Ensemble
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Birdman
Best Animated Film
1. The LEGO Movie
2. Big Hero 6
Best Documentary
1. Life Itself
2. Citizenfour
Best Foreign Language Film
1. Force Majeure
2. Ida
The Gene Wyatt Award for the Film that Best Evokes the Spirit of the South
1. Selma
2. Cold in July

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Gone wins the Nevada Film Critics

Best Film
Gone Girl
Best Director
Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler)
Best Actor
Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
Best Actress
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Best Supporting Actor
J. K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
Best Screenplay
Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler)
Best Cinematography
Hoyte van Hoytema (Interstellar)
Best Production Design
Adam Stockhausen (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Visual Effects
Interstellar
Best Ensemble Cast
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Animated Movie
Big Hero 6
Best Documentary
Citizenfour
Best Youth Performance
Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)

Birdman wins the Utah Film Critics

Picture Birdman
Director Inarritu, Birdman
Actress Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Actor Michael Keaton, Birdman
Supporting Actress Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Supporting Actor JK Simmons, Whiplash 
Original Screnplay Birdman
Adapted Screenplay [TIE] Inherent Vice and Snowpiercer 
Cinematography Nightcrawler
Animated Feature The LEGO Movie
Foreign Film We are the Best (Sweden)
Documentary  Citizenfour

Birdman wins the Las Vegas Film Critics

Best Picture Birdman
Top Ten In Order
  1. Birdman
  2. Boyhood
  3. Whiplash
  4. Nightcrawler
  5. Grand Budapest Hotel
  6. Wild
  7. Selma
  8. The Imitation Game
  9. Snowpiercer
  10. Under the Skin 
Director Iñárritu, Birdman
Actress Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Actor Michael Keaton, Birdman
Supporting Actress Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
Supporting Actor JK Simmons, Whiplash 
Screenplay Birdman
Cinematography BirdmanArt Direction Grand Budapest Hotel
Score BirdmanSong "I Love You All," Frank
Animated Feature The LEGO Movie
Foreign Film Ida
Documentary  Citizenfour
Action Film Guardians of the Galaxy
Comedy Top Five
Horror/Sci-Fi The Babadook 
Family Film The LEGO Movie
Ensemble Birdman
Youth in Film Jaeden Lieberher, St Vincent
William Holden Lifetime Achievement Bill Murray 

Birdman win the Florida Film Critics

Picture Birdman
Director Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Actress Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Actor Michael Keaton, Birdman
Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Supporting Actor JK Simmons, Whiplash 
Original Screnplay Grand Budapest Hotel
Adapted Screenplay Gone Girl
Cinematography InterstellarArt Direction Grand Budapest Hotel
Score Under the Skin
Visual Effects Interstellar
Animated Feature The LEGO Movie
Foreign Film The Raid 2
Documentary  Life Itself
Pauline Kael Breakout Award Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Golden Orange - The Borsct CorporationThis last is a prize given to outstanding contributions to cinema in Florida. The Borscht Group is a non-profit helping filmmakers in South Florida

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Boyhood Wins the Detroit Film Critics

Film Boyhood
Director Richard Linklater, Boyhood 
Actress Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Actor Michael Keaton, Birdman
Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Supporting Actor JK Simmons, Whiplash
Screenplay Boyhood
Documentary Citizen Four
Breakthrough Award Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Boyhood wins the Austin Film Critics

Best Film: Boyhood (Richard Linklater)
Best Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
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: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Best Adapted Screenplay: Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Best Score: Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Best Foreign Language Film: Force Majeure (Ruben Östlund)
Best Documentary: Citizenfour (Laura Poitras)
Best Animated Film: The LEGO Movie (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller)
Best First Film: Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy)
Breakthrough Artist: Jennifer Kent, The Babadook
Best Austin Film: Boyhood (Richard Linklater)
Special Honorary Award: Gary Poulter, for his outstanding performance in Joe
AFCA 2014 Top Ten Films
1. Boyhood
2. Whiplash
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Birdman
5. Snowpiercer
6. Nightcrawler
7. Selma
8. The Imitation Game
9. TIE: Inherent Vice and Gone Girl

Birdman wins the Phoenix Film Critics

Best Picture
Winner – Birdman

Other Nominees:
Boyhood
Grand Budapest Hotel
Selma
Whiplash
Best Comedy Film
Winner – Grand Budapest Hotel
Other Nominees:
Guardians of the Galaxy
Lego Movie
Obvious Child
St. Vincent
Best Horror or Sci-Fi Film
Winner: Snowpiercer
Other Nominees:
Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
Under the Skin
Best Mystery or Thriller Film
Winners (tie) – Gone Girl and Nightcrawler
Other Nominees:
The Imitation Game
A Most Violent Year
Best Actor
Winner – Michael Keaton, Birdman
Other Nominees:
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
Winner – Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Other Nominees:
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Hilary Swank, The Homesman
Best Supporting Actor
Winner – JK Simmons, Whiplash
Other Nominees:
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
Best Supporting Actress
Winner – Emma Stone, Birdman
Other Nominees:
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Best Director
Winner – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman
Other Nominees:
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best Screenplay
Winner – Birdman
Other Nominees:
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash
Best Animated Film
Winner – The Lego Movie
Other Nominees:
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Best International Film
Winners (tie) – Force Majeure and Ida
Other Nominee:
Two Days, One Night

Boyhood Wins the Toronto Film Critics

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”

Monday, December 15, 2014

Nightcrawler Wins the San Diego Film Critics

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)

Boyhood Wins St. Louis Film Critics

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 Pentagon

Boyhood wins the Indiana Film Journalists Association

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”
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: “Two Days, One Night”
Best Documentary
Winner: “Life Itself”
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”
Best Director
Winner: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Best Actress
Winner: Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Jessica Chastain “A Most Violent Year”
Best Actor
Winner: Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Best Musical Score
Winner: Mica Levi, “Under the Skin”
Original Vision Award
Winner: “Boyhood”
The Hoosier Award
Winner: Eric Grayson, film historian and preservationist

Birdman wins Dallas Fort Worth Critics

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
Best Actor: Michael Keaton for BIRDMAN. .
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon for WILD
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons for WHIPLASH
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette for BOYHOOD
Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for BIRDMAN
Best Foreign Film: FORCE MAJEURE
Best Documentary: CITIZENFOUR 
Best Animated Film: THE LEGO MOVIE
Best Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo for BIRDMAN .
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for BIRDMAN
Best Musical Score: Hans Zimmer for INTERSTELLAR.
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: 
BOYHOOD 

The Grand Budapest Hotel Wins the Online Film Critics

Best Picture
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Animated Feature
The Lego Movie

Best Film Not in the English Language
Two Days, One Night

Best Documentary
Life Itself

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 Original Screenplay
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Adapted Screenplay
Gone Girl

 
Best Editing
Birdman

 
Best Cinematography
The Grand Budapest Hotel

 
Best Non-U.S. Release (non-competitive category)
'71
10,000 km
Entre Nós
Han Gong-ju
Hard to Be a God
The Look of Silence
The Salt of the Earth
What We Do in the Shadows
Timbuktu

The Tribe

Boyhood Wins San Francisco Film Critics

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: Birdman
Best screenplay, adapted: Inherent Vice
Best cinematography: Ida
Best production design: The Best Grand Budapest Hotel
Best editing: Boyhood
Best animated feature: The Lego Movie
Best foreign-language picture: Ida
Best documentary: Citizenfour

Birdman wins the Kansas City Film Critics

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”

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Ida Wins the European Film Award!

European Film
"Ida"
European Director
Pawel Pawlikowski, "Ida"
European Actor
Timothy Spall, "Mr. Turner"
European Actress
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
European Screenwriter
Pawel Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, "Ida"
European Cinematographer (Prix Carlo Di Palma)
Ryszard Lenczewski, Lukasz Zal, "Ida"
European Editor
Justine Wright, "Locke"
European Production Designer
Claus-Rudolf Amler, "The Dark Valley"
European Costume Designer
Natascha Curtius-Noss, "The Dark Valley"
European Composer
Mica Levi, "Under the Skin"
European Sound Designer
Joakim Sundstrom, "Starred Up"
European Animated Feature Film
"The Art of Happiness"
European Documentary
"Master of the Universe"
European Short Film
"The Chicken"
People's Choice Award
"Ida"
European Discovery (FIPRESCI Prize)
"The Tribe"
European Co-Production Award (Prix Eurimages)
Ed Guiney
European Achievement in World Cinema
Steve McQueen
Lifetime Achievement Award
Agnes Varda