Birdman Wins SAG Awards

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE:

Birdman

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

J.K Simmons (Whiplash)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

Birdman wins Producers Guild

Picture: Birdman
TV Drama: Breaking Bad
Documentary Film: Life Itself
Longform TV Series: Fargo
Non-fiction: Cosmos A Spacetime Odyssey
TV Comedy Award – Orange is the New Black
The Voice wins reality
Live Entertainment in Talk TV to THE TONIGHT SHOW
Best Animated Feature: The Lego Movie

Boyhood wins the Gay and Lesbian Film Critics

FILM OF THE YEAR
Birdman – Fox Searchlight
Boyhood – Sundance Selects/IFC
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight
The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company
Pride – CBS Films

FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher – Sony Pictures Classics
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler – Open Road
Michael Keaton, Birdman – Fox Searchlight
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything – Focus Features/Universal

FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS
Essie Davis, The Babadook – Sundance Selects/IFC
Anne Dorval, Mommy – Roadside Attractions
Julianne Moore, Still Alice – Sony Pictures Classics
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox
Reese Witherspoon, Wild – Fox Searchlight

FILM DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight
Ava DuVernay, Selma – Paramount
David Fincher, Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman – Fox Searchight
Richard Linklater, Boyhood – Sundance Selects/IFC

LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
The Imitation Game – The Weinstein Company
Love is Strange – Sony Pictures Classics
Pride – CBS Films
Stranger by the Lake – Strand Releasing
The Way He Looks – Strand Releasing

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Force Majeure – Magnolia Pictures
Ida – Music Box Films
Mommy – Roadside Attractions
Stranger by the Lake – Strand Releasing
Two Days, One Night – Sundance Selects/IFC

UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
Obvious Child – A24
Love is Strange – Sony Pictures Classics
Pride – CBS Films
The Skeleton Twins – Roadside Attractions
Snowpiercer – Radius/TWC

DOCUMENTARY FILM OF THE YEAR
(theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)
The Case Against 8 – HBO
CitizenFour – Radius/TWC
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me – Sundance Selects
Life Itself – Magnolia Pictures
Regarding Susan Sontag – HBO

VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
Birdman – Fox Searchlight
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Fox Searchlight
Interstellar – Paramount
Snowpiercer – Radius/TWC
Under the Skin – A24

CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR
Annie
Gone Girl
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Tammy

Boyhood Wins London Film critics

35th LONDON CRITICS’ CIRCLE FILM AWARDS WINNERS

FILM OF THE YEAR

Boyhood (Universal)

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

Leviathan (Curzon Artificial Eye)

BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR

Under the Skin (StudioCanal)

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR

Citizenfour (Curzon Artificial Eye)

ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Michael Keaton – Birdman (Fox)

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Julianne Moore – Still Alice (Curzon Artificial Eye)

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR

JK Simmons – Whiplash (Sony)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood (Universal)

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR

Timothy Spall – Mr Turner (eOne)

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR

Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl (Fox) & What We Did on Our Holiday (Lionsgate)

YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Alex Lawther – The Imitation Game (StudioCanal)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Richard Linklater – Boyhood (Universal)

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox)

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER

Yann Demange – ’71 (StudioCanal)

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Under the Skin – Mica Levi, score (StudioCanal)

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM

Miranda Richardson

TOP 10 FILMS of 2014

1. Boyhood

2. Birdman

3. Under the Skin

4. Whiplash

5. Mr Turner

6. Leviathan

7. The Grand Budapest Hotel

8. Ida

9. Nightcrawler

10. The Theory of Everything

Critics Choice Awards

Best Picture: Boyhood
Best Director: Richard Linklater-Boyhood
Best Actor: Michael Keaton-Birdman
Best Actress: Julainne Moore-Still Alice
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette-Boyhood
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons-Whiplash
Best Foreign Film: Force Majeure
Best Animated Feature: The Lego Movie
Best Original Screenplay-Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacabone, Armando Bo-Birdman
Best Adapted Screenplay-Gillian Flynn-Gone Girl
Best Cinematography-Emanuel Lubezki-Birdman
Best Editing-Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrone-Birdman
Best Production Design-Adam Stockhausen-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Costume Design-Milena Canonero-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Hair and Makeup-Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Visual Effects-Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Best Song: Glory-Selma
Best Score: Antonio Sanchez-Birdman
Best Ensemble: Birdman
Best Young Actor : Ellar Coltrane-Boyhood
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Film-Interstellar
Best Comedy: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actor in a Comedy: Michael Keaton-Birdman
Best Actress in a Comedy: Jenny Slate-Obvious Child
Best Action Movie: Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Actor in an Action Movie: Bradley Cooper-American Cooper
Best Actress in an Action Movie: Emily Blunt-Edge of Tomorrow
Critics Choice MVP Award: Jessica Chastain
Genius Award: Ron Howard
Lifetime Achievement Award: Kevin Costner

Boyhood wins the Golden Globe

MOTION PICTURES

Best Drama

• WINNER: "Boyhood"
• "Foxcatcher"
• "The Imitation Game"
• "Selma"
• "The Theory of Everything"

Best Comedy

• "Birdman"
• WINNER: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• "Into the Woods"
• "Pride"
• "St. Vincent"

Best Director

• Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• Ava Duvernay, "Selma"
• David Fincher, "Gone Girl"
• Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
• WINNER: Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"

Best Actress in a Drama

• Jennifer Aniston, "Cake"
• Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
• WINNER: Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
• Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
• Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"

Best Actor in a Drama

• Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
• Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
• Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
• David Oyelowo, "Selma"
• WINNER: Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"

Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy

• Ralph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• WINNER: Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
• Bill Murray, "St. Vincent"
• Joaquin Phoenix, "Inherent Vice"
• Christoph Waltz, "Big Eyes"

Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy

• WINNER: Amy Adams, "Big Eyes"
• Emily Blunt, "Into the Woods"
• Helen Mirren, "The Hundred-Foot Journey"
• Julianne Moore, "Map to the Stars"
• Quvenzhané Wallis, "Annie"

Best Supporting Actress

• WINNER: Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
• Jessica Chastain, "A Most Violent Year"
• Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
• Emma Stone, "Birdman"
• Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"

Best Supporting Actor

• Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
• Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
• Edward Norton, "Birdman"
• Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
• WINNER: J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"

Best Screenplay

• Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl"
• WINNER: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo, "Birdman"
• Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
• Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"

Best Foreign Language Film

• "Force Majeure Turist," Sweden
• "Gett: The Trial of Viviane Ansalem Gett," Israel
• "Ida," Poland/Denmark
• WINNER: "Leviathan," Russia
• "Tangerines Mandariinid," Estonia

Best Animated Feature

• "Big Hero 6"
• "The Book of Life"
• "The Boxtrolls"
• WINNER: "How to Train Your Dragon 2"
• "The Lego Movie"

Best Original Song

• "Big Eyes" from "Big Eyes" music and lyrics by Lana Del Rey
• WINNER: "Glory" from "Selma," Music and lyrics by John Legend and Common
• "Mercy Is" from "Noah," Music and lyrics by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye
• "Opportunity" from "Annie," Music and lyrics by Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
• "Yellow Flicker Beat" from "The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1," Music and lyrics by Lorde

Best Score

• "The Imitation Game"
• WINNER: "The Theory of Everything"
• "Gone Girl"
• "Birdman"
• "Interstellar"

Boyhood wins the Houston Film Critics

• Best Picture - "Boyhood"
• Best Director - Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
• Best Actor - Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler"
• Best Actress - Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
• Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
• Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
• Best Screenplay - Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
• Best Animated Film - "The LEGO Movie"
• Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman"
• Best Documentary - "Citizenfour"
• Best Foreign Film - "Force Majeure"
• Best Original Score - Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• Best Original Song - "Everything is Awesome" by Shawn Patterson and Joshua Bartholomew & Lisa Harriton and The Lonely Island, for "The LEGO Movie"
• Best Poster Design - Annie Atkins for "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
• Worst Picture - "The Identical"
• Texas Independent Film Award - "Boyhood"
• Humanitarian Award - Joe Hall, Ghetto Film School
• Lifetime Achievement Award - Larry McMurtry
• Outstanding Achievement - Rick Ferguson and the Houston Film Commission
• Technical Achievement - "Boyhood"

Boyhood wins the EDA Awards

Best Film
BOYHOOD

Best Director (Female or Male)
Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD

Best Screenplay, Original
BIRDMAN – Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Nicholas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo

Best Screenplay, Adapted
GONE GIRL – Gillian Flynn

Best Documentary
CITIZENFOUR – Laura Poitras

Best Animated Film
LEGO – Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Best Actress
Julianne Moore for STILL ALICE

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Tilda Swinton for SNOWPIERCER

Best Actor
Michael Keaton for BIRDMAN

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
J.K. Simmons for WHIPLASH

Best Ensemble Cast (tie)
BIRDMAN – Francine Maisler, Casting Director
and
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Douglas Aibel (US), Antoinette Boulat (France), Simone Bar, Alexandra Montag (Germany), Debra Maxwell Dion (LA), Jina Jay (UK)

Best Editing
BIRDMAN – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione

Best Cinematography
BIRDMAN – Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Film Music Or Score
BIRDMAN – Antonio Sanchez

Best Non-English-Language Film
IDA – Pavel Pawlikowski (Poland)

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

Best Woman Director
Ava DuVernay for SELMA

Best Woman Screenwriter
Gillian Flynn for GONE GIRL

Best Female Action Star
Emily Blunt for EDGE OF TOMORROW

Best Breakthrough Performance
Gugu Mbatha-Raw for BELLE

Female Icon of the Year (tie)
(a woman whose work in film and/or in life made a difference)
Ava DuVernay
and
Laura Poitras

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction
UNDER THE SKIN – Scarlett Johansson

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Tilda Swinton

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest
MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT – Colin Firth (b. 1960) and Emma Stone (b. 1988)

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent
Cameron Diaz for SEX TAPE

Movie You Wanted To Love, But Just Couldn’t
INHERENT VICE

American Sniper takes Denver Film Critics

Best Picture: “American Sniper”

Best Director: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

Best Actor: (tie) Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”

Best Actress: Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”

Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”

Best Animated Film: “The Lego Movie”

Best Science Fiction/Horror Film: “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”

Best Comedy: “Guardians of the Galaxy”

Best Original Screenplay: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, “Birdman”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”

Best Documentary: “The Overnighters”

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”

Best Original Song: “Everything Is Awesome,” Tegan and Sara, “The Lego Movie”

Best Score: Antonio Sanchez, “Birdman”

Best Foreign Language Film: “Two Days, One Night”

Writers Guild Nominees

• Boyhood, Written by Richard Linklater; IFC Films
• Foxcatcher, Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman; Sony Pictures Classics
• The Grand Budapest Hotel, Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox Searchlight
• Nightcrawler, Written by Dan Gilroy; Open Road Films
• Whiplash, Written by Damien Chazelle; Sony Pictures Classics

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• American Sniper, Written by Jason Hall; Based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice; Warner Bros.
• Gone Girl, Screenplay by Gillian Flynn; Based on her novel; 20th Century Fox
• Guardians of the Galaxy, Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman; Based on the Marvel comic by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• The Imitation Game, Written by Graham Moore; Based on the book "Alan Turing: The Enigma" by Andrew Hodges; The Weinstein Company
• Wild, Screenplay by Nick Hornby; Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed; Fox Searchlight

ASC Nominees include The Imitation Game as Biggest Surprise!

• Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC for Unbroken
• Óscar Faura for The Imitation Game
• Emmanuel Lubezki ASC, AMC for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Dick Pope, BSC for Mr. Turner
• Robert D. Yeoman, ASC for The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Best of 2014 Awards

Having announced my Top Ten this year on Latin Post, Reel Salazars is proud to announce the Best of 2014 in Film. The following awards are for the technical, directing and acting awards.



Art Direction

The Grand Budapest Hotel

"Exquisite color palettes and intricate attention to detail immerse the viewer into Wes Anderson's fantastical world"  

Runner-Up-Snowpiercer

Cinematography

Emanuel Lubezki-Birdman

After Lubezki's monumental opening shot in "Gravity," the DP tops himself in "Birdman" as the film is shot entirely in one take. It is total cinema in every way and it also proves the power of Lubezki's talents." 

Runner-Up-Darius Khondji-The Immigrant

Costume Design

Milena Canonero-The Grand Budapest Hotel 

"Milena Canonero proves once again why she is one of the best in the business.The costumes match well with the sets and each character is distinguished by what they wear." 

Runner-Up-Anuishia Nieradzik-Belle

Film Editing

Ron Patane-A Most Violent Year

"Each scene is beautifully put together and provides for some great tension."
Runner-Up-Sandra Adair-Boyhood

Makeup and Hair

Guardians of the Galay

"While it isn't revolutionary, the characters are so vivid through the makeup work and they create the universe Marvel intended.
Runner-Up-Foxcatcher

Original Score

Johann Johannsson-The Theory of Everything

"Johannson's scores provides nostalgia, playfulness and the otherworldly qualities that Stephen Hawking's represents. and it is definitely the most memorable and masterful score of the yearRunner-Up-Alexandre Desplat-The Imitation Game 

Music Song

Lost Stars-Begin Again

"Performed twice in this infectious film, the song is memorable and intimate and incredibly catchy"  
Runner-Up-Big Eyes-Big Eyes

Sound Editing

Interstellar

"The minute Interstellar begins it is impossible not to be aware of all the sound effects that were created in film and that immerse audiences into the world of Space and that also bring you into Christopher Nolan's world."
Runner-Up-Gone Girl 

Sound Mixing

Interstellar

"Like the effects created in the movie, the complete mix is a work of art. No film this year can really bring you into the world with Interstellar's complex Sound mix."
Runner-Up-Birdman

Visual Effects

Interstellar

"Christopher Nolan's use of practicals creates the world of space like no other. Like Gravity, Space has never looked better and each set is intricately created.  
Runner-Up-Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Best Adapted screenplay

Graham Moore-The Imitation Game 

"Graham Moore's script is intelligent and smartly written. He creates vivid and intense characters that are among the best written this year. While it isn't anything groundbreaking, it is hugely satisfying."  
Runner-Up-Paul Thomas Anderson-Inherent Vice

Best Original Screenplay

J.C Chandor-A Most Violent Year 

"Chandor has crafted a tough script that leaves audiences with hard questions and brings together memorable characters that can be off-putting. However, the script is tightly written and tense."
Runner-Up-Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne-Two Days One Night 

Foregin Film

Two Days One Night (Belgium)

"The Dardenne brothers are crafted a movie so engraved in reality it can be difficult to watch. Luckily the Dardenne's allow the audience to breathe with some of the most tender cinematic moments of 2014.The film features an incredible performance by Marion Cotillard that is among her best. 
Runner-Up-Ida (Poland)

Ensemble

Birdman

"Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has assembled a cast that delivers with great performances. Michael Keaton leads an ensemble that also includes Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough, Lindsay Duncan, Zack Galifianakis and Emma Stone.  
Runner-Up-The Grand Budapest Hotel 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Patricia Arquette-Boyhood

"Arquette gives a riveting performance that is among the greatest in years. Audiences watch Arquette transform over 12 years as her character develops as a mother. It is a heartbreaking performance that is memorable in every way."
Runner-Up-Jessica Chastain-A Most Violent Year

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Edward Norton-Birdman

"Comic and tragic at the same time Norton is phenomenal in this movie and is among his best turns in years. 
Runner-Up-Mark Ruffalo-Foxcatcher

Actress in a Leading Role

Marion Cotillard-Two Days One Night

"Cotillard's physicality is on display throughout the film as audiences are able to see her character crumble in some of the worst circumstances. At the same time, Cotillard adds ounces of cheerfulness even though the outcome looks bleak."Runner-Up-Reese Witherspoon-Wild

Actor in a Leading Role

Eddie Redmayne-The Theory of Everything
"Eddie Redmayne gives the most complete and compelling turns of the year through his physicality and his transformative powers. It is without a doubt one performance that will be remembered for years to come."

Runner-Up-Michael Keaton-Birdman

Directing

 

J.C Chandor-A Most Violent Year 
"Each frame in the movie is beautifully shot and each performance is filled with great truth. Chandor easily directs each scene with realism and precision creating tense and memorable sequences that haven't been seen at all this year. Chandor proves once again why he is one of the most promising filmmakers in the industry."

Runner-Up-Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne-Two Days One Night