On Saturday 12/6
The Boston Online Film Critic Association
Going their own direction they picked movies that have not been getting a whole lot of attention. I especially like the inclusion of Tilda Swinton for Best Supporting Actress
Best Picture- Snowpiercer
Best Director- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)
Best Actor- Brendan Gleeson (Calvary)
Best Actress- Marion Cotillarrd (Two Days, One Night)
Best Supporting Actor- Edward Norton (Birdman)
Best Supporting Actress - Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)
Best Screenplay- Calvary
Best Animated Movie - The Lego Movie
Best Documentary - Life Itself
Best Foreign Language Film - Two Days, One Night
Top 10
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin
Boyhood
Only Lovers Left Alive
The Babadook
Two Days, One Night
Birdman
Calvary
Inherent Vice
Selma
On Sunday 12/7
Three big announcements
The Society of Boston Film Critics
Best Picture - Boyhood
Best Director-Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Best Actor- Michael Keaton (Birdman)
Best Actress- Marion Cotillard (The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night)
Best Supporting Actor- J.K Simmons (Whiplash)
Best Supporting Actress - Emma Stone (Birdman)
Best Screenplay- Birdman and Boyhood
Best Animated Movie - The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Best Documentary - CitizenFour
Best Foreign Language Film - Two Days, One Night
The New York Film Critics Online Awards
Best Picture- Boyhood
Best Director- Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
Best Actress- Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
Best Supporting Actor- J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Best Supporting Actress- Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Best Screenplay - Birdman
Best Animated Movie - The Lego Movie
Best Documentary - Life Itself
Best Foreign Language Film - Two Days, One Night
The L.A. Film Critic Awards
Best Picture- Boyhood
Best Director - Boyhood
Best Actor - Tom Hardy (Locke)
Best Actress- Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
Best Supporting Actress - Agata Kulesza (Ida)
Best Screenplay - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Animated Movie - The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Best Documentary - CitizenFour
Best Foreign Language Film - Ida
On Monday 12/8 we got two more lists.
The D.C. Area Film Critics
Best Picture- Boyhood
Best Director - 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 Screenplay
Adapted - Gone Girl
Original- Birdman
Best Animated Movie - The Lego Movie
Best Documentary - CitizenFour
Best Foreign Language Film - Force Majeure
And the AFI released their list of the Top 10 Films of the year with one tie so we get 11 in alphabetical order. And one of the first lists of the year to include Foxcatcher and Into the Woods. If they get a SAG nomination this week it might come back into the conversation. Also the AFI is an American Film Institute so it has to have some sort of American connection so no foreign movies are on this list. Although The Imitation Game feels like a cheat.
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Nightcrawler
Selma
Unbroken
Whiplash