2014 Awards and Critics' Lists

[Mysterious Dude]

David Ehrlich's video countdown:



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25. Lucy
24. We Are the Best!
23. Timbuktu
22. Selma
21. Love Is Strange
20. Listen Up Philip
19. Godzilla
18. Starred Up
17. Why Don't You Play in Hell?
16. Mommy
15. The Babadook
14. Palo Alto
13. Ida
12. Goodbye to Language
11. Boyhood
10. The Tale of Princess Kaguya
9. Force Majeure
8. God Help the Girl
7. The Double
6. Only Lovers Left Alive
5. Gone Girl
4. Nymphomaniac
3. Under the Skin
2. Inherent Vice
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Sight & Sound:

http://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2014

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2014 Gotham Awards winners/nominees:

Best Feature

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — WINNER
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, director; Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Boyhood
Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, producers (IFC Films)

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson, director; Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Love Is Strange
Ira Sachs, director; Lucas Joaquin, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Ira Sachs, Jayne Baron Sherman, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)

Under the Skin
Jonathan Glazer, director; Nick Wechsler, James Wilson, producers (A24 Films)

Best Actress

Julianne Moore in Still Alice (Sony Pictures Classics) — WINNER
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beyond the Lights (Relativity Media)
Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin (A24 Films)
Mia Wasikowska in Tracks (The Weinstein Company)

Best Actor*

Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight Pictures) — WINNER

Bill Hader in The Skeleton Twins (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year (A24 Films)
Miles Teller in Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)

*The 2014 Best Actor nominating panel also voted to award a special Gotham Jury Award jointly to Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum for their ensemble performance in Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics).

Best Documentary

CITIZENFOUR — WINNER
Laura Poitras, director; Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky, producers (RADiUS, Participant Media, and HBO Documentary Films)

Actress
Robert Greene, director; Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, Robert Greene, producers (The Cinema Guild

Life Itself
Steve James, director; Zak Piper, Steve James, Garrett Basch, producers (Magnolia Pictures and CNN Films)

Manakamana
Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez, directors; Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel, producers (The Cinema Guild)

Point and Shoot
Marshall Curry, director; Marshall Curry, Elizabeth Martin, Matthew Van Dyke, producers (The Orchard and American Documentary / POV)

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

For the fourth consecutive year, IFP is proud present the euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" grant, a $25,000 cash award for an alumna of IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs. This grant aims to further the careers of emerging women directors by supporting the completion, distribution and audience engagement strategies of their first feature film.

Chloé Zhao, director, Songs My Brothers Taught Me — WINNER
Garrett Bradley, director, Below Dreams
Claire Carré, director, Embers

Independent Film Audience Award

Boyhood — WINNER

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

Ana Lily Amirpour for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Kino Lorber) — WINNER
James Ward Byrkit for Coherence (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler (Open Road Films)
Eliza Hittman for It Felt Like Love (Variance Films)
Justin Simien for Dear White People (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)

Breakthrough Actor
Tessa Thompson in Dear White People (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) — WINNER
Riz Ahmed in Nightcrawler (Open Road Films)
Macon Blair in Blue Ruin (RADiUS)
Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Joey King in Wish I Was Here (Focus Features)
Jenny Slate in Obvious Child (A24 Films)

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Cahiers du Cinéma

1. L'il Quinquin
2. Goodbye to Language
3. Under the Skin
4. Maps to the Stars
5. The Wind Rises
6. Nymphomaniac
7. Mommy
8. Love is Strange
9. Paradise
10. Our Sunhi

[Mysterious Dude]

AFI's top 11

American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Nightcrawler
Selma
Unbroken
Whiplash

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Golden Globe nominees from yesterday

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory Of Everything

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory Of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into The Woods
Pride
St. Vincent

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Emily Blunt, Into The Woods
Helen Mirror, The Hundred Foot Journey
Julianne Moore, Maps To The Stars
Quvenzhane Wallis, Annie

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

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

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Big Hero 6
The Book Of Life
The Boxtrolls
How To Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Force Majeure (Sweden)
Gett: The Trial Of Viviene (ISRAEL)
Ida (Poland/Denmark)
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines Mandariinid (ESTONIA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Maryl Streep, Into The Woods

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

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

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava Duvernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armbando B, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Graham Moore, The Imitation Game

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Johann Johannson, The Theory Of Everything
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez, Birdman
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“Big Eyes” — Big Eyes
“Glory” — Selma
“Mercy Is” — Noah
“Opportunity” — Annie
“Yellow Flicker Beat” — The Hunger Games: Mockingjay– Part 1

[Spinal]

Is it just me or is the Lead Actor category more competitive for Comedy/Musical than it is for Drama? Granted, I haven't seen most of these films.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I literally gasped when I read the Animation category and saw no Lego Movie.

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I literally gasped when I read the Animation category and saw no Lego Movie.

And here I am going "Song of the Sea! Yess!"

I love the fact that Tomm Moore is now "two time Academy Award nominee".

[Mr. McGibblets]

Vin Diesel was robbed

[TGM]

So I'm only just now realizing that Foxcatcher didn't get a best picture nomination. Huh.

[Ezee E]

I didn't realize Cooper was a good actor until I came across Place Beyond the Pines.

[Pop Trash]

This is often obnoxious if occasionally accurate:

http://reverseshot.org/series/entry/1988/two_cents_2014

[dreamdead]

I'm generally resigned to the Oscars at this point in my filmwatching, but I found this passage from Andrew O'Hehir interesting:

You could certainly read social, cultural and psychological meaning into the close race between “Birdman” and “Boyhood.” I would agree, for instance, that the quasi-documentary naturalism and unprecedented production process of Linklater’s film represents a connection to lived American experience (quite likely a disadvantage when it comes to Oscar voters), while beneath the dazzling technique and the tremendous cast of “Birdman” lies a narcissistic showbiz fantasy. But I can’t get super exercised about “Birdman’s” likely victory, honestly. As Harris has noted, it speaks to a widely shared experience in Hollywood, the attempt to create something beautiful and meaningful that runs off the rails into the swamp. It’s “a movie about someone who hopes to create something as good as ‘Boyhood,’” a reading both barbed and generous, and right on the money.

[Dukefrukem]

Is this is our Oscar live blog?

Great opening. Love Jack Black.

[Sven]

Without a doubt, my favorite Oscars live blog.

[TGM]

So while I didn't agree with every award *coughRedmaynecough*, they actually did a lot better than expected, and I'm all in all generally satisfied. And if nothing else, the actual show itself was really fun at that, so, surprisingly good stuff tonight!

[Dukefrukem]

NPH was a little awkward at times, but he did fine. I'm a sucker for sing and dance numbers.

Best Actor award was a joke. Everything else I was fine with. Didn't hate any of the movies nominated.

[number8]

Redmayne's win is one of those things that I thought was a lock because it's an Oscar cliche (disability and all), but I can't really argue with if the alternatives are those other 4 nominees.

[number8]

Kinda sad that the best moments of a movie award were the music performances.

[Spinal]

It's funny that Travolta's 'redemption' involved him being even weirder. Maybe it's just time to stop putting him on television.

[Dukefrukem]

Kinda sad that the best moments of a movie award were the music performances.

Loved "Everything is Awesome" performance. Lady Gaga was pretty good too. Fuck even Tim got my attention.

[number8]

Chris Pine crying at "Glory" was hilarious to me because I immediately imagined Kirk giving an impassioned speech about racism.

[Spinal]

Birdman was such an embarrassingly narcissistic pick for Best Picture. I think Innaritu said it best when he talked about awards not being the important thing, but rather the test of time. Good luck with that, Birdman.

[Dukefrukem]

Birdman was such an embarrassingly narcissistic pick for Best Picture. I think Innaritu said it best when he talked about awards not being the important thing, but rather the test of time. Good luck with that, Birdman.

The Academy is so predictable. I at least thought maybe Wes Anderson would get best director.