The wheels are turning on awards season 2014 – the Golden Globe nominees have been announced and will be awarded this Sunday (US time), and the Oscar noms will be announced January 16th.
In the meantime, five of the smaller organisations have already dished out their gongs and the Oscar front runners are becoming clear. Here’s a recap:
National Society of Film Critics 2014 winners
Going with grandiose slogan of ‘The Truth, Once Every 12 Months’, this round table of America’s leading film critics named the following winners on Saturday:
Best Picture: Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Director(s): Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Foreign-Language Film: Blue is the Warmest Color
Best Non-Fiction Film: The Act of Killing and At Berkeley (shared)
Best Screenplay: Before Midnight by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Best Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Actor: Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor: James Franco, Spring Breakers
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
New York Film Critics Circle award winners 2014
As announced on January 3rd:
Best Picture: American Hustle
Best Director: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Best Screenplay: American Hustle by Eric Singer & David O. Russell
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Actor: Robert Redford, All is Lost
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Animated Film: The Wind Rises
Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary): Stories We Tell
Best Foreign Film: Blue is the Warmest Color
Best First Film: Fruitvale Station
National Board of Review award winners 2013
The non-profit film organisation gave romantic comedy Her top honours, calling director Spike Jonze “one of the most talented and visionary filmmakers working today. In Her, he explores the age-old themes of love and human connection in a completely fresh and innovative way. It is an outstanding achievement that is sure to become a new classic.”
Best Film: Her
Best Director: Spike Jonze, Her
Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Best Actress: Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Best Supporting Actor: Will Forte, Nebraska
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Sation
Best Original Screenplay: Inside Llewyn Davis by Joel and Ethan Coen
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Wolf of Wall Street by Terence Winter
Best Animated Feature: The Wind Rises
Breakthrough Performance: Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
Breakthrough Performance: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color
Best Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Sation
Best Foreign Language Film: The Past
Best Documentary: Stories We Tell
Best Ensemble: Prisoners
Spotlight Award: career collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Wadjda
Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award: Gravity
Los Angeles Film Critic Association award winners 2013
In early December, west coast critics went for Alfonso Curon’s Gravity.
Best Film: Gravity and Her (shared)
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine and Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color (shared)
Best Supporting Actor: James Franco, Spring Breakers and Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (shared)
Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Best Screenplay: Before Midnight by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Best Production Design: KK Barrett, Her
Best Music Score: T Bone Burnett, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Foreign-Language Film: Blue is the Warmest Color
Best Documentary: Stories We Tell
Best Animated Film: Ernest & Celestine
