Awards won so far:
Foreign Language Film: Two Days, One Night
Best Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best Picture: Boyhood
Best Ensemble: Boyhood
Best Actor: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night and The Immigrant
Supporting Actor: JK Simmons, Whiplash
Supporting Actress: Emma Stone, Birdman
Screenplay: TIE Birdman, Boyhood
Cinematography: Birdman
Documentary: CitizenFour
Animated Film: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Best New Filmmaker Award: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Music in a film: Inherent Vice
Editing: Boyhood
Look, agree to disagree. I’m not trying to get into what’s turning into a petty argument and throw in passive aggressive insults since we both don’t know each others’ character. For my part I apologize.
Corvo, yes. We are talking about opinions. And you stated that you would give a film best picture over your absolute favorite, one you feel is the best of the year, simply to make the race interesting. I want critics to pick which movie, which performance, which whatever they feel is truly the best. They don’t have to think like a beehive. If each group picks something different because each group liked something else differently, I’m fine. What I don’t want is for the NYFCC to pick one thing and then the LAFCA to go, “NY picked Boyhood. Shit…fuck…okay let’s pick Birdman. Wait, not edgy enough. People will expect Birdman. Let’s throw the people the curveball they all really want and go with Lucy.” I don’t make the awards race so trivial. And that’s the difference between you and me.
@Steven Kane
You say “lesser”, I say different. Film criticism is not an exact science. When we talk about “the best movie of the year” we talk about opinions. You think the movies you don’t like are less worthy than the movie you like. I’m not so over presumptuous and that’s the difference between you and me.
Corvo, if a critics group should not be awarding prizes then what are you doing on these articles? They can award whomever they want. Their job description does not say they can’t give awards. It’s a group of people saying who they felt, collectively, gave the best acting, the best writing, the best editing. You saying you’d give out an award to a lesser film to keep things interesting just shows you, respectively, don’t respect what these awards are for. Snarkiness aside, you shouldn’t be following these groups if your line of thinking is, “Awesome! The LAFCA gave ‘this’ best picture! It’s a great choice! But now I want something lesser to win the next time…oh it did? Awesome!!!” All of a sudden the lesser film starts winning more and then wins the Oscars. “Damn…now I wish my real favorite movie won all those awards up to the Oscars…”
@ SAMMY You really seem to get it man. We all know that Julianne Moore is going to win this (Oscars are so by the numbers, so damn predictable, especially in regards to the acting categories that it’s evident), but an Oscar nomination for Marion Cotillard this year would look like a win. She’s so ridiculously overdue for a second Oscar nomination and put out such astonishing work that this year that even the possibility of her being left out of The Oscar nominations again is simply disheartening
re: Corvo & Steven’s convo–
There’s a difference between a critic and a critics group. A critics group’s purposes seem mostly to be “build a website to legitimize our group so that we get screeners and to attend screenings” and then “give out awards so that our voices are collectively heard.” I’m on the fence about whether or not they have an actual purpose or even influence on anything, but their existence does sure make it fun to us watchers.
Though I hesitate to admit it, my general feeling is that these groups *should* aim to be daring in their choices, in the same way that I think Cannes juries (both selection and prize) are. There’s a way of being honest in your selections, while also being daring and building a sort of brand for your group. For instance, I think LAFCA has built a brand of making out-of-the-box choices especially in terms of recognizing acting in foreign films–performances that often go widely unrecognized by the States-side film community. It’s nice to see the smaller groups expand the boundaries of the race as typically set by Oscar history and pundit predictions. Boston Online did a commendable job of it this weekend!
Corvo, I could not disagree with you more. You vote for the film and performances you thought were the best . Last year different movies won best picture from different groups.
I saw Boyhood on April 25 I told people I would not see a better movie in 2014 though I have not seen every 2014 film . I have not seen a better film Than boyhood this year so It would be silly to vote for another film.
@Steven Kane
If you are a film critic, your job is reviewing movies, not giving prizes. Prizes are part of a game called “the Oscar race”. If you play safe, you kill the game. You have to keep the race alive. So if the movie I love the most had already won all the critics’ awards before the one I’m voting for… yes, I would vote for something else.
An Oscar Nomination for Cotillard this year would be like an Oscar win. It is almost impossible to win against long-overdue Moore.
@ NICK JOHNSON I’m there with you man. I really doubt she could en up winning a MUCH deserved second Oscar for her incredible turn in Two Days, One Night towards Julianne Moore, but as long as she gets so many wins and nominations, I’m really excited for her! She’s the one who gave the Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role and pretty much everyone who saw Dardennes’ masterpiece knows it by now, so that’s what truly matters. The fact that she also gave the 2nd Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role in James Gray’s The Immigrant at the same year proves once again that this woman is a real force of nature.
Paddy, I felt the same. Foxcatcher being pushed out to this year seemed like the wise choice in retrospect and I wondered if Selma should’ve gotten the same treatment. But I think it’ll make a late showing just like Wolf of Wall Street.
Corvo, critics awards should not be daring. They should be awarding who THEY FEEL deserves the awards. They are not for your amusement. If you ran a critics award group and your favorite movie is, oh say, Birdman and you feel Birdman is the absolute best movie of all time but 5 other groups gave all the awards to Birdman already. People are starting to say “Boy I hope Corvo doesn’t pick Birdman, that’d be lazy. He should be more daring and give it to a movie that’s lesser than his absolute favorite movie of all time.” What are you gonna do? Give the awards to a different movie just to keep it interesting? How is that doing your job? If the Boston critics really felt Boyhood was the best and, given the 100 on Metacritic it has love in all corners of the continent, then shouldn’t they be doing their jobs and rewarding the best?
I’m happy for all the Two Days, One Night and Marion Cotillard love. Is it possible she could upset Moore at the Oscars? Probably not, but as long as she gets nominated i’ll be happy with that.
A Boston critic told me their was a press screening for Selma a couple of weeks ago.
Wait, what Emma Stone won instead of Patricia Arquette!? I love them both, but, this is not her year. I love you Gwen Stacy/Emma Stone. <3 <3 <3
Is Selma losing out with the critics’ groups because not enough of them have seen it yet? Perhaps Paramount weren’t so wise to push it into this year’s race if they’re not gonna be able to get it done in time for people to see. I hope they’ve organised HFPA screenings or its chances could suddenly look very slim indeed. I’m not normally one to start making presumptions so early in the season, but this is the critical time for that film.
Boyhood is doing better than 12 Years a Slave !!. We will find out what the industry thinks starting with the SAG nominations this week.
Boyhood winning BP would be too obvious.
Corvo, lazy or not I love Boyhood and I hope it wins the best picture oscar.
Robertino di Italia andiamo ora, Birdman, sì, sì …. sono d’accordo, BP Oscar!
Marion getting the 5th Oscar slot would be amazing. She is certainly getting some serious momentum.
@JIM
Yes, it’s the best reviewed movie of the year, that is exactly why it’s a lazy choice. The default choice, the safe choice. Critics’ awards should be more daring.
Clarification: I’m not the same Roberto as the one with the green avatar. Maybe I should change my nickname.
Awarding Boyhood with Best Ensemble seems to me like praising a good film for the wrong reasons. It was a clearly good cast but Best Ensemble? Really? Birdman or The Grand Budapest Hotel were better than Boyhood in that department.
What is the big deal with Boyhood? I didn’t find it that different from other coming of age movies.
I just hate all this love with Boyhood. The most boring film of the year.
Good to see that the grownups in the Boston critical community show up today. The hipster Online fanboys dashed aside.
But, I absolutely hate the “best use of music” category. Have one for splicing together existing tracks if you insist, but, don’t punish original composers in the process.
Boyhood winning bests picture is a LAZY choice? It’s the best reviewed movie of the year. Likely they just thought it was the best movie and didn’t try to select something just to stand out.
2 days 1 night wins the last award foreign language film
IDA runner up
Boyhood wins Picture, Director, Ensemble, Screenplay (tied) and Editing. BOOM
Boyhood best picture. Lazy choice.
I live near Boston my critics did a great job . A few disagreements but Boyhood is the best film of the year .
someone missed the best director in the main list…. it has been announced
boyhood best picture
birdman runner up
Oh noes. BOYHOOD takes it. I was hoping for something weird.
Stone wins supporting, Keaton wins lead… and best ensemble goes to Boyhood. What a joke!
Linklater wins director
Eastwood runner up
Ensemble runner up is Birdman
in what world does ensemble goes to Boyhood? WTFFF
OK thank you. So swank finally makes some sort of showing. Nothing on amy Adams so far
best actor runner up is Timothy Spall
screenplay runner up is Mr. Turner (ugh again)
cinematography runner up is Mr. Turner (ugh)
editing runner up is American Sniper
music runner up is Whiplash
Michael Keaton! Woohoo!
Cotillard is just like the Riva of two years ago !!!
Best actress runner up is Hilary Swank
Supp Actor runner up is Edward Norton
Supp Actress runner up is Laura Dern
Marion Cotillard is what makes Two Days One Night so great. She’s simply astonishing.
happy for marion
Can you all list runnerups please when you’re done. Thank you
Oh my God! Marion is winning everything! I’m so happy right now! I wish she continues on sweeping the entire awards season (unlikely I know and Moore will probably win the Oscar, but whatever, I’m so fucking excited right now)! Plus, I’m so excited that Birdman scored so many wins!
Oh damn! Jullianne didn’t even get runner-up.
Marion again!
Of freaking course, Simmons wins supporting actor….
Another Best Editing win for Boyhood.
Patricia Arquette will win best actress for Boyhood. I hope
I side with Murtaza up there. Go Birdman!
Emma Stone!!! Yes!!
Boston society of film critics are my critics. Boyhood and Birdman are my top 2top filmsI will not be suprised if one wins best picture the other best director . I want Boyhood to win both.
I’ll tell you what. Emma Stone sold that last moment for me. I’m usually not a fan of hers but she nailed that.
i hate ties, kick boyhood, embrace birdman!!
Ties! I love ties!
BIRDMAN and BOYHOOD tie for Best Screenplay.
Cool to see best filmmaker going to Gilroy quite a bit. Hopefully Gyllenhaal will receive the same love. I think it’s kind of cool to see Nightcrawler, Babadook, Snowpiercer, and Under the Skin as genre films do sort of well this season.
“Use of Music” – as it should be.
Oh noes. THE LEGO MOVIE takes a hit.
I loved Nightcrawler, glad it’s being recognized. Gyllenhall seems to be overlooked though.
Great to see Nightcrawler recognized, here and on other lists.
Looks like they’re spreading the wealth so far.
Birdman wins cinematography