Saturn Awards

FILM AWARDS

BEST COMIC BOOK-TO-FILM: Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST SCIENCE FILM FILM: Interstellar
BEST FANTASY FILM: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
BEST HORROR FILM: Dracula Untold
BEST THRILLER FILM: Gone Girl
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE: Unbroken
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: The Theory of Everything
BEST INDEPENDENT FILM: Whiplash
BEST ANIMATED FILM: The LEGO Movie

BEST ACTOR: Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Richard Armitage, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE: MacKenzie Foy, Interstellar

BEST DIRECTOR: James Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST WRITING: Interstellar- Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan
BEST EDITING: Edge of Tomorrow
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Interstellar
BEST MUSIC: Interstellar
BEST COSTUMES: Dracula Untold
BEST MAKE-UP: Guardians of the Galaxy
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Interstellar

TELEVISION

BEST NETWORK SERIES: Hannibal
BEST CABLE SERIES: The Walking Dead
BEST LIMITED RUN SERIES: Game of Thrones
BEST SUPERHERO SERIES: The Flash
BEST YOUTH-ORIENTED SERIES: The 100

BEST ACTOR (tie): Hugh Dancy, Hannibal; Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead
BEST ACTRESS: Caitronia Balfe, Outlander
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Laurence Fishburne, Hannibal
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Melissa McBride, The Walking Dead
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE: Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones
BEST GUEST PERFORMER: Wentworth Miller, The Flash

Television Critics Association Nominations

PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
The Americans
Empire
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
Transparent 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
The Big Bang Theory
Inside Amy Schumer
Jane the Virgin
Transparent
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
The Americans
Empire
Game of Thrones
Justified
Mad Men 

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Constance Wu, Fresh Off the Boat

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMA
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder
Jon Hamm, Mad Men 
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Matthew Rhys, The Americans
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

OUTSTANDING NEW PROGRAM
Better Call Saul
Empire
The Flash
Jane the Virgin
Transparent 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES, MINISERIES AND SPECIALS
Bessie
The Honorable Woman
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
Olive Kitteridge
Wolf Hall

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN NEWS AND INFORMATION
60 Minutes
CBS Sunday Morning
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Frontline
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver    

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMMING
The Amazing Race
The Chair
Dancing with the Stars
RuPaul's Drag Race
Shark Tank

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
The Fosters
The Legend of Korra
Sesame Street
Switched at Birth   

HERITAGE AWARD
Friends
Late Show/Late Night with David Letterman
The Shield
Star Trek
Twin Peaks 

Critics' Choice Television Awards

COMEDY SERIES

SERIES: Silicon Valley
ACTOR: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
ACTRESS: Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
SUPPORTING ACTOR: T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Allison Janney, Mom 
GUEST PERFORMER: Bradley Whitford, Transparent

DRAMA SERIES

SERIES: The Americans
ACTOR: Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
ACTRESS: Taraji P. Henson, Empire
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul 
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lorraine Toussaint, Orange Is the New Black
GUEST PERFORMER: Sam Elliott, Justified

MADE-FOR-TELEVISION MOVIES OR LIMITED SERIES

MOVIE: Bessie
ACTOR: David Oyelowo, Nightingale
ACTRESS: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
SUPPORTING: Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show 
  
TALK SHOW: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
ANIMATED SERIES: Archer
REALITY SERIES: Shark Tank
REALITY COMPETITION SERIES: Face Off
REALITY SERIES HOST: Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
MOST BINGE-WORTHY SERIES: The Walking Dead
GENIUS AWARD: Seth MacFarlane

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron officially kicks off the summer movie season.  Box office records for Marvel's eleventh entry to its venerable cinematic universe are insured.  After all, the Marvel brand is such a finely oiled, storm-weathered machine that it's nearly irrelevant to put much serious thought or intellectual weight over whether or not the movies themselves are good or bad.  Analysis is besides the point-- the approval ratings and billion dollar global business dictates Hollywood investments rather than artfulness, originality and aesthetic value.  This may sound horribly cynical-- the corporatist, overstuffed Age of Ultron can't not be iced with a little cynicism-- but that's certainly not meant to imply that there aren't pleasures to be found in Joss Whedon's second go as captain of the ship.  Nor is it meant to imply that there shouldn't be a place in the cinematic marketplace for the adventures of this rag-tag group of superhero misfits-- Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner)-- learning how to form a team.  There's value in that, just as there is in Richard Linklater's effortlessly insightful 18-year spanning Before-trilogy.  I just wish slightly more people flocked to the latter and slightly less blathered endlessly at the former.

Hiring Whedon was Marvel's smartest move.  When he came aboard to write and direct the first Avengers, the Marvel universe was still an unsteady, risky venture.  Yet with Whedon's verve as a writer and willingness to work within the iron-clad Marvel infrastructure as a director, it was clear way before the iconic 360 money shot near the end of the 2012 film that franchise/brand was going to take over the world (whilst simultaneously showing the destruction of it in every movie).  Whedon already established on the great television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer a way to deconstruct, mold and sharpen genre pieces by attaching humanity, levity and relatable anguish while still respecting and holding true its mythology.  The first Avengers film was hardly a work of art but it was zesty and chock full of small, human-sized moments to savor on thanks to Whedon's sharp one-liners and gift with performers.  Avengers: Age of Ultron at times feels like a heated divide between Whedon's untethered imagination and Marvel's eternal task to retain the status quo.  Which again, isn't to say the movie is altogether bad (devotees will probably be happy, agnostics may continue to shrug), but perhaps marks a blessing that Whedon is handing directorial duties moving forward.

White God

Perhaps just like Hagen, the mixed-breed canine headliner of Kornél Mundruczó's thrilling Hungarian parable White God, it's a little difficult to pin down the origins of this ambitiously staged morality play.  The film, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard sidebar at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was Hungary's official selection for last years' Academy Awards, wears multiple hats as an animal rights advocacy work, coming-of-age tale and revenge fantasy thriller.  With a title that draws to mind Samuel Fuller's 1982 race wars thriller White Dog and derives from a quote from J. M. Coetzee's post-apartheid novel Disgrace, White God proudly wears a wide range of influences upon its sleeve-- there's a hint of Planet of the Apes, a dash of Charles Bronson grade B-schlock, a peppering of Lassie Comes Home, even perhaps the raw ingredients of the Dardenne Brothers working class naturalism on display.  If all of these elements seems at odds with one another, well, they are.  Yet White God, in its messy and imperfect way is an utterly fascinating and vibrant piece of filmmaking, a difficult film to shake and one of the most unnerving thrillers in recent years.  I should probably mention here that the film is about a pack of dogs revolting in the streets of Budapest.  If that sounds a little ridiculous, well that's kind of true as well.

To Mundruczó's credit, he does stack the deck heavily in the favor of the pooches.  In White God, the majority of the humans are characterized as threats or obstacles to not just dogs but animal-kind in general-- some of the most potent pieces of imagery at the start of the film features freshly slaughtered cow flesh being judged for human consumption.  The inspector, we soon learn, is Dániel (Sándor Zsótér), a former professor turned meat grader who serves as the first obstacle for Hagen, a bulky yet cuddly mutt, the star of White God (played by Luke and Body, twin Labrador-mixes).  The one human grace note in the film is Lili (Zsófia Psotta), Hagen's 13-year-old custodian and bestie.  Early scenes bring to mind the golden nostalgia of children and their beloved pets, something Mundruczó undercuts with the continued tease of tension.  Circumstances bring the two at the door of her estranged father Dániel, a combustible mixture of an ill-attuned parent and a girl on the cusp of womanhood full of resentment-- Hagen gets it the worst in the end.

MTV Movie Award Winners

MOVIE OF THE YEAR: The Fault in Our Stars
MALE PERFORMANCE: Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Shailene Woodley, The Fault in Our Stars
SCARED-AS-S*** PERFORMANCE: Jennifer Lopez, The Boy Next Door
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Dylan O'Brien, The Maze Runner
SHIRTLESS PERFORMANCE: Zac Efron, Neighbors
KISS: Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley, The Fault in Our Stars
#WTF MOMENT: Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen, Neighbors
VILLAIN: Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: Channing Tatum, 22 Jump Street
DUO: Zac Efron and Dave Franco, Neighbors
FIGHT: Dylan O'Brien vs. Will Poulter, The Maze Runner
MUSICAL MOMENT: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
HERO: Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), The Maze Runner

GLAAD Media Award Winners

FILM (Wide Release): The Imitation Game
DRAMA SERIES: How to Get Away with Murder
COMEDY SERIES: Transparent
TV MOVIE: The Normal Heart
INDIVIDUAL EPISODE: Drop Dead Diva- "Identity Crisis"
DAILY DRAMA: Days of Our Lives
MUSIC ARTIST: Against Me!
COMIC BOOK: "Rat Queens"
DIGITAL JOURNALISM ARTICLE: "31 Days of PrEp"
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD: Glee
STEPHEN F. KOLZAK AWARD: Roland Emmerich
VANGUARD AWARD: Kerry Washington

Saturn Award Nominations

FILM

BEST COMIC-TO-FILM RELEASE
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM RELEASE
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Godzilla
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Interstellar
The Zero Theorem

BEST FANTASY FILM RELEASE
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Paddington

BEST HORROR FILM RELEASE
Annabelle
The Babadook
Dracula Untold
Horns
Only Lovers Left Alive
The Purge: Anarchy

BEST THRILLER RELEASE
American Sniper
The Equalizer
Gone Girl
The Guest
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM RELEASE
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Inherent Vie
Lucy
Noah
Snowpiercer
Unbroken

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM RELEASE
Grand Piano
I, Origins
A Most Violent Year
The One I Love
The Two Faces of January
Whiplash 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM RELEASE
Bird People
Calvary
Force Majeure
Mood Indigo
The Railway Man
The Theory of Everything 

BEST ANIMATED FILM RELEASE
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
The Wind Rises 

Academy Award Winners

PICTURE: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
DIRECTOR: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
ACTOR: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Birdman- Alexander Dinelaris, Nicholás Giacobone, 
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Imitation Game- Graham Moore
ANIMATED FEATURE: Big Hero 6
DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour
FOREIGN FILM: Ida
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki
COSTUME DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Milena Canonera
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
FILM EDITING: Whiplash- Tom Cross
MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING: The Grand Budapest Hotel
SCORE: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Alexandre Desplat
ORIGINAL SONG: "Glory," Selma
ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Feast
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM: Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: The Phone Call
SOUND MIXING: Whiplash
SOUND EDITING: American Sniper
VISUAL EFFECTS: Interstellar

Independent Spirit Award Winners

FEATURE: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
MALE LEAD: Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
FEMALE LEAD: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING MALE: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING FEMALE: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood 
SCREENPLAY: Nightcrawler- Dan Gilroy
DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour
INTERNATIONAL FILM: Ida
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)- Emmanuel Lubezki
FILM EDITING: Whiplash- Tom Cross
FIRST FEATURE: Nightcrawler
FIRST SCREENPLAY: Dear White People- Justin Simien
JOHN CASSAVETTES AWARD: Land Ho!
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD: Chris Ohlson
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD: Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia, H!
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD: Dan Krauss, The Kill Team
SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD: Foxcatcher
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD: Inherent Vice

César Award Winners

Kristen Stewart's win marks the first time an American actress has won a César Award (the French equivalent to the Oscar.)

FILM: Timbuktu
DIRECTOR: Abderrahmane Sissako, Timbuktu
ACTOR: Pierre Niney, Yves Saint Laurent
ACTRESS: Adéle Haenel, Les Combattants
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Reda Kateb, Hippocrate
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Timbuktu- Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Diplomatie- Cyril Gely, Volker Schlondorff
ANIMATED FILM: Minuscule
DOCUMENTARY: The Salt of the Earth
FOREIGN FILM: Mommy
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Timbuktu
COSTUMES: Saint-Laurent
SET DESIGN: La Belle et la Bete
FILM EDITING: Timbuktu 
SCORE: Timbuktu
SOUND: Timbuktu
ANIMATED SHORT: Les Pietits Cailloux
SHORT FILM: La Femme de Rio
DEBUT FEATURE: Thomas Cailley, Les Combattants
NEWCOMER (MALE): Kevin Azais, Les Combattants
NEWCOMER (FEMALE): Louane Emera, La Famille Bélier
HONORARY CÉSAR: Sean Penn

International Press Academy

MOTION PICTURES

PICTURE: Birdman
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman 
ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Nightcrawler- Dan Gilroy
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Imitation Game- Graham Moore 
ANIMATED FEATURE: Song of the Sea
DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour
FOREIGN FILM: Tangerines
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mr. Turner- Dick Pope 
COSTUME DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Milena Canonero
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
FILM EDITING: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes- Stan Salfas, William Hoy
SCORE: Birdman- Antonio Sanchez
SONG: "We Will Not Go," Virunga
SOUND: Whiplash
VISUAL EFFECTS: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
ENSEMBLE CAST: Into the Woods

TELEVISION

DRAMA SERIES: The Knick COMEDY SERIES: Transparent
GENRE SERIES: Penny Dreadful
ACTOR (DRAMA): Clive Owen, The Knick
ACTRESS (DRAMA): Keri Russell, The Americans
ACTOR (COMEDY): Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
ACTRESS (COMEDY): Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project
ACTOR (MOVIE OR MINISERIES): Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart
ACTRESS (MOVIE OR MINISERIES): Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Rory Kinnear, Penny Dreadful
MOVIE: Return to Zero
MINISERIES: Olive Kitteridge

67th DGA Awards

FEATURE FILM: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
DOCUMENTARY: Laura Poitras, Citizenfour

Birdman's DGA, PGA and SAG victories may have sealed the deal for the Oscars. Maybe, just maybe.

TELEVISION

DRAMATIC SERIES: Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland
COMEDY SERIES: Jill Soloway, Transparent
MADE FOR TV MOVIE: Lisa Cholodenko, Olive Kitteridge
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS SHOW: Dave Diomedi, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS SPECIAL: Glenn Weiss, The 68th Annual Tony Awards
REALITY PROGRAM: Anthony B. Sacco, The Test
CHILDREN'S PROGRAM: Jonathan Judge, 100 Things to Do Before High School
 

NAACP Image Awards

MOTION PICTURE: Selma
INDEPENDENT MOTION PICTURE: Bele
DIRECTOR: Antoine Fuqua, The Equalizer
ACTOR: David Oyelowo, Selma
ACTRESS: Taraji P. Henson, No Good Deed
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Common, Selma
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Carmen Ejogo, Selma
WRITING: Misan Sagay, Belle
DOCUMENTARY: Through the Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

International Cinephile Society Nominees

The gayer, alien-body-snatching, delinquent-teenage-son, vampiric, in 3-D alternative to the Academy Awards.  The chilling, Hitchcockian penis-filled French film Stranger by the Lake led the field with 9 nomination, while Xavier Dolan's Mommy (which I loved) followed with 8 nominations.

To enhance the mood while reading this list.

PICTURE
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Goodbye to Language
The Immigrant
Inherent Vice
Mommy
Mr. Turner
Only Lovers Left Alive
Strangers by the Lake
Two Days, One Night
Under the Skin

DIRECTOR
Xavier Dolan, Mommy
Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
Jean-Luc Godard, Goodbye to Language
Alain Guiraudie, Stranger by the Lake
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

ACTOR
Pierre Deladonchamps, Stranger by the Lake
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo, Selma
Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Mommy
Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner

ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Anne Dorval, Mommy
Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive   

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Patrick d'Assumçao, Stranger by the Lake
Timur Magomedgadzhiev, Two Days, One Nigiht
Edward Norton, Birdman
Christophe Paou, Stranger by the Lake
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Suzanne Clément, Mommy
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

Annie Awards

ANIMATED FEATURE: How to Train Your Dragon 2
DIRECTING: Dean DeBlois, How to Train Your Dragon 2
WRITING: The LEGO Movie- Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
VOICE ACTING: Ben Kingsley, The Boxtrolls
MUSIC: How to Train Your Dragon 2- John Powell
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Boxtrolls
CHARACTER ANIMATION: How to Train Your Dragon 2
CHARACTER ANIMATION (Live Action): Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
CHARACTER DESIGN: The Book of Life

ANIMATED EFFECTS: Big Hero 6
ANIMATED EFFECTS (Live Action): Edge of Tomorrow
EDITORIAL: How to Train Your Dragon 2
STORYBOARDING: How to Train Your Dragon 2
SHORT SUBJECT: Feast

2015 Sundance Film Festival Winners

U.S. DRAMATIC

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl stars Nick Offerman, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon and Thomas Mann and was picked up by Fox Searchlight for a record-breaking $12 million.

GRAND JURY PRIZE: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl- directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
AUDIENCE AWARD: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl- directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
DIRECTING AWARD: Robert Eggers, The Witch
WALDO SALT SCREENWRITING AWARD: Tim Talbott, The Stanford Prison Experiment
SPECIAL JURY AWARD- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Diary of a Teenage Girl- Brandon Trost
SPECIAL JURY AWARD- EDITING: Dope- Lee Haugen
SPECIAL JURY AWARD- COLLABORATIVE VISION: Advantageous- Jacqueline Kim, Jennifer Phang
AUDIENCE AWARD (NEXT): James White- directed by Josh Mond
ALFRED P. SLOAN PRIZE: The Stanford Prison Experiment- directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez

U.S. DOCUMENTARY

The Wolfpack, winner of the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize tells the story of Angulo brothers, who while locked away in the Lower East Side of Manhattan reenact their favorite movies.

GRAND JURY PRIZE: The Wolfpack- directed by Crystal Moselle
AUDIENCE AWARD: Meru- directed by Jimmy Chin, E. Chai Vasarhelyi
DIRECTING AWARD: Matthew Heineman, Cartel Land
SPECIAL JURY AWARD - SOCIAL IMPACT: 3 1/2 Minutes- directed by Marc Silver
SPECIAL JURY AWARD- VERITE FILMMAKING: Western- Bill Ross, Turner Ross
SPECIAL JURY AWARD- BREAKOUT FIRST FEATURE: (T)error- Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe
SPECIAL JURY AWARD- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Cartel Land- Matthew Heineman, Matt Porwoll

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC

Slow West is a western starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn.  A24 Films picked up the film prior to Sundance in a partnership with DirecTV.

GRAND JURY PRIZE: Slow West- directed by John Maclean
AUDIENCE AWARD: Umrika- directed by Prashant Nair
DIRECTING AWARD: Alanté Kavaité, The Summer of Sangaile
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Partisan- Germain McMicking
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- ACTING: Glassland- Jack Reynor
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- ACTING: The Second Mother- Regina Casé, Camila Márdila 

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY

World Cinema Documentary winner The Russian Woodpecker explores a dark secret uncovered by a Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

GRAND JURY PRIZE: The Russian Woodpecker- directed by Chad Garcia
AUDIENCE AWARD: Dark Horse- directed by Louise Osmond
DIRECTING AWARD: Kim Longinotto, Dreamcatcher
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- EDITING: How to Change the World- Jim Scott
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- IMPACT: Pervert Park- Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE- UNPARALLELED ACCESS: The Chinese Mayer- Hao Zhoe

ACE Eddie Award Winners

The 65th ACE Editors were handed out by the American Editors Guild.  Here are the winners for best achievement in film editing, a category that in the Academy Awards is always pretty correlative to Best Picture.

FILM

FEATURE FILM (Drama): Boyhood- Sandra Adair
FEATURE FILM (Comedy or Musical): The Grand Budapest Hotel- Barney Pilling
ANIMATED FILM: The LEGO Movie- David Burrows, Chris McKay
DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour- Mathilde Bonnefoy

TELEVISION

ONE HOUR SERIES (Non-Commercial Television): True Detective- "Who Goes There"- Affonso Goncalves
ONE HOUR SERIES (Commercial Television): Sherlock- "His Last Vow"- Yan Miles
HALF-HOUR SERIES: Veep- "Special Relationship"- Anthony Boys
MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE: The Normal Heart- Adam Penn
DOCUMENTARY: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History: Episode 3 / The Fire of Life- Erik Ewers
NON-SCRIPTED SERIES: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Iran- Hunter Gross

César Award Nominations

BEST FILM
Les Combattans
Eastern Boys
Hippocrate
La Famille Bélier
Saint Laurent 
Sils Maria
Timbuktu

BEST DIRECTOR
Olivier Assayas, Sils Maria
Bertrand Bonello, Saint Laurent
Thomas Cailley, Les Combattants
Robin Campillo, Eastern Boys  
Thomas Lilti, Hippocrate
Céline Sciamma, Bande De Filles
Abderrahmane Sissako, Timbuktu

BEST ACTOR
Niels Arestru, Diplomatie
Guillaume Canet, La Prochaine Fois Je Viserai Le Coeur
François  Damiens, La Famille Bélier
Romain Duris, Une Nouvelle Amie
Vincent Lacoste, Hippocrate
Pierre Niney, Yves Saint Laurent 
Gaspard Ulliel, Saint Laurent 

BEST ACTRESS
Juliette Binoche, Sils Maria
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Catherine Deneuve, Dans La Cour 
Emilie Dequenne, Pas Son Genre
Adéle Haenel, Les Combattant
Sandrine Kiberlain, Elle L'Adore
Karin Viard, La Famille Bélier

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Eric Elmosnino, La Famille Bélier
Guillume Gallienne, Yves Saint Laurent
Louis Garrel, Saint Laurent
Reda Kateb, Hippocrate
Jérémie Renier, Saint Laurent

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marianne Denicourt, Hippocrate
Claude Gensac, Lulu Femme Nue
Izïa Higelin, Samba
Charlotte Le Bon, Yves Saint Laurent
Kristen Stewart, Sils Maria

SAG Winners

ENSEMBLE CAST: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
ACTOR: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
STUNT ENSEMBLE: Unbroken
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Debbie Reynolds

PGA Awards

PICTURE: Birdman
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Life Itself

Birdman wins PGA.  Does that open the door for a real race between Birdman and Boyhood?

London Film Critics Circle

FILM OF THE YEAR: Boyhood
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Michael Keaton, Birdman
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood  
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR: Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR: Citizenfour
FOREIGN FILM OF THE YEAR: Leviathan
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE YEAR: Mica Levi, Under the Skin (score)

BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR: Under the Skin 
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner 
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl and What We Did on Our Holiday 
YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR: Alex Lawther, The Imitation Game
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER: Yann Demange, ' 71

DILYS POWELL AWARD: Miranda Richardson

Oscar Nominations

PICTURE
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

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

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman-  Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
Boyhood- Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher- E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler- Dan Gilroy

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper- Jason Hall
The Imitation Game- Graham Moore
Inherent Vice- Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything- Anthony McCarten
Whiplash- Damien Chazelle 

ANIMATED FEATURE
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

DOCUMENTARY
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga 

FOREIGN FILM
Ida (Poland)
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Robert Yeoman
Ida- Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner- Dick Pope
Unbroken- Roger Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice- Mark Bridges
Into the Woods- Colleen Atwood
Maleficent- Anna B. Sheppard, Jane Clive
Mr. Turner- Jacqueline Durran  

PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game- Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald
Interstellar- Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Into the Woods- Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Mr. Turner- Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

FILM EDITING
American Sniper- Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
Boyhood- Sandra Adair
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Barney Pilling
The Imitation Game- William Goldenberg
Whiplash- Tom Cross

ORIGINAL SCORE
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game- Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar- Hans Zimmer
Mr. Turner- Gary Yershon
The Theory of Everything- Jóhann Jóhannsson

ORIGINAL SONG
"Everything is Awesome," The LEGO Movie- Shawn Patterson
"Glory," Selma- John Stephens, Lonnie Lynn
"Grateful," Beyond the Lights- Diane Warren
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You," Glen Campbell...I'll Be Me- Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond
"Lost Stars," Begin Again- Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois

SOUND EDITING
American Sniper- Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Birdman- Martin Hernandez, Aaron Glascock
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies- Brent Burge, Jason Canovas
Interstellar- Richard King
Unbroken- Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro

SOUND MIXING
American Sniper- John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Birdman- Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Thomas Varga
Interstellar- Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
Unbroken- Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, David Lee
Whiplash- Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley

VISUAL EFFECTS
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past 

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Foxcatcher- Bill Corsco, Dennis Liddiard
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier
Guardians of the Galaxy- Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, Daid White

ANIMATED SHORT
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life 

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Cruse
The Reaper
White Earth  

LIVE ACTION SHORT
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call             

DGA Nominations

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Clint Eastwood, American Sniper
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood 
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Dublin Film Critics Circle

TOP TEN FILM

1. Boyhood
2. Under the Skin
3. Ida
4. The LEGO Movie
5. 12 Years a Slave
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
7. Two Days, One Night
8. (TIE) Her; Leviathan
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
10. (TIE) Blue Ruin; The Lunch Box

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
2. Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
3. Pawel Pawlikowski, Ida
4. Spike Jonze, Her
5. Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
6. Andrey Zvyagintsev, Leviathan
7. Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
8. Yann Demange, '71
9. (TIE) Phil Lord, Chris Miller, The LEGO Movie; Jean Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Two Days, One Night
10. Jennifer Kent, The Babadook

BEST ACTOR

1. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
2. Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Jack O'Donnell, '71
4. Jack O'Donnell, Starred Up
5. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, A Most Wanted Man
6. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
7. (TIE) Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up; Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
8. Michael Fassbender, Frank
9. Irrfan Khan, The Lunchbox
10. (TIE) Tom Hardy, Locke; Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave; Bill Hader, The Skeleton Twins

BEST ACTRESS

1. Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
2. Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
3. Essie Davis, The Babadook
4. Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
5. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
6. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
7. Kristen Wiig, The Skeleton Twins
8. Agata Kulesza, Ida
9. (TIE) Agata Trzebuckowska, Ida; Mia Wasikowski, Tracks
10. (TIE) Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle; Emmanuelle Devos, Violette

BEST IRISH FILM

1. Frank
2. Living in a Coded Land
3. Out of Here
4. Calvary
5. Run & Jump
6. One Million Dubliners
7. Gold
8. Standby
9. Noble
10. Unbreakable

BEST DOCUMENTARY

1. Finding Vivian Maier
2. One Million Dubliners
3. Citizenfour
4. Concerning Violence
5. 20 Feet from Stardom
6. The Known Unknown
7. (TIE) Night Will Fall; All This Mayhem
8. (TIE) Life Itself; Dinosaur 13
9. (TIE) 20,000 Days on Earth; Next Goal Wins; Living in a Coded Land
10. (TIE) The Missing Picture; The Overnighters; The Case Against 8; Showrunners

BREAKTHROUGH: Jack O'Connell, '71; Starred Up; Unbroken           

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

FILM: Boyhood
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman
ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer 
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Birdman- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicholas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
ENSEMBLE CAST: (tie) Birdman; The Grand Budapest Hotel
ANIMATED FILM: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM: Ida
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki
EDITING: Birdman- Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
SCORE: Birdman- Antonio Sanchez

WOMAN DIRECTOR: Ava DuVernay, Selma
WOMAN SCREENWRITER: Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
FEMALE ACTION STAR: Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle
FEMALE ICON OF THE YEAR: Ava DuVernay and Laura Poitras

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 THE LOVE INTEREST: Magic in the Moonlight- Colin Firth (born 1960) and Emma Stone (born 1988)
ACTRESS MOST IN NEED OF A NEW AGENT: Cameron Diaz, Sex Tape
MOVIE YOU WANTED TO LOVE, BUT JUST COULDN'T: Inherent Vice

Houston Film Critics Society

PICTURE: Boyhood
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
SCREENPLAY: Boyhood- Richard Linklater
ANIMATED FILM: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour
FOREIGN FILM: Force Majeure
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki
SCORE: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Alexandre Desplate
SONG: "Everything is Awesome," The LEGO Movie
POSTER DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Annie Atkins
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

Denver Film Critics Society

PICTURE: American Sniper
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: (tie) Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel; Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Birdman
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Inherent Vice
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: The Overnighters
FOREIGN FILM: Two Days, One Night
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman 
SCORE: Birdman
ORIGINAL SONG: "Everything is Awesome," The LEGO Movie
COMEDY: Guardians of the Galaxy
SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Golden Globe Winners

FILM

PICTURE (Drama): Boyhood
PICTURE (Musical or Comedy): The Grand Budapest Hotel
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR (Drama): Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
ACTRESS (Drama): Julianne Moore, Still Alice
ACTOR (Musical or Comedy): Michael Keaton, Birdman
ACTRESS (Musical or Comedy): Amy Adams, Big Eyes
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
SCREENPLAY: Birdman-  Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, Armando Bo
ANIMATED FILM: How to Train Your Dragon 2
FOREIGN FILM: Leviathan
SCORE: The Theory of Everything- Jóhann Jóhannson
SONG: "Glory," Selma- Common, John Legend

TELEVISION

 

DRAMA: The Affair

ACTOR (Drama): Kevin Spacey, House of Cards

ACTRESS (Drama): Ruth Wilson, The Affair

COMEDY: Transparent

ACTOR (Comedy): Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

ACTRESS (Comedy): Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin

MOVIE/LIMITED SERIES: Fargo

ACTOR (Movie/Limited Series): Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo

ACTRESS (Movie/Limited Series): Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Invisible Woman

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey 

Golden Globes Predictions

It's Golden Globes time again and here are my last minute, somewhat thought out predictions for how the boozy, Tina Fey/Amy Poehler fest will turn out.  The other day, the HFPA website had a hiccup declaring Ava DuVernay's Selma and Rob Marshall's Into the Woods winners, but that was either an ad-hoc to trend on Twitter or a legitimate glitch.  Or, who knows....

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Big Eyes," Big Eyes- Lana Del Rey, Daniel Heath
"Glory," Selma- John Legend, Common
"Mercy Is," Noah- Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
"Opportunity," Annie- Greg Kurstin, Sia, Will Gluck
"Yellow Flicker Beat," The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1- Joel Little, Lorde

The Globes like stars and to be of the moment which could signal wins for Del Rey or Lorde, but I'm thinking this is a pretty easy win for Selma's "Glory." They'll get stars on the podium and it's the most respective movie of the group.  Plus, Selma's 4 nominations meant the HFPA must like the film and here's it's easiest victory.  Grumble: where is "Lost Stars" from Begin Again!!!

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Birdman- Antonio Sanchez 
Gone Girl- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross 
The Imitation Game- Alexandre Desplat 
Interstellar- Hans Zimmer 
The Theory of Everything- Jóhann Jóhannson

Hard one and actually a pretty good line-up-- 2014 was a memorable year for scores (even middlebrow bait like Imitation and Theory are a good fit here.)  Really, it could go anywhere, but I'm thinking Birdman's drums carry it to a victory.  Added bonus is Sanchez's score was deemed ineligible by the Academy so the Globes can feel all superior and stuff.  Kind of thinking the Oscar goes to Theory of Everything.  Thoughts?

Georgia Film Critics Association

PICTURE: Boyhood
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
ACTRESS: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Nightcrawler- Dan Gilroy
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Life Itself
FOREIGN FILM: Ida 
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
SCORE: Interstellar- Hans Zimmer
ORIGINAL SONG: "Glory," Selma
ENSEMBLE CAST: The Grand Budapest Hotel
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER: David Oyelowo, Selma, Interstellar, A Most Violent Year, Default
OGLETHORPE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GEORGIAN CINEMA: Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb, Selma

BAFTA Nominations

The Grand Budapest Hotel leads with 11 BAFTA nominations

FILM
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

BRITISH FILM
'71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin

DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
James Marsh, The Theory of Everything 

LEADING ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything 

LEADING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild 

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Emma Stone, Birdman
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas, Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Boyhood- Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson
Nightcrawler- Dan Gilroy
Whiplash- Damien Chazelle

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper- Jason Hall
Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game- Graham Moore
Paddington- Paul King
The Theory of Everything- Anthony McCarten

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

FILM: Selma

Top 10 of 2014:

1. Selma 
2. Whiplash
3. Snowpiercer
4. The Grand Budapest hotel
5. Nightcrawler
6. Birdman
7. The Imitation Game
8. Boyhood
9. A Most Violent Year
10. Gone Girl

DIRECTOR: Ava DuVernay, Selma
runner-up: Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
ACTOR: David Oyelowo, Selma
runners-up: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Michael Keaton, Birdman
ACTRESS: Essie Davis, The Babadook
runner-up: Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
runners-up: Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice; Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
runner-up: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Selma- Paul Webb
runner-up: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson 
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Imitation Game- Graham Moore
runner-up: Snowpiercer- Bong Joon-ho, Kelly Masterson
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
runner-up: Big Hero 6 
DOCUMENTARY: Finding Vivian Maier
runner-up: Citizenfour
FOREIGN FILM: We Are the Best!
runner-up: Ida 
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Robert Yeoman
runner-up: Under the Skin- Daniel Landin
FILM EDITING: Whiplash- Tom Cross
runner-up: Birdman- Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirirone
SCORE: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Alexandre Desplat
runner-up: Gone Girl- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross 
ENSEMBLE: The Grand Budapest Hotel
runners-up: Birdman; Foxcatcher
BREAKTHROUGH FILM ARTIST: Ava DuVernay, Selma
runner-up: Jennifer Kent, The Babadook 
ACTOR OF THE YEAR: Jake Gyllenhaal, Enemy and Nightcrawler
runner-up: Tilda Swinton, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Only Lovers Left Alive and Snowpiercer
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM: The Babadook
runner-up: Edge of Tomorrow

Make-Up and Hairstylists Guild Nominations

BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
Captain America: The Winter Soldier- Allan Apone, Nicole Sortillion, Lisa Rocco
Gone Girl- Kate Biscoe, Gigi Williams
Guardians of the Galaxy- Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
Interstellar- Luisa Abel, Jay Wejebe
Nightcrawler- Donald Mowat, Melanie Romero

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1- Ve Neill, Nikoletta Skarlatos, Conor McCullagh
Into the Woods- Peter Swords King
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Frances Hannon, Julie Dartnell
The Theory of Everything- Jan Sewell, Lesley Smith
Unbroken- Toni G., Nik Dorning

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE-UP
Foxcatcher- Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
Guardians of the Galaxy- David White
Into the Woods- J. Roy Helland, Matthew Smith
Maleficent- Rick Baker, Toni G., Arjen Tuiten
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies- Gino Acevedos

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING
Birdman- Jerry Popolis, Kat Drazen
Guardians of the Galaxy- Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
Interstellar- Patricia Dehaney, Jose L. Zamora
St. Vincent- Suzy Mazzarese-Allison
Winter's Tale- Alan D'Angerio, Jason Sica

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING
Get On Up- Carla Farmer, Shannon Bakeman
Into the Woods- Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland
Selma- Melissa Forney, Pierce Austin
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Frances Hannon, Julie Dartnell
The Theory of Everything- Jan Sewell, Agnes Legere

USC Scripter Award Nominations

Nominations for the 27th USC Scripter Award were unveiled.  Announced by the USC Libraries, the Scripter Award celebrates the best adapted screenplays of the year by honoring both the screenwriter and the writer of the original source material.

• Gone Girl- adapted by Gillian Flynn, based on Flynn's best-selling novel of the same name
• The Imitation Game- adapted by Graham Moore, based on the non-fiction book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
• Inherent Vice- adapted by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon
• The Theory of Everything- adapted by Andrew McCarten, based on the non-fiction book Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking
• Wild- adapted by Nick Hornby, based on the memoir of the same name by Cheryl Strayed

Writers Guild Nominations

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Boyhood- Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher- E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler- Dan Gilroy
Whiplash- Damien Chazelle

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper- Jason Hall
Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
Guardians of the Galaxy- James Gunn, Nicole Perlman
The Imitation Game- Graham Moore
Wild- Nick Hornby

BEST DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Finding Vivian Maier- John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
The Internet's Own Boy- Brian Knappenberger
Last Days in Vietnam- Mark Bailey, Kevin McAlester
Red Army- Gabe Polsky

Costume Designer Guild Nominations

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Contemporary Film)
Birdman- Albert Wolsky
Boyhood- Kari Perkins
Gone Girl- Trish Summerville
Interstellar- Trish Summerville
Wild- Melissa Bruning

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Period Film)
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Milena Canonero
The Imitation Game- Sammy Sheldon Differ
Inherent Vice- Mark Bridges
Selma- Ruth E. Carter
The Theory of Everything- Steven Noble

BEST COSTUME DESIGN (Fantasy Film)
Guardians of the Galaxy- Alexandra Byrne
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies- Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1- Kurt and Brad
Into the Woods- Colleen Atwood
Maleficent- Anna B. Shepherd

American Society of Cinematographers

Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki

The Grand Budapest Hotel- Robert Yeoman

The Imitation Game- Oscar Faura

Mr. Turner- Dick Pope

Unbroken- Roger Deakins

Iowa Film Critics Association

BEST FILM

1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. The Imitation Game

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
2. Alejandro González Inárritu, Birdman
3. David Fincher, Gone Girl

BEST ACTOR

1. Michael Keaton, Birdman
2. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
3. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

BEST ACTRESS

1. Reese Witherspoon, Wild
2. Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
3. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
2. Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
3. Edward Norton, Birdman 

 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
2. Emma Stone, Birdman
3. Tilda Swinton, The Grand Budapest Hotel; Only Lovers Left Alive; Snowpiercer

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. The LEGO Movie
2. Big Hero 6
3. How to Train Your Dragon 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY

1. Citizenfour
2. Life Itself
3. Last Days in Vietnam   

BEST SCORE

1. Birdman- Antonio Sanchez
2. The Imitation Game- Alexandre Desplat
3. The Theory of Everything- Johann Johannson

BEST SONG

1. "Everything is Awesome," The LEGO Movie
2. "Glory," Selma
3. "Lost Stars," Begin Again   

BEST MOVIE YET TO OPEN IN IOWA

1. American Sniper
2. A Most Violent Year