Boston Online Film Critics Association

PICTURE: Snowpiercer

Top 10 of 2014:

1. Snowpiercer
2. Under the Skin
3. Boyhood
4. Only Lovers Left Alive
5. The Babadook
6. Two Days, One Night
7. Birdman
8. Calvary
9. Inherent Vice
10. Selma 

DIRECTOR: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
ACTOR: Brendan Gleeson, Calvary
ACTRESS: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Edward Norton, Birdman
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
SCREENPLAY: Calvary- John Michael McDonagh
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Life Itself
FOREIGN FILM: Two Days, One Night
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki
FILM EDITING: Edge of Tomorrow- James Herbert & Laura Jennings
ORIGINAL SCORE: Under the Skin- Mica Levi

Boston Online Film Critics

Not to be confused with the more distinguished Boston Society of Film Critics, which are set to announce tomorrow.

PICTURE: 12 Years a Slave

Top Ten of 2013:

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Inside Llewyn Davis
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Gravity
5. Before Midnight
6. The Spectacular Now
7. Blue is the Warmest Color
8. Spring Breakers
9. The World's End
10. Fruitvale Station  

DIRECTOR: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave 
ACTOR: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
SCREENPLAY: Before Midnighti- Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater
ANIMATED FEATURE: (tie) The Wind Rises; Frozen
DOCUMENTARY: The Act of Killing
FOREIGN FILM: Blue is the Warmest Color
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Inside Llewyn Davis- Bruno Delbonnel
FILM EDITING: 12 Years a Slave- Joe Walker
ORIGINAL SCORE: 12 Years a Slave- Hans Zimmer

12 Years a Slave earns it's first Best Film mention, albeit from the two-year, barely established Boston Online Film Critics, but a wins a win.  Included in the sweep were director Steve McQueen, actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong'o and below the line nods for film editing and score.

Boston Online Film Critics Association

Not to be confused with the reputable Boston Society of Film Critics, which will announce their best of the year prizes any day now, comes a new organization-- Boston Online Film Critics Association.  Whatever dubious origins or membership they may consist upon, here is their prizes:

PICTURE: Zero Dark Thirty
DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
SCREENPLAY: Lincoln- Tony Kushner
FOREIGN FILM: Oslo, August 31st
DOCUMENTARY: How to Survive a Plague
ANIMATED FEATURE: ParaNorman
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Skyfall- Roger Deakins
FILM EDITING: Zero Dark Thirty- William Goldenberg & Dylan Tichenor
SCORE: The Master- Jonny Greenwood
ENSEMBLE: Moonrise Kingdom

TOP TEN OF 2012:

• Zero Dark Thirty
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Lincoln
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Django Unchained
• Oslo, August 31st
• Holy Motors
• The Master
• Argo
• Cloud Atlas