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

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 

Phoenix Film Critics Society

PICTURE: Birdman

Top 10 of 2014 (in alphabetical order):

1. A Most Violent Year
2. Birdman
3. Boyhood
4. Gone Girl
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
6. Guardians of the Galaxy
7. The Imitation Game
8. The LEGO Movie
9. The Theory of Everything
10. Whiplash  

DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman
ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
ENSEMBLE ACTING: Birdman
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler 
YOUTH PERFORMANCE- MALE: Jaeden Lieberer, St. Vincent
YOUTH PERFORMANCE- FEMALE: Lilla Crawford, Into the Woods 
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
FOREIGN FILM: Ida
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki
COSTUME DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Milena Canonero
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
FILM EDITING: Birdman- Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
ORIGINAL SCORE: Birdman- Antonio Sánchez
ORIGINAL SONG: "Everything is Awesome," The LEGO Movie
VISUAL EFFECTS: Interstellar
STUNTS: Edge of Tomorrow
LIVE ACTION FAMILY FILM: Into the Woods
OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR: Edge of Tomorrow 

Chicago Film Critics Association

Home court advantage for Oscar-bound documentary Life Itself about late film critic Roger Ebert

PICTURE: Boyhood
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: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Life Itself
FOREIGN FILM: Force Majeure 
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
ART DIRECTION: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
CINEMATOGRAPHY: (tie) Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki; The Grand Budapest Hotel- Robert Yeoman
EDITING: Whiplash- Tom Cross
SCORE: Under the Skin- Mica Levi
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER: Jack O'Connell, Starred Up and Unbroken
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER: Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

FILM: Boyhood
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman
ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Edward Norton, Birdman
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Birdman
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Inherent Vice
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour
FOREIGN FILM: Ida 
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ida
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Grand Budapest Hotel
EDITING: Boyhood
SPECIAL CITATION: The One I Love

Kansas City Film Critics Circle

BEST FILM: Birdmn
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
BEST ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman
BEST ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Edward Norton, Birdman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Birdman
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Obvious Child
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Citizenfour
VINCE KEOHLER AWARD FOR BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR FILM: The Babadook

Golden Globe Nominations

Julianne Moore mediates over her two Golden Globes nominations.

BEST PICTURE (Drama)
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything

BEST PICTURE (Musical or Comedy)
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent 

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood 

BEST ACTOR (Drama)
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything 

BEST ACTRESS (Drama)
Jennifer Aniston, Cake
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST ACTOR (Musical or Comedy)
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Bill Murray, St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix, Internal Vice
Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes 

BEST ACTRESS (Musical or Comedy)
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Quvenzhané Wallis, Annie

Boston Society of Film Critics

FILM: Boyhood (runner-up: Birdman)
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood (runner-up: Clint Eastwood, American Sniper)
ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman (runner-up: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner)
ACTRESS: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night and The Immigrant (runner-up: Hilary Swank, The Homesman)
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash (runner-up: Edward Norton, Birdman)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Emma Stone, Birdman (runner-up: Laura Dern, Wild)
SCREENPLAY: (tie) Birdman and Boyhood (runner-up: Mr. Turner)
ANIMATED FAETURE: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (runner-up: The LEGO Movie)
DOCUMENTARY: CitizenFour (runner-up: Jodorowsky's Dune)
FOREIGN FILM: Two Days, One Night (runner-up: Ida)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki (runner: Mr. Turner- Dick Pope)
FILM EDITING: Boyhood- Sandra Adair (runner-up: American Sniper- Joel Cox & Gary Roach)
NEW FILMMAKER: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler (runner-up: Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child)
USE OF MUSIC: Inherent Vice (runner-up: Whiplash)

First Look at 'Birdman'