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

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

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 

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

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

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

Art Directors Guild Nominations

BEST ART DIRECTION (Contemporary Film)
American Sniper- James J. Murakami, Charisse Cardenas
Birdman- Kevin Thompson
Foxcatcher- Jess Gonchor
Gone Girl- Donald Graham Burt
Nightcrawler- Kevin Kavanaugh

BEST ART DIRECTION (Period Film)
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen
The Imitation Game- Maria Djurkovic
Inherent Vice- David Crank
The Theory of Everything- John Paul Kelly
Unbroken- Jon Hutman

BEST ART DIRECTION (Fantasy Film)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier- Peter Wenham
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes- James Chinlund
Guardians of the Galaxy- Charles Woods
Interstellar- Nathan Crowley
Into the Woods- Dennis Gassner

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Camille Abbott
Jim Bissell
John P. Bruce
Will Ferrell 

North Carolina Film Critics Association

FILM: The Grand Budapest Hotel
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman
ACTRESS: Essie Davis, The Babadook
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Edward Norton, Birdman
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Guardians of the Galaxy- James Gunn & Nicole Perlman
ANIMATED FILM: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY:  Life Itself
FOREIGN FILM: Force Majeure
TAR HEEL AWARD: Zach Galifanikas, Birdman

Southeastern Film Critics Association

PICTURE: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Top 10 of 2014:

• Birdman
• Boyhood
• Foxcatcher
• Gone Girl
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Nightcrawler
• Snowpiercer
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash 

DIRECTOR:  Richard Linklater, Boyhood  (runner-up: Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel)
ACTOR: Michael Keaton, Birdman  (runner-up: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything)
ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice  (runner-up: Reese Witherspoon, Wild)
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash  (runner-up: Edward Norton, Birdman)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood  (runner-up: Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Grand Budapest Hotel   (runner-up: Birdman)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gone Girl  (runner-up: Wild)
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie  (runner-up: Big Hero 6)
DOCUMENTARY: Life Itself  (runner-up: Citizenfour)
FOREIGN FILM: Force Majeure  (runner-up: Ida)
ENSEMBLE CAST: The Grand Budapest Hotel
GENE WYATT AWARD (For a film that best evokes the spirit of the South): Selma  (runner-up: Cold in July)

Make-Up and Hairstyling Shortlist

Seven films advance to compete for the Best Make-Up and Hairstyling Oscar.  This is the category that in years past have made films like Click, Norbit and Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Oscar nominees.  With that a sign must be expressed before reading the list.  The films advancing are:

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Maleficent
• Noah
• The Theory of Everything

Aw, relief, sort of.  Nothing too extreme or embarrassing to report, even though The Amazing Spider-Man 2 still sucks...and Maleficent and Noah (one was expected, the other, perhaps not) are meh, at best, even considering strong presumably CGI-enhanced design elements.  Strangely no Into the Woods, no Unbroken (all the wound make-up) and, shudder, no Snowpiercer, a film that should (but won't) deal with the technical branches of the Academy.  At least Tilda Swinton showed up in some form.

Online Film Critics Society

FILM: The Grand Budapest Hotel
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
ACTOR:  Michael Keaton, Birdman
ACTRESS: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Edward Norton, Birdman
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Life Itself
FOREIGN FILM: Two Days, One Night
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Robert Yeoman

Best Non-US Release (non-competitive)

• ' 71
• 10,000 KM
• Entre Nos
• Han Gong-Ju
• Hard to Be a God
• The Look of Silence
• The Salt of the Earth
• What We Do in the Shadows
• Timbuktu
• The Tribe 

Screen Actors Guild Nominations

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

Analysis: Huge break for The Grand Budapest Hotel and a horrible showing for any late-breaking film-- Paramount couldn't get screeners out to SAG for Selma, which is an unfortunate loss, but no Unbroken or Into the Woods hurts too.  Curious, that Imitation Game and Theory (the two battling genius Brit pics) got in with such ease.

BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Analysis: Cumberbatch, Keaton and Redmayne are untouchable.  Big boost for Carell, considering a softening buzz for Foxcatcher and a much bigger one for Gyllenhaal.  Missing: David Oyelowo from Selma, Timothy Spall from Mr. Turner, Chadwick Boseman from Get On Up, Ralph Fiennes from The Grand Budapest Hotel, Jack O'Connell from Unbroken and Bill Murray from St. Vincent.

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

Anaylsis: Aniston's late-entry work in Cake actually worked-- this is major (could Oscar be possible?), but Moore is likely so far ahead that she may prove unbeatable.  Curiously, Marion Cotillard's recent critical cred didn't catch on with SAG members.

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

Analysis: Likely Oscar roster, including the lazy Duvall mention.  Simmons is likely frontrunner.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Naomi Watts, St. Vincent

Analysis: Watts' mention is truly jarring (Murray couldn't have been that far behind in Lead Actor), but the rest seems pretty much in line with how things will go down including the default Streep mention.  Jessica Chastain's A Most Violent Year performance and Laura Dern's Wild role, not acknowledged by SAG, should take Watts' place with Oscar         

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

BEST FILM
Boyhood
runner-up: The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST DIRECTOR
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
runner-up: Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

BEST ACTOR
Tom Hardy, Locke
runner-up: Michael Keaton, Birdman

BEST ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
runner-up: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
runner-up: Edward Norton, Birdman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Agata Kulesza, Ida
runner-up: Rene Russo, Nightcrawler

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
runner-up: Birdman- Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
runner-up: The LEGO Movie

BEST DOCUMENTARY
CitizenFour
runner-up: Life Itself

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Ida
runner-up: Winter Sleep

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman- Emmanuel Lubezki
runner-up: Mr. Turner- Dick Pope

BEST FILM EDITING
Boyhood- Sandra Adair
runner-up: The Grand Budapest Hotel- Barney Piling

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Adam Stockhausen
runner-up: Snowpiercer- Ondrej Nekvasil


BEST SCORE
(tie) Inherent Vice- Jonny Greenwood; Under the Skin- Mica Levi

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
The David Whiting Story- Walter Reuben

NEW GENERATION AWARD
Ava DuVernay

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
Gena Rowlands 



             

Golden Satellites Nominations

BEST MOTION PICTURE
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Love is Strange
Mr. Turner
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Ava DuVernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro González Inárritu, Birdman  
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game 

BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything 
Miles Teller, Whiplash

BEST ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Anne Dorval, Mommy
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher 
Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman 
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
Katherine Waterston, Inherent Vice

Gotham Independent Film Award Nominations

BEST FEATURE

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Love is Strange
• Under the Skin

BEST ACTOR

• Bill Hader, The Skeleton Twins
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
• Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Miles Teller, Whiplash

*The Gotham Award jury decided to give the male ensemble of Foxcatcher (Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo) a Special Jury Prize for Best Actor. 

BEST ACTRESS

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
• Mia Wasikowska, Tracks   

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Actress
• CITIZENFOUR
• Life Itself
• Manakamana
• Point & Shoot

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR

• Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
• James Ward Byrkit, Coherence
• Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
• Eliza Hittman, It Felt Like Love
• Justin Simien, Dear White People

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR

• Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler
• Macon Blair, Blue Ruin
• Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
• Joey King, Wish I Was Here
• Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
• Tessa Thompson, Dear White People  

Weekend Box Office

1. Divergent- $56 million / first weekend-  While no Hunger Games, this YA franchise in waiting proved better than recent bombs The Mortal Instruments, Beautiful Creatures and The Host.  Notable, however, was that Shailene Woodley's foray into movie stardom opened even less than the first Twilight movie all the way back in 1998.  Spring break is underway, so multiples might be decent.
2. Muppets Most Wanted- $16.5 million / first weekend-  A downgrade from the 2011 revamp.
3. Mr. Peabody & Sherman- $11.7 million / -46% / $81 million-  Supposedly, DreamWorks is losing money here, but for a project that's so dated, this seems so much more of a success than could have possibly been imagined.
4. 300: Rise of An Empire- $8.6 million / -54% / $93 million-  The swords and pecs (and Eva Green) saga will become the third film (after Lego Movie and Ride Along) to cross the century mark of 2014.
5. God's Not Dead- $8.5 million / first weekend-  Strong opener for limited faith-based film.  Expect it to fall quickly.
6. Need for Speed- $7.7 million / -56% / $30 million-  Aaron Paul is apparently not quite a movie star.
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel- $6.7 million / +85% / $12 million-  Wes Anderson's record breaking opener is on track to be the first big specialty title of the year.
8. Non-Stop- $6.3 million / -40% / $78.6 million-  Liam Neeson on a plane-- not quite Taken, but better than Snakes on a Plane.
9. The Lego Movie- $4.1 million / -46% / $243 million-  Still the highest grossing film of 2014.  "Everything is Awesome."
10. Tyler Perry's The Single Moms Club- $3.1 million / -61% / $12 million-  On track to be the lowest grossing film ever directed by Tyler Perry.

What did you see this weekend?  I've been off the grid lately (which is deeply unsettling)-- what must I see?

Berlin Film Festival Winners

Richard Linklater

GOLDEN BEAR
Black Coal, Thin Ice (Bai Ri Yan Huo)- directed by Diao Yinan (China)

SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIX (runner-up)
The Grand Budapest Hotel- directed by Wes Anderson (US)

SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE
Aimer, Boire et Chanter (Life of Riley)- directed by Alain Resnais (France)

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Richard Linklater, Boyhood (US)


SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Liao Fan, Black Coal, Thin Ice

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Haru Kuroki, The Little House (Chiisai Ouchi)- Japan

SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCRIPT
Stations of the Cross (Kreuzweg)-Germany- Anna Brüggemann & Dietrich Brüggermann

SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBITION
Zeng Jian (cinematography), Blind Massage (Tui Na)- China
 

The Precious, Precocious, Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel'