Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association

FILM: 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: Birdman
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Gone Girl 
ANIMATED FEATURE: The LEGO Movie
DOCUMENTARY: Life Itself 
FOREIGN FILM: Force Majeure
ART DIRECTION: The Grand Budapest Hotel
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Birdman
FILM EDITING: Birdman
ORIGINAL SCORE: Under the Skin
ENSEMBLE: Birdman
YOUTH PERFORMANCE: Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
JOE BARBER AWARD FOR BEST PORTRAYAL OF WASHINGTON, D.C.: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Nominations

BEST PICTURE
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Selma
Whiplash

BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Ava DuVernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejando Gonzalez Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
Michael Keaton, Birdman
David Oyelowo, Selma
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS
Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
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
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Laura Dern, Wild
Emma Stone, Birdman
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

Washington D.C. Film Critics Awards

FILM: 12 Years a Slave
DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
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
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Her- Spike Jonze
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: 12 Years a Slave- John Ridley
ANIMATED FEATURE: Frozen
DOCUMENTARY: Blackfish
FOREIGN FILM: The Broken Circle Breakdown
ART DIRECTION: The Great Gatsby- Catherine Martin & Beverley Dunn
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gravity- Emmanuel Lubezki
FILM EDITING: Gravity- Alfonso Cuarón & Mark Sanger
ORIGINAL SCORE: 12 Years a Slave- Hans Zimmer
ENSEMBLE CAST: 12 Years a Slave
YOUTH PERFORMANCE: Tye Sheridan, Mud
JOE BARBER AWARD FOR BEST PORTRAYAL OF WASHINGTON, D.C.: Lee Daniels' The Butler

Washington D.C. Film Critics

PICTURE: Zero Dark Thirty
DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Looper- Rian Johnson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Silver Linings Playbook- David O. Russell
ANIMATED FEATURE: ParaNorman
DOCUMENTARY: Bully
FOREIGN FILM: Amour
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Life of Pi- Claudio Miranda
ART DIRECTION: Cloud Atlas
SCORE: The Master- Johnny Greenwood
ENSEMBLE CAST: Les Miserables
YOUTH PERFORMANCE: Quvenzhance Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Washington D.C. Film Critics Awards

PICTURE: The Artist
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
ACTOR: George Clooney, The Descendants
ACTRESS: Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Albert Brooks, Drive
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Octavia Spencer, The Help
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: 50/50- Will Reiser
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Descendants- Alexander Payne, Nate Faxon & Jim Rash
ENSEMBLE: Bridesmaids
ANIMATED FEATURE: Rango
DOCUMENTARY: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
FOREIGN FILM: The Skin I Live In
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Hugo
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Tree of Life
ORIGINAL SCORE: The Artist

Remember the glee when the NY Film Critics and the National Board of Review made their choices and neither of them matched...well the smoke has cleared and now I fear (the third critics group mention at that) that the age of monotony might settle in, as The Artist tops Washington (just as it did NY), Scorsese wins direction (just as he did at the NBR), Clooney for leading actor (NBR again), and Brooks wins supporting actor (NY), however at least there appears some personality on the part of the ladies as the first end of the year props are given to Michelle Williams and Octavia Spencer, respectively.