Awards
Saint Laurent by Bertrand Bonello
Biopics on French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent lead the Césars (the French Oscars); Bertrand Bonello’s Saint Laurent is the top leader with 10 nominations, including best film, best actor for Gaspard Ulliel and best director.
BIRDMAN
The 26th Annual Producers Guild Awards was held over the weekend with BIRDMAN winning the top award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, and LIFE ITSELF winning for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures.
The cast of “Birdman” pose during TNT’s 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
SAG-AFTRA presented its coveted Actor® statuettes for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2014 at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®.
Boyhood
The UK’s top film critics named Boyhood as Film of the Year; in addition, Boyhood also won Director for Richard Linklater and Supporting Actress for Patricia Arquette.
Boyhood Wins 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Award
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the winners of the 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Award, with Birdman taking home seven awards.
The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were announced this morning by directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams, actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs.
Fred Armisen and Kristen Bell will co-host the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Virunga
Directors Guild of America announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2014.
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Directors Guild of America today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2014.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel walked away with the most trophies at the 2014 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble and Best Art Direction/Production Design; while Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman won the top honors of Best Picture and Best Actor for Michael Keaton. Also making a strong showing was Richard Linklater’s 12 years in the making Boyhood, which won for Best Director as well as Best Supporting Actress for Patricia Arquette.
Tangerines (Estonia)
Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Awards®.
BIRDMAN
BIRDMAN was voted as the best film of 2014 by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association. The DFW Critics also voted the film’s director Alejandro González Iñárritu, Best Director, Michael Keaton for Best Actor, and Best Cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki. Rounding out the list of the top 10 films of the year were BOYHOOD (2), THE IMITATION GAME (3), THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (4), THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (5), WHIPLASH (6), GONE GIRL (7), SELMA (8), WILD (9) and NIGHTCRAWLER (10).