• 2015 Beaufort International Film Festival to Honor Andie MacDowell & Announces Film Finalists

    The Ninth Annual Beaufort International Film Festival starting February 11 and continuing to February 15, 2015, in the historic coastal town of Beaufort, SC announces the film finalists.  BIFF 2015 will unveil the inaugural award for the Spirit & Pride of South Carolina Award, presented to that person whose career achievements in the areas of film, television or music have reflected positively on themselves and the state of South Carolina. The first award will be presented to Model and Actress Andie MacDowell, originally from Gaffney, SC. Academy Award Nominated Screenwriter and Best Selling Author Pat Conroy will present this inaugural award. Steve Rhea from Charleston, SC, will be presented the “Behind the Scenes” Award for his more than 30 years of work as a Film Location Specialist. The 2015 Beaufort International Film Festival Finalists are as follows: ANIMATION Blue Directed by: Katelyn Bianchini, Asia Lancaster, Rena Cheng Orange, CA Green Acres Directed by: James Beck (Dodge College, Chapman Univ.) Orange, CA Grounded Directed by:  Monica Stefanelli  (Dodge College, Chapman Univ.) Orange, CA Light Me Up Directed by:  Derek Dolechek, Ryan Walton (Dodge College, Chapman Univ.) Orange, CA My Light Has Gone Directed by: Jason Kummerfeldt (Dodge College, Chapman Univ.) Orange, CA DOCUMENTARY You Belong to Me Directed by:  John Cork Carmel, CA Cotton Road Directed by: Laura Kissel Columbia, SC In An Ideal World Directed by: Noel Schwerin San Francisco, CA Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution Directed by:  Matthew VanDyke Baltimore, MD Something You Can Call Home Directed by:  Rebecca Keynon London, United Kingdom The Civilian-Military Divide: Bridging the Gap Directed by:  Robert Roy Toronto, ON, CANADA FEATURE Cinema Purgatorio Directed by:  Chris White Greenville, SC Dig Two Graves Directed by:  Hunter Adams Los Angeles, CA  90027 The Lengths Directed by:  Tim Driscoll Jacksonville, FL Suck It Up Buttercup Directed:  Malindi Fickle Honolulu, HI The Frontier Directed by: Matt Rabinowitz West Hollywood, CA SHORTS: A Great Personality is Just Skin Deep Directed by:  John Schwab London, UK Counter Directed by: Nicholas Bouler Los Angeles, CA Last Night at the Ellington Directed by:  Geoffrey Gunn Greenville, SC Love Sick Lonnie Directed by:  Chad Matthews Austin, TX Nostalgic Directed by:  Ronald Eltanal Wilmette, IL The Quota Directed by: Jim Cushinery Los Angeles, CA Times Like Dying Directed by:  Evan Vetter Wilmington, NC Uncomfortable Silence Directed by:  Gabriele Altobelli Rome, Italy Wrong Side Up Directed by: Henry McComas Englewood, CO STUDENT FILMS Combustabilly Directed by:  Jake Bellew; University of North Carolina School of the Arts Into the Silent Sea Directed by:  Andrej Landin; Dodge College Roses for Margaret Directed by:  Christine Hurley; University of North Carolina School of the Arts Sea Odyssey Directed by:  Adam Nelson; Savannah College of Art & Design The Bright Side Directed by: Sarah Thacker; Dodge College The Collection Directed by:  Ian Gullett; University of North Carolina School of the Arts BEST COMEDY A Great Personality is Only Skin Deep CombustaBILLY Love Sick Lonnie Cinema Purgatorio The Quota Last Night at the Ellington The Lengths SCREENPLAY A Clash of Iron Richard Reed Riverside, CA Club Bong Song Tom Bixby St. Helena, SC Hell and Hallelujah! Margaret Ford Rogers Charleston, SC Lost Cause David Schroeder Miami, FL Mint Condition Gary Weeks Roswell, GA Sandbox Coordinates Sheila Watson and Tony Watson Johns Island, SC The Life Shift Marcia Chandler Rhea, Writer Charleston, SC BEST ACTOR: Daniel R. Jones  (Last Night at the Ellington- Short Film) Max Gail (The Frontier – Feature Film) Ted Levine  (Dig Two Graves – Feature Film) Mike Nussbaum (Nostalgic – Short Film) Chris White ( Cinema Purgatorio – Feature Film) BEST ACTRESS Traysie Amick (Cinema Purgatoria – Feature Film) Katharyn Grant (Wrong Side Up – Short Film) Lacey Marie Myer (Suck It Up Buttercup – Feature Film) Susan Ruttan ( The Quota – Short Film) Corsica Wilson (The Lengths – Feature Film) BEST DIRECTOR Hunter Adams ( Dig Two Graves– Feature Film) Malindi Fickle ( Suck It Up Buttercup – Feature Film) Geoffrey Gunn ( Last Night at the Ellington – Short Film) Henry Danoe McComas ( Wrong Side Up- Short Film) Evan Vetter  (Times Like Dying – Short Film) via digitaljournal

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  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Name “Birdman” as Top Film of 2014

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    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).

    The complete list of winners and runners-up of 2014 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association awards.

    The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the backstage drama BIRDMAN as the best film of 2014, according to the results of its 21st annual critics’ poll released today.

    Rounding out the composite 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).

    For Best Actor, the association named Michael Keaton for BIRDMAN. Runners-up included Eddie Redmayne for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (2), Benedict Cumberbatch for THE IMITATION GAME (3), Jake Gyllenhaal for NIGHTCRAWLER (4) and Timothy Spall for MR. TURNER (5).

    Reese Witherspoon was voted Best Actress for WILD. Next in the voting were Julianne Moore for STILL ALICE (2), Rosamund Pike for GONE GIRL (3), Felicity Jones for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (4) and Marion Cotillard for TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (5).

    In the Best Supporting Actor category, the winner was J.K. Simmons for WHIPLASH. He was followed by Edward Norton for BIRDMAN (2), Ethan Hawke for BOYHOOD (3), Mark Ruffalo for FOXCATCHER (4) and Alfred Molina for LOVE IS STRANGE (5).

    For Best Supporting Actress, the association named Patricia Arquette for BOYHOOD. Runners-up were Emma Stone for BIRDMAN (2), Keira Knightley for THE IMITATION GAME (3), Jessica Chastain for A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (4) and Laura Dern for WILD (5).

    Alejandro González Iñárritu was voted Best Director for BIRDMAN. Next in the voting were Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD (2), Wes Anderson for THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (3), David Fincher for GONE GIRL (4) and Ava DuVernay for SELMA (5).

    The association voted FORCE MAJEURE as the best foreign-language film of the year. Runners-up included IDA (2), WINTER SLEEP (3), LEVIATHAN (4) and WILD TALES (5).

    CITIZENFOUR won for Best Documentary over LIFE ITSELF (2), JODOROWSKY’S DUNE (3), THE OVERNIGHTERS (4) and THE GREAT INVISIBLE (5).

    THE LEGO MOVIE was named the best animated film of 2014, with BIG HERO 6 as runner-up. Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo shared the Best Screenplay award for BIRDMAN over Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD.

    The award for Best Cinematography went to Emmanuel Lubezki for BIRDMAN, followed by Hoyte Van Hoytema for INTERSTELLAR. The association gave its award for Best Musical Score to Hans Zimmer for INTERSTELLAR.

    The association voted BOYHOOD as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.

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  • “Selma” to Open, “Boychoir” to Close 2015 Palm Springs International Film Festival

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    The 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will open on Friday, January 2 with the Golden Globe nominated Selma directed by Ava Duvernay. The Festival will wrap on Sunday, January 11 with the US premiere of Boychoir directed by François Girard. New this year, the festival will focus on 20 films from Eastern Europe in a program titled Eastern Promises. The festival runs January 2-12, 2015.

    Directed by Ava DuVernay, Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition.  The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.  The film stars David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi, Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, with Tim Roth and Oprah Winfrey, who also serves as a producer. Oyelowo (who will receive the Festival’s Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor) and director DuVernay are expected to attend the film screening. The film has also received four Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture, Drama, Best Actor, Drama and Best Director. The film will open nationwide on January 16 over Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend and timed to the upcoming 50-year anniversary of the historical voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery.

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    The Festival will close with Boychoir, directed by François Girard.  The film is about a troubled 12-year-old from a disadvantaged background who gets accepted at an elite music school, The National Boychoir Academy.  He engages in a battle of wills with a tough taskmaster, the school’s Choirmaster, Carvelle.  The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Garrett Wareing, Kathy Bates, Eddie Izzard, Kevin McHale, Josh Lucas and Debra Winger.

     The festival will spotlight Central and Eastern European filmmaking in a special focus titled Eastern Promises. This year, the region boasts some of the strongest-ever candidates for the upcoming Best Foreign Language Film Oscar®, a mature generation of auteurs who are assuming the mantle of masters, and a new generation who created some of the most stirring, controversial and acclaimed films of 2014. The 20 films selected in the program include:

    Afterlife (Hungary) – Tender, funny and surprising, Afterlife is a sweetly absurdist coming-of-age tale that explores the relationship between an anxious twenty-something and his controlling father, a village Pastor — not only while the older man is alive, but also after his death. Director: Virág Zomborácz                          

    Corn Island (Georgia) – A fable-like drama capturing the cycle of life along the border between Georgia and Abkhazia. An old farmer sows corn on one of the tiny islands that form in the Inguri River each spring, but cultivating no-man’s land is dangerous business. Director: George Ovashvili                   

    Cowboys (Croatia) – A nifty blend of social drama and absurdist comedy, about a bunch of small town no-hopers who stage an American Western as a musical. Director: Tomislav Mršic

    Fair Play (Czech Republic/Slovakia/Germany) – In Czechoslovakia circa 1983, a talented young sprinter risks her career by resisting the “special care” program designed to boost her competition times in this involving drama. Director: Andrea Sedlácková

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    Ida (Poland) – A moving and intimate drama set in 1960s Poland, about a young novitiate on the verge of taking her vows who discovers a dark family secret dating from the Nazi occupation. The film received Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress at the Polish Film Awards. Director: Pawel  Pawlikowski

    In the Crosswind (Estonia) – An art film in every sense of the word, this black-and-white slice of history mixes live-action with tableaux vivants to provide a requiem for inhabitants of the Baltics deported to Siberia or killed on Stalin’s orders. Director: Martti Helde

    The Guide (Ukraine) – A boy on the run is rescued by a blind folk minstrel in this tale of love, loyalty, betrayal and infamy, set during the suppression of rural “kulaks” — wealthy farmers — and the Soviet-engineered Ukraine famine that left as many as 10 million peasants dead from starvation. Director: Oles Sanin

    The Japanese Dog (Romania) – This moving tale centers on a bereaved 80-year-old reconnecting with his estranged son, who returns to Romania with a Japanese wife and child. Director: Tudor Christian Jurgiu      

    Kebab & Horoscope (Poland) – A former kebab-shop employee and an out-of-work horoscope writer declare themselves marketing experts and are hired to help a struggling carpet emporium in this droll shaggy-dog story. Director: Grzegorz Jaroszuk

    The Lesson (Bulgaria/Greece) – An honest, hard-working schoolteacher in a small Bulgarian town is driven to desperate measures to avoid financial ruin and must grapple with the moral consequences of her actions. Directors: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov

    Mirage (Hungary/Slovakia) – An African footballer on the lam (Isaach de Bankolé) in the desolate and lawless plains of Hungary becomes an avenging angel in Szabolcs Hajdu’s Eastern European western. A beautiful, mysterious work, it’s graced with fantastic camerawork and a superb soundtrack. Director: Szabolcs Hajdu                                                                                                                    

    No One’s Child (Serbia/Croatia) – In the spring of 1988, hunters capture a wild boy among the wolves deep in the Bosnian mountains and send him to a Belgrade orphanage. But his “education” is interrupted by war. Director: Vuk Ršumovic

    The Reaper (Croatia/Slovenia) – With a superb, seasoned cast and stellar camerawork, three intertwined stories unfold over a single night in an isolated Croatian village. This tense, nuanced drama makes for grim but compelling viewing. Director: Zvonimir Juric

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    Rocks in My Pockets (Latvia) – A modern milestone in animated storytelling, stuffed with irony, humor and tales within tales, this imaginative memoir merges director Signe Baumane’s own story with a mini-history of 20th century Latvia. Director: Signe  Baumane                                                             

    See you in Montevideo (Serbia) – This exciting sequel to Montevideo, Taste of a Dream (PSIFF, 2013) continues the tale of how the Yugoslav football team took part in the first official World Cup in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930 and made sports history. Director: Dragan Bjelogrlic       

    Tangerines (Estonia) – 1992. An Estonian village in Abkhazia. The approaching war scares off all but two villagers who remain to harvest the tangerines. This deeply pacifist chamber drama is as tense as a thriller. Director: Zaza Urushadze

    These Are the Rules (Croatia/France/Serbia) – Based on a true story, this is a painstaking and painful account of the official indifference and injustice that confronts the law-abiding parents of a teenage boy badly beaten up by a high school bully. Director: Ognjen  Svilicic

    Three Windows and a Hanging (Kosovo) – When a woman from a traditional Kosovar village anonymously reveals to an international journalist that she and others were raped during the war with Serbia, the fallout from this once-repressed secret threatens to tear apart the fabric of village life. Director: Isa Qosja

    The Tribe (Ukraine) – One of the most original, audacious and talked about films of 2014, The Tribetakes place in a boarding school for the deaf where the students participate in an underground criminal network. Performed entirely in sign language without subtitles. DirectorL Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy

    White God (Hungary) – A new city law taxing mixed breed mutts leads many owners to dump their dogs on the streets – including 13-year-old Lili’s beloved pet Hagen. While she tries to find him, Hagen fights for survival. But every dog has his day. Director: Kornél Mundruczó    

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  • Toronto Film Critics Association names Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” the Best Film of the Year

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    Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, has won three top prizes at the 2014 awards of the Toronto Film Critics Association.  In addition to the film’s Best Picture award, Linklater has won Best Director, and Patricia Arquette has been named Best Supporting Actress.  The Toronto Film Critics Association also named its three finalists for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award: Enemy, directed by Denis Villeneuve; The F Word, directed by Michael Dowse; and Mommy, directed by Xavier Dolan.

    The 2014 Joe Fresh Allan King Documentary Award is given to The Overnighters; director Jesse Moss, and Albert Shin, director of the South Korean domestic drama In Her Place, was named the winner of the Scotiabank Jay Scott Prize for an emerging artist. 

    The full details of the 18th annual TFCA awards are as follows:

    Best Film: Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, a cinematic masterpiece that evokes beauty in life and the inevitable passage of time
    Runners-up: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Inherent Vice

    Best Director: Richard Linklater, for the singular achievement that is Boyhood
    Runners-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice; Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Best Actor: Tom Hardy, for playing a Welsh builder in crisis in Locke
    Runners-up: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, for her performance as a Polish woman navigating 1920s America in The Immigrant
    Runners-up: Julianne Moore, Still Alice; Reese Witherspoon, Wild

    Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, for his role as a tyrannical conductor in Whiplash
    Runners-up: Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice; Edward Norton, Birdman

    Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, for her role as the mother of Mason Jr. in Boyhood
    Runners-up: Katherine Waterston, Inherent Vice; Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

    Best Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel, for its nuanced humour and intricate narrative dollhouse
    Runners-up: Boyhood (dir. Richard Linklater); Inherent Vice (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)

    Best Animated Feature: Isao Takahata’s delicate fable The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
    Runners-up: The Lego Movie; Big Hero 6; How to Train Your Dragon 2

    Best First Feature: Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox
    Runners-up: Nightcrawler (dir. Dan Gilroy); John Wick (dir. David Leitch and Chad Stahelski)

    Best Foreign-Language Film: Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure
    Runners-up: Ida (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski); Leviathan (dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev)

    Best Documentary Film: Jesse Moss’s The Overnighters
    Runners-up: Citizenfour (dir. Laura Poitras); Manakamana (dir. Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez)

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  • “Loitering with Intent” Starring Marisa Tomei, Sam Rockwell

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    Plot twists are what make narratives interesting, and audiences love films that surprise them. But not every surprise in a film is necessarily a good one. In LOITERING WITH INTENT, which premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, the plot you might think you will see is not exactly the plot you end up seeing.

    Dominic (Michael Godere) is a young actor who has little success. He works with an older, close friend Raphael (Ivan Martin) as bartenders. Raphael is also an actor who is only slightly more successful than Dominic (a character asks Raphael about a Woody Allen movie he appeared in – Martin himself had a small role in 2002’s Hollywood Ending). Frustrated by their lack of success, the two take a chance meeting with a producer as an opportunity to tell her about a script they’ve written for themselves to star in… though they haven’t actually written it yet. They have ten days to deliver a script, so they decide to hole up at Dominic’s sister Gigi’s house in the country to avoid distractions.

    However, they find themselves faced by even more distractions shortly after they arrive. First, a beautiful gardener named Ava (Isabelle McNally) arrives, and shortly afterwards Gigi (Marisa Tomei) shows up wasted with a life full of problems with her boyfriend Wayne (Sam Rockwell). Raphael decides to have fun with the girls – he has a past with Gigi – but Dominic is intently focused on the script. Wayne himself shows up later with his dimwitted surfer brother Devon (Brian Geraghty). The mix of personalities not only prevents Dominic and Raphael from getting work done, but it dredges up jealousies that turn the creative getaway to a binge of drama.

    LOITERING WITH INTENT has one of those plots in which the film’s setup veers into a completely different direction. If you’re expecting to see a film about two actors trying to write a script to save their careers, well, you’ll be disappointed because LOITERING WITH INTENT really has very little do with that after the first ten minutes. Once the ladies are introduced, the script gradually fades from importance in the narrative.

    That is the real issue with the film, which actually was written by Godere and Martin in an art imitates life situation. A unique setup quickly turns into an undistinguished drama about a house full of people who barely tolerate each other, let alone trust each other. There are plenty of hurt feelings to go around, but not necessarily the type of drama that is unique enough to engage you. The most interesting thing about the two leads – that they’re actors who try to write a script in a desperate attempt to jumpstart their careers – is quickly forgotten. It doesn’t mean that the other characters aren’t particularly interesting – Tomei’s Gigi and Rockwell’s Wayne have a relationship whose surface is just skimmed and Geraghty’s Devon is very funny when he isn’t being a surfer dude stereotype – but what they bring to the narrative isn’t as interesting as Dominic and Raphael’s relationship and what they are working on.

    Director Adam Rapp had a strong feature directorial debut with the 2005 Zooey Deschanel/Will Ferrell dramedy Winter Passing (which Martin also appeared in). He hasn’t done work as impressive as his debut since, and LOITERING WITH INTENT is not a step in the right direction for him.

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    RATING 2 out of 5: See it … At Your Own Risk

    LOITERING WITH INTENT opens on VOD on VOD on December 16 and in select theaters on January 16.

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  • “Birdman” “The Grand Budapest Hotel” “Boyhood” Lead 20th Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Nominations

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    The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) announced the nominees for the 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.  “Birdman” leads this year with thirteen nominations including Best Picture, Michael Keaton for Best Actor and Best Actor in a Comedy, Edward Norton for Best Supporting Actor, Emma Stone for Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Alejandro G. Inarritu for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Comedy, and Best Score.

    “The Grand Budapest Hotel” also impressed with eleven nominations, which include Best Picture, Ralph Fiennes for Best Actor and Best Actor in a Comedy, Tony Revolori for Best Young Actor/Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Wes Anderson for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Best Comedy.

    “Boyhood” was nominated for eight awards including Best Picture, Ethan Hawke for Best Supporting Actor, Patricia Arquette for Best Supporting Actress, Ellar Coltrane for Best Young Actor/Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Richard Linklater for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing.

    Kevin Costner, Ron Howard and Jessica Chastain will each receive special honors at the ceremony. Costner, winner of two Academy Awards® and a Primetime Emmy® Award, will be honored with the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ celebrating more than three decades of incredible work in film. The LOUIS XIII Critics’ Choice Genius Award, established to honor an icon who has demonstrated unprecedented excellence in the cinematic arts, will be presented to multiple award-winning director, producer and actor Ron Howard. Chastain will receive the inaugural ‘Critics’ Choice MVP Award,’ which recognizes an extraordinary actor for their work in several standout movies throughout a single year. She is being saluted for starring in the films Interstellar, Miss Julie, A Most Violent Year (which also earned her a nomination this year), and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.

    The winners will be revealed at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, which will broadcast live on A&E from the Hollywood Palladium on January 15th at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT, the day the Academy Award nominations are announced.  Legendary Super Bowl Champion Michael Strahan will serve as the show’s host. Strahan is the co-host of the popular morning talk show “LIVE with Kelly and Michael,” and an Emmy-nominated “Fox NFL Sunday” analyst. He also serves as special co-host for ABC’s top-rated morning program, “Good Morning America.”

    NOMINATIONS FOR THE 20th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

    BEST PICTURE
    Birdman
    Boyhood
    Gone Girl
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    The Imitation Game
    Nightcrawler
    Selma
    The Theory of Everything
    Unbroken
    Whiplash

    BEST ACTOR
    Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
    Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
    Michael Keaton – Birdman
    David Oyelowo – Selma
    Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

    BEST ACTRESS
    Jennifer Aniston – Cake
    Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
    Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
    Julianne Moore – Still Alice
    Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
    Reese Witherspoon – Wild

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
    Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice
    Robert Duvall – The Judge
    Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
    Edward Norton – Birdman
    Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
    J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
    Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
    Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
    Emma Stone – Birdman
    Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
    Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer

    BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
    Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
    Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
    Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar
    Jaeden Lieberher – St. Vincent
    Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Quvenzhane Wallis – Annie
    Noah Wiseman – The Babadook

    BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
    Birdman
    Boyhood
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    The Imitation Game
    Into the Woods
    Selma

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Ava DuVernay – Selma
    David Fincher – Gone Girl
    Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman
    Angelina Jolie – Unbroken
    Richard Linklater – Boyhood

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo
    Boyhood – Richard Linklater
    The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
    Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
    Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
    The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
    Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
    The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten
    Unbroken – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson
    Wild – Nick Hornby

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPY 
    Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki
    The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman
    Interstellar – Hoyte Van Hoytema
    Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
    Unbroken – Roger Deakins

    BEST ART DIRECTION
    Birdman – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./Set Decorator
    The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
    Inherent Vice – David Crank/Production Designer, Amy Wells/Set Decorator
    Interstellar – Nathan Crowley/Production Designer, Gary Fettis/Set Decorator
    Into the Woods – Dennis Gassner/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
    Snowpiercer – Ondrej Nekvasil/Production Designer, Beatrice Brentnerova/Set Decorator

    BEST EDITING
    Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
    Boyhood – Sandra Adair
    Gone Girl – Kirk Baxter
    Interstellar – Lee Smith
    Whiplash – Tom Cross

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN
    The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
    Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
    Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
    Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard
    Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran

    BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
    Foxcatcher
    Guardians of the Galaxy
    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
    Into the Woods
    Maleficent

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    Edge of Tomorrow
    Guardians of the Galaxy
    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
    Interstellar

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
    Big Hero 6
    The Book of Life
    The Boxtrolls
    How to Train Your Dragon 2
    The Lego Movie

    BEST ACTION MOVIE
    American Sniper
    Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    Edge of Tomorrow
    Fury
    Guardians of the Galaxy

    BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
    Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
    Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow
    Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    Brad Pitt – Fury
    Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy

    BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
    Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow
    Scarlett Johansson – Lucy
    Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
    Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy
    Shailene Woodley – Divergent

    BEST COMEDY
    Birdman
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    St. Vincent
    Top Five
    22 Jump Street

    BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
    Jon Favreau – Chef
    Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Michael Keaton – Birdman
    Bill Murray – St. Vincent
    Chris Rock – Top Five
    Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street

    BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
    Rose Byrne – Neighbors
    Rosario Dawson – Top Five
    Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent
    Jenny Slate – Obvious Child
    Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins

    BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
    The Babadook
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    Interstellar
    Snowpiercer
    Under the Skin

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
    Force Majeure
    Ida
    Leviathan
    Two Days, One Night
    Wild Tales

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    Citizenfour
    Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
    Jodorowsky’s Dune
    Last Days in Vietnam
    Life Itself
    The Overnighters

    BEST SONG
    Big Eyes – Lana Del Rey – Big Eyes
    Everything Is Awesome – Jo Li and the Lonely Island – The Lego Movie
    Glory – Common/John Legend – Selma
    Lost Stars – Keira Knightley – Begin Again
    Yellow Flicker Beat – Lorde – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

    BEST SCORE
    Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
    Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything
    Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
    Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
    Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

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  • World Champion Boxer Johnny Tapia Documentary to Debut on HBO

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    TAPIA, the documentary about the talented but tormented world champion boxer Johnny Tapia will debut Tuesday, December 16 (11:00 p.m.-midnight ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. TAPIA uses first-person narration and archival footage to explore the achievements, personal demons and ultimate redemption of the popular fighter, who died in 2012 at age 45. The film is executive produced by multiplatinum award-winning musician, entrepreneur and actor Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and sports promoter, producer and entertainment executive Lou DiBella.

    “Johnny Tapia’s life story was an incredible journey, and we are eager to celebrate his biggest accomplishments and chronicle the toughest and most difficult moments of his turbulent life,” says Rick Bernstein, executive producer, HBO Sports. “Tapia was so much more than just a world champion, and we want to share this gripping account with our subscribers, many of whom may have seen Johnny in his five fights on HBO, but may not know the amazing story behind the fighter.”

    “This is not a boxing film, but a film about tragedy, triumph, demons and redemption,” says DiBella. “Johnny gives us an honest assessment of his strengths and frailties; he reminds us of the power and resiliency of the human spirit.”

    “Johnny’s is a story that needed to be told,” says Jackson. “Everyone can relate to some aspect of it, which makes it that much more powerful. Personally, his journey is one that has touched me greatly.”

    http://youtu.be/tllXLOQ2vWU

    Born Feb. 13, 1967, Johnny Tapia used boxing as way out of his impoverished life in Albuquerque, NM, becoming a five-time world champion in three different weight classes. Tormented as an adult by thebrutal kidnapping and murder of his mother, which occurred when he was eight years old, Tapia suffered repeated episodes of drug addiction and mental illness. His nickname, Mi Vida Loca (“My Crazy Life”), reflected not only Tapia’s intensity in the ring, but also a tumultuous personal life, which involved jail time and several drug overdoses. In 1994, he married his wife, Teresa, who helped Tapia regain control of his life in retirement before he succumbed to a heart attack in 2012.

    HBO has a rich and distinguished history of developing and presenting boxing documentaries, among them: “Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward”; “Klitschko”; the Emmy®-winning “Assault in the Ring”; the Peabody Award-winning “Thrilla in Manila”; “Joe Louis: America’s Hero…Betrayed”; the Peabody Award-winning “Ali-Frazier: One Nation Divisible”; and the Emmy®-winning “Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion.”

    Other HBO playdates: Dec. 18 (4:45 p.m., 1:50 a.m.), 20 (11:30 a.m.), 22 (11:00 a.m.), 28 (10:30 a.m.) and 29 (12:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.), and Jan. 8 (8:00 p.m., 3:50 a.m.) and 13 (4:00 p.m.)

    HBO2 playdates: Dec. 19 (3:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m.), 24 (7:00 p.m.) and 27 (4:00 p.m.), and Jan. 4 (7:40 a.m.) and 6 (9:00 a.m., 2:40 a.m.)

     

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  • “Boyhood” is Top Winner at 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

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    Boyhood was the top winner at the 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards, taking the awards in four categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay. Birdman  and Whiplash  took two awards each.  There was a three-way tie in the category of Best Ensemble with Birdman, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

    The Best of 2014 as picked by the Detroit Film Critics Society (nominees are listed in alphabetical order)

    BEST FILM

    Winner: Boyhood
    Birdman
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Under the Skin
    Whiplash

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Winner: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
    Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
    Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
    Ajejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman

    BEST ACTOR

    Winner: Michael Keaton, Birdman
    Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
    Brendan Gleeson, Calvary
    Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
    Tom Hardy, Locke
    Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

    BEST ACTRESS

    Winner: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
    Essie Davis, The Babadook
    Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
    Julianne Moore, Still Alice
    Reese Witherspoon, Wild

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Winner: JK Simmons, Whiplash
    Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
    Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
    Edward Norton, Birdman
    Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
    Laura Dern, Wild
    Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
    Emma Stone, Birdman
    Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

    BEST ENSEMBLE

    Winner: Birdman
    Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy
    Boyhood
    Into the Woods

    BREAKTHROUGH

    Winner: Damien Chazelle, Whiplash (director, screenplay)
    Jennifer Kent, The Babadook (director, screenplay)
    Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle, Beyond the Lights (actress)
    Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy (actor)
    Dan Stevens, The Guest (actor)

    BEST SCREENPLAY

    Winner: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
    Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
    Nicolas Giacobone and Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
    John Michael McDonagh, Calvary

    BEST DOCUMENTARY

    Winner: CitizenFour
    Finding Vivian Maier
    Jodorowsky’s Dune
    Keep On Keepin’ On
    Life Itself

     

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  • “Birdman” Leads 2014 Chicago Film Critics Association Nominations

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    “Birdman,” lead the nominations for the 2014 Chicago Film Critics Association awards with nine nominations, including Best Picture, nods for Alejandro G. Inarritu for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Michael Keaton for Best Actor, Edward Norton for Best Supporting Actor, Emma Stone for Best Supporting Actress and additional nominations for Cinematography, Editing and Original Score.

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    In second place with eight nominations was “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Wes Anderson’s whimsical comedy-drama about a concierge in a posh European hotel who becomes involved in intrigue while the world teeters on the brink of war. In addition to Best Picture and nominations for Anderson for Director and Original Screenplay, it was also cited for Art Direction/Set Production Design, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score and newcomer Tony Revolori landed in the Most Promising Performer category.

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    Following up with seven nominations was “Boyhood,” Richard Linklater’s intimate epic charting the growth and maturation of a boy over the course of a 12-year shooting period. In addition to Best Picture and Director/Original Screenplay slots for Linklater, there were nominations for Ethan Hawke for Supporting Actor, Patricia Arquette for Supporting Actress, Ellar Coltrane, the boy at the center of it all, for Most Promising Performer and a nod for Best Editing.  

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    The acclaimed indie drama “Whiplash,” charting the battle of wills between a highly ambitious musical prodigy and his teacher, both obsessed with perfection at all costs, came up with five nominations, including Best Picture, Original Screenplay for writer-director Damien Chazelle, Supporting Actor for J.K. Simmons’s terrifying turn as the teacher and Best Editing.

    Ida

    Foreign titles were also represented in several key categories as well–beside being cited in the Foreign-Language Film category, “Ida” earned nods for Supporting Actress (Agata Kulesza), Promising Performer (Agata Trzebuchowska) and Cinematography while the wrenching Belgian drama “Two Days, One Night” earned Marion Cotillard a Best Actress nomination. “Life Itself,” Steve James’s celebration of the life and work of the late Roger Ebert, was nominated for Best Documentary alongside such equally acclaimed titles as “Citizenfour,” “Jodorowsky’s Dune,” “Last Days in Vietnam” and “The Overnighters.”

    The CFCA will announce its winners during our year-end awards dinner to be held on the evening of December 15, 2014. 

    BEST PICTURE
    Birdman
    Boyhood
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Under the Skin
    Whiplash

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Wes Anderson–The Grand Budapest Hotel
    David Fincher–Gone Girl
    Alejandro G. Inarritu–Birdman
    Richard Linklater–Boyhood
    Christopher Nolan–Interstellar

    BEST ACTOR
    Benedict Cumberbatch–The Imitation Game
    Jake Gyllenhaal–Nightcrawler
    Michael Keaton–Birdman
    David Oyelowo–Selma
    Eddie Redmayne–The Theory of Everything

    BEST ACTRESS
    Marion Cotillard–Two Days, One Night
    Scarlett Johansson–Under the Skin
    Julianne Moore–Still Alice
    Rosamund Pike–Gone Girl
    Reese Witherspoon–Wild

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
    Josh Brolin–Inherent Vice
    Ethan Hawke–Boyhood
    Edward Norton–Birdman
    Mark Ruffalo–Foxcatcher
    J.K. Simmons–Whiplash

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    Patricia Arquette–Boyhood
    Jessica Chastain–A Most Violent Year
    Laura Dern–Wild
    Agata Kulesza–Ida
    Emma Stone–Birdman

    BEST ORIGNAL SCREENPLAY
    Birdman–Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo
    Boyhood–Richard Linklater
    Calvary–John Michael McDonagh
    The Grand Budapest Hotel–Wes Anderson
    Whiplash–Damien Chazelle

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    Gone Girl–Gillian Flynn
    The Imitation Game–Graham Moore
    Inherent Vice–Paul Thomas Anderson
    Under the Skin–Walter Campbell & Jonathan Glazer
    Wild–Nick Hornby

    BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
    Force Majeure
    Ida
    Mommy
    The Raid 2
    Two Days, One Night

    BEST DOCUMENTARY
    Citizenfour
    Jodorowsky’s Dune
    Last Days in Vietnam
    Life Itself
    The Overnighters

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
    Big Hero 6
    The Boxtrolls
    How to Train Your Dragon 2
    The Lego Movie
    The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

    BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
    The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Interstellar
    Into The Woods
    Only Lovers Left Alive
    Snowpiercer

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Birdman–Emmanuel Lubezki
    The Grand Budapest Hotel–Robert Yeoman
    Ida–Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal
    Inherent Vice–Robert Elswit
    Interstellar–Hoyte Van Hoytema

    BEST EDITING
    Birdman–Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrion
    Boyhood–Sandra Adair
    Gone Girl–Kirk Baxter
    The Grand Budapest Hotel–Barney Pilling
    Whiplash–Tom Cross

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
    Birdman–Antonio Sanchez
    The Grand Budapest Hotel–Alexandre Desplat
    The Imitation Game–Alexandre Desplat
    Interstellar–Hans Zimmer
    Under the Skin–Mica Levi

    MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
    Ellar Coltrane–Boyhood
    Gugu Mbatha-Raw–Belle/Beyond the Lights
    Jack O’Connell–Starred Up/Unbroken
    Tony Revolori–The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Jenny Slate–Obvious Child
    Agata Trzebuchowska–Ida

    MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
    Damien Chazelle–Whiplash
    Dan Gilroy–Nightcrawler
    Jennifer Kent–The Babadook
    Jeremy Saulnier–Blue Ruin
    Justin Simien–Dear White People
    Nominations By The Numbers

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  • San Francisco Film Critics Circle Pick “BOYHOOD” as Best Film of 2014

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    Richard Linklater’s twelve-years-in-the-making BOYHOOD was picked by the 35 Bay Area film critics that comprise the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, as the Best Picture of 2014, and Richard Linklater the Best Director. Patricia Arquette, as BOYHOOD’s enduring mother, earned Best Supporting Actress honors, and Sandra Adair took the Best Editing prize for crafting the narrative’s years-long progression. The group also gave laurels to Best Documentary CITIZENFOUR, and Best Foreign Language Picture IDA(Poland).  Charlie McDowell’s indie film THE ONE I LOVE was honored with a Special Citation for under-appreciated independent cinema.

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  • Indiana Film Journalists Association Pick “Boyhood” as 2014 Best Film

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    The Indiana Film Journalists Association, announced its annual film awards for 2014, and “Boyhood” won top honors, taking the prize for Best Film and earning a total of three awards. Richard Linklater won in the Best Director category, and the film also took the Original Vision award, which recognizes a film that is especially innovative or groundbreaking. “Whiplash,” which was the runner-up for Best Film, won two awards: Damien Chazelle’s script in the Best Adapted Screenplay race, and J.K. Simmons for Best Supporting Actor.  “Two Days, One Night” took the prize for Best Foreign Language Film and “Life Itself” took Best Documentary.

    “The Grand Budapest Hotel” also won two awards: Ralph Fiennes was named Best Actor, and Wes Anderson earned the Best Original Screenplay prize.

    Reese Witherspoon took Best Actress honors for “Wild,” while Jessica Chastain took Best Supporting Actress for “A Most Violent Year.”

    The Hoosier Award, which recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with roots in Indiana, or a film that depicts Hoosier State locales and stories, went to film historian and preservationist Eric Grayson.

    The following is a complete list of honored films:

    Best Film

    Winner: “Boyhood”

    Runner-up: “Whiplash”

    Other Finalists (listed alphabetically):

    “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”

    “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

    “Guardians of the Galaxy”

    “The Imitation Game”

    “Life Itself”

    “Locke”

    “A Most Violent Year”

    “St. Vincent”

    Best Animated Feature

    Winner: “The LEGO Movie”

    Runner-Up: “The Boxtrolls “

    Best Foreign Language Film

    Winner: “Two Days, One Night”

    Runner-Up: “Ida”

    Best Documentary

    Winner: “Life Itself”

    Runner-Up: “An Honest Liar”

    Best Original Screenplay

    Winner: Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

    Runner-up: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    Winner: Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”

    Runner-up: Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”

    Best Director

    Winner: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

    Runner-up: Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”

    Best Actress

    Winner: Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”

    Runner-up: Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”

    Best Supporting Actress

    Winner: Jessica Chastain “A Most Violent Year”

    Runner-up: Melissa McCarthy, “St. Vincent”

    Best Actor

    Winner: Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

    Runner-up: Tom Hardy, “Locke”

    Best Supporting Actor

    Winner: J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

    Runner-up: Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”

    Best Musical Score

    Winner: Mica Levi, “Under the Skin”

    Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

    Original Vision Award

    Winner: “Boyhood”

    Runner-up: “Under the Skin”

    The Hoosier Award

    Winner: Eric Grayson, film historian and preservationist

     (As a special award, no runner-up is declared in this category.)

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  • New Films by Terrence Malick, Andreas Dresen Among First Films Announced for 65th Berlin International Film Festival Competition

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    The first seven films for the 65th Berlin International Film Festival Competition program have been selected, and include former Berlinale bear winners Andreas Dresen (Nightshapes 1999,Grill Point 2002) and Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line 1999) with their newest films. Frequent Berlinale Forum guest Peter Greenaway will participate in this year’s Competition. The directorial debut by Jayro Bustamante, simultaneously Guatemala’s debut in Competition, a feature film by former Generation participant Andrew Haigh, and the newest work by Russian director Alexey German are also among the first selected Competition films.  The live action film adaptation Cinderella by Kenneth Branagh will screen out of competition. 

    Films confirmed in Competition to date (in alphabetical order):

    45 Years
    United Kingdom
    By Andrew Haigh (Weekend)
    With Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay
    World premiere

    Als wir träumten (As We Were Dreaming)
    Germany / France
    By Andreas Dresen (Grill Point, Cloud 9, Stopped on Track)
    With Merlin Rose, Julius Nitschkoff, Joel Basman, Marcel Heuperman, Frederic Haselon, Ruby O. Fee
    World premiere

    Cinderella
    USA
    By Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet)
    With Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgård, Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera, Derek Jacobi und Helena Bonham Carter
    International premiere – Out of competition

    Eisenstein in Guanajuato
    The Netherlands / Mexico / Belgium / Finland
    By Peter Greenaway (The Tulse Luper Suitcases)
    With Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti
    World premiere

    Ixcanul (Ixcanul Volcano)
    Guatemala / France
    By Jayro Bustamante
    With María Mercedes Coroy, María Telón, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo, Marvin Coroy
    World premiere – Debut feature

    Knight of Cups
    USA
    By Terrence Malick (The Thin Red Line)
    With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman
    World premiere

    Pod electricheskimi oblakami (Under Electric Clouds)
    Russian Federation / Ukraine / Poland
    By Alexey German (Paper Soldier)
    With Lui Frank, Merab Ninidze, Viktoriya Korotkova, Chulpan Khamatova, Anastasiya Melnikova, Piotr Gasowski
    World premiere

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