Today was a busy day for awards season, with the New York Film Critics Online, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Boston Society of Film Critics all weighing in of their favorite films of 2015. What's particularly interesting here is that, just like last year, all three groups have agreed on the their top pick, naming Tom McCarthy's journalist drama Spotlight as the best film of 2015. The film also took home Best Screenplay from all three groups, while also claiming Best Ensemble from Boston and New York, and Best Director from New York.
yesterday when I mentioned that Carol was one of those films you shouldn't count out of the race just because the National Board of Review ignored it? Well today the New York Film Critics Circle showed just why by declaring it the best film of 2015, along with awarding it Best Director (Todd Haynes), Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. The win hardly comes as a surprise as the film is one of the most critically-praised of the year, scoring a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and an astonishing 95/100 on Metacritic.
Awards season has officially kicked off today with The National Board of Review naming their top picks for 2015. Their choice for Best Film is a rather interesting one, proclaiming George Miller's adrenaline-fueled (and critically-acclaimed) action opus Mad Max: Fury Road to be the best of the best.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just finished presenting the winners of The 87th Annual Academy Awards, resulting in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's masterpiece Birdman taking four Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. Wes Anderson's quirky comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel also came out a big winner, taking four Oscars of its own, including Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hairstyling, and Best Original Score.
With the Oscars just around the corner, it’s time to lay down my predictions for all 24 categories. While, as usual, most categories seem like a pretty solid lock, there’s always the possibility of a surprise or two, so let’s get right to it.
Tonight, the Writers Guild of America handed out their awards for achievements in writing for 2014, with The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Imitation Game winning top honors, as was fully expected.
Today saw the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) handing out their awards for achievements in film for 2014, and they gave top honors to Boyhood, which also received Best Director and Best ing Actress. This means that, for the first time in six years, it looks as though BAFTA and AMPAS will disagree, what with the near-certainty of the latter going with Birdman for Best Picture (its wins with the PGA, DGA, and SAG have made it impossible to deny).
Tonight, the final major guild, The Directors Guild of America, announced their awards for 2014, awarding their top prize to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for his brilliant direction of Birdman. This means that the film has won the "Triple Crown" (PGA, DGA, and SAG), making it an unstoppable force as we head into the Oscars.
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild awards have just concluded, with Birdman winning the top honor of Best Cast in a Motion Picture as expected. With the film having taken tonight's biggest honor, coupled with its huge win at the PGA awards last night, there seems little doubt that we now have our next winner of the Best Picture Oscar.
The 26th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards have just concluded, ending with a gigantic surprise. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's brilliant Birdman has taken down the juggernaut Boyhood to claim the PGA's top award as Best Picture of the Year, meaning we now have a new leader for the Best Picture Oscar. As previously mentioned, the PGA and the Academy have agreed on Best Picture 18 out of 25 times, including the last seven years in a row.
