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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
International Online Film Critics Poll- The Winners Are...
Here are the results of the International Online Film Critics Poll, which I voted in for the first time this year. These film awards are different than most, as they are for two years - not one- of films; thus this year's awards were for films from 2013 and 2014.
The winners are listed in bold - my selections are in italics.
Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Paolo Sorrentino - The Great Beauty
Roman Polanski - Venus in Fur
Best Actor
Michael Keaton - Birdman
Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mads Mikkelsen - The Hunt
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Adele Exarchopolous - Blue is the Warmest Color
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Marillon Cotillard - The Immigrant
Best Supporting Actor
Edward Norton - Birdman
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash (My vote meshed with that of the final results)
Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Emma Stone - Birdman
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
June Squibb - Nebraska
Best Ensemble Cast
12 Years a Slave
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel (another category where my vote and the final result were the same)
The Imitation Game
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Calvary
Her
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave (I voted for the same film the other critics did)
Gone Girl
Snowpiercer
The Imitation Game
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Cinematography
Birdman
Gravity (again, I agree with the other critics)
Ida
Nebraska
The Great Beauty
Best Production Design
Gravity
Her
Mr. Turner
The Grand Budapest Hotel (another agreement with the other critics and myself)
The Imitation Game
Best Editing
Birdman
Boyhood
Gravity (ditto)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Best Original Score
Gravity
Her
Interstellar
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game I voted for The Imitation Game- the winner was Grand Budapest - both scores written by Alexandre Desplat!)
Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Interstellar
Gravity (concurrence with the other critics)
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Top Ten Films (alphabetical list)
12 Years a Slave
Blue is the Warmest Color
Birdman
Boyhood
Her
Ida
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Great Beauty
The Imitation Game
The Wolf of Wall Street
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