Online Film Critics Society 2013 Awards

The Online Film Critics Society announced their 2013 film awards and keep on spreading that love for Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave. It is still my favorite film of the year, but I have a lot of films yet to see. Not much different or to argue you about here. More attention and adulation for Cate Blanchett, Chiwetel Ejiofor, cinematography for Emmanuel Lubezki in Gravity and appreciation for foreign films Blue is the Warmest Color and The Wind Rises. Here is the complete list of winners. Enjoy.

BEST FEATURE
12 Years a Slave

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Wind Rises

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Blue is the Warmest Color

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave'

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Spike Jonze, Her

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave

BEST EDITING
Alfonso Cuarón & Mark Sanger, Gravity

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity

SPECIAL AWARDS
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND VISUAL EFFECTS: Gravity
INSPIRATION: Roger Ebert

Los Angeles Film Critics tie with GRAVITY and HER for Best Film

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association have tied for Best Film of the year with Gravity and Her. That shows how much appreciation of varying films this year are in these critics groups and through different winners in all of them. I really am getting more and more excited to see Spike Jonze's Her with all of this adulation it keeps receiving. Great stuff. I like Dern winning Best Actor, but what about Redford in All Is Lost? He is amazing in that film. Shit, there were a lot of ties with this group. At least that did not keep voting until one member gave in. Stick with your vote and move on. Who really is the best anyways? They did spread the love around here. Here is a complete list of the LAFCA winners. Enjoy.

BEST FILM
Gravity & Her (tie)

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
runner-up: Spike Jonze, Her

BEST ACTOR
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
runner-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine & Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color (tie)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
James Franco, Spring Breakers & Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (tie)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
runner-up: June Squibb, Nebraska

BEST SCREENPLAY
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
runner-up: Spike Jonze, Her

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue is the Warmest Color
runner-up: The Great Beauty

BEST FEATURE ANIMATION
Ernest & Celestine
runner-up: The Wind Rises

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Stories We Tell
runner-up: The Act of Killing

BEST MUSIC SCORE
T. Bone Burnett, Inside Llewyn Davis
runner-up: Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett, Her

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
runner-up: Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST EDITING
Alfonso Cuarón & Mark Sanger, Gravity
runner-up: Shane Carruth & David Lowery, Upstream Color

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
K.K. Barrett, Her
runner-up: Jess Gonchor, Inside Llewyn Davis

DOUGLAS EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO AWARD
Cabinets of Wonder

Photo credits by IMDB.

NYFCO: Big awards go to 12 YEARS A SLAVE

The New York Film Critics Online have given there Best Picture award to Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave. No surprise, as it seems this film, along with Gravity, Her and Inside Llewyn Davis are the top-tier critics favorites so far. It was a little rocky at first for this critical darling, but it has started to pick up some steam this Sunday with wins here and from Boston critics groups. Much love all around for these, and other great films from 2013. Cate Blanchett is on a role and will probably go all the way to the Oscar's with much unanimous adulation. And, more love for Ryan Coogler and his very good first film Fruitvale Station. Here is a full list of the winners from the NYFCO. Enjoy.

BEST PICTURE
12 Years a Slave

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
American Hustle

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue is the Warmest Color

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Wind Rises

BEST USE OF MUSIC
Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST SCREENPLAY
Spike Jonze, Her

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color

Photo credit by IMDB.

Boston Critics Awards

The Boston Online Film Critics awarded Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave with seven awards, including Best Film. Also, The Boston Film Critics Association/Boston Society of Film Critics passed some more well deserved love to 12 Years a Slave. Here are the lists of all the winners from the Boston Online Film Critics and the Boston Film Critics Association. Enjoy.

Boston Online Film Critics

BEST PICTURE

12 Years a Slave

BEST DIRECTOR

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTOR

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

BEST SCREENPLAY

Richard Linklate, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Blue is the Warmest Color   

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Act of Killing

BEST ANIMATED FILM

The Wind Rises & Frozen (tie)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST EDITING

Joe Walker, 12 Years a Slave

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Hans Zimmer, 12 Years a Slave

THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR

12 Years a Slave

Inside Llewyn Davis

The Wolf of Wall Street

Gravity

Before Midnight

The Spectacular Now

Blue is the Warmest Color

Spring Breakers

The World's End

Fruitvale Station

Boston Film Critics Association/Boston Society of Film Critics

BEST PICTURE

12 Years a Slave

runner-up: The Wolf of the Wall Street

BEST DIRECTOR

Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave

runner-up: Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTOR

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

runner-up: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

runner-up: Judi Dench, Philomena

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

James Gandolfini, Enough Said

runner-up: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips and Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (tie)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

June Squibb, Nebraska

runner-up: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

BEST SCREENPLAY

Nicole Holofcener, Enough Said

runner-up: Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Act of Killing

runner-up: Blackfish

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

The Wind Rises

runner-up: Frozen

BEST NEW FILMMAKER

Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station

runner-up: Joshua Oppeheimer, The Act of Killing

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity

runner-up: Philippe LeSourd, The Grandmaster

BEST EDITING

Daniel P. Hanley & Mike Hill, Rush

runner-up: Thelma Schoonmaker, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST USE OF MUSIC IN A FILM

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

Photo credit by IMDB.