Showing posts with label Her. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Her. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Austin Film Critics Association Awards

The Austin Film Critics Association announced their film awards for the 2013 year and Spike Jonze's Her topped with Best Feature Film. Lots of love for 12 Years a Slave, Gravity and some great, appreciative attention for Brie Larson from Short Term 12. Great stuff. I just need to ease my in to this group. Work hard, write and read more, it will happen!!! Here is the complete list of winners. Enjoy.

BEST FILM
Her

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson, Short Term 12

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

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 CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity

BEST FILM SCORE
Arcade Fire, Her

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue Is the Warmest Color

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Frozen

BEST FIRST FILM
Fruitvale Station

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Brie Larson, Short Term 12

BEST AUSTIN FILM
Before Midnight

HONORARY AWARD
Scarlett Johansson, Her

TOP TEN FILMS
  1. Her 
  2. 12 Years a Slave
  3. Gravity
  4. The Wolf of Wall Street
  5. Inside Llewyn Davis
  6. Short Term 12
  7. Mud
  8. Before Midnight
  9. Dallas Buyers Club
  10. Captain Phillips

Friday, December 13, 2013

2014 GOLDEN GLOBE Nominations

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations for the 2014 Golden Globes Awards. Not much here that upsets me other than so little attention for Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station. A lot of attention for 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle. A good bump for Ron Howard's Rush and for actor Daniel Brühl in the Best Supporting Actor category, also nominated at the SAG's. At least Robert Redford was not looked over this time. The Globes recognizes excellence in TV and Film, and usually is just a pushover, lets get the big celebrities in one room party, but they nominated a lot of good films here. Nice, for a change. For a rundown of all the TV and film noms you can go to the Golden Globe website here. I am just listing the film nominees. The musical/comedy category is always funny, in that they usually add a terrible comedy or film like The Tourist (2011), but this year at least the films are quality films. Most of them could be comedies or dramas, so it is good they spread the attention out to some quality films and filmmakers. Although, I do not think I would categorize any of the those films as flat out comedies. Questionable categorizing. Here is a list of the film nominees. Enjoy.

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
  1. 12 Years a Slave
  2. Captain Phillips
  3. Rush
  4. Philomena
  5. Gravity
BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY/MUSICAL
  1. American Hustle
  2. Her
  3. Inside Llewyn Davis
  4. Nebraska
  5. The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ACTOR - DRAMA
  1. Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
  2. Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
  3. Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
  4. Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
  5. Robert Redford, All Is Lost
BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA
  1. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
  2. Sandra Bullock, Gravity
  3. Judi Dench, Philomena
  4. Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
  5. Kate Winslet, Labor Day
BEST ACTOR - COMEDY/MUSICAL
  1. Bruce Dern, Nebraska
  2. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
  3. Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
  4. Joaquin Phoenix, Her
  5. Christian Bale, American Hustle
BEST ACTRESS - COMEDY/MUSICAL
  1. Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Enough Said
  2. Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
  3. Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
  4. Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
  5. Amy Adams, American Hustle
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
  1. Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
  2. Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
  3. Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
  4. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
  5. Daniel Brühl, Rush
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
  1. Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
  2. Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
  3. Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
  4. Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
  5. June Squibb, Nebraska
BEST DIRECTOR
  1. Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
  2. Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
  3. David O. Russell, American Hustle
  4. Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
  5. Alexander Payne, Nebraska
BEST SCREENPLAY
  1. John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
  2. Eric Singer & David O. Russell, American Hustle
  3. Spike Jonze, Her
  4. Bob Nelson, Nebraska
  5. Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope, Philomena
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
  1. "Please Mr. Kennedy" Inside Llewyn Davis
  2. "Let It Go" Frozen
  3. "Atlas" The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  4. "Ordinary Love" Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
  5. "Sweeter Than Fiction" One Chance
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
  1. Hans Zimmer, 12 Years a Slave
  2. Steven Price, Gravity
  3. John Williams, The Book Thief
  4. Alex Ebert, All Is Lost
  5. Alex Heffes, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  1. Blue is the Warmest Color
  2. The Past 
  3. The Hunt
  4. The Great Beauty
  5. The Wind Rises
BEST ANIMATED FILM
  1. Frozen
  2. Despicable Me 2
  3. The Croods

Monday, December 9, 2013

2014 OSCAR Predictions

     Roughly three months from now the 2013 film year will have its penultimate award ceremony, The Academy Awards. All the campaigning, politics, bullshit, ass kissing and, oh yeah, the quality of the films, in this self satisfying and highly self aware environment, will glorify each other with the annual award show on March 2, 2014. The prognosticating and hype is fun, but kind of redundant and ridiculous. I mean, the films that have heavy campaigns or are released at the end of the year and are fresh in the academies mind seem to get the most love, if not all of it. It is history and it is fun to have a good time making predictions, but the academy just likes softies or filmmakers that make films that are feel good and avoid any kind of social or cultural awareness, for the most part. For example, last year with Argo over the far better and more meaningful Zero Dark Thirty. In 2012 the big softy The Artist over the field, even though Moneyball was one of the best that year and a lot better than that silent film. And, in 2011, where the highly rated, critical favorite and easily overall best film The Social Network was beat by the old school academies pick that, like the other ones, relates to there  beliefs and a safe, uneventful choice with The King's Speech. Blah, blah, blah. Here are my picks with a few notes at the end of each category. I am only predicting the main categories and some that I enjoy (i.e. cinematography, editing, foreign language film). Nothing I ever want wins anyways. Haha! How many times is Roger Deakins going to get nominated without a win and look how long it took for the great Martin Scorsese to win Best Director. The Departed is a really good film, but Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Raging Bull... You see what I mean. Here I go:

BEST PICTURE
  1. 12 Years a Slave
  2. Gravity
  3. Saving Mr. Banks
  4. The Wolf of Wall Street
  5. Inside Llewyn Davis
  6. Captain Phillips
  7. Nebraska
  8. Her
  9. American Hustle
  10. All Is Lost
  • Fruitvale Station
  • Lee Daniels' The Butler
  • Dallas Buyers Club
  • Blue Jasmine
I think there will be 9 nominees and I feel that Fruitvale Station might be the tenth film to sneak in, but I am not betting on that just yet. Great first movie from Ryan Coogler. The Academy will be hesitant to award the brutally honest, expertly well crafted 12 Years a Slave and Gravity might be too much "tech-i-ness" for them. Saving Mr. Banks might be the default choice this year and Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street is getting rave reviews, but probably has too much drugs, sex, vulgarity and unlikeable characters for the Academy go for. I say, based on recent history, that Saving Mr. Banks or Captain Phillips might have a good shot at winning it all. I really hope All Is Lost gets in. It totally deserves it, as well as Inside Llewyn Davis, but that will be too arty for the Academy to get a win. Do not forget, Her is surging in the critics circles, so I think it will sneak in. That is good news.

BEST DIRECTOR
  1. Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
  2. Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
  3. Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
  4. Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
  5. Spike Jonze, Her
  • Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
  • Alexander Payne, Nebraska
  • J.C. Chandor, All Is Lost
  • John Lee Hancock, Saving Mr. Banks
  • Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
I feel that McQueen and Cuarón are easy, definitive locks. Scorsese most likely is a lock as well, but it depends on how his film is received. I want the Coen's and Jonze in the top five and I think they will be, but Payne, whose film is truly admired already, could easily take a spot away from the Coen's or Jonze. Matter a fact, Payne probably will inch his way into the top five within a month or so, but I really think Jonze will make it. The film looks amazing and is getting stellar reviews. Payne's film might be more Oscar friendly and give him the edge. Also, watch out for Hancock and Greengrass to possibly steal a spot away as well. 

BEST ACTOR
  1. Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
  2. Robert Redford, All Is Lost
  3. Bruce Dern, Nebraska
  4. Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
  5. Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Forest Whitaker, Lee Dainels' The Butler
  • Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Joaquin Phoenix, Her
  • Mcahel B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
The top four here are set and have been for some time. It could go either way with Hanks and DiCaprio, even though the Academy loves Hanks and just sorta appreciates the guts and balls of DiCaprio. Safe bet is Hanks. Would love to see Isaac or Joaquin Phoenix for Her get in, but those films are too different and challenging for the Academy to be slam dunks. Watch out for Jordan, as he might just sneak his way into the field. That film will make some buzz come Oscar time...I think.

BEST ACTRESS
  1. Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
  2. Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
  3. Judi Dench, Philomena
  4. Sandra Bullock, Gravity
  5. Brie Larson, Short Term 12
  • Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
  • Amy Adams, American Hustle
  • Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color
  • Bérénice Bejo, The Past
As with the Best Actor race, I feel the top four are locks no matter what. That last spot is up for grabs though. I think, as the Academy always likes to put a fresh, new face in the mix of legends and great actresses, Brie Larson will get that fifth spot for her work in Short Term 12. If not her, it could easily be Streep (they adore her) or Amy Adams. If not those three, I really hope the Academy opens up and gets Exarhopoulos or Bejo in the mix. Both of there performances have been widely appreciated and they are easily in the top five this year. The Academy just is not always foreign friendly.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
  1. Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
  2. Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
  3. Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
  4. Tom Hanks, Saving Mr. Banks
  5. Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
  • Will Forte, Nebraska
  • James Gandolfini, Enough Said
  • Jake Gyllenhaal, Prisoners
  • Daniel Brühl, Rush
I think Leto has this one wrapped up. At least I hope so. He is phenomenal in that film. Fassbender and Hill should be locks and Hanks is most likely as well. I believe Abdi should easily be in there, but can Forte or Gandolfini take the last spot... I think Forte has a good shot, the fact being they like Payne and really like Nebraska.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
  1. Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
  2. June Squibb, Nebraska
  3. Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels' The Butler
  4. Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station
  5. Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
  • Margo Martindale, August: Osage County
  • Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
  • Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
  • Scarlett Johansson, Her
I think this is pretty much set. I hope Nyong'o or Spencer win. They are absolutely amazing in each respective performance. Squibb is getting a lot of critical attention, so she might squeeze out a victory, but the nomination is probably a win in itself. Winfrey will be in the race and Lawrence, supposedly, is on fire in American Hustle.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  1. Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
  2. Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
  3. Bob Nelson, Nebraska
  4. Kelly Marcel & Sue Smith, Saving Mr. Banks
  5. Spike Jonze, Her
  • Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, Gravity
  • Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
  • Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack, Dallas Buyers Club
  • David O. Russell & Eric Singer, American Hustle
Coen's or Allen. It would be nice if Jonze can get in and I think he will, but who gets left out? The Cuarón's might be edged out.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  1. John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
  2. Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street
  3. Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
  4. Billy Ray, Captain Phillips
  5. Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope, Philomena
  • Tracy Letts, August: Osage County
  • Abdellatif Kechiche & Ghalia Lacroix, Blue is the Warmest Color
  • Michael Petroni, The Book Thief
  • Peter Berg, Lone Survivor
I really would love to see the Before Midnight writers win this, but it will probably be either Ridley or Winter. Respect that.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
  1. Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
  2. Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
  3. Sean Bobbitt, 12 Years a Slave
  4. Barry Ackroyd, Captain Phillips
  5. Roger Deakins, Prisoners
  • Frank G. DeMarco, All Is Lost
  • Anthony Dod Mantle, Rush
  • Phedon Papamichael, Nebraska
  • Rodrigo Prieto, The Wolf of Wall Street
A packed field. You could have ten nominations in this category and still leave five DP's out that easily should be in the top five. Is this Lubezki or Deakins year? I feel that Lubezki's work cannot go without a win. Creating new technology with Cuarón and his work is just unbelievably fantastic on Gravity. He and Deakins are the best. I just feel it is his year and poor Roger Deakins. Damn good cinematographer. I hope DeMarco gets in because his work on All Is Lost is truly phenomenal. Delbonnel might take the win though. His work with Coen's on Inside Llewyn Davis is pretty damn brilliant. Not to forget Hoyte Van Hoytema on Her, as well. My favorite category of the awards show. The best.

BEST FILM EDITING
  1. Thelma Schoonmaker, The Wolf of Wall Street
  2. Alfonso Cuarón & Mark Sanger, Gravity
  3. Joe Walker, 12 Years a Slave
  4. Roderick Jaynes (Joel & Ethan Coen), Inside Llewyn Davis
  5. Pete Beaudreau, All Is Lost
  • Christopher Rouse, Captain Phillips
  • Kevin Tent, Nebraska
  • Mark Livolsi, Saving Mr. Banks
  • Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy & Crispin Struthers, American Hustle
This is always an interesting and highly important category. Editors help shape the film. Schoonmaker is a legend and her work with Scorsese speaks for itself. She is the favorite, but watch out for Gravity, Inside LLewyn Davis and 12 Years a Slave. Beaudreau deserves a nomination for his amazing work on All Is Lost

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
  1. Stories We Tell
  2. The Act of Killing
  3. 20 Feet from Stardom
  4. Blackfish
  5. The Square
  • Cutie and the Boxer
  • Tim's Vermeer
  • The Armstrong Lie
  • After Tiller
I think it is between Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell and Joshua Oppenheimer's groundbreaking, if not extremely stretched out The Act of Killing

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  1. Wadjda   (Saudi Arabia)
  2. Gloria   (Chile)
  3. The Hunt   (Denmark)
  4. The Past   (Iran)
  5. The Great Beauty   (Italy)
  • The Broken Circle Breakdown   (Belgium)
  • Bethlehem   (Israel)
  • Gabrielle   (Canada)
  • Omar   (Palestine)
I think this is how this category will pan out, but The Broken Circle Breakdown could easily be in the top five and any of those I predicted could be out. This is a tough category to pick and I do think the Belgium film will end up in the top five, but who gets left out. Too many stupid, ridiculous regulations with this category. If one country has ten great films in one year, they should all be eligible. Blue is the Warmest Color...???






Sunday, December 8, 2013

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

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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.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

NBR names Spike Jonze's HER Best Film


     The usually soft, mediocre and unimportant National Board of Review did something hip and cool today. They named Spike Jonze's new-aged romance Her Best Film and Jonze also won Best Director. Having not seen the film, and having so many films yet to see (i.e. Nebraska, Inside Llewyn Davis, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street and Her), I am extremely happy with this choice. The film has been receiving rave reviews since it's premiere at the New York Film Festival. I deeply and truly love Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave but will be thrilled if Her or the Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis wins awards. I also really enjoyed Gravity and All Is Lost. However, it is surprising that 12 Years a Slave did not win anything... If Lupita Nyong'o does not win for 12 Years a Slave then I hope that Octavia Spencer does for Fruitvale Station for Best Supporting Actress. She did here and is in one of the most emotionally powerful scenes I have seen all year. Holds everyone together, while keeping strong within. She is brilliant and amazing in that film. A knockout! It is weird how Blue Is the Warmest Colour is not in the Top Five Foreign Language Films. Curious? Here is a list of the winners. Enjoy.

BEST FILM
Her

BEST DIRECTOR
Spike Jonze, Her

BEST ACTOR
Bruce Dern, Nebraska

BEST ACTRESS
Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Will Forte, Nebraska

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Past   d. Asghar Farhadi

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Wind Rises   d. Hayao Miyazaki

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Stories We Tell   d. Sarah Polley

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Joel & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station

BEST ENSEMBLE
Prisoners

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE - ACTRESS
Adele Exarchopoulus, Blue Is the Warmest Colour

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE - ACTOR
Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station

WILLIAM K. EVERSON AWARD FOR FILM HISTORY
George Stevens, Jr

CREATIVE INNOVATION IN FILMMAKING AWARD
Gravity

SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio 

NBR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Wadjda   d. Haifaa Al_Mansour

TOP TEN FILMS (alphabetical order)
12 Years a Slave
Fruitvale Station
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Nebraska
Prisoners 
Saving Mr. Banks
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Wolf of Wall Street

TOP TEN INDEPENDENT FILMS (alphabetical order)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Dallas Buyers Club
In A World...
Mother of George
Much Ado About Nothing
Mud 
The Place Beyond the Pines
Short Term 12
Sightseers
The Spectacular Now

TOP FIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS
Beyond the Hills
Gloria
The Grandmaster
A Hijacking
The Hunt

TOP FIVE DOCUMENTARIES
20 Feet from Stardom
The Act of Killing
After Tiller
Casting By
The Square

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