BEST PICTURE (5 nominees)
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
BEST DIRECTOR (5 nominees)
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
David Fincher, “Gone Girl”
Alejandro Inarritu, “Birdman”
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game”
BEST ACTOR (5 nominees)
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler”
Tom Hardy, “Locke”
Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
BEST ACTRESS (5 nominees)
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 (6 nominees)
Josh Brolin, “Inherent Vice”
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
Edward Norton, “Birdman”
Tony Revolori, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (6 nominees)
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Jessica Chastain, “A Most Violent Year”
Carrie Coon, “Gone Girl”
Mackenzie Foy, “Interstellar”
Kiera Knightley, “The Imitation Game”
Emma Stone, “Birdman”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (6 nominees)
Birdman
Boyhood
Locke
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Whiplash
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (5 nominees)
Gone Girl
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything)
Unbroken
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (6 nominees)
Birdman
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
Nightcrawler
Unbroken
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (6 nominees)
Birdman
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
Noah
BEST ART DIRECTION (6 nominees)
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
Nightcrawler
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin
BEST MUSIC SCORE (6 nominees)
Birdman
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Under the Skin
BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK (6 nominees)
Begin Again
Boyhood
Get On Up
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Whiplash
BEST FOREIGN FILM (5 nominees)
Force Majeure
Gloria
Human Capital
Ida
Two Days, One Night
BEST ANIMATED FILM (6 nominees)
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
Penguins of Madagascar
BEST DOCUMENTARY (6 nominees)
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Life Itself
Red Army
Rich Hill
BEST COMEDY (5 nominees)
22 Jump Street
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Obvious Child
St. Vincent
BEST ARTHOUSE (6 nominees)
Boyhood
Calvary
Frank
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Locke
Whiplash
BEST SCENE (6 nominees)
22 Jump Street – End Credits
Birdman – Times Square
The Guardians of the Galaxy – Prison Break
Selma – Church Bombing
Whiplash – Finale drum solo
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Quicksilver Pentagon Escape
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(press release) “Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “Gone Girl” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” received the most nominations from the St. Louis Film Critics Association, it was announced Thursday morning.
The organization will announce its winners in 18 categories on Monday, Dec. 15.
“Birdman” led with 9 nominations, followed by “The Grand Budapest Hotel” with 8 nominations, while “Boyhood” and “Gone Girl,” which was filmed in Missouri, received 7 each.
“Guardians of the Galaxy,” directed by St. Louisan James Gunn, “Interstellar,” “The Imitation Game” and “Whiplash” each received 4 nods.
The association, formed in 2004, includes 20 members who are professional film critics for local media outlets and prominent established websites in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
For more information, visit www.stlfilmcritics.org.
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With critics group I kind of like the inclusion of non-traditional categories like “Best Scene” because I have more faith that a good scene is something they can detect a whole lot better than, say, art direction. It’s tiresome to see small critics groups fashion their categories after the Oscars.
(Lynn) Thanks for your response.
I am not sure about the circumstances in St. Louis re the general release of Princess Kaguya; so, assuming a reasonable amount of effort had already been made, one may really have had fair enough reasons (despite the ideal fact that, as a voting member, it is one’s own responsibility first of all to put oneself into a situation where one could manage to see as many movies in competition as possible […]).
But it was a shame that somehow Princess Kaguya seemed to be unable to reach wider audiences, including voting members, in St. Louis, for instance, thus eliminating its fair chance.
Christophe
Well, I won’t call Princess Kaguya a lack of precursor.
Because, in addition to the Japanese counterparts, North America-based critics of note et al, seems to have appreciated the latest anime effort by the Land of the Rising Sun’s Studio Ghibli as well, not to mention that according to AD’s contender tracker, Princess Kaguya relatively has proven to be far from getting no love at all from the voting bodies — at least in terms of nomination.
It’s just that, lately, I’ve been under the impression that the film’s relatively moderate buzz among the awards circles (critics groups included) starts to die down a bit (about which I hope I am wrong).
The bottom line is that #St. Louis (Film Critic) has got six spots for this very category but — if you like — they’ve still amazingly, oh-babaay-so-wondrouslaay, managed to [gasp] miss it.
(This is not me against the world either: Our famed Irish reader of acid wit the one and only Paddy Mulholland, as well as Asif Khan, has also made the point clear as well.)
I guess, overall, [seriously] the competition must have been especially fierce this year re Best Animated Film.
(I didn’t mean to really pinch #them; it was more or less a tongue-in-cheeck kind of thing. Besides, I was just in my *New York state of mind instead of St. Louis, I guess. [*They, NYCC and NYFCO included, do recognize the achievement made by Ghibli this year])
What a strange set of nomination.
I mean, some are really nice but stil…
JPNS viewer,
Sign of what? That it will get nominated by the Academy nonetheless despite the lack of precursor recognition, like Ernest & Celestine last year, Pirates. Band of Misfits two years ago or the 2 Gkids titles in 2012. If there is one branch of the Academy that tends to get things right it’s the anim branch (except the snubs of Tintin, too controversial, and Poppy Hill, field was crowded) because their voting system (every voter must watch at least two thirds of the elegible films and give a mark to each film seen) favors quality over visibility.
I would say they hate Into the Woods.
Always liked St Louis – good music, fun hockey team, and the good sense to recognize an awesome performance and script. 🙂
I’ve been thinking though. I think Tony Revolori as “Zero” is a lead performance. He’s in almost every scene.
Despite the six available spots for Best Animated Film, The Tale of Princess Kaguya is still nowhere in sight.
Here’s your sign . . . . . . . .
It’s great that Tom Hardy has received a Best Actor nomination — and is getting some more recognition beyond the LA Film Critics award — for his tour-de-force solo performance in “Locke,” one of my favorite movies of the year. Ditto for the Best Original Screenplay nomination the film received.