Check out the full list below. Winners will be announced Dec. 15. And as always, well, you know: The Circuit.
Best Film
“Boyhood”
“Gone Girl”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Nightcrawler”
“Selma”
“The Theory of Everything”
Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman”
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
David Fincher, “Gone Girl”
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Dan Gilroy, “Nightcrawler”
Best Actor
Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Brendan Gleeson, “Calvary”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nightcrawler”
Tom Hardy, “Locke”
Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night”
Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”
Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”
Hilary Swank, “The Homesman”
Mia Wasikowska, “Tracks”
Best Supporting Actor
Riz Ahmed, “Nightcrawler”
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
Edward Norton, “Birdman”
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Carrie Coon, “Gone Girl”
Keira Knightly, “The Imitation Game”
Rene Russo, “Nightcrawler”
Emma Stone, “Birdman”
Best Original Screenplay
“Birdman”
“Boyhood”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Locke”
“Nightcrawler”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Fault in Our Stars”
“Gone Girl”
“The Theory of Everything”
“Unbroken”
“Wild”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Force Majeure”
“Heli”
“Ida”
“Two Days, One Night”
“Venus in Fur”
Best Documentary
“CITIZENFOUR”
“Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me”
“Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me”
“Last Days in Vietnam”
“Life Itself”
Best Animated Film
“Big Hero 6”
“The Boxtrolls”
“How to Train Your Dragon 2”
“The LEGO Movie”
“The Nut Job”
Best Cinematography
“Force Majeure” (Fredrik Wenzel)
“Interstellar” (Hoyte van Hoytema)
“Gone Girl” (Jeff Cronenweth)
“Nightcrawler” (Robert Elswit)
“Unbroken” (Roger Deakins)
Best Editing
“Boyhood” (Sandra Adair)
“Edge of Tomorrow” (James Herbert, Laura Jennings)
“Gone Girl” (Kirk Baxter)
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Barney Pilling)
“Nightcrawler” (John Gilroy)
Best Production Design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pincock)
“Into the Woods” (Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock)
“The Theory of Everything” (John Paul Kelly)
“The Imitation Game” (Maria Djurkovic)
“Interstellar” (Nathan Crowley)
Best Score
“Birdman” (Antonio Sanchez)
“Gone Girl” (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Alexandre Desplat)
“The Imitation Game” (Alexandre Desplat)
“Nightcrawler” (James Newton Howard)
Best Ensemble
“Birdman”
“Boyhood”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“The Imitation Game”
“Selma”
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I know I’m in the minority here but Nightcrawler was my favorite film of 2014 … the “margarita” scene with Gylenhall and Russo was one of my favorite scenes of all time from any movie
These nominations are frankly terrible, No Julianne Moore for Best Actress, really?, No Birdman for Best Film (but one of the best written and directed) really?, No Birdman for cinematography but Gone Girl in?, and I love Gone girl, but really?. And finally The nut job as best animated film?
A total disgrace
“As for the movie, I’ll be in the micro-minority. I thought J.K. Simmons was way, way over-the-top as the sadistic, psychotic and physically abusive band leader.”
Minority, for sure, WW, but you’re not alone. Not that it matters much, but there are a few of us who have issues with that extreme type of antagonist in what is essentially intended to be a feel good movie.
My top 10 so far… (still PLENTY of films to see)…
1. Stranger by the Lake *****
2. Snowpiercer *****
3. The LEGO Movie *****
4. Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo **** ½ (spanish animated film, just released one wee ago, here)
5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier **** ½
6. Guardians of the Galaxy **** ½
7. Gone Girl **** ½
8. Open Windows **** ½
9. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes **** ½
10. Edge of Tomorrow ****
Just saw “Gone Girl”. Surprise, surprise, at its core, it is the same story than “Stranger by the Lake”. I’d suggest to check out the french film, and realize you didn’t need 2 and a half hours to tell basically the same. Of course, I’m aware “Gone Girl” is based on a book, while the french is an original screenplay. But they are a great double feature for mature audiences, thematically speaking. “Gone Girl” **** 1/2 / B+, “Stranger by the Lake” ***** / A+
Since J.K. Simmons has been winning all the supporting actor awards, I finally caught up with ”Whiplash.” Yikes. (Spoilers ahead!) The wrong actor is getting all the kudos. Miles Teller oughta be getting much more awards attention. He’s giving one of the most committed and ferocious performances out there. And all he’s received is a Gotham Award nomination. How did he miss out on an Indie Spirit nomination? … As for the movie, I’ll be in the micro-minority. I thought J.K. Simmons was way, way over-the-top as the sadistic, psychotic and physically abusive band leader. And his vile litany of homophobic slurs (”faggots,” ”cocksuckers,” ”pansy-ass fruit f*ck,” etc.) was overkill. Worse were the ridiculous and contrived ”plot twists.” Now, THEY gave me ”Whiplash.”
John,
I think they’ll nominate Whiplash becuase they’ve nominated indies like Winters Bone and Beasts of the Southern Wild before for best picture. And if Whiplash doesn’t make the cut what will takes it’s place? Unbroken? God help us.
Manohla Dargis top 20 (in alphabetical order):
“American Sniper”
“Beyond the Lights”
“Birdman”
“Boyhood”
“The Dog”
“Edge of Tomorrow”
“Gloria”
“Goodbye to Language”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Inherent Vice”
“Interstellar”
“Listen Up Philip”
“Manakamana”
“Manila in the Claws of Light”
“The Missing Picture”
“National Gallery”
“Selma”
“Snowpiercer”
“Violette”
“Top Five”
Until I see support for Whiplash at the Guilds (PGA, ACE, MPSE, CAS), I fail to see where this is coming for anything but Supporting Actor, mayyyybe Screenplay (but even that is looking hard to muscle in what with Boyhood, Birdman, Selma, Grand Budapest, Mr. Turner … And peripheries like Nightcrawler, Interstellar, etc). Everyone seems to have Whiplash in their predictions of the “9” and most, quite solidly in the top 6 or 7. Wheres the evidence people? Critics? Theyve really only honored Simmons thus far and, TONS of movies with reviews as good or better than Whiplash have missed Best Picture before. I dont get this online groupthink that its definitely IN.
Good for NIGHTCRAWLER and Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Hardy again! 😀 This is great!
Yeh, the fact that Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel and Nightcrawler are atop the nominations list for any group this year is not something I would have even imagined a fortnight ago. Despite the absence of The Tale of Princess Kaguya in Best Animated Film (we’re many of us lamenting the dearth of foreign animated contenders in that category among many groups this year, but it’s often the same, sadly, and this year was simply lacking in films of that variety), I rather like what the San Diego critics are serving me here. One of my favourite nomination slates of the year yet.
Nightcrawler leads with 9 noms. Woohoo! Gone Girl and Budapest tie for second with 8 noms apiece. Boyhood and Birdman each have 7.
The thing with Birdman is that it’s nominated for all the major awards except Best Picture.
But there are things to like: Force Majeure’s cinematography is brilliant and I love its inclusion in the lineup.
Geez, this board moves sooooo fast. It’s early Friday morning, only about 16 hours after the Golden Globes nominations were announced, and I can’t find the main story announcing them (and the readers’ reactions). They seemed to have been bumped off the page by nominations by the St. Louis & Detroit critics! (And yes, I’ve tried scrolling down …)