Boyhood Scores With LA And Boston Critics

Richard Linklater's film is on an awards roll

Boyhood Scores With LA And Boston Critics

by James White |
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Awards season rumbles on across the pond, and while no single critics’ group can ever be said to be a totally reliable predictor of big winners come Oscar night, **Boyhood’**s success so far is a positive sign that it will at least be turning up in the nominations list. The latest two groups to give it their highest accolade are the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the Boston Society Of Film Critics.

Boston also handed Richard Linklater Best Director and a tie on Best Screenplay, while the cast got the Ensemble award. Other acting honours went to Michael Keaton for Birdman and Marion Cotillard for her performances in Two Days, One Night and The Immigrant. Supporting actor-wise, J.K. Simmons was rewarded for Whiplash (UK audiences will have to wait for next month to see why), and Emma Stone for Birdman, which was the other half of the tie for Best Screenplay, with Emmanuel Lubezki won Best Cinematography.

There was more of a surprise in the animation category, where Studio Ghibli’s The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya won over more mainstream choices such as The Lego Movie.

Best Picture

Boyhood

Best Director

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Actor

Michael Keaton - *Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard -* Two Days, One Night and The Immigrant*

Best Supporting Actor

J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

Emma Stone – *Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) *

Best Ensemble Cast

Boyhood

**Best Screenplay (tie) **

Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo – *Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) *and Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Documentary

Citizenfour

Best Animated Film

The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya

**Best Foreign Language Film

**Two Days, One Night

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki – *Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) *

Best Film Editing

Sandra Adair – Boyhood

**Best Use Of Music In A Film

**Inherent Vice

Best New Filmmaker

Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler

As for Los Angeles, the results were similar, though Tom Hardy got Best Actor for Locke, and Boyhood’s Patricia Arquette was Best Actress. The LA critics also went for The Tale Of The Princess Kaguy****a. The full results are below:

**Best Picture **

Boyhood

Best Actor

Tom Hardy – Locke

Best Director

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Foreign-Language Film

Ida

Best Screenplay

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

Best Supporting Actress

Agata Kulesza – Ida

Best Supporting Actor

J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film

Citizenfour

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki – *Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) *

Best Animation

The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya

Best Editing

Sandra Adair – Boyhood

Best Production Design

Adam Stockhausen –* The Grand Budapest Hotel*

Best score (tie)

Jonny Greenwood –* Inherent Vice*

Mica Levi – Under The Skin

New Generation

Ava DuVernay – Selma

Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award

Walter Reuben – The David Whiting Story

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