Earlier today the Boston Society of Film Critics (not to be confused with Boston Online Film Critics) announced their picks for the best of 2014! Among the winners: Boyhood, Richard Linklater, Marion Cotillard (who is suddenly starting to look like she might be the new front-runner for best actress), and J.K. Simmons (who is probably about as much a sure thing as anyone or anything could be this year).
The winners are listed below!
Best Picture
Winner: BOYHOOD
Runner up: BIRDMAN
Best Director
Winner: Richard Linklater, BOYHOOD
Runner up: Clint Eastwood, AMERICAN SNIPER
Best Actor
Winner: Michael Keaton, BIRDMAN
Runner up: Timothy Spall, MR. TURNER
Best Actress
Winner: Marion Cotillard, THE IMMIGRANT and TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
Runner up: Hilary Swank, THE HOMESMAN
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: J.K. Simmons, WHIPLASH
Runner up: Edward Norton, BIRDMAN
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Emma Stone, BIRDMAN
Runner up: Laura Dern, WILD
Best Screenplay
Winner: Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolas Giabone and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, BIRDMAN and Richard Linklater, BOYHOOD (tie)
Runner up: MR. TURNER
Best Cinematography
Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki, BIRDMAN
Runner up: Dick Pope, MR. TURNER
Best Film Editing
Winner: Sandra Adair, BOYHOOD
Runner up: Joel Cox and Gary Roach, AMERICAN SNIPER
Best Animated Film
Winner: The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Runner-up: The LEGO Movie
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
Runner up:
Best Documentary
Winner: Citizenfour
Runner up: Jodorowsky’s Dune
Best Ensemble Cast
Winner: BOYHOOD
Runner up: BIRDMAN
Best Use of Music in Film
Winner: INHERENT VICE
Runner up: WHIPLASH
Best New Filmmaker
Winner: Dan Gilroy, NIGHTCRAWLER
Runner up: Gillian Robespierre, OBVIOUS CHILD