Yesterday, the Central Ohio Film Critics announced their nominees for the best of 2014 and they really liked Birdman! I wonder if the Central Ohio Film Critics ever have fights with the Southwestern Ohio Film Critics or the Ohio/Kentucky Border Critics…
Here are the nominees!
Best Film
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Boyhood
- Gone Girl
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- The Imitation Game
- A Most Violent Year
- Nightcrawler
- Selma
- Snowpiercer
- Whiplash
Best Director
- Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
- Ava DuVernay – Selma
- Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Best Actor
- Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
- Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- David Oyelowo – Selma
- Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Best Actress
- Essie Davis, The Babadook
- Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Supporting Actor
- Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice
- Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
- Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
- J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
- Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
- Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
- Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
- Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer
Best Ensemble
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Foxcatcher
- Gone Girl
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
- Jessica Chastain (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Interstellar, Miss Julie, and A Most Violent Year)
- Benedict Cumberbatch (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and The Imitation Game)
- Jake Gyllenhaal (Enemy and Nightcrawler)
- Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy and The LEGO Movie)
- Tilda Swinton (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Only Lovers Left Alive, Snowpiercer, and The Zero Theorem)
Breakthrough Film Artist
- Damien Chazelle – Whiplash – (for directing and screenwriting)
- Ava DuVernay – Selma – (for directing)
- Jennifer Kent – The Babadook – (for directing and screenwriting)
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle and Beyond the Lights – (for acting)
- Justin Simien – Dear White People – (for directing and screenwriting)
Best Cinematography
- Benoît Delhomme – The Theory of Everything
- Hoyte Van Hoytema – Interstellar
- Daniel Landin – Under the Skin
- Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Robert Yeoman – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Film Editing
- Sandra Adair – Boyhood
- Spencer Averick – Selma
- Kirk Baxter – Gone Girl
- Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Tom Cross – Whiplash
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice
- Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson – Snowpiercer
- Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
- Nick Hornby – Wild
- Graham Moore – The Imitation Game
Best Original Screenplay
- Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
- J.C. Chandor – A Most Violent Year
- Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Paul Webb – Selma
Best Score
- Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
- Antonio Sanchez – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
Best Documentary
- Citizenfour
- Dinosaur 13
- Finding Vivian Maier
- Jodorowsky’s Dune
- Life Itself
Best Foreign Language Film
- Force Majeure (Turist)
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Ida
- Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit)
- We Are the Best! (Vi är bäst!)
Best Animated Film
- Big Hero 6
- The Book of Life
- The Boxtrolls
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- The LEGO Movie
Best Overlooked Film
- The Babadook
- Blue Ruin
- Edge of Tomorrow
- Enemy
- Locke